Matt Olosunde and Joe Mattock back for Rotherham United

MATT Olosunde and Joe Mattock have returned to fitness to boost Rotherham's push for Championship survival.
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The third-bottom Millers face four games in nine days, starting tomorrow at Huddersfield Town, and the duo are both available for the trip to West Yorkshire.

Wing-back Olosunde has missed the last two matches with a hamstring niggle while left-back Mattock hasn't played since needing ankle surgery in December.

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"Matt and Joe have trained this week, as has everyone else," manager Paul Warne said. "The only person on the periphery now is Robbo (Clark Robertson).

"I'm picking from a squad of 23 and that's the first time that's happened since probably the first day of the season."

Robertson misses out tomorrow but the news is good on the centre-half after Warne had initially feared the player, who pulled his hamstring in February, wouldn't resume training until after the weekend.

That would have ruled him out of the Town clash as well as the forthcoming home games against QPR, Coventry City and Birmingham City but Warne said this afternoon: "He'll be available for next week.

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"He trained in an 11-v-11 game today but tomorrow is probably a bit too soon for him. Robbo coming back is a plus, even more so with the week we've got coming up. Having this many players available for the quick games in succession is going to be crucial."

The Millers' season hinges on the next four games and Warne is desperate for results against three sides within catching distance: Huddersfield, Coventry and Birmingham.

"We have to take points off teams around us," the boss said. "In ten days' time we'll have a real feel of where we're at. I've set a target for points and who we need to get them off. I'm not going to publicly  announce that.

"If you guaranteed me wins against Huddersfield, Coventry and Birmingham, I'd take a 10-0 defeat against QPR.

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"We need to take points tomorrow. We'll attack the Huddersfield game as strongly as we can. If the two teams below us (Wycombe Wanderers and Sheffield Wednesday) overtake us, we deserve to go down. There are no excuses."

Rotherham have ten games left - three or four more than all of their rivals - to make up a seven-point gap and secure their second-tier berth.