DORCHESTER Town boss Tom Killick is confident of an upturn in results for the Magpies.

Killick’s men entertain Hungerford Town at the Avenue Stadium tomorrow (3pm), with the two sides in divergent form in the Pitching In Southern League Premier South.

Hungerford are on a stunning sequence of 13 league games unbeaten, a run which has seen them jump into fifth spot.

However, Dorchester occupy 20th after successive losses against three title and play-off contenders in Chesham, Poole plus Walton & Hersham.

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There are also only four points separating Plymouth Parkway in 15th with the Magpies.

Asked if he takes heart from the fact Dorchester have not been cut adrift, Killick told Echosport: “Yeah, you do.

“It’s bad enough being in the bottom echelons but if there are teams that have pulled away from you, it makes it even worse.

“So, it’s definitely a positive thing even though our league position is not what we want. It’s not going to take a massive upturn to pull ourselves out of it.”

Discussing Hungerford’s form, he said: “I didn’t actually realise how well they have been doing until I started looking at them in advance of our fixture.

“You normally, as a manager, have a general feel for the table and who’s doing what.

“You can see that it’s going to be a big task but, in the position we’re in, you can’t pick and choose who you take your points off.

“Before I arrived, we had a good draw at Hungerford, which was a decent result at the time.

“But whether you’re playing Poole, Chesham or Hungerford, we’ve got to start picking up some points. We’ve got to be ready.”

Dorchester goalkeeper Adam Forster had a scan on his injured shoulder on Wednesday, with the Magpies due to be updated on his progress at the time of writing.

Killick has meanwhile signed Luton Town goalkeeper Jameson Horlick on loan until the end of the season and confirmed Forster’s original replacement Jake Viney has departed the club.

“It’s against the background of circumstances that we’d rather not have had to endure, both from our or Adam’s point of view,” Killick said.

“Having suffered that bad luck, Adam has been so good for us, I felt we had to get someone in at as high a level as we could.”

On Viney, Killick added: “It’s no slight on him, it’s just we felt it’s such an important position when we got the opportunity to bring someone of his calibre in, which doesn’t happen often at our level, we felt we had to take it.

“Like most clubs at our level, you can’t really look to keep financially two high-level goalkeepers.

“I don’t think Jake would’ve been interested in being second choice. He’s keen to play games, so it didn’t really make sense for us try and keep Jake.”

Dorchester are otherwise fully fit, barring skipper Jordan Ngalo (hamstring) who remains doubtful.