BRIAN Little believes Gainsborough Trinity's 5-2 demolition of Ilkeston Town could mark an important turning-point in the Blues' season.

Given the amount of experience among the squad, many expected Little's team to be among the early pace-setters in Blue Square Bet North despite a fixture list which pitted them against several of the promotion-chasers.

One of those games saw Trinity crash 5-0 at home against AFC Telford.

"We have been under a little bit of pressure and we hold our hands up, we were poor against Telford. In fact, that game was a bit of an embarrassment," said Little.

"We knew we had a hard start to the season but with a bit of luck we are aiming to be in the top half of the table and results like Monday's gives us belief we can do that.

"We've had a few injuries and the hope is that we will get stronger. We've not been at our best yet but we should have a little bit left in the tank, a little bit in reserve.

"The Ilkeston match was a positive but we cannot get too carried away, this weekend will be a big one for us.

"Peter (Swann, chairman) and I have spoken about finding one more player and it's possible one might come in this week.

"We must be careful because we've no reserve team and if we have too many players then that doesn't help."

Little made a few changes to his team against Ilkeston, including dropping winger Danny Frost for forward Lewis McMahon.

"We had a look at Danny last week and he did okay, but at the moment I feel he is better off being an impact player," said Little.

"Lewis came on last week and did really well, which is why he started. Sam Aiston missed the previous game as hie wife was giving birth, but he came back and gave us a drive from midfield.

"We thought Leon Hibbert might be out through injury but he wanted to play. Both he and Mark Greaves can perform that holding role for us so it's a bonus that he was available."