Well, frost, flood, fire and brimstone permitting, it’s Kevan Broadhurst’s home debut as manager tomorrow and boy, do things look different. He’s had three games in charge, all away from home, and we’ve not lost and got five points against teams challenging for promotion or, in the case of Tranmere, in the top half of the table when we played them. What a difference a bit of proper training and organisation makes.

It’s going to be a different challenge at Bescot on Tuesday, however, as a team struggling near the bottom and needing to be broken down, presents a very different set of problems.

Oakes will be in goal, with a choice of Roper, Gerrard and Westwood at centre back. Mills will be missing for two games, having picked up 10 yellows this season. That leaves the full backs as the only doubts, as we wait to see if Fox has had no reaction to his injury after Friday night and the manager makes his mind up whether to bring Pead back. There is no news of Mark Wright’s injury from Friday night, so right back looks like an area for some thought.

In the middle of the park, Simon Osborn is also suspended for picking up 10 bookings this season. That means Wright, Devlin, James, Leary, Smith, Demontagnac and a possibly fit again Dean Keates are likely to fill the midfield berths.

Up front, the extra creativity of the fit again Mads Timm will be a temptation (especially as one of the loanees, Mills, is unavailable), but fitting him in is, as ever, a problem. Barrowman, Fitzgerald and Constable are the other candidates.

As for Yeovil and their under fire manager Steve Thompson, they have real problems. They even tried to get Michael Chopra in on loan last week as they are just running out of bodies. They are still hoping to get some reinforcements in for tomorrow night.

Striker Phil Jeavons, might be back for the game, but is more likely to get a place on the bench, following his injury. They will be without midfielders Barry (knee) and former Bristol City stalwart Tommy Doherty (ankle), who is on loan from QPR.

Key defender and captain Terry Skiverton returned on Saturday for their 1 – 0 defeat at Bournemouth, but they lost another man from the back in the warm up to that game, Colin Miles, and he is considered doubtful.

Predictions?

Well, Yeovil are one place below us, in 20th position, with the same number of points. However, it is their away record which is just about keeping their heads above water at the moment, being:-

Played 19, won 5, drawn 3, lost 11 goals for 21, goals against 33, points 18

That makes their record much better than ours, for example. However, 21 goals in 19 games shows where one of their major problems lies and, if we can get our scoring boots going, two goals should be enough. With the upturn in fortunes brought about by the arrival of Kevan Broadhurst , I’m going to be optimistic enough to go for a home win. 2 – 1 to the Saddlers.