Kayden: Stanley can be champs
ACCRINGTON Stanley striker Kayden Jackson insists his side are still capable of finishing the season as League Two champions.
The Reds are in second place following their 1-0 victory over Cambridge United on Saturday, three points behind top of the table Luton Town.
While Stanley have spent the majority of the time occupying either second or third spot, Jackson is confident they have what it takes to soon move up into first and stay there for the rest of the campaign.
“We have said from day one at the club that we wanted to win the league,” he told the club’s official website.
“There is a long way to go as there are 12 games left and we have got to play everyone around us which personally I am looking forward to, but we won’t get carried away and the gaffer will keep our feet on the ground.
“All we can do is keep putting in 100 per cent and if we do this we will get where we want to be at the end of the season.
“Before these last three games we were chatting among ourselves and Seamus Conneely said it’s going to be a team that wins the ugly games that gets promoted or will be there or thereabouts.
“Thankfully we have done that in the last three games. The pitches are difficult, sometimes it’s icy and cold, sometimes its soft, and it takes a while to get used to them. We can’t play the football we were at the start of the season, the nicer football, on these types of pitches but we will keep working hard and you could see on Saturday that everyone put a shift in for the team and most importantly we are getting the results.”
Jackson scored his 13th goal of the season when he netted the winner against Cambridge on Saturday, and he hopes to continue his good form over the next few months.
“I am delighted with 13 and, as a striker, you set yourself targets. I am well on my way to being where any striker wants to be at the end of the season,” he said.
“I keep my targets to myself but I will keep plugging away and hopefully we will keep getting the wins, that’s the main thing.”
‘We’ve said from day one that we wanted to win the league’