City hope a spell on the bench will make James Hanson sit up and take notice.

The five-goal striker has been reduced to a sub role in the cup wins over Sheffield United and Rochdale after a poor display against Cheltenham.

Ross Hannah has started the two games since, although Hanson has come on both times and looked sharp in the FA Cup success.

Nahki Wells stole the headlines with his sensational goal but boss Phil Parkinson was pleased with the contribution from both of his attacking substitutes.

He said: “We know James can do it and he showed that on Saturday. Now he knows how hard he has got to work every time.”

Marcel Seip and Craig Fagan are expected to recover from the slight problems which kept them on the sidelines. Liam Moore’s knock that forced him off is also nothing serious.

Moore’s absence gave Simon Ramsden another 35 minutes under his belt and the defender is pushing for his first league outing of the season against Rotherham on Saturday.

Parkinson is looking to ease Ramsden back from his long-term absence, which is why he did not start against former club Rochdale.

The City chief added: “I always had it in my mind to give Rammers a bit of game time and he was obviously up for playing again.

“But I looked at it that he’d played the full 90 minutes in the JPT on the previous Tuesday and having been so long to play him from the start again was a bit of a risk.

“Simon wants to play and I want him out there because he’s very important for us. But we have to be sensible.

“I’ve got to make sure he is here for the season and not just for a few weeks.”

City’s response from the Cheltenham low has delighted Parkinson, who wants to see that current form carry into the weekend’s Yorkshire derby.

“The lads and the staff have picked themselves up really well to get those two results.

“Cheltenham was one of those days when everything that could go wrong did go wrong. But we’ve got to make it an isolated performance by carrying on what we have done in the cup games.”