Mark Yates: I want to put a '˜Spanner in the works' at Luton

Crawley Town boss Mark Yates wants to put a '˜Spanner in the works' during Saturday's visit to Luton.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Mar 2016, 18:54 BST
Updated 11th Mar 2016, 19:01 BST

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He has called for his side to work hard, get their defending right and to make an impact on the game in front of a large home crowd.

Yates said: “They are on a good run at the moment, four wins on the spin.

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“They’ll be going in there full of confidence that little old Crawley Town are going there to Kenilworth Road and everyone will just expect a home win.

“Well we’ve got to go and put a spanner in the works, we’ve got to go and impose ourselves on the game, defend properly, work hard as a team and if we can do that then we have a chance of getting something out of the game.

“It’s going to be tough, we know that. They’ve got threats, they’ve plenty of good players, they’ve got a massive squad.

“And hopefully we can go there and do ourselves justice.”

Mark Yates wants to finish the season strongly to send the club’s new owners into the summer on a high.

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With 11 games to go, he does not believe midtable Reds can reach the Play-offs but wants to steer well clear of the relegation zone.

Yates said: “We’ve got 33 points to play for, as many points as we can.

“Ever since I walked into the club I’ve always been a realist and don’t think we are going to get into the Play-offs.

“I want to make sure we don’t get sucked into that bottom bit. But I think we’re better than that.

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“And it’s just about us now finishing the season properly, getting as many points as we can and finish the season on a high, take the new regime into a positive summer and build from there.”

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