GOALKEEPER Joe Day says Newport County AFC have “achieved nothing yet” as they look to secure their League Two place at Carlisle today, writes Ryan Robinson.

The Exiles moved out of the relegation zone with victory over Accrington Stanley last week, and Day believes the side are solely focused on completing the job in hand.

He said: “It’s definitely been an eventful season but from where we were with 12 games remaining, 11 point adrift, to where we’ve got ourselves now it’s been an unbelievable effort.

“Like the manager has told us, nothing is achieved yet so we’ve got to continue it and finish the two games off.

“That message has been drilled into us that we haven’t achieved anything yet but I think the celebrations last week were warranted.

“It was November the last time we were out of the bottom two and it’s more about the fact that we have put ourselves in a position where it’s in our own hands.

“We have to finish the job off now; last two games just keep it going.”

County can finish the job if they win at Brunton Park and Hartlepool United fail to beat fellow strugglers Cheltenham Town.

But Day knows that play-off chasing Carlisle will provide a stern test.

“Carlisle have struggled with their results of late but they are up there for a reason,” he added.

“They are a very good team; we won’t give them too much respect but we won’t underestimate them either.

“We will prepare like we have done and go there in a confident mood.

“We’ve just got to go there and make sure we are better than them.”

Asked whether being out of the drop-zone has affected the player’s mentality ahead of the final two games, the goalkeeper said recent form has had no effect on his own game.

“I don’t think it changes to be honest,” he said. “We just have to go into the last two games, put in the same effort and passion that the players have been putting in and I think that will be enough.

“Every game has been massive since Michael Flynn took over. We’ve known every game is like a cup-final and these two are no different.

“You can see teams crumble in that pressure, but we’ve stood up against it and we need to keep that going.”

Day has been instrumental in County’s recent run of form, which has seen the side keep four clean sheets from the last five matches.

And the 26-year-old believes every player deserves credit for that statistic.

“Recently, we’ve had more of a settled backline and it only helps with the understanding,” he said.

“It’s been great to have kept clean-sheets that have essentially won the game but as a whole team we’ve defended fantastically and hopefully we can keep that going.

“We’ve been fantastic at seeing games out and four clean sheets in five goes a long way to showing how strong the mentality of this group of players is.”

Since joining County in a club record deal in January 2015, Day has seen six managers come and go.

And Day says the changes Flynn has implemented since replacing Graham Westley have helped the side turn their fortunes around.

He added: “The main difference the manager has brought in is that he’s taken a step back with things and made everything back to basics and given us the freedom of playing our own game which in turn has given us confidence.

“It worked when he first came in and since then the momentum has been building.”