MANAGER Les Parry reckons a home game against Sheffield Wednesday could be a challenge tailor-made for Tranmere Rovers FC as they seek to shake off the disappointment of exiting two cup competitions last week.

The third-placed Owls will be filling the Cowshed Stand with close to 2,000 fans when they visit Prenton Park tomorrow afternoon.

That’s sure to create the kind of big game atmosphere that has often brought the best out of Rovers teams in recent years.

Parry said: “This is the ideal game to get last week’s disappointment out of the system. If I had to pick a fixture after losing in the cup last Saturday, I would have picked a game against one of the better sides in the division.

“In the past we’ve had disappointing results and then bounced back. Our fans are used to that. Last season we went from losing consecutive home games to teams below us, to beating teams who were challenging for automatic promotion.

“I don’t want to get used to that sort of thing again. I think we will have a good, intense battle on Saturday.”

Tranmere’s performance on their last outing, a 1-0 defeat to League Two promotion challengers Cheltenham Town in a first round FA Cup tie at Prenton Park, was a disappointment.

Prior to that, they dropped League One points in a 4-2 defeat at Scunthorpe United and a 0-0 draw at home to Colchester United and went out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy at Chesterfield.