THE chances of Grimsby Town going goal crazy again this afternoon, are "slim" – according to Paul Hurst.
After hammering Gateshead 6-1 and Alfreton 7-0 over the Bank Holiday weekend, Mariners fans could be hoping for eight goals in Hampshire!
But Hurst believes Andy Scott's Aldershot – who have lost only once this season – will be a completely different proposition.
"I'd take any win right now – if it was 1-0 and a horrible game I'd take that," the manager told the Telegraph.
"We'd like to put in another good performance, and we've shown that if we do that, we're capable of winning games.
"I've seen, and had reports on, Aldershot. They've started the season pretty well and with the game they did lose at Eastleigh, they were extremely unlucky.
"If anyone looked like they were going to win that game in the final 20 minutes, it was Aldershot.
"We know we're in for a tough game. But it's a really good pitch down there, so we'll look to get it down and play again as we have done in the last couple of games."
With three goals to his name already this campaign, former Rotherham United and Northampton Town striker Brett Williams will be one for the Mariners' miserly defence to watch closely.
"The obvious dangerman is Williams in terms of his goals – he was favourite to finish top goalscorer in this league," confirmed Hurst.
"He was playing higher a few seasons ago and I thought he would stay in the league.
"It didn't happen for whatever reason and he's obviously found somewhere where he's playing regular football and putting good performances in.
"He'll be trying everything he can for Aldershot, but I'm sure he'll be looking at the Football League again in the future.
"He looks dangerous and has a good partnership with Josh Scott up front – they give the team a real base to play from."
On some of the Shots' other key players, Hurst added: "Chris Barker missed their game the other day but is also vastly experienced, and Glenn Wilson, who they took from Salisbury, is a good player as well.
"They've added one or two to what was a decent squad already.
"The issue they had then was fighting the points deduction, and for them to get anywhere near the play-offs, they would have had to gone on a unbelievable run all the way through.
"They started reasonably well, had a bit of dip and then finished quite strongly again.
"So we'll take nothing for granted. While confidence is high from our performances, it means nothing.
"That's forgotten and we look forwards now rather than backwards, having given ourselves a pat on the back."
