Daniel Stendel is pleased with the impact of Dale Tonge but could still appoint a new assistant next week.

Tonge, who played 55 games for his hometown club, was promoted from under 16s coach last week after Andreas Winkler moved to Huddersfield Town.

He has been in the dugout for two games this week and will continue for tomorrow’s match with Scunthorpe United before Stendel decides whether to bring in a new assistant from Germany.

Stendel told the Chronicle: “Dale has a good attitude and he has helped us in training and in games. The only problem is that he can’t speak German.  After Scunthorpe, we will see what we do.”