SCUNTHORPE manager Nigel Adkins welcomes back midfielder Grant McCann from suspension for the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Northern semi-final against Tranmere.
Adkins has called on his players to bounce back from the weekend’s 4-4 home draw against Northampton, which saw the Iron forfeit a 4-1 advantage.
“You’ve got to pick yourself up because we’ve got a chance of going to Wembley,” he said.
Adkins wants a big improvement from his defenders after lapses at the back proved so costly against the Cobblers.
He said: “Defensively we were just not good enough.
“You cannot afford to give away the sorts of goals we did and still expect to win a football match.
“We have to sort ourselves out with the personnel we already have or I will have to go out and bring somebody else in.”
