Glentoran first team coach Tim McCann says the east Belfast side have to "get on with it" as they prepare for a third league game in six days.

Declan Devine's squad travel to Carrick on Friday night in a game to be shown live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.

"Three games in six days, you hear Premier League managers complaining if they've two games in six days," said McCann.

"The schedule hasn't been kind to us. It's been difficult, but you get on with it, you don't moan about it."

Glentoran go into the game with a number of injury doubts after Jay Donnelly, Joshua King and Cameron Palmer had to be substituted during the 0-0 draw with Coleraine at the Oval on Tuesday night.

"We'll see what we're like," added McCann. "The physios and masseurs will have their work cut out.

"You know what you're going to get at Taylor's Avenue.

"It's going to be a battle and we need to make sure we're up for the battle."

In contrast, having been idle midweek, Carrick Rangers manager Stuart King is itching to get his side back on the pitch.

Due to play Larne on Tuesday night, their fixture was postponed due to the league champions' ongoing European campaign, leaving the Taylor's Avenue club six days to stew over a 2-0 defeat to Loughgall last weekend that King deemed "not acceptable".

"It is what it is, a real bad day at the office and hopefully we can sort it out for Friday," he said.

"Just write it off. You can sit and mope about it.

"I genuinely wish we [had been] playing Tuesday night, obviously the game [was] called off because of Larne's success in Europe. We go again Friday."