Millers look for cup boost

MANAGER Steve Evans believes Rotherham United are close to clicking back into gear as they prepare for tomorrow's FA Cup clash with Yorkshire rivals Bradford City.

Results haven't matched up to performances in recent weeks and the Millers have gone five matches without a win.

But having seen chances of a deserved success snatched away by a late equaliser from Colchester United last week, Evans wants his players to seize the chance to get back in the winning habit in front of another big crowd at the New York Stadium.

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"We are a fraction away," he told the Advertiser. "We're dominating games, dominating possession and playing fantastically well but what's missing is the end product.

"We have a fan base who are loving the football they are watching but what they are not loving is walking out of the stadium having not won.

"Tomorrow's game will be a sell out, if not close to it, and we need our supporters to win the battle off the pitch because when they do we usually get it right on the pitch."

Evans has more options in central defence, with captain Craig Morgan back from suspension and Claude Davis from injury.

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However Kari Arnason plays his last game before going off on World Cup play-off duty with Iceland, ruling him out of Tuesday's FL Trophy tie at Hartlepool, next week's league trip to Stevenage and any Bradford replay.