The manager looked forward to the occasion at Prenton Park on Sunday afternoon and provided an update on the squad, revealing that Victor Lindelof is available again after a short absence through illness.
Here, you can read everything that he had to tell reporters…
Ole, how difficult is it to prepare for a game when you only find out your opponents last night?
“It's a quick turnaround anyway. We played on Wednesday, so we hadn't prepared a lot, but before the game yesterday we had watched a couple of the other Tranmere games and you watched the one last night, so the opposition is the opposition no matter what.