Paul Cook spoke to the press ahead of the Spireites’ return to Sky Bet League Two action away at Grimsby Town, saying “We’ve had a really tough run haven’t we. From the Fleetwood game to now we’ve lost probably three and a half games, but I thought we acquitted ourselves really well in the game (Rotherham).
“I’ve enjoyed all the games over the holiday period. I haven’t enjoyed the results at all but I’ve really enjoyed the character the players have shown, the desire, the want to run, a lot of them playing out of position.
“Unfortunately for us, especially Bradford and MK Dons; the margins just didn’t go our way. That’s nothing to do with injuries, that’s just to do with the actual games themselves. So we find ourselves on a bad run, which is no problem.
“We find ourselves on the back of a real difficult moment with the injuries, but we also find ourselves in our best moment now because we’ve got players coming back.
“In a week or two we’ll be right up to speed with what I hope can be a really strong push for the final part of the season.”
Looking at Grimsby, Cook added: “We’ve got to be careful because David Artell knows my team, he’s a very astute manager. We’re getting lads back now that have trained for a day or two. So to our fans I ask them to be patient with us for another week or so.
“In a week or so, we will be back to being, in my opinion, one of the strongest squads in this division. And we’ve still got enough games to try our best to get where we want to be.
“We’ve got a difficult game tomorrow. I’m looking forward to going to Grimsby. I felt when they left here earlier in the season, that we were very fortunate to beat them. I thought Grimsby were excellent on the day.
“In my opinion, they’re one of the best teams we’ve played this season without a shadow of a doubt.”
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/HGTMmWTMhmE
