Mark McGhee will be going into tomorrow's game against Bradford with a side down to 'the bare bones'.

Although the manager refused to be drawn over exactly who was available, he did say that he is looking at having to improvise with his players.

But despite the set backs, the manager is looking forward to tomorrow's game.

He told bristolrovers.co.uk: "We are down to the bare bones, we are tossing around options this morning as to who can play where, and looking at who can do different jobs, but are going to have to get through this little period until we start getting one or two back to give us more strength in depth.

"We are a squad at the very minimum at the moment, this week we need to dig deeper to make sure we fill holes. We are going to have to improvise a bit.

I have been looking at bringing someone in all week, but we are not just going to bring in a player for tomorrow, anything strengthening we do will be with the season in mind.

"We are not going to be pressurised into making signings just for the sake of it. I am still learning about the squad, who can cross over and improvise, before I really understand fully what I need to add to the squad.

"I have done what I can in the week we have had, and I am satisfied that we have had a good week.

"I am not standing here saying it is all doom and gloom because we have one or two players missing, I am really excited about the game tomorrow and I remain very positive about it."

Bradford are another well supported side who have ambitions to be out of League Two.

Mark said: "They have got a man in charge now who will eventually get them out of this division.

"Like ourselves they have ambition to get out of this division and into higher leagues, but at the moment they are in the same fight that we are in.

"They will be difficult opposition and we will have to approach the game the same as we did the Cheltenham game last week."

And the new manager is looking forward to his first home game in charge of Bristol Rovers.

He said: "Walking out in front of the home crowd for the first time is something to look forward to.

"It makes it a little bit easier that we won last week and everyone is in a positive frame of mind. But we have got to live up to that and prove ourselves again. My task now is to win my first game at home as manager."

And the manager is keeping things realistic and is not entertaining thoughts of a play off push.

He said: "I think that is totally unrealistic. They say 12 points is four games, but if you chart it properly, 12 points is 12 games, and if we want to catch the team in 7th place we are going to have to win the next 12 games.

"That is not likely considering what we have seen already this season; why should we suddenly do it now just because I am here."