In last weekend’s League Two opening day defeat to Leyton Orient, Paul Hurst deployed his Grimsby Town team in a different set-up to recent times to start the game.
This change was primarily out of necessity, bringing in another midfielder and using John McAtee as the centre-forward to compensate for the lack of a fully-fit striker.
Ryan Taylor did come on as a second-half substitute, and Hurst suggested he could be in line for a start for the Northampton Town game as he slowly phases him back into the team.
The Mariners manager admitted that the way he sets up mostly relies on who he has available to him, so if Taylor is ready to start, or Grimsby do manage to get another centre-forward through the door before Saturday, then we will likely see a switch back to the 4-2-3-1.