MICHAEL Flynn is confident that his old mentor Lennie Lawrence won't know what is coming when Newport County AFC travel to take on Stevenage tomorrow.

The Exiles head to Broadhall Way looking to maintain their fine start to the season that has lifted them to second in the League Two table.

Saturday's well-earned 1-0 win against Tranmere Rovers is followed by a pair of tricky away games at Stevenage and then Bradford City.

The first clash is against a Boro side that were saved from the drop by Macclesfield's financial troubles, an escape that came after Lawrence had arrived from Newport.

The 72-year-old was management consultant at Rodney Parade, playing a leading role in the 2017 great escape from relegation and 2019 run to the play-off final, but left for the same role helping Stevenage boss Alex Revell.

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"He's a wise old man Lennie, a great guy and someone I still talk to and have so much respect for. I am looking forward to seeing him," said Exiles boss Flynn.

"He won't know this team, obviously they will watch us but we are playing a whole different brand of football and some really exciting stuff, and obviously we've got a lot of new players as well."

County finished a busy recruitment drive with three new loan signings on deadline day with defender Aaron Lewis, midfielder Jamie Devitt (pictured below) and striker Jamie Proctor joining up.

Flynn believes adding to his squad depth will be vital during a manic October and November featuring League Two, FA Cup and EFL Trophy action.

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"I'm delighted that we got new players in and I'd like to say thank you to the clubs, Lincoln, Rotherham and Blackpool, for helping us with the wages with contributions," he said.

"It was important that we boosted our numbers because we've got eight games in 26 days.

"There will be injuries, we've got four out already (David Longe-King, Kyle Howkins, Lewis Collins and Ryan Taylor) and we've got to have a deep squad.

"I don't want what happened to us last season to happen again, where we were missing eight to 10 players for a long time and really were scraping the barrel."

The latest trio were not available for Saturday's success against Tranmere – international clearance was required and the players were tested for Covid-19 – and the new forward was an especially late deal at 5pm approached.

"I only found out about Jamie Proctor at 2.30pm when I had another target that didn't come off," said Flynn. "It was great work from our secretary Ben Lucey, he was fantastic in getting the deals over the line."