Yeovil Town manager Billy Rowley has told his side to “roll our sleeves up and get some results” as they take on Tamworth looking to add to their National League Premier Division points tally.
The Glovers dropped to 18th place in the division, five points above the relegation places albeit with games in hand, as they played in the FA Trophy last weekend.
Speaking to BBC Somerset’s Josh Perkins ahead of kick-off, Rowley said: “Sadly we are not really training that much because of the schedule. Those not familiar with a professional footballing schedule, sadly, you know, you can’t train every day. You obviously play on a Saturday, you rest on a Sunday, you recover on a Monday, and then you go play again Tuesday. So we haven’t trained anywhere near as much as I’d like and sometimes that shows on the pitch.
“We need to just sort of roll our sleeves up and get some results at the moment. We’re still massively interested in playing a good brand of football and we want to like be better with the ball. But without loads of training time, that’s obviously hard.“
The boss confirmed young Fulham attacker Terrell Works misses out tonight as he is suffering with the flu whilst striker Tahvon Campbell, who started the penalty shoot-out defeat at Southport in the FA Trophy last weekend, is on the bench after picking up “a slight knock on his calf.”
Rowley said: “I just tried to freshen up the legs of the team. Sadly, Terrell Works has the flu and a sore throat, so he can’t be involved tonight, which is a real shame because the last couple of games he’s been really good for us and adds a lot of creativity in the team.”
Asked about the decision to send defender Dan Ellison back out on a one-month loan to Weston-super-Mare despite the Glovers struggling for numbers, Rowley described the decision as “a bit of miscommunicated” saying Ellison’s return to the squad at Southport and immediate return to Weston was always the plan.
He said: “Dan came back just to help us out with the FA Trophy game. We obviously have a decent amount of defenders, so rather than him sit and watch us play, he obviously wants to go out and play some minutes, which he’s been doing well there. That’s it really, he’s gone back to carry on his loan.“