YORK City's new manager Billy McEwan will be seeking advice from his new backroom team before selecting his first side at Forest Green Rovers tomorrow (3pm).

McEwan held his first training session yesterday and was putting the players through their paces again this morning but the former Rotherham, Sheffield United and Darlington boss believes that it is too early for him to name his own side for the Lawn clash.

With player-coach Lee Nogan following Viv Busby out of KitKat Crescent yesterday, that means McEwan is likely to turn to his former player Paul Stancliffe for information.

Stancliffe, City's head of youth development, played for McEwan at Sheffield United and Rotherham and watched first team matches from the dugout under both Busby and his predecessor Chris Brass.

Speaking about tomorrow's team selection, McEwan said: "Everything has happened so quickly and it's only fair that I listen to people at the club who know the players better than I do. I will be guided by them for a little while.

"I don't think you can make decisions in two days and my input will not take effect straight away. There's so much that I want to get into the players but there's not enough hours in the day between when I came here and the first match.

"I can't work five or six hours on the training ground because they will have no legs for tomorrow. So far I have only worked on basics which are also important."

McEwan will have two enforced changes to make with left-back Sean Davies sitting out because of a one-match ban and Nogan no longer at the club.

Lee Grant and Paul Robinson are the likely replacements and Darren Dunning could also return from suspension with Rob Constable dropping out.

Forest Green will be bidding for their first win in 2005. The Gloucestershire club have not tasted victory since a 2-1 Boxing Day triumph over Aldershot - a run of seven matches.

Rovers are also without a home success since December 4 - a six-match sequence that includes an FA Trophy exit to Aylesbury.

Striker Julian Alsop will not face the Minstermen after being banned until the end of the season following an alleged lewd incident involving a banana at his previous club Oxford United.

Leading scorer Charlie Griffin, who hit a hat-trick in the 3-1 victory over City in November, could also continue to play on the right side of midfield.

Updated: 10:28 Friday, February 11, 2005