Steve Evans has called on the Gasheads to get behind Bristol Rovers for their Tuesday night fixture against Colchester United in Sky Bet League Two.
The Pirates have won back-to-back matches in the fourth tier, beating Newport County 5-3 at The Mem before a professional away victory over Crawley Town, with Tom James and Bobby Kamwa scoring in a 2-0 triumph.
However, the U's will also be travelling to BS7 with confidence. Danny Cowley's men have collected seven points from three games and have also won their previous two, beating Oldham Athletic and Rochdale at home.
Speaking to the media before the contest, Evans looked ahead at the challenge and urged the Gasheads to pack The Mem as his team look for a ninth consecutive league home victory.
COLCHESTER PREVIEW
“Colchester are in brilliant form. You know, that's a great result for them against Rochdale, on the back of some great football they're playing. But it's no surprise to me that Colchester and Danny Cowley create that, you know, Nicky Cowley, the two brothers that, like myself and Paul, work damn hard.
“They'll come, and they'll have a game plan, and they'll try and upset us on and off the pitch, and we're just trying to control ourselves off the pitch and make sure the focus stays on it. We're going to need every Gashead that possibly can be there.
“We don't expect people to be flying in from holidays, but to come out and support us. This team deserves it, and you'll find over a season, they'll certainly deserve it."
GASHEADS AT THE MEM
“It will be a good crowd. I mean, we've got two wonderful games, haven’t we? We’ve got Colchester, who won today and then Rotherham, my old club; they won again today.
“So, it just sets us up: if we have a good Tuesday, Saturday. I think then all the possible grievances, we can say it's been a good start for us, but at the minute it's been iffy, because it's not the players, but I've got it horribly wrong at York. It would have been a good start.”
TEAM NEWS
“Keenan Gough has got a real chance. You know, we've left out some really talented boys. Mees Rijk recently, I thought, was really good, and he gets a goal midweek.
“We don't bring many off the bench till later on, but the players we've left behind are full of quality. So we've left some boys, and Keenan is one of them.
“But we will freshen the boys up, and we may have to make one or two changes, because we've got a couple of knocks in the dressing room that I've just been made aware of. So people go into the end to get the points, but we'll have a look at that fresh tomorrow."
