NICK Crittenden has hailed boss Mark Jermyn for the impact he is having on the way the Magpies are performing.

Dorchester won for the third time in four league matches last night when they beat Arlesey Town 3-1 in front of their own fans.

The victory made player-manager Jermyn’s first game back at the Avenue since his move from Poole all the more sweeter.

And his assistant Crittenden feels a lot of what the Magpies are doing well on the pitch stems from Jermyn’s qualities as a player.

“Everyone goes on about Mark as a manager, but as a player he has given us stability at the back,” he said.

“He is an organiser and he gets people around him, and he doesn’t let them switch off for a second.

“You can see out on the pitch that we look so much more solid and other teams aren’t getting as many chances against us as they were.

“We’ve got the extra man at the back and we’re also creating chances as well, so it’s all positive at the moment.”

Nathan Walker was on target twice and Ben Watson once as Dorchester earned successive wins in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier Division.