Freddie Ladapo has reacted positively in training this week after being left out against Crawley Town.

The striker, who joined last month after impressing on trial, was not involved in the squad for the 1-1 draw in Sussex last weekend. It was explained afterwards that he is not injured and it was purely a selection decision.

But the 33-year-old is contention for this Saturday’s match at Barnet as Chesterfield aim to build on their six-game unbeaten run.

"When Freddie was brought into the club the manager got Lee (Bonis), Freddie and (Will) Grigg into a meeting and he said that he only usually plays with one striker and usually only has one striker on the bench,” Kieron Dyer said.

"We have go a fully fit squad and we have to pick a subs bench for every kind of possible scenario and that was why Freddie was left out. But the games are coming thick and fast, as the gaffe told him, and I am sure Freddie will feature soon.”

In other injury news, John Fleck is on the grass doing some running as he works his way back from a calf injury. His last appearance came in the 1-1 draw at Oldham Athletic on New Year’s Day. And Lewis Gordon is set to start running next week as he bids to overcome a quad injury which has seem him be sidelined since the end of December.

Next opponents Barnet at ninth, just two places and three points behind the Spireites, ahead of Saturday’s fixture at The Hive.

"We know Dean Brennan really well, we had great battles with them in the National League,” Dyer added. “They are a team that are really fearless. They are one of the most exciting teams in the league. They get real numbers in the box. Very brave, they go man-for-man at the back and try to attack with so many numbers. In the second-half in the game here, they really put it on us and created so many chances, and we were lucky to escape without conceding in that period. We expect a hard game and we will have to be at our best defensively.”