King doubt for Curzon game

COLWYN BAY will put a third place finish back in their own hands if they can make it three wins in a row in Saturday's crunch game away to fourth-placed Curzon Ashton (April 10).
They go into the game six points ahead of Curzon, albeit having played two games more and with an inferior goal difference, but Curzon, who are facing a game virtually every two days over the last three weeks of the season, are also suffering with injuries and suspensions.
They were held to a 1-1 draw at home by second-from-bottom Ossett Albion on Wednesday following a 3-2 home defeat against Mossley on Easter Monday, and with fellow top five rivals Leigh Genesis also dropping points in a midweek home defeat, it has been an excellent week so far for Colwyn Bay's play-off chances.
"As things stand at the moment I reckon we need seven points from our last five games to be guaranteed a place in the play-offs, but anything can happen yet and we have to take it one game at a time," said manager Neil Young.
"Curzon are suffering with injuries like ourselves, but they are a good attacking side and we need to nullify that threat if we are to get a result.
"We trained well on Thursday night and after two clean sheets over Easter the mood in the squad is good."
The manager, who starts a three-match touchline ban on Saturday after being ordered to the stand by the referee at Bamber Bridge in February, again has his team selection hampered by injury problems.
Left back Chris King pulled out of training on Thursday with a tight hamstring and is a major doubt, Neil Black is still struggling with a hamstring problem and loan signing Alex Titchiner has again been ruled out by the Crewe Alexandra physios because of his troublesome ankle injury.
That is particularly disappointing for Colwyn Bay. Curzon will be playing their third game in six days and Young would have loved the option of introducing Titchiner's lightning pace from the bench against tiring legs in the second half.
But the manager added: "The last thing I want to do is play anybody now who is struggling with an injury and risk losing them for the play-offs. We want our strongest possibly side available for that."
Jimmy Kelly and Adriano Rigoglioso are now fully fit again after injury and Ryan Williams is also added to the squad.
Colwyn Bay: (from) Sanna, Denson, King, Brandreth, Grannon, Challinor, Sheehan, Sheridan, Rule, McGill, Stones, Graves, Kelly, Rigoglioso, Davey, Williams, Ablett, Jackson.