JOHN Coleman insists his Accrington Stanley side will keep on scrapping until they are out of relegation trouble.

The Reds make the short journey to North West rivals Rochdale tomorrow aiming to clinch three precious points and put greater distance between themselves and the League Two dropzone.

Stanley are still in the relegation melting pot after garnishing just one point from their last three matches.

Despite going three games without a win, boss Coleman has been encouraged by his side's last two performances.

Stanley showed plenty of character to stage a second-half comeback at Darlington - although it ultimately ended in defeat - while they were close to pinching a late winner in last Saturday's 2-2 draw with Lincoln after Andy Todd and Paul Mullin both grabbed goals.

But at this pivotal stage of the season, wins are what matters and Coleman admits they must come quickly.

"It's still in our own hands but if we can get those wins sooner rather than later, that will be better for everybody concerned here," said Coleman.

"That's what we need, but we don't know what's around the corner. We've just got to keep fighting.

"We've played well in our last one-and-a-half games and that's given us a bit of confidence. But in the last few games, we've only picked up one point and we need to pick up more.

"We've just got to make sure we don't have any bad runs from here until the end of the season.

"Anybody can get sucked into the relegation battle. By losing four or five games on the trot, you can get dragged down there.

"It's the opposite if you win four or five games - that can get you out of trouble and that's what we are looking for."

Stanley have shown to be effective travellers in 2007, landing a respectable seven points from a possible 15 since the turn of the year.

And Coleman is hoping they take confidence from their draw with Lincoln to grab a third away win of the calendar year at Spotland.

He added: "Our last three or four away performances have been quite good and hopefully we can keep that going at Rochdale.

"I don't think the lads enjoy playing away from home any more than they do at home - they just like playing. But sometimes it works out that your form can be better away from home.

"But if we show the same attitude we showed last Saturday, we won't be too far away from getting a good result."

Przemyslaw Kazimierczak will be given his fifth start in a Reds shirt after extending his loan deal from Bolton Wanderers by another month.

The Polish U20 international goalkeeper came off the bench last Saturday after another on-loan stopper, David Martin, hobbled off the pitch against Lincoln with an ankle injury.

Coleman said: "David should be okay in two weeks."