Boss Peter Taylor will look to the fringe to trim Wycombe Wanderers down to size at Withdean on Tuesday.

He plans to field the players he has not yet seen much of in the second round southern section tie in the LDV Vans Trophy.

Caretaker Bob Booker played the first team irregulars in the Seagulls' 2-1 success at Swansea in the opening round.

There has not been a reserve fixture since the day Taylor was appointed and he wants to see some of the squad players in action.

"I think it's a perfect opportunity for me to go the same route as Bob did against Swansea and see some of the fringe players," Taylor revealed.

"If I had known all the players then maybe I would have put out my strongest team, but this game has come early and I also have to think about the League match at Bristol City next Saturday.

"I think Wycombe might do the same, but if we go through it might be different the next time.

"I will know them a bit more by then and as you get closer to the end product of making the final the situation changes."

Tuesday's clash is one of three all Second Division ties in the southern section. Today's Withdean opponents Colchester visit Reading and Alan Cork's Cardiff host Peterborough.

There are three other division two sides left in the section, four from the third and a trio from the Conference.

Wycombe had an amazing 2-1 win at Taylor's Leicester in the FA Cup quarter-finals at Filbert Street last season, but the Seagulls' manager does not regard the tie as payback time.

"I haven't even thought about it in those terms," he said. "Wycombe did their job correctly, properly when they played Leicester and if you do that you deserve to win."

Wycombe's former Albion stalwart Paul McCarthy opened the scoring in that FA Cup upset.

He still lives in Sussex at Crowborough and is pleased the Seagulls landed such a big name to succeed Micky Adams.

"I'm delighted, he (Taylor) is a great appointment for the club," McCarthy declared. "From what the chairman said, a lot of big names applied.

"He was obviously able to convince him the club is going places, which probably wasn't too difficult after last season.

"We only played two or three first teamers ourselves in the first round of the LDV against Brentford. I was suspended, but I don't think I would have played anyway.

"I don't know how we are going to approach it this time, but it will be a tough game anyway."

McCarthy was impressed with Adams' Albion when they drew 1-1 at Adams Park in the League last month.

"They played some great football and deserve to be up there," he said. "The good thing for them is it's not just Bobby Zamora scoring goals.

"I see that Lee Steele scored a couple versus Oldham and I was impressed with him. He was a handful.

"There is not much to choose between a lot of the teams in the Second Division, with probably only four or five who are not strong enough to be involved at the finish.

"The top six or eight are so close. We haven't come across Stoke yet, but Brighton would be one of the toughest opponents we have faced."

The much-maligned knockout competition for Second, Third Division and Conference clubs, now in its second year of sponsorship by LDV, usually attracts paltry gates in the early stages.

Attendances were, however, up by 20 per cent for the first round this season and Albion are anticipating a crowd of up to 4,000 on Tuesday.

The reduced admission prices are the same as they were for the first round victory against Cardiff last season at £11 for adults and £7 concession in the covered North Stand and £9 and £6 in the uncovered South Stand.

Seats can be booked in person or by post at the ticket office, 5 Queens Road, Brighton, tel: 776992, or via the website at www.seagulls.co.uk Southern section draw: Bristol Rovers v Yeovil, Dagenham and Redbridge v Luton, Northampton v Barnet, Cardiff v Peterborough, Reading v Colchester, Cambridge United v Cheltenham, Southend v Bristol City.