Ian Hendon will assess the fitness of several members of the Barnet squad up to Saturday morning before formulating his team and tactics ahead of the important League 2 visit to Bradford City tomorrow.

Ismail Yakubu is still sidelined by a back injury and fellow central defender Daniel Leach misses out after being sent off in midweek against Dagenham & Redbridge.

Gary Breen, an influential member of the back four with Yakubu and Leach missing, has missed the last two games with a knee injury and top scorer John O'Flynn the last five.

Jake Hyde missed the second half of the game at Dagenham & Redbridge with an ankle injury after scoring the Bees' equaliser on the stroke of half time - and skipper Micah Hyde and David Livermore were other injury absentees.

In addition, skipper-for-the-night Mark Hughes went off a gashed forehead in the opening minutes of the game.

If the right personnel are not fit, Hendon may have to revert to a 4-3-3 formation in a bid to get the goals for a needed victory at Valley Parade.

The manager is always reluctant to give the opposition much information about his line-up. This morning he told www.barnetfc.com:
"I can honestly say that I don't know what my line-up will be until I know who is available".

Nicky Deverdics is in contention for a place after coming on as a substitute for Hughes at Dagenham.

Dennis Signy