Ged Brannan: Morecambe manager targets six wins in final 10 games for play-offs

Ged Brannan initially took co-caretaker charge of Morecambe for a 6-0 defeat at Wrexham in November

Morecambe are targeting six more wins to reach the League Two play-offs this season, manager Ged Brannan says.

The Shrimps are a point behind seventh-placed Gillingham with a game in hand in the first of their final 10 matches.

"I'd say 72 points will get in the play-offs," said Brannan, who has seven wins in 20 league games since succeeding Derek Adams in November.

"I've had a little chat with all of the lads and said if we win six of our last 10 games, we've got a great chance."

Adams left the club in the final play-off position when the Scot departed a week before Brannan's appointment, with the ex-Morecambe midfielder stepping up from the first-team coach role he had taken in September.

Morecambe had won two consecutive matches before losing 3-1 at home to promotion-chasing Wrexham on Saturday.

"Everybody is beating each other in this league," said Brannan, who also played for clubs including Manchester City as a player.

"It's like a mini-league for us - if we can finish in thebarbem02 top four of five of that, we'll be in the play-offs.

"We've had a great season up to now. They've been brilliant since I've been in and I've been made up with how everything's gone.

"They've gone on a great run and shown what a good team they are. If we have the belief we've had in the last few weeks, I'm sure we can go on another run. If we finish mid-table, we'll be disappointed."

Morecambe, who suffered relegation on the final day of last season, improved Brannan's record of one win in his first eight matches in permanent charge by losing one of their first eight games at the start of 2024.

Four of their remaining matches are against teams currently above them in the table, including the visit of the Gills in their next home game on March 23.

"It's a good place to come and work," said Brannan, who is in his first managerial role.

"Everyone's happy and behind each other, whether it's the staff, right through all the players.

"When you've got places where you're happy to be at, you perform better."