Turner watched Northampton last Monday

Graham Turner had a good look at tomorrow's opponents last Monday when he watched Leeds defeat Northampton 5-2 in an FA Cup replay. On Tuesday the Bulls lost their Cup replay at Dagenham.

"They will be in the same boat as us. I'm sure their manager will have had a go at their players and try to sort one or two things out," Turner told BBC Hereford and Worcester.

"We're not the only ones with problems.

"We look at the league table and think that if we could just get three points then we would be out of that relegation zone.

"But it won't be easy - they've got some useful players, they've got some experience in there and we need another performance like we put on against Cheltenham.

"We need the discipline that we have been showing in some of the games recently and individually we have got to be performing right on top of our game.

"It's going to be a difficult one but we have got to be optimistic that we can pick up all three points and that would be a big boost to us when you look at the league table."

Later in the interview Turner spoke about injury problems at Edgar Street.

"I think it's probably been overlooked the problems we've had with injuries. We had five defenders missing against Cheltenham. Bruno's gone, Sam Oji, Robbie Threlfall, Richard Jackson and then Richard Rose going down ill. We've also had Moses Ashikodi missing for sometime.

"To add to that now we've got Sam Gwynne with a hamstring and Stephen O'Leary who needs a scan on his back. He's got a problem with his back so he's unlikely to be fit for the weekend.

"So we've got our problems with injuries right at the moment."

Turner hasn't given up on bringing more players in if need be.

"The players should be adapting to life at this level. If they don't - they'll be a few changes in January."

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