Whose Irish Eyes Will Be Smiling On BT Sport On Saturday?

The East Londoners were fancied for a tilt at the top seven this term after some excellent summer business.

But two defeats have cast a bit of a shadow with the club slow out of the starting blocks.

There is no better way to fix things than with a win with the nation watching this weekend.

It's the battle of the Irish managers on the box, Daryl McMahon and Dean Brennan putting friendship aside for a vital three points.

The Daggers host new arrivals Wealdstone - but they have already shown they are nobody’s fools, coming from behind to snatch at point at Yeovil in their only game so far.

Captain Kenny Clark, who led Dagenham out on Tuesday when they threw away a lead at home to Barnet, told the club’s YouTube channel: “It’s certainly not the start that we wanted.

“We have that fighting belief that we can put the bad start to one side and go on to do something.

“The players have mentioned it - we spoke about Tranmere, who were miles off at Christmas a few years ago and went on to win promotion. It’s still so early.

“We have to pick ourselves up and quickly - because we’re Saturday-Tuesday for some time, the good thing is that there’s always another match around the corner.”

His manager McMahon, 36, added: “It feels at the moment that if something can go against us, then it will go against us.

“We’ve got to dust ourselves down. The club has been in a place for the past few years that it has felt sorry for itself.

“But I’m not interested in that. I can’t hide the fact it’s not the start we wanted, but we’re only two games into the season.

"There’s a long way to go, but we need to turn the corner on Saturday.”

For Wealdstone, the only regret they have is not finishing Yeovil off when they had the chance on Tuesday night.

Missed opportunities still irritates manager Brennan, who says it wasn’t a plucky point at Huish Park in their only outing so far.

Standards, it seems, remain sky high in their new surroundings for the National League South champions.

“I was frustrated - I felt we should have won the game,” the manager told the club’s video service. “We didn’t go to Yeovil to get a point.

“In the first half we had some great chances but we gave away two poor goals.

“But we showed great character, we could have buckled at 2-1 but we didn’t.

“We play on the front foot with a lot of speed and we will keep on playing that way.

“I actually said to the boys after the game that if we’re going to make an impact at this level then we need to come away with the three points in games like that.

“We have to learn quickly and make sure we don’t give away naïve and sloppy goals at Dagenham.”