"They need to take it on now," says Town boss ahead of Wealdstone clash

Town visit Wealdstone tomorrow night hoping to build on Saturday's impressive 3-0 home win over Hornchurch, their third league win of the season.

Halifax's other two league wins were followed by defeats, but McGrath feels the key to repeating that sequence is his players having full faith in themselves.

"I think it's the players actually believing they can go and do it," McGrath told the Courier.

"I had this conversation at half-time, I said 'lads, I recruited you because I think you're the best I can recruit, whatever you're good at, emphasise it'.

"If you're Cody Johnson, and you can dominate modfield, then dominate midfield. If you're Shaun Hobson or Will Flint, dominate your centre-forward, if you're Conor Carty, can I run channels and link play and get a goal?

"If everybody gets the best out of their abilities that I've chosen to be at the football club, then we will go a long way.

"I said at half-time 'boys, you're here for a reason', I see them every day in training so I know what their abilities are.

"So for me, they need to take it on now. They've got the goals and the clean sheets to show but now it's onto Tuesday night."

McGrath wants to see his side move away from their early-season habit of following a victory with a defeat.

"If you do that, you get 60-odd points," he said. "I want us to be better.

"I want us to hit the heights in this division.

"I know I've got a group of players that want it as well.

"Whatever you do in life, there has to be consistency involved in everything you do, whether you work on the roads, or a restaurant or as a plumber, you have to be consistent in your job, and if you are, you get the benefits of that consistency.

"The last two games, that has been three goals and a clean sheet."

McGrath has hinted that he may freshen his side up for Tuesday's game.

"I said after the game (on Saturday) that if you've got a spot in our starting 11, fight for it, to keep it," he said.

"I may make changes. Will Hugill came out of the team on Saturday but look at his reaction, he ame on with 20 minutes to go and he was brilliant.

"That's the attitude I want. We won't achieve anything with 11 players, we'll achieve it with a 22, 23 man squad, which is what I say every week to the players, to the press, to the chairman, to the fans.

"It is a group effort."

Winger AJ Warburton is available for Tuesday's game, while there is a question mark over whether Dylan Crowe will be fit.

Mackenzie Maltby and David Kawa are not expected to be in contention.

"Dylan rolled his ankle the day before Wolves, he was due to start," McGrath said.

"AJ was back in full training on Thursday, great to have him back.

"He missed out on the squad just due to numbers.

"Mackenzie has had no reaction to his knee and I think he's back on the grass with us Monday.

"David rolled his ankle in the latter part of the game against Aldershot and it looks like he'll be out for seven to ten days."