Source: PA
Mathias monitors Hatters
Stockport caretaker boss Ray Mathias will assess the fitness of several players ahead of the must-win home clash with Port Vale.
Midfielder Paul Turnbull missed last weekend`s defeat to Shrewsbury while defensive pair Aaron Brown and Mansour Assoumani picked up knocks at the Greenhous Meadow and will be checked along with striker Mat Paterson.
Mathias will definitely be without midfielder Greg Tansey as he serves the second match of a two-game ban.
County lie eight points adrift of safety with only four matches remaining and are seemingly doomed.
Yet Mathias says his men can take heart from their spirited second-half display in the defeat at Shrewsbury.
He said: "We haven't given up yet, you can be sure of that. I think the second-half performance at Shrewsbury proves that."
