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"We're okay, we're alright and we're in good nick, so that's one of the plusses from Tuesday. Tuesday has thrown it open for me a little bit. It was quite easy to pick the same side that had done so well at Millwall, but after Tuesday it gives other people the opportunity of knocking on my door and giving themselves a fighting chance of making the line-up.
"So yes I am a little more open minded than I was perhaps on Tuesday, so we'll wait and see. You could have said at stages of the game on Tuesday that there was quite a lot of surgery required in certain positions. But they don't become bad players overnight and you've got to show some faith, and hopefully those that do get the second opportunity prove themselves.
"We've got a good changing room, a good bunch with a good spirit, and it was in many ways this good team spirit that meant we held on, on Tuesday, because in many ways it was a point gained as we were up against a Bournemouth side in good form. I did come away from Tuesday and could see some positives.There were some good performances, particularly defensively.
"The keeper played well, (Terrell) Forbes and (Terry) Skiverton, I think that is a partnership that is in the making, and I am pleased with that. Chrissie Cohen has come back and shown the same form that he needed to show when the club wanted to sign him in the first place, so yes we are very pleased on that front.
"It is important to bring in the right one and the right type of player. You don't want to get into a situation where we're perhaps just bringing in another squad player that doesn't improve us. The player that comes in needs to be better than what we've got. We have to bring in the right one that is going to benefit us in the long run.
"They're very very workman like, very organised, make life very difficult for you and are well capable of getting a goal. (Karl) Hawley who got somewhere in the region of 25 goals last season is a threat. He's quick, lives on shoulders and makes life very difficult for you, and we just cant switch off - you have to concentrate. With regard to Bridges, he's a clever player who will come off people and can finish.It's a nice little combination that they've got going forward, so there's a goal in the side.
"At the same time they are exceptionally resilient when defending and make life very difficult for you, so it will be a tough game. I think that it will be a very close game, but again it may be one that we have to be very, very resilient in, and make sure that we create more than we did on Tuesday in order to make sure that we get our noses in front. The boy (Kevin Gall) is very quick and very direct! Carlisle were very quick to take him so yes he can be a threat on his day, and he can cause problems, and I'm sure that in coming back to his old club that is what he will want to do."
Yeovil go into the game on the back of two draws in their first two games, the Glovers opening the season with a 1-1 result at Millwall after they had opened the scoring through ex-Southend man Wayne Gray in the 35th minute. They then drew 0-0 with Bournemouth on Tuesday at Huish Park, a match in which the Cherries were reportedly on top for long periods of the game without being able to find the killer touch in front of goal.
The Glovers have no real injury problems, although one-time Leicester midfielder Lee Morris is likely to be on the bench as he makes his comeback from cruciate knee and broken foot problems that have kept him out of the game for nearly two years. Young centre-half Bradley Thomas, signed from Conference South outfit Eastleigh in January 2006, will definitely be missing for another week or so though after he burnt himself with hot fat just before the start of the season, his injuries requiring skin grafts.