TOWN'S bid to beat the drop from the Blue Square Premier will go down to the wire after Saturday's battling draw with champions Aldershot.
And boss Chris Wilder believes his players have it in them to pick up enough points from tomorrow's trip to Crawley and Saturday's Shay clash with Stevenage to preserve their league status.
A hugely entertaining clash with the Shots somehow ended goalless as both sides had great chances to break the deadlock.
Click here to see the slide show from the game."I don't think that performance equates to a team that is low on belief and thinks they are going to be relegated.," said Wilder.
"They have shown their true colours for the football club.
"We would like to be in cruise control, but we are in the thick of it and we have to get on with it."
"We are still fighting with two games to go.
"We need some points but I thought Saturday's performance was unbelievable given the pressure the players are under.
"There were a lot of weary legs out there and some are playing on auto pilot, but they gave it a go and that is all I can ask.
"A lot of things have gone against us over the last month, but the spirit and performance of the players speaks volumes about what they are about.
"We just have to keep going.
"We are in charge of our own destiny and not doing too badly at the moment in terms of the way we are playing.
"It should give the players and supporters a lot of heart.
"The season did not end on Saturday, we have two games to go and six points to play for.
"We could have made it easier for ourselves on Saturday, but it could have been a lot worse."
Wilder added that he was happy not to have to answer any more questions about whether Aldershot, who clinched promotion to the Football League four days earlier, would have been up for the game.
"Both sides have had a go - we had chances, they had chances - they could have put us to bed and we could have put them to bed," he said.
"I think it speaks volumes about what they are about as a side.
"It did me in last week with people saying Aldershot would come here and not try.
"Did they? I don't think so."
Altrincham and Farsley Celtic were both well beaten at the weekend, but Northwich and Weymouth bagged crucial wins, the Vics scoring in the last minute through Michael Carr to beat Grays and the Terras winning 2-1 with an 88th-minute Steve Douglas strike.
And that left the Shaymen fourth from bottom despite their point.
"To a certain extent it is a disappointment," said Wilder. "But those teams have taken their opportunities.
"We had one at the end and Jon will have been disappointed not to have hit the target.
"But I asked him why he didn't take it early and he told me that the ball was bobbling about all over the place.
"Two teams around us get late goals and win, two are beaten.
"Will it be our turn to score a late goal on Tuesday and Saturday?
"We had two or three cleared off the line on Saturday.
"If the players keep showing the same desire we will get a break in front of goal."
Wilder will be checking on central defender Santos Gaia in training today.
He fell awkwardly in the first half of Saturday's game and did not reappear after the break.
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