"It's our first game, it's about getting back into match action and about building that match fitness."
Stephen Brogan and Chris O'Grady will be available after suffering injury scares this week but Tom Cahill and Nat Kerr are the only two contracted players to miss out. The game also comes too early for 20 year-old midfield trialist Kyle Jacobs who has a knock.
The Rotherham manager also realised that the travelling supporters will be playing a game of Guess Who. "It will be nice for our supporters, I suppose, to be able to start putting names to faces because we've a lot of newcomers.
"Everybody, I think, is looking forward to getting out there and starting playing together. With all the changes, it's like a new chapter in Rotherham United's particular book."
The Millers hectic schedule continues when they visit Stocksbridge on Tuesday.