Sometimes the use of the phrase six-pointer is overdone but it certainly isn’t on Tuesday even if the season hasn’t quite reached the halfway stage

If the visit of Salisbury to the Dave Bryant stadium was already important, it has now become pivotal as we aim to get back to winning ways after a wretched run that has yielded three points out of possible 18.

While the sendings off of Adam Thompson and Ruaridh Donaldson at Dover prevented us from getting anything from the game, fortunately they will both be available against the Whites since their respective one-match bans don’t kick in until next weekend.

The bad news, conversely, is that they will both miss the FA Trophy tie at unbeaten high-flying Harborough Town on Saturday.

The problems don’t stop there as Tosh Gallimore is unavailable for both games due to international call-ups. Just like on Saturday, Gavin is having to juggle his resources in order to put out a fully fit eleven with a handful of players again battling for fitness at the time of writing.

In his programme notes for tomorrow, Gav bemoaned the fact that we can away from Dover with nothing, in the process slipping into the bottom four.

“Saturday’s trip to Dover was one of those games that come around once a season. For us it was the wrong day as I really felt confident we could go there and win,” he writes.

Every ounce of concentration, therefore, will be needed for the visit of the Whites who leapfrogged Town in the table on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Chesham. We simply cannot afford to fall further adrift in what is undoubtedly the biggest league game of the season to date.

AW