JOINT boss Nigel Fanthorpe says his Grimsby Borough team need to be on their guard for tomorrow's Northern Counties East League Division One derby at Louth Town.
The Wilderness Boys head to Park Avenue (3pm) in good form and looking to avenge the 5-0 mauling they suffered on the White Wolves' home territory last season.
Fanthorpe and Steve Newby's Borough have two wins from three games this campaign – and have netted 11 goals.
But Louth, managed by former Grimsby Town striker Daryl Clare, also have their scoring boots on – his team bagged their first league win of the season last Saturday, a 5-3 triumph at Selby Town.
Fanthorpe said: "We've got a bit of confidence running through the team.
"We've got a more-or-less the same group of players so far. Last season we had to chop and change a lot – some weeks we had six or seven missing – and you can't afford to be doing that.
"We are playing decent football. We just need to tighten up and improve off the ball.
"It won't be easy at Louth, and our recent record there isn't great, but we're hoping to get something out of the game.
"We need to set our stall out right, keep things solid, and take our chances.
"There's always a chance we'll score at the other end; there's goals in this team."
Borough will be without forward Luke Fanthorpe, but ex-Mariner Andy Taylor – who bagged a brace in the Wilderness Boys' 3-2 home win against Dinnington Town last Saturday – is likely to start.
Louth will be missing Paul Goodhand and Andy Appleby tomorrow.
But Clare, who succeeded Paul Walden in the Park Avenue hot seat, is confident ahead of the derby – his team's only defeat so far this season is the 2-1 extra-time FA Cup extra preliminary round replay defeat against Glossop North End.
Clare said: "Borough have been scoring quite freely so it will be a tough test for us.
"But I'd like to think that we have been defending pretty well of late and we're looking like a good, organised outfit so it should marry up well and be a good game.
"Apart from the FA Cup defeat –where we were really unlucky – we've had a positive result in every game we've played in.
"If we play to our best on the day then we've definitely got a good chance of winning."
