Whizz tells his team to be brave in hunt for crucial victory
Billy Whizz's Wonderboys manager Billy Whizz revealed today he was under no illusions about the size of the task his team face tonight, as they play Milky Milky at Shitters Palace.
The visitors sit in 3rd place in 5.10, 4 points ahead of the Whizzers, having beaten 2nd placed gunsablazing on Wednesday night.
"I thought they would be in and around the teams pushing, and they've had a great start for sure. They'll know they're in for a difficult game, but they'll also be thinking that they can beat us if they play well."
"In the position we're in, most teams would settle for a point against us, but may just fancy their chances. We're just not hitting our top form as often as we need to, and I think our league position reflects that. Some days we've been excellent, others we haven't done what has been required. The number of bad days has decreased from previous seasons however, but it's no longer to play 'ok', we need to be winning pretty much every game, thats the way it has to be for promoted sides"
"We're a few points off the automatic spots, but 2 wins puts us right back in there. We've been unlucky in terms of injuries, so we're going to have to hope that can change, and we can get our best team on the field. We'll have Luke Groves back tonight, that will be a big boost for us, and we have to make sure we're creating chances for him"
With the return of the club's premier striker, Whizz will have to decide who out of Mick Richards and Thomas Avery will be his partner. Avery, a regular starter for the first time in his career, has scored 5 goals so far this season. Defender Floyd Rooney will miss the game due to injury, but Whizz hinted he may return for Sunday's encounter against Derby County FC. Goalkeeper John Cartman has recovered from a hamstring injury, but is unlikely to dislodge new signing Preda from between the sticks. David Thorpe is also back to full fitness, and may start at left back in place of Sam Brooke.