ENOUGH is enough! That's the message coming out of the corridors of Gigg Lane loud and clear.
A run of seven successive defeats has dented any hopes of a concerted charge on the play-off places and left the club looking nervously over their shoulders at the strugglers.
But as far as caretaker-boss Graham Barrow is concerned the time is right to get back on track and start picking up points that would address the decline.
There were signs in the first half of the Boxing Day defeat at the hands of Carlisle and throughout Sunday's reverse at Huddersfield, that the green shoots of revival could be pushing through.
And Barrow is desperately hoping his threadbare squad can start punching their weight in the basement section.
"The name of the game is stopping the rot tomorrow," he declared.
"If we can do that things I think things will settle down a bit.
"We have to be heartened by the early part of the Carlisle game where we did well and the whole of the Huddersfield match.
"I was gutted we didn't get anything out of that game because the players really responded well."
One major plus point at the McAlpine Stadium was the form of Lee Duxbury who was restored to the team in a deep-lying midfield role.
Rescued from the defensive duties he was asked to perform, never looking completely comfortable, he was a revelation and protected the backline.
In turn he allowed the likes of Terry Dunfield and Glen Whelan to get at the Terriers defence.
"I think that was Lee's best game since he came to the club," said Barrow.
"The job he does in front of the defence gave us a much better shape and we got more out of Dunfield, Whelan and our two strikers."
The Bury boss expects striker Joe O'Neill to have recovered enough from an ankle injury to be included in tomorrow's squad while utility man Lee Unsworth's progress from his groin injury will be monitored.
It's unlikely there will be any more new loan additions to the squad before the weekend although the board have hinted that Barrow will be allowed to bring one or two new faces in.
"This weekend still covers the Christmas period as far as football teams go and people don't want to let players go," he said.
"We'll keep on looking but may have to hang fire until next week.
"We don't want to do anything rash because we are down to three short term loan players and one long term.
"The club can ill-afford any mistakes at this stage."
Lincoln will be formidable opponents and are in the thick of the play-off shake-up despite losing manager Graeme Alexander to a serious brain problem.
Assistant boss Gary Simpson has stepped into the breach while Alexander is out of action but it's unlikely there will be any change from their usual direct, no-nonsense gameplan.
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