TRANMERE aim to complete a happy Easter by putting three more promotion- chasing points in the bag at Dean Court this afternoon.

Manager Ronnie Moore hopes his team can make the most of the advantage they hold over hosts Bournemouth in preparing for the Bank Holiday League One encounter (kick-off 3pm).

Rovers have enjoyed three clear days of rest and preparation since they defeated bottom club Port Vale at Prenton Park on Maundy Thursday, while the Cherries go into action just 48 hours after losing 2-1 to relegation-threatened rivals Gillingham on Saturday.

Moore said: “We got the result we wanted against Port Vale and we have got to be looking to win every game we play now. We need to be bright and positive and take the game to Bournemouth.

“By putting wins and points on the board now, it will put this in a stronger position when we face some of the promotion-chasing teams around us, such as Walsall, Nottingham Forest and Southend next month.”

Moore hinted that he may switch the roles of wingers Chris Shuker and Jennison Myrie-Williams today.

Shuker started his second senior game since knee surgery against the Valiants and was replaced after an hour by Myrie-Williams.

The teenager’s pace and trickery won the penalty that gave Chris Greenacre the chance to break the deadlock from the penalty spot. Myrie-Williams also won a second penalty that Greenacre could not convert.

Moore said: “Shukes and Jennison can be match winners in their different ways.

“Shukes gives us great delivery into the box. He is lacking half a yard of fitness at the moment and he is only going to get that by play more games.

“Jennison can worry defenders with his pace. Imagine how the Port Vale full-back felt when he saw Shuker going off and Jennison coming on. We might reverse the starting order at Bournemouth.

“The bottom line is we have more strength in depth with players coming back now and that gives me more options in selecting the starting XI and making changes during a game.”

A Rovers victory today would push Bournemouth closer to the drop in a miserable season on the south coast.

Indeed, the Cherries’ financial difficulties are so acute that a drop into League Two looks like the least of their worries.

Bournemouth, with debts of around £4million including £700,000 in unpaid tax and VAT, lapsed into administration in February.

Their current troubles can be traced back to the rebuilding of a new stadium at Dean Court, which still has only three sides completed.

The club’s directors ran out of money for the project then, a little over two years ago, sold the ground itself to pay the rising debts.

The £3.5m Bournemouth received went straight out again to pay bankers and creditors and they now have to find £300,000 a year to rent the stadium.

The precise financial details of what happened since are not yet public because Bournemouth have not published accounts since 2005.

But in February of last year businessman Jeff Mostyn and Steve Sly offered to invest £750,000 in new shares in the club and Kevin Bond was appointed as manager.

Mostyn is reported to have put in a further £110,000 in November of last year.

But Bournemouth applied to go into administration last month, incurring at 10-point penalty from the Football League that makes relegation an odds-on bet.

Mostyn promised last week to meet representatives of the local supporters trust to explain the current financial situation.