Source: Northern_Echo
Quakers are out to build on home win
Darlington aim to fire another warning to teams immediately above them in the table by quickly recording another home win when they host Lincoln City this evening.[LNB] Victory against the fifthbottom Imps would maintain the momentum set in motion with Saturday's impressive victory over promotion-chasing Rotherham United.[LNB] The 2-0 win, Quakers' first on home soil for three months, saw them reduce the gap to safety to 12 points, while outof- form Lincoln are 14 ahead.[LNB] Chris Sutton's side have lost their last three games, though Darlington assistant manager Kevin Richardson is not too concerned with how other clubs are faring.[LNB] Some of the teams probably looked at the table yesterday and saw the gap is that little bit smaller, he said. If we can now get something out of Tuesday night we're giving ourselves a fighting chance.[LNB] We need all the help we can get, we need to get as many points as possible and hopefully, by the end of the season, we'll have enough.[LNB] I don't pay any attention to how other teams are doing.[LNB] The most important thing is how Darlington perform, how many points we pick up, and let other people worry about us. I just concentrate and focus on what we do.[LNB] After winning 2-1 at Rotherham last month, four days later Quakers crashed 3-0 at Crewe, so Richardson and manager Steve Staunton have warned their players against a repeat scenario.[LNB] Richardson said: After we beat Rotherham last time we went to Crewe and look what happened there. The first half just wasn't acceptable.[LNB] So the (away) win was almost a waste of time because we didn't gain anything immediately after that. We've told the players that we can't allow that to happen again.[LNB] The lads have set their standards. They know what the manager is looking for and we try again on Tuesday.[LNB] We have to build on Saturday because it will mean nothing if we don't get the outcome we want against Lincoln.[LNB] Darlington beat Lincoln 1-0 in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy earlier this season at The Northern Echo Arena.[LNB] Richardson added: Lincoln might have lost their last three, but their manager will be looking for a reaction.[LNB] Rotherham were in the same position on Saturday because I watched them last Tuesday when they lost, which wasn't the result we wanted.[LNB] It meant they came to us on Saturday, after the manager had given them a ticking off, they changed their line-up and we were the next team to face them. But we got a win so credit to our players for the way they dealt with it.[LNB] Jeff Smith was substituted as a precaution at the weekend but he is available this evening so Staunton is likely to stick with the same starting XI.[LNB] That means Darlington will field the same line-up for a third consecutive league fixture for the first time since October 2008.[LNB] It's a nice change for the manager to be able to pick his team from the same squad with no new injuries because I don't think that's happened too many times this season,[LNB] said Richardson.[LNB] If we can do that then the responsibility is turned on to the players. They have got their reward, they're in the team and starting again, the responsibility is then on them to produce the same performance and get the same result.[LNB] Former Quakers midfielder Clark Keltie may earn a recall for Lincoln having been left on the substitutes bench for Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Chesterfield.[LNB] Darlington (probable): Redmond; Madden, White, Miller, Giddings; J Smith, Dempsey, Waite, Purcell; Main, Diop.[LNB]
