CARETAKER manager Les  Parry is weighing up an  abundance of options in  selecting a side to keep  Tranmere’s FA Cup  campaign alive at Leyton Orient  tonight.

Four players who were missing  from action last weekend should be  back in contention for the first round  replay at Brisbane Road.

Shaleum Logan, a regular at  right-back for most of the season,  versatile Australian Gareth Edds and  midfielders Alan Mahon and Charlie  Barnett could all make cases for a  recall to the side as Rovers attempt to  earn the right to a second round tie  at home to Aldershot later this  month.

But Parry and coaches Shaun  Garnett and Wayne Allison also have  to consider the merits of the players  who contributed to a solid and  encouraging performance in a 2-0  League One defeat at Norwich City  last Saturday.

Parry said: “The players who came  in last weekend, Marlon Broomes,  Paul McLaren and Ryan Fraughan all  impressed me.

“But we have Shay Logan and  Charlie Barnett back from  suspension and hopefully Alan  Mahon (ankle) and Gareth Edds  (chickenpox) are going to be okay.”

The defeat at Norwich was  Tranmere’s fourth reverse in six  games under Parry’s temporary  regime.

But the long serving physio  reckons the quality of the  performance outweighed the  disappointment from a result  that left  Rovers rooted in the bottom four.

Parry said: “After the game we  had a word with the lads and said  we could go two ways. We could feel sorry for  ourselves or kick on.

“Every one of them to a man  was up for kicking on. We can take a lot of positives  from the performance. Norwich are an  excellent side.