Now that Rovers are able to train normally once more, the priority for manager Ronnie Moore and his coaching staff is to work on ways to improve the away form and increase the team’s goal supply.

A visit to Millwall on Saturday is a tough place to start. Kenny Jackett’s team have lost just once in 12 League One games at the New Den and outplayed Tranmere in a 3-1 victory at Prenton Park in October.

Moore said: “This is going to be a difficult game but I’m looking forward to it. Kenny Jackett has got himself a good squad of players and they are well organised and very disciplined.

“They are the best side we have played this season on the basis of their win at Prenton Park – although we did not perform well that day.

“They have a 4-4-2 system and keep the two banks of four. They are difficult to break down and counter-attack with pace. We know what to expect.”

The onus for scoring those extra goals falls not just on striker Bas Savage, who has often ploughed a lone furrow up front this season, but on the midfield players as well, Moore insists.

When Tranmere last visited the New Den, in April of last season, Savage was in the middle of a brief stay with the Lions.

Moore said: “Kenny Jackett did not really want to let Bas go but they could not agree on some things down there we were lucky enough to bring him into Prenton Park in the summer.

“Bas has is the well for us but I would like to see a few more moonwalk goal celebrations from him.”