Matt Elliott's pep talk at Rangers

Matt Elliott will lead the relegation-threatened Stafford Rangers team into battle with Vauxhall Motors tomorrow by telling them 'believe you are good enough to beat the drop.'

The caretaker manager is waiting to hear whether he will be offered the job permanently by the club's hierarchy but could be confirmed before tomorrow's Blue Square North game at Marston Road kicks off.

On the field, Rangers are fighting for their lives and are already six points from safety in the second-bottom spot, having lost to AFC Telford with Elliott at the helm for the first time on Tuesday night.

But the former Leicester and Scotland defender believes the players are better than their results suggest and has urged them to prove it at Marston Road tomorrow.

He said: "I genuinely believe that every game is winnable and I don't think I am being unrealistic in thinking that.

"Every time we go out to play, we are more than in with a shout of picking up the points that can get us to safety.

"There's a lot of work to be done and we are halfway through the season, but the rest of the season is a long time.

"A lot of points can be made up between now and then so it's not desperation, but we are obviously one of the clubs who need to get out of the situation we are in.

"I will be doing my utmost day in and day out to see that happens."

Elliott was thrown into the job at just 24 hours notice before the Telford game and, although they lost the match, was relatively pleased with the application of the team.

But the caretaker boss was also in the dugout as Tim Flowers' assistant when Rangers turned in one of their worst performances of the season – away at tomorrow's opponents.

And Elliott wants to see no repeat of that 2-1 defeat at Rivacre Park in November.

He said: "As I mentioned to the lads on Tuesday night, a large part of my decision to want to become the manager is the attitude of the players that are here, because of their first-class commitment.

"There are two games that have really disappointed me, Vauxhall Motors away and Hyde last Saturday but, in the majority of the others, we have acquitted ourselves reasonably well."