The Silkmen face three games in a week, with all three at the Moss Rose starting against Chesterfield on Saturday.

We met up with Silkmen Physio Nick Reid to see how the injury situation looks ahead of a busy week at the club.

"We've still only got two full time occupants of the physio room" he told us. "Right now it's only Richard Butcher and Ricky Sappleton who are with me every day."

So how are they getting on?

"Well, Richard is doing well and will probably start jogging this week to get himself back ready for action after a medial ligament injury.

"It doesn't look as bad as it could have been and he has already been doing some strength work. He's probably still a couple of weeks away from action, but there's a chance he could be back in time for the Stockport match.

"Ricky Sappleton is also improving slowly but surely. He's been out for a long time and needs to keep working hard and he started some work with the ball recently.

"He can't do it every day because his knee is still swelling after sessions. The specialist thinks it should be another fortnight before he can get back to full training and we can think about a return to action."

What about the other three who have returned?

"Paul Morgan played at the weekend and is perfectly fit, but just needs to take a bit of care with his wrist injury.

"He has been itching to get back to action and didn't suffer after the game.

"Meanwhile both Hamza Bencherif and Ross Draper have played and recovered well after the game.

"Both of them still need to keep working on their strength in the legs which were injured but will both also get a lot of benefit from playing games and are both getting better and better with time and hard work."