My side can mix it with best in division - Johnson

LEE Johnson is confident his side can bounce back tomorrow as they head to Wiltshire to play Swindon Town.

The Athletic manager has been through a week of contrasting fortunes. There was the euphoria of the 5-4 victory over Peterborough last Saturday, followed three days later by a 3-0 loss to Wolves.

But Wolves have £25million worth of talent on the bench and the result flattered the visitors, so there is no need for Latics to feel downhearted in advance of tomorrow’s clash at the County Ground.

Johnson said: “We showed enough against Wolves to prove we can compete with the top teams.

“The first game against Peterborough was monstrous, but now, ahead of the Swindon game, I know there’s only a couple of sides we can’t compete against in our division, squad-wise. We’re definitely not going to Swindon with any fear.”

Defender Genseric Kusunga (hamstring) is an injury doubt for tomorrow’s trip and James Wesolowski (shoulder) and David Worrall (groin) will be assessed before travelling, but the Robins were beaten 2-1 at Boundary Park in October and Athletic remain buoyant.

Athletic could do with an away fillip. They have not won a league fixture on their travels since beating Shrewsbury 2-1 in November.

Swindon are strong on their own patch, having lost just twice at home all season against high-flying Walsall and Leyton Orient.