Alan Pook remains full of confidence despite losing three of his four defenders for Saturday's FA Trophy clash at home to Taunton Town.

Ross Johnson, Glen Davies and Sean Edwards are all ruled out of the third round tie.

But Pook is happy with the options available to him with Andy Lutwyche, Andy Beech and Owen Hill the likely replacements.

The Rebels manager said: "Three of our back four who played on Tuesday are out but I am not unduly concerned because we have 16 players of equal quality and they are all playing well.

"All of the boys have played plenty of matches and they all know the system we play.

"Whoever plays, Taunton will have to do something special to knock us out."

Johnson is out for two to three weeks with a toe injury while Davies could be sidelined for up to ten weeks with an ankle problem.

Edwards is unavailable while Ross Venables, the former Lewes midfielder, has not signed in time to be eligible for the game.

Worthing chief scout Peter Edwards has watched Taunton twice.

The Dr Martens League western division side ended a bad run with an impressive 5-0 win against Gloucester in midweek.

The main player to watch is top scorer Anthony Lynch.