Martin Foyle will consider the fitness of four of his contracted players before
The official site reports that Michael Townsend, Joe Heath, James McQuilkin, and Will Evans have all reported "niggles and tight muscles", with Foyle quoted as saying:
"The last thing I want to do is push them too much at this stage of pre-season and cause more damage. The
niggles are nothing more than you'd expect at this stage, we're not
worried about them, but we know we need to take it easy so that they can
get back involved as quickly as possible."
"It's our first friendly, and I don't envisage any of the already contracted players playing much more than 45minutes each, it's about easing them back into it gently."
"It's our first friendly, and I don't envisage any of the already contracted players playing much more than 45minutes each, it's about easing them back into it gently."
Foyle will assess a number of trialists during the match. Torquay striker Lloyd Macklin, former Cardiff winger Jonathan Brown, midfielder Dave Bird, plus defenders Eddie Odhiambo and Andy Gallinagh are all expected to play some part along with at least half a dozen others.