Notts County skipper Michael O'Connor hopeful of promotion run

Notts County captain Michael O'Connor has claimed that his side are well placed to enjoy a tilt at promotion this season.

The Magpies currently sit sixth in the table after 15 games played in League Two and just two defeats in their last eight.

"Our aim at the start of the year was to get promotion," the midfielder told the Nottingham Post.

"To be sitting sixth at the start of November is good. We'd like to be a bit higher, because we've dropped points when we thought we could have had three points – like on Saturday when we missed a penalty.

"I think if you'd asked me at the start of the season if I'd be happy with being sixth now, I would have taken it. We're still in the mix.

"We have a good set of lads who want to work hard. We've got one or two players who can turn games for us and we've got some experience, so we've got a bit of everything in the team.

"We just need a bit of consistency now. We just need to keep picking up points here and there, then, hopefully, come March, April, May we're up there."

Notts will be turning their attention to cup competitions as they face Boreham Wood and Sunderland's Under-23s in the coming seven days.

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