Friday 11th March 2016

Chesterfield are hoping to stretch their unbeaten run to six this weekend as manager Danny Wilson prepares to welcome SkyBet League One high flyers, Walsall, to the Proact on Saturday afternoon.



After consecutive away wins against Gillingham and Southend, who both occupy top ten spots, the Spireites fortunes appear to be once again in the ascendancy as the final ten games of the season approach.

Praising his players for their performance at Roots Hall last Saturday, "As good as we have seen under my tenure", gaffer Wilson (above), said, "Coming away with maximum points was a real bonus.

"We've wrestled the momentum back! It would be easy to feel sorry and step aside and not really bother but the lads have wrestled it back in our favour, they've had some knocks on the chin this season but they've got up again."

Having parted company with manager Sean O'Driscoll midweek - a move described by Wilson as 'surprising' - the Saddlers will be led by Jon Witney who will doubtless be keen to impress.

Chesterfield's gaffer told The Chesterfield Post that, "A team that's in the ascendancy like they are, their position in the league suggests they are in touching distance of the top two. What it leaves us with is a team that I am sure will be chomping at the bit to prove to whomever is in charge, that they are worthy of a place in the team.

"I know what they're about and what they're capable of. We are in a good mood and if we can play to our maximum, we'll give them a really good game."

Injury-wise, the squad in good shape he reports, with one or two long term concerns beginning the return to the action, "There are no problems this week, we've managed them well. We're trying to strike the right balance in our build up for games and I'm sure they've refreshed themselves.

"Chris Herd has trained today, though he's not done the session the players have done. Dan Jones and Charlie Raglan have done some minutes in the midweek reserve game, they did OK and are hopefully coming back at the time where we can use them between now and the end of the season."

Having seen Dan Gardner complete a loan move to Bury during the week, Wilson explained the reasoning, "It was an agreement between Dan and myself - he's a frustrated player at the moment as he isn't getting minutes on the pitch. We feel he needs games and that he may play against teams around us in the league and if he can get goals, then it's good for Dan and good for us."

Byron Harrison is currently coming to the end of his month's loan to Stevenage and, asked about his prospects, Wilson said, "I think we've been asked if he can stay longer and if that is the case, I'm sure we will agree to that."

Having previously asserted that 50 points would be enough to see Chesterfield safe in League One for another year, Wilson stated that with the league being so tight and everyone taking points from each other, that may now not be the case.

He said: "I think if you look at the top end of the table, the points are being shared around, so the promotion total will be slightly less than in previous years and the bottom teams will gain more points, so we're having to think slightly differently now and it may be slightly higher than the 50 points that everyone thinks is OK."

Listen to the interview with Danny in full here...

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