BOSS Kevin Bond insists Cherries could still be "easily caught" by the chasing pack as moving day looms for the League One relegation candidates.

As the battle for survival hots up, no fewer than 10 of the clubs languishing in the bottom 11 are set to face each other in crucial Easter Saturday showdowns.

And with eight points separating 16th-placed Cherries from the drop zone, Bond's side would all but secure their status with victory over Bradford, who occupy the final relegation berth.

The other clashes see Brentford (24th) host Cheltenham (20th), Chesterfield (22nd) entertain Crewe (14th), Northampton (18th) travel to Orient (19th) and Gillingham (17th) visit Rotherham (23rd).

Bond told the Daily Echo: "You can look at those games in one of two ways. If we weren't playing each other, we could all feasibly win and pick up three points but that can't happen with everybody playing each other.

"So, unless you pick up points yourself, you know somebody will make up ground on you. We can only affect how many points other teams will get when we play them so we've got to concentrate on our own games.

"We have done our job well over the past three games but there's no point in sitting back and thinking we've done anything yet because we haven't.

"We still need to go about our job professionally and pick up points until we can't be caught. We're not getting carried away and Bradford is another vitally important game for us. We've got two games in three days over Easter with six points at stake. We're eight clear at the moment but if we don't pick up any, it could be two and then we would be right back in the mire again."