Clarets boss Stan Ternent is ready to rotate his squad over the holiday period as he chases the two wins that could secure the Clarets' play-off spot.

Burnley take on second placed Wolves at Turf Moor tomorrow before immediately heading south for Monday's match at Portsmouth and Ternent knows it is crunch time.

"I think Easter Saturday will be a fantastic afternoon," he said. "Wolves are in an automatic promotion spot and we have been in the top six all season so we are two of the best teams in the division.

"It would be a real shame if we let it slip at this stage but I am convinced we will get the points we need. A couple of wins should be enough to get us to the play-offs.

"They are all massive games now and the Wolves game is no bigger than the last one at Sheffield or the next one at Portsmouth.

"I will be looking to use my whole squad and my next two team selections will probably reflect that."

Ternent already knows he will have to make changes from last week. Nik Michopoulos will return in goal after Marlon Beresford's recall to the Riverside yesterday and Ian Cox has been ruled out for three weeks with the thigh strain he suffered in the opening minutes of the match against the Blades.

"With Steve Davis it is touch and go so we will have to wait and see," said Ternent about the skipper who is trying to shake off a calf strain.

"But Gordon Armstrong, Lennie Johnrose and a few others had a run out with the reserves so it is only Graham Branch and Coxy who are definitely out. Tony Grant has got a little knock on his knee and he is another we will look at.

"Robbie Blake played for the reserves again and he will definitely be in the squad."

Burnley lost 3-0 at Molineux earlier in the season but Ternent insisted there is no score to settle, all he wants is the three points. But the home side will have to end a remarkable sequence of nine straight defeats against the old gold shirts of Wolves.

"This is a fresh match and a fresh challenge," said Ternent.

The disappointment of last Saturday's display at Sheffield United has been put behind them as Burnley's players have worked hard to put things right on the training ground.

"I went with three up at Sheffield and it didn't work," admitted Ternent. "But we have regrouped this week, done some good training but got some rest in as well."

The sunshine and the Easter break brought out a host of young fans to Gawthorpe yesterday and Ternent admitted: "That is because of where we are in the league and of course Paul Gascoigne being here.

"But it is like this pretty often here when the schools are off."

The buzz around the town created by the arrival of Gazza has not worn off and the fact that Wolves have taken up their full allocation of tickets should guarantee Turf Moor's biggest gate of the season.

Last night only 800 tickets remained to be sold but the club's ticket office is open today.

"The atmosphere will be great, two of the best sides in the division are playing and there is an awful lot at stake," said Ternent.

No wonder he is predicting an Easter extravaganza.