DANIEL MOORE

WELCOME TO THE GREEN ENERGY SPORTS GROUND FOR OUR SECOND FIXTURE OF 2023.

We’ve got to keep going and trying to build on our form with even more wins. It’s important to look after lads since we have a hectic fixture schedule - there will be games where we need to rotate. With Will McCamley and Liam Henderson coming back, and possibly a new addition, it’ll hopefully be enough to see us until the end of the season. Stockton are a good side. We watched them against Ossett and they were unlucky not to win in the end, even with 10 men. If we want to be where we want to be, these are the games we need to show up and perform. It’s another game at home where we need to stamp down our authority and get at them. They’re going through a rough period but they’re still a danger - they rotated quite heavily at Shildon and won comfortably, and should've beaten Ossett. They’ll make a few enforced changes but they’ve got a good squad so it doesn’t matter what 11 they put out. We’re under no illusion it’ll be a tough game but the lads should be fired up for it. That Trophy win is something we can take positives from and I’ll mention it to the lads because it’ll give us some belief and confidence. We're taking it one game at a time at the moment. We look at Stockton and see how we come out the other side because we can't foresee anything that may happen in terms of injuries and suspensions.

OLLY MARTIN