Ricardo Moniz: 'We can close gap to top seven'

Notts County manager Ricardo Moniz has not given up hope of achieving a playoff position this season.

The Magpies sit 16th in League Two as they reach the halfway point of the campaign with their home tie against Morecambe on Monday.

Despite the lowly league position, Notts remain just eight points off the top seven, and Moniz is eager to find the consistency needed to get his team up the table.

He said: "The gap can close to the top seven and some still believe we can do it which inspires me a lot. And we certainly need inspiration from different angles.

"I still believe we can turn this inconsistency and there have been many times this season when we thought we were on the verge of doing so.

"The Christmas period and our inconsistency means I have not had a lot of time to celebrate, but that's the job. You have to accept the good time with the bad

"We set the highest goal and I am very black and white in that respect because we wanted to be the favourite in this division. I don't hide myself either.

"But we have young players in the team and with young players you have to accept they will make mistakes.

The consideration now is to make a change because you have to. We can either look at more experience, or how we possess the pitch and be difficult to break down."