FROM one extreme to the other is the destination desperately desired by York City.

Not only do City switch their attention from tackling the top Division Two sides to anchor club Brentford tomorrow, they also want to lurch from goal famine to banquet in London.

Manager Alan Little does not mind even if City do not near the playing heights touched against Watford and Bristol City just as long as three points are amassed from the tussle at Griffin Park.

"I don't care how we play, quite frankly. I will take anything provided we win," confided little.

"While we would love to play with style as we have tried to do, right now I would just accept the win."

Victory hinges on goals being scored and there's the rub.

A fitness test on newcomer Marco Gabbiadini is the key. After a stirring debut seven days ago against Watford he had to sit out the Bristol City tussle with an ankle injury sustained against the Hornets. Now City want him back to bring the Bees to their knees.

If fit, then the puzzle will be who to pair alongside him. Little was offering no clues other than 14-goal Rodney Rowe, who has not scored in the League for three months, and Gary Bull, who has only two goals all season, were in the equation.

Richard Cresswell is suspended while the City boss believes Jonathan Greening to be more effective springing from the bench when Brentford limbs are more tired and vulnerable to his electric pace.

The rest of the team will be unchanged, Little again raving about a defence whose characteristic solidity has been increased by the lively addition of Graeme Murty.

So capable had Murty proved in the number three shirt that Little has suspended his search for a loan left-back. "Graeme Murty is turning into a good full-back," he said.

"I am happy with the defence, so why tinker with it? They only thing is that we cannot always rely on the back-line. We need to score goals so as we give the defence a breather and allow them to relax a bit.

"We scored two goals against Burnley, but let in seven, so fair enough that was the defence's fault. But now we need the attack to weigh in with goals. We are making enough chances. Let's take them."

Brentford hit rock-bottom after their midweek draw at Walsall. Ironically, the only team to have scored less goals than the Bees are Walsall.

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