YORK City boss Colin Walker has admitted the next three league games will make or break the club's Blue Square Premier play-off hopes.

The Minstermen travel to third-placed Cambridge tomorrow before playing host to Burton, who lie sixth, on Tuesday night.

A home match with fifth-placed Exeter - a week on Monday - is then sandwiched in between City's crucial two-legged FA Trophy semi-final against Torquay and Walker has set out his intention to try and win all five games in a massive fortnight for the club.

He said: "The next three league games will sort out whether we will get anywhere near the play-offs or not. We will certainly have some say in who does get in the top five, because we have all those teams left to play.

"We would have settled for being two games away from Wembley and still knocking on the door of the play-offs back in November and, if we can get positive results in these games, who knows what can happen? What I can say is that we will be 100 per cent committed to winning every match we play."

With defender Darren Kelly returning to reserve action in midweek after a hamstring injury, Walker will have a full squad to choose from at Cambridge, aside from Leo Fortune-West due to the loan agreement between the two clubs.

Kelly is unlikely to be considered and Mark Robinson, who also had his second outing in the 2-0 North Riding Cup win at Scarborough Athletic, will not start but Walker hopes his presence will keep wing-backs Anthony Lloyd and Ben Purkiss on their toes.

The City chief said: "Robbo still maybe needs a couple more 90-minute games before he's really threatening, but we've already had a chat with Anthony Lloyd and he's aware of what's happening. It's not only him that comes under pressure either - Ben Purkiss does too, because I can always throw Lloydy on to the other side of the pitch.

"Hopefully, the players will perform better under that pressure. That's what a squad is all about."

Skipper Manny Panther saw a specialist on Wednesday to access his niggling knee problem and Walker believes the Scottish midfielder looked stronger than he has done for a long time in training yesterday, meaning he could earn a recall to the starting line-up at Cambridge.

Key defender David McGurk also missed training during the first half of the week but is expected to be fit.

Walker added: "Dave hyper-extended his knee and we have had to be very careful with him because it's sometimes difficult to know what's wrong with the back of the knee but he kicked some balls yesterday and should take part in a full session today."

On-loan Rotherham winger Sam Duncum might have to be content with a place on the bench for the second successive game, although his performance for the reserves has suggested the Minstermen might have another forward to compete for a starting place.

The City boss said: "In the shape we play, it's sometimes difficult to get Sam into the team. He started at right-wing back against Scarborough and it didn't work for him there but, when we put him up front, his pace caused lots of problems and he was brought down for a penalty."