Diamonds full of confidence for play-off dreams
Justin Edinburgh admits Rushden & Diamonds need to stay full of confidence going into a key period for their play-off bid.
They take on Eastbourne Borough at Nene Park tomorrow night before matches against promotion rivals Stevenage Borough, Oxford United and Mansfield Town ahead of the derby date with Kettering Town at the end of this month.
Diamonds' fourth win in five league games lifted them above the Poppies in the Blue Square Premier table as goals from Aaron O'Connor, Michael Corcoran and Jefferson Louis earned a 3-0 victory at Grays Athletic on Saturday.
Edinburgh's side are only outside the top five on goal-difference behind AFC Wimbledon with a game in hand over the Londoners who don't have any midweek action.
The Diamonds boss said: "Of course, confidence is high and we will take that into tomorrow's game.
"Then if we get something out of that we've got four tough games coming up.
"At the moment we feel we can win every match.
"There was no complacency at Grays. The players showed their professionalism and character.
"It was a good performance and we could have scored more goals.
"I thought we passed the ball well on a difficult surface.
"It was just a case of getting the second goal to take the pressure off because at 1-0 it's tight where any slip or mistake might have let Grays back into it.
"They had a go and it was a tough game. But in the end we ran out comfortable winners.
"Other results have gone for us and we're closing the gap all the time."
Diamonds must cope without star man Lee Tomlin for the next two home games after his 10th booking of the season brought another ban.
Edinburgh added: "He plays on the edge and he has got that little bit
of fire in him which makes him such a good player. It's disappointing to lose him."
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