Yates ponders Harriers loan move

The Harriers boss, assistant manager Neil Howarth and chairman Barry Norgrove are due to meet, to establish what will be needed to get the team to the promised land - a Blue Square Premier play-off place at the end of the season.

That dream received a boost last night with a last-gasp 1-0 win at Wrexham, a result that lifted the Aggborough club back into the play-off places and two points clear of sixth-placed Stevenage.

But with Harriers currently facing a mammoth seven games in 16 days starting with Saturday's trip to York, the squad are likely to be stretched to the limit.

Yates wants to take no chances, and will relay that message to his chairman.

He said: "I am speaking to Barry today, I have got a couple of issues that I want to see where we can go on ahead of the deadline. What we have on Thursday is what we have to the end of the season and, with the amount of games we still have left to play, we need all bases covered.

"I will sit down with Neil, identify what we need and work out what we are able to do."

A win in Wales was left right to the very last moment, Chris McPhee's second goal in two games coming in stoppage time at the Racecourse Ground.

Harriers have yet to lose since McPhee came on board from Weymouth, the play-off chasers recording five wins in six.

But Yates refuses to let one man take the plaudits as he reckons, with the slaying of the Dragons also their sixth clean sheet in a row, the foundations of a good side start from the back.

The manager added: "Chris is a good player full stop, he was someone I wanted for a long time and we are fortunate to have him. But it's a team effort, that was our sixth clean sheet on the bounce so it's from the back we are succeeding.

"We've got a couple of days to rest now and then we will back in Thursday afternoon, getting in the right frame of mind for our game on Saturday."