INCONSISTENCY has marred Wrexham’s season but Dean Keates admits he would settle for a win every other game in the Reds’ 10-match run-in.

Wrexham go into Saturday’s clash against fellow-strugglers Eastleigh at The Racecourse sitting 17th in the National League with 42 points from 36 matches.

But Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at high-flying Yeovil leaves Wrexham only two points above the bottom four.

Although he is determined to make winning a habit going down the final straight, Keates would settle for five wins from the remaining 10 games - even if it is offset by the same number of losses - as 15 points would probably be good enough to guarantee safety.

“They are absolutely massive,” Keates said referring to the final 10 games.

“The form we are in at the minute, it looks like we might win five and lose five.

“Fifteen points, would I take that? I probably would.

“But you want to find a level of consistency.”

The bottom half of the table is heavily congested but rather than hope their relegation rivals drop points, Keates insists Wrexham need to worry about themselves.

“If we had come away with a point at Yeovil, four points out of the last two away games we would have been happy with that,” said Keates.

“Everybody down there has lost so it is a game ticked off but we don’t want to be looking at other teams results.

“We want to take care of our own business.”

Shaun Pearson was taken off as a precaution at Yeovil as the game at Huish Park became heated because the Reds’ skipper has been shown nine yellow cards this season.

Keates did not want to risk his captain picking up a 10th booking and subsequent suspension ahead of the run-in, although those cards will be null and void after Saturday’s visit of Eastleigh.

With Mark Carrington and Jennings missing through injury, Jay Harris took the captain’s armband when Pearson went off.

When asked if the midfielder is now vice-captain, Keates added: “As it stands at the minute, although Carra is back with the group and is looking to figure this weekend after a full week training and compete for a place.”