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"Scott Murray is training well and playing well. I'm supposed to have fallen out with him and he's not training hard enough. Other people seem to have got that in their heads. They've got nothing to do with the club and think they've got an in but they haven't got a clue. Carlisle are really solid and have got a strong back four. They've got Scott Dobie and Joe Anyinsah upfront and he's very lively and destroyed Bristol City that night."
Meanwhile Murray, who has been struggling with tendonitis recently, commented to the Yeovil Express on the fact that he scored his 100th career goal recently :
"I've been waiting for a long time to get to 100 and I've been getting a lot of stick from my mates, but a few of them have sent me text messages saying well done. It's funny because I told Nicky Forster, the Brighton player, that it was my 100th goal and he laughed and said that I was only 115 goals behind him now! So I think that put me into some perspective, but I'm absolutely delighted to get the 100th and obviously the 101st.
"It's funny because I read all these forums and allegedly me and the gaffer have had a big fall-out and I've been fighting and I've not been doing well in training. It couldn't be any further from the truth at all. Anyone who comes out and watches me in training would see that I'm always smiling and anyone who knows me would know that I'm the last person who would have a go at anybody, let alone the manager."
While Town assistant boss Nathan Jones said in the official Yeovil matchday programme :
"I am pleased with my form and in some ways I'm glad I've kept my place in the team in recent weeks. But realistically I'm looking to take more of a back seat because I think my future lies in coaching. It's just unfortunate that we went through a bad time and we didn't have much experience on the pitch, so it became a necessity for me to play."
"I can assure you that I'm looking for Nathan Smith to play far more games than me because I really enjoy the coaching side and he is an excellent prospect. I see myself as back-up to Nathan Smith and I want him to rise to the competition and show what a good player he is. We need him playing and then I can help Terry out on matchdays."
In team news for the Glovers tomorrow Skiverton has a selection headache as all of his six loan players will be available for the first time, one of them needing to be left out as Football League rules state that only five can be named in a matchday eighteen. The six loanees involved being Spurs trio Steven Caulker, Ryan Mason and Jon Obika, along with Craig Davies (Brighton) Shaun MacDonald (Swansea) and Alex McCarthy (Reading).
As for injuries, centre-half Stefan Stam is sidelined with a knee problem, as is Dublin-born striker Aidan Downes. Meanwhile centre-forward Dean Bowditch is out with a shoulder injury while midfielder Darren Way is still on the long road to recovery after being involved in a serious car crash in December 2008. Skiverton attempting to plug the hole these injuries have caused by today signing 19-year old left-sided former Watford defender Louis Lavers on a three-month deal.
The referee for tomorrow's match is Fred Graham from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex, and he will be assisted down the lines by Simon Knapp from Bristol and Adam Nunn from Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Meanwhile the fourth official is John Flynn from Calne, also in Wiltshire.