Schumacher wants his Pilgrims to focus on themselves

MANAGER SAYS PILGRIMS MUST NOT WORRY ABOUT PROMOTION RIVALS

-  CHRIS ERRINGTON

STEVEN Schumacher is urging his Plymouth Argyle players to stay single-minded in their approach as they bid to clinch automatic promotion from League One.

Schumacher does not want them to be distracted by how their three rivals for a top two finish - Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Barnsley - are faring.

Argyle are top of the table, but only five points covers the top four clubs, ahead of their away game against 10th-placed Shrewsbury Town tonight (7.45pm).

The Pilgrims We can only f We can only c we can do. We do both sic game Steven Sch gave their promotion hopes a big boost with a 1-0 victory over Exeter City in the Devon derby at St James Park on Saturday, but Schumacher appreciates there is still a lot of hard work to be done over the final three weeks of the season.

He said: "Everyone knows it won't be straightforward. We have to focus on the next game, just try and beat Shrewsbury if we can, or get a good result, which backs up a great result on Saturday and then go from there.

"We have got three home games coming up which we are going to have to be at our best for as well because there is no easy games in anyone's run in."

Second-placed Ipswich are at home to Port Vale this evening while Sheffield Wednesday, who are third, are away to Bristol Rovers and - Barnsley travel to Lincoln City.