Matchday adrenaline will compensate for any fitness concerns, says Boston United boss Craig Elliott

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Craig Elliott believes that matchday adrenaline will be the answer for any fitness questions as Boston United begin their campaign this week.

The Pilgrims boss says 'a couple' of latecomers to his Pilgrims squad will be working extra hard this week to be ready for action.

A number of summer recruits haven't seen competitive action since last season ended in March, while others are fresh from a play-off push in July and August, which left a bizarre imbalance in the squad at the beginning of pre-season.

Boston ended their campaign of friendlies with a 3-2 win over Huddersfield Town B on Saturday."I think there's still a couple who need more games, but like I mentioned to the squad last week, I've got to the stage where I just haven't got time to deal with that," he said.

"It's up to the individuals to catch up, do their own work and sort of slowly get to the levels they need to get to.

"It's like a severe injury as such for some of them - five, six, seven months for some players.

"We're at the point there's not much more else I can do or we can do in pre-season. But those players will slowly get there and you can't beat playing games and competitive games.

"I'm sure the adrenaline will kick in and players will get to the levels they need to."

Having seen some of his side return from a four-month break to reach last season's National League North play-off final, Elliott has every confidence his players will be up for - and ready - when action begins with Saturday's FA Cup tie."That's the thing, one the competitive edge comes into the games, the adrenaline gets going," he added.

"The amount of games we've got, everybody's going to be needed initially. They'll get minutes and up to speed."

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