THE BOYS played very well to get their just rewards against Stockport County on Boxing Day.

Okay, we had to withstand some pressure against good, energetic and brave opposition, but we dug in to get the right result.

It was difficult when we lost Michael Ricketts, but overall we had enough of the play and chances to have won the game.

I wouldn't like to single anyone out as they all worked extremely hard to earn a great result. I am pleased for the players who have worked hard and now we take two consecutive clean sheets into Sunday's game at Tranmere Rovers, so that will give us something to build upon.

There is plenty of character and spirit here and we'll keep working hard and believing in ourselves.

We want to be back in that top half of the table and challenging; we're good enough to be up there and we are still in with a great shout of making an impact.

I'd say that we've done okay so far; we need to be a bit more consistent in our performances, but we know that on our day, we are as good as anything in League One.

It's another tough test for us at Tranmere. I have known Ronnie Moore for many years and his side will be extremely well-organised, but we go there full of confidence.

JIMMY MULLEN