Izale McLeod: 'I can still get 20 goals and help Notts County to play-offs'

Notts County striker Izale McLeod has claimed his side can still push for promotion, while he believes he can still reach 20 goals this season. 

The Magpies' top scorer, with nine goals, returns to old club Crawley Town this afternoon, having left the Reds for Meadow Lane in the summer for a fee said to be over £100,000.

But with new manager Jamie Fullarton in charge, McLeod believes a nine-point gap to the play-off places in League Two is not impossible to overcome.

"I still think I can get to 20 goals this season, but it's not just about me," he told reporters. 

"More importantly if we can shore ourselves up at the back, we can still really push up the league.

"It's still really tight and people outside of the club will think we are going to be mid-table. But we've got ambitions of wanting promotion. 

"Why not? We are not a million miles away. If we can get on a run we will be there or thereabouts."

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