SWINDON Town manager Mark Cooper says Notts County's recent success has a lot to do with how they "epitomise" manager Shaun Derry and the sort of player he was.
The Robins travel to Meadow Lane on Saturday in League One with both sides in and around the play-offs.
Cooper attended the Magpies' Johnstone's Paint Trophy quarter-final win at Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday night and is under no illusion of the task ahead.
"Notts County are in a good place at the moment," said Cooper.
"They are winning games, very organised, very difficult to play against and they have got some good players.
"Before I went (on Tuesday night) I was under no illusions that it will be a tough game.
"They are not in and around the play-off region for no reason and they are in the habit at the moment of winning games.
"I think they epitomise their manager. He probably could still play, he is very hard working, with desire and a will to win with decent ability so they epitomise everything that the manager and the staff is.
They work hard but they try and play as well, so it is going to be a difficult task for us but we have to remember that we have good players as well."
