Tim Flowers eyes a revenge mission

Stafford Rangers boss Tim Flowers has threatened to wield the axe if there is a repeat of the show against Hinckley that led to predecessor Chris Brindley's exit.

A 4-0 defeat away from home in the reverse fixture on October 2 saw Brindley quit three days later, with Flowers and assistant Matt Elliott taking over.

Rangers now welcome Hinckley to Marston Road after a two-week break from games with Flowers looking to get his first win at the third time of asking, after defeat at home to Gloucester and his first point at Solihull Moors.

The manager is still looking to add new faces before tomorrow's Blue Square North match, a search that will be ongoing throughout today.

Three players came in for the last game and Rangers have already swooped for 17-year-old former Redditch goalkeeper Tom Turner this week, who could take a place on the bench as Lee Evans' regular understudy, Tom Harrison, has left for Biddulph Victoria.

Flowers is also without Jermaine Johnson and midfielder Darren Wrack, who are both suspended for the next three games, while Johnson's defensive cohort Mark Dudley is out with an ankle injury.

Winger Levi Reid and striker Tyree Clarke are also doubts with hamstring and recurring groin problems respectively, but striker Nick Wellecomme is fit again after three games out with a long-running ankle injury.

The last time Wellecomme played for Rangers was in the drubbing at Hinckley and Flowers has warned players could be shown the door if there is a repeat.

He said: "If the players perform like they did against Solihull, we will give them a better game than when we got slapped by them last time, so I am looking for continuity.

"If I had played for this club the last time we played Hinckley it would be sticking in my throat, so maybe we can make a better fist of it tomorrow.

"Everybody knows this place needs flipping around and the league table doesn't lie, we need to start posting some victories and getting some momentum.

"Nobody is safe at the club, on the playing side, as far as I am concerned. I am always looking and always listening.

"They might not think I am, but I am."

A break in games allowed Flowers and Elliott made a personal check on Hinckley last Saturday, watching tomorrow's opponents lose 3-1 to second-placed Alfreton.

Knitters boss Dean Thomas is a friend of Elliott's, so the Rangers No 2 believes he knows what to expect on the field.

He said: "They have got their qualities, I know Dean pretty well and how he sets his teams out in a certain way, they always put in 100 per cent effort as you would expect.

"He's more than experienced at this level and knows how to make the best of what he has, so we are expecting nothing other than a tough game.

"Having said that, we need to go there with confidence, but I feel there was a bit of a boost against Solihull that perhaps wasn't there earlier in the season.

"We are looking to win the game, because we need points and we need them quite quickly."