Michael Appleton has been given more food for thought after Max Sanders impressed in his substitute appearance against Shrewsbury Town on Saturday.
The midfielder, who has had an injury-hit start to the campaign, came on for the final 25 minutes and the boss was delighted with how he performed.
He said: “He was a big plus point, there's no doubt about that. We wanted to get him higher up the pitch because he’s got the ability to pick a pass.
“We had to change it up a bit to get another striker on so he then dropped a bit deeper, but he handled both roles really well and it’s a good sign going forward.”
Appleton was pleased with how the team played leading up to McGrandles’ goal and felt that a point was thoroughly deserved.
He added: “It was a good goal. We had a spell for about 20 minutes where we changed our shape a bit. We dropped Conor in as a four and moved a few people about - it seemed to work and their keeper was a bit busier so that was pleasing.
“They caused us problems with long-throws and set-pieces, and they were difficult at times as we had such a young back four after Jacko went off - I think it would be very greedy of me to want three points but I thought we deserved at least a point."
