ACCRINGTON Stanley boss John Coleman is looking for his side to put the opposition under more pressure as they prepare for a second long trip south in as many weeks.

The fixture computer hasn’t been kind to the Reds who travel to Bristol Rovers tomorrow, just seven days after the 550-mile round trip to Portsmouth.

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That trek saw Coleman’s side produce a fine performance to come away with a point against one of League Two’s form teams in front of a crowd of 15,745.

And with over 7,000 expected at the Memorial Stadium tomorrow, Coleman is after a repeat of last weekend’s defensive heroics, with a more sustained onslaught of the opposition goal thrown-in.

“I’d like us to have more sustained pressure,” he said. “The team who has the most sustained pressure generally wins games and that’s how we want to play.

“We’ve got to keep building on our defensive success and then try and go forward and score goals.

“You’re going to have days when everything the other team hits goes in. We’re looking to how we’re defending as an overall thing rather than just goals conceded, because you can sometimes get kidded by that, you can sometimes get lucky.

“We’ve defended manfully this season, but we’ve got keep building on it, we won’t rest on our laurels, then we have to look at putting the opposition under more pressure than we have been doing.”

Last week’s experience at Fratton Park should help the Reds tomorrow against a Bristol Rovers side who were promoted back to the Football League via the Conference play-offs in May.

“They were good last year, I watched them a couple of times, and they have built on that,” said Coleman.

“They were a successful team and successful teams generally keep that going.

“You can look at it a couple of ways, there will be a big crowd and they won’t appear to be like the new boys, they are an established side and a big club so freshness doesn’t enter into it.

“We’re not playing against the crowd though, we’re playing 11 v 11 and we’ve got a good 11 and a good squad to back that up so we go there with no fear.”

Despite facing another 400-mile round trip, Coleman insists excuses are not an option for his side.

“We do things properly, we train at the best training grounds, we stay at the best hotels and the coach is second to none,” he said.