“We won’t meet  many teams this  season who are as  good as they are.  Hopefully the same  level of  performance  against other teams  will get us a win.”

Parry is pleased the  weekend voices of  encouragement for Tranmere  included that of Norwich  manager Paul Lambert, who  predicted the League One  strugglers would pull  themselves out of trouble  with displays like last  Saturday.

“Supporters who  did not go to the  game can read  the local papers  and hear our  staff say the  team did well,”  Parry said.

“The fact that  the manager of  the opposition is  saying the same  thing is brilliant.

“Paul Lambert also said, to be fair,  that if the penalty (for Norwich’s  first goal) had been given against  them he would have been  devastated.”

Rovers reckon they took less than  they deserved from the original  meeting with Orient 11 days ago,  which finished in a 1-1 draw at  Prenton Park.

Parry said: “We should have gone  through the first time but we start  again on level terms. It’s going to be  a slightly different game because I  would not expect us to dominate the  play as we did at Prenton Park.”

Tonight’s replay will be decided  on the night, by extra time and  penalties if necessary.

The two sides will then square  up again in a League One  encounter, also at Brisbane  Road, on Saturday.  Parry added:  “Both games are financially  important to us for different  reasons.

“But we are just going to  concentrate on the cup tie for now.  Games in the cup tend to be a little  different because of the one-on-one  situation.”

Orient, six points and four places  above Tranmere in the table, were  beaten 1-0 at Hartlepool United last  weekend.