Next two games are massive - Kazim-Richards

Crawley Town boss Colin Kazim-Richards said the club's next two games are "massive" both "for me personally and for the team".

The Reds currently sit at the foot of League Two, with just five points from their first nine games.

Their latest defeat came in a 2-1 loss away to league leaders Salford City on Saturday.

Kazim-Richards took over as head coach in March and has won five of his 20 games in charge, but did steer them to League Two survival on the final day of last season.

Crawley's next two games are both at home, to 14th-placed Shrewsbury Town on Tuesday and 17th-placed Tranmere Rovers on Saturday.

And, speaking to BBC Radio Sussex after the Salford defeat, Kazim-Richards accepted the magnitude of those matches on the team's position and his own.

"These two games are massive, for me personally and for the team as well," he said.

"We've played against two of the top sides consecutively, Chesterfield and Salford, and now we are going to play against a couple of teams that are probably more around where we are now, with all due respect, if you're looking at the table.

"It's two very, very important games, for the team and for me personally."