Town boss McGrath says Shaymen have a "really good chance" of finishing in the play-offs

Town visit mid-table Kidderminster on Saturday, with the two teams having contrasting fortunes in the FA Cup last weekend - Halifax lost 2-0 at Cheltenham while Kidderminster won 3-0 against Doncaster Rovers.

The Shaymen are four points and three places outside the top seven at the moment, and McGrath is optimistic about their play-off chances.

"I think we've got a really good chance of a play-off place," he said.

"I think Boreham Wood are an exceptionally good side, they're probably gone and beyond everybody now and there's no catching them now.

"But there's definitely a chasing pack and we're definitely within that chasing pack."

McGrath says he is happy with how things are going.

"Yeah I am. If I'm being uber-critical we could be an extra four or five points ahead of where we are at the minute, with the Barrow game and the Sutton game, which pop to mind," he said.

"But we'll get games where we'llend up nicking something late, it's just the nature of football.

"I'm relatively pleased with where we are, yeah."

But the Town boss insists there is much more left in the tank from his side.

"Lots I'd like to hope, because with it being a young group, we've still got to get certain players up to full match fitness," he said.

"Being a young group and only coming together a couple of months back, we've got a lot more to come.

"Consistency is getting better, you've seen that lately in performances and I've always said if performances remain high, then we'll be OK."

Town captain Cody Johnson will miss Saturday's game due to suspension after picking up five bookings.

"Huge miss," McGrath said. "His influence on the team is massive, I think he's got better this year than he was last year, which is credit to him.

"He's starting to control games. We gave him the captaincy, which gives him that leadership.

"He'll be a huge loss but we've got good players, we've got a squad of players so it's now time for someone else to come in."

Kidderminster beat a Doncaster team last weekend featuring McGrath's son Jay in defence.

On whether that cup upset would be a good thing or a bad thing for The Shaymen, McGrath said: "Hopefully it'll be a bit like after the Lord Mayor's Show.

"The FA Cup is the FA Cup, you saw Crawley losing, Altrincham took Notts County to penalties, it's difficult to judge it because it's the FA Cup.

"I spoke to my son about it at length and he said they were just poor on the day and Kiddy are not a bad side.

"I don't know if it's going to be a good thing or a bad thing but we had to go and play Kidderminster at some point and it just so happens to be the week after their FA Cup win."