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Next Game: Home Against Farsley Celtic On Saturday March 23rd Kick-Off 3.00pm

Friday, April 29, 2005

Turner's views on the Play-offs.

Graham Turner has given his views to BBC Sport about the forthcoming Play-off games.

We had the disappointment last year of having a great league season, finishing with 91 points and then losing out in the play-offs and losing some players - but we've got over that remarkably well.

We've introduced a number of new players, and we've had another very good season to finish runners-up - so we're in good shape for the play-offs, but I think there's four very good teams in there, so it's going to be tough.

The order of the matches doesn't concern us, as our away form has been the best in the league - we've taken about 38 points away from home, which is excellent.

Stevenage are a big, strong side who are quite direct, and they've got a very useful squad of players. They beat us here and we beat them there, both times by 1-0, so we're expecting a hard game.

But we've got a lot of young players in the side, and it'll be a question of whether they can handle the extra pressure.

They have to be able to cope with the play-off games, as there are bigger crowds, the expectation from supporters is higher and there's more at stake.

But Lee Mills and Graham Hyde have played at the top level, so they can help guide the younger players through.

We've got one ot two minor knocks but otherwise we've got a clean bill of health - our skipper Tony James has been out for quite some time, but he's played two reserve matches this week and he's fit again.