Town central defender Jason De Vos says the players are prepared to pay to fly to Plymouth for the Blues' January 3rd fixture at Home Park. De Vos says the squad are concerned that a lengthy coach journey could affect their performance.

The Canadian said: "It is a long, long, way and I would certainly chip in. Skipper Jim Magilton has said we have a fantastic opportunity to get in the Premier League and he is right. I don't think we should let any little thing stand in our way.

"We should be as professional as we can about everything and, if finances at the club are that tight, then I'm sure all the players would be more than happy to pay for the flight because, at the end of it, we are only helping ourselves.

"It takes a lot out of you to spend that much time on a coach."

De Vos says the recent defeat at Sunderland, after a six-hour coach trip, led to the suggestion of flying to Plymouth rather than making an even longer journey by road: "As we sat on the bus going home we said, in hindsight, we should have flown, and paid for the tickets off our own backs.

"It would have helped our own preparation that bit more. I'm not saying we would have won, but you never know."

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