EXPECTATIONS STILL HIGH FOR SHAYMEN
Chris Millington says The Shaymen can still make it a season to remember ahead of their home doubleheader against Boreham Wood and Oldham.
Town's winning run came to an end with a 2-0 defeat at Bromley last Saturday, and they have ground to make up in the race for the play-offs.
But the Halifax boss believes his team is capable of ending the season with success.
"My expectations are high for us, very high, because we've got an incredibly talented staff - people outside the group won't see that and won't know why that is the case - but I know we've got an incredibly talented group of people behind-thescenes," Millington said.
"I think we've got an incredibly talented young squad with some phenomenal older heads like Luke Summerfield, Sam Johnson and Jordan Keane, incredible professionals who set such a good example for the rest of the group.
"My expectations are against the odds and the bigger budgets, the better resourced squads, the teams with more comprehensive resources, which is most teams in the division.
"But I still believe we've got enough to be up there with the Bromleys, the Barnets, the Solihulls.
"These teams are in another stratosphere when it comes to budgets, resources, facilities, staffing levels, but I've not seen a team yet this season that I fear us going up against.
"Maybe I'm a bit naive sometimes but I believe we're going to do something really special this season and I feel it's going to be a really memorable one."
Town have ten games left this season, and their play-off prospects could look very different after their next two games, depending on their results, but Millington insists he isn't feeling the pressure associated with the promotion race.
"I don't feel that. When you're playing the likes of Bromley, or Chesterfield in the coming weeks, it's a different type of game, it's small margins that make a difference and we were on the wrong end of the small margins on Saturday," he said.
"The little nuances undid us and that's what we've got to protect against when we come up against Chesterfield, we've got to make sure we're on the right side of those.