Neal Ardley admits he is spoilt for choice striker-wise ahead of a season-defining period of fixtures.

Lyle Taylor continues to be the go to man where goals are concerned having notched numbers 12 and 13 of the season in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Luton.

Tom Elliott is Ardley’s current preferred foil for the leading scorer, but with the two Adebayos, Azeez and Akinfenwa providing threat from the bench, The AFC Wimbledon boss knows he has plenty of options for what he hopes will be a playoff push.

“This is what we hoped for at the start of the season when we had a seven-hour meeting to talk about what promotion might look like.” he said.

Wimbledon's Lyle Taylor celebrates

“We said four good forwards with different abilities giving us the chance to take two off and put two on, creating real competition for places and we have got that.

“Going into these seven games in three weeks I won’t worry which forwards I play because I don’t think I weaken the team playing any of them.”

The schedule ahead will be the sternest examination possible of Dons’ promotion pretensions when as well as Saturday's trip to the Hive they face journeys to current leaders Northampton, fellow playoff chasers Bristol Rovers and the Shrimpers of Morecambe.

In addition, three more promotion hopefuls, Carlisle, Oxford and Accrington are all due at Kingsmeadow – all seven games taking place by March 12.

Neal Ardley

Ardley’s plan is to keep his side – viewed underdogs by the bookies - as relaxed as possible.

“We have talked about it and our job as staff is to just not be weird and wonderful, but keep the players happy, fresh and fit and be excited by the seven games we have got in the next three weeks,” he added

“We will look forward to them as a challenge and if we come up short we come up short and won’t beat ourselves up about it.”