Macclesfield Town manager John Askey is still targeting a successful end to the season despite his side being in a dreadful run of form.

The Silkmen have won just one league game since the start of 2016, meaning they are without a victory in their last nine National League matches.

It has seen them drop to 12th place in the division, 14 points from the play-off places, but Askey believes his team can still end the campaign in style.

“My aim is still to win all of our remaining games, if you do that then you

never know what could happen,” he said.

“I’ve been in teams where we’ve gone on a run of ten wins in a row, so it’s not beyond this team, but if you’re not prepared to put in the hard work then you’re not going to win anything.”

Macc will attempt to get back to winning ways when they travel to Gateshead on Good Friday, and Askey feels his players will step up their game in the fixture.

“Gateshead are right up there and it will be a tougher game than Boreham Wood, so if we play like we did against them then we will get turned over,” he said.

“I’m sure the players will be aware of that though and we tend to do better against the supposedly bigger clubs in this league so we will wait and see.”

Macclesfield have struggled for goals in recent weeks, finding the net just twice in their last five league matches.

Their last game saw them held to a 0-0 draw with strugglers Boreham Wood, and Askey felt his players didn’t reach expectations.

“We were poor but having said that I don’t think they had a shot on our goal, but our performance was still below par,” he said.

“There wasn’t enough commitment, we had the best chances of the game but we couldn’t convert them, after playing like that we didn’t deserve anything more than a point.

“We concentrated on ourselves, we knew about Boreham Wood’s threat, they’ve been struggling for goals, but the game was about ourselves and trying to create chances.

“For some reason it was lacklustre, one or two put in a good effort but some others didn’t.”

“It’s not a tactical issue, it’s just about work rate and one or two look too comfortable, they’ve got to realise that they’re playing for contracts.”