YORK City boss Jackie McNamara believes strikers Richard Brodie and Jake Wright will be fit and firing at Wrexham on Monday after having the luxury of giving them a breather during today’s 4-1 victory over Woking.

Brodie and Wright both netted during a whirlwind, 16-minute spell when the Minstermen netted four times after the visitors had opened the scoring early on through Gozie Ogwu.

Midfielder Yan Klukowski was also on target in the Bootham Crescent clash and Aidan Connolly the final marksman with 20 minutes of the first half still to play.

With the match won, Brodie and Wright were both withdrawn on 70 minutes as McNamara looked ahead to the North Wales trip.

Delivering his verdict on his biggest victory as City boss, McNamara said: “We lost a poor goal when we had possession of the ball, but our response and energy afterwards was excellent.

“Richard Brodie started it off with a fantastic finish and we passed the ball with real pace. Yan’s was a fantastic strike as well and Jake did well getting his goal and setting up Aidan (Connolly) for his through hard work and chasing down.

“They changed their shape in the second half because Aidan (Connolly) had caused them lots of problems and overloaded the midfield which made them harder to break down. But we managed to rest our two strikers to keep them fresh and keeping up the same intensity for 90 minutes with the same personnel was going to be difficult.

“Brodes could have lasted longer but I was thinking about Wrexham, because of his importance to the team in terms of leading the line.”

Leading marksman Brodie was on the scoresheet for a third successive game and McNamara feels the 29-year-old forward is capable of matching the goal exploits of his first spell with the Minstermen when he plundered 37 goals in his last full season. “He’s still got it and his ability has been a real plus for us,” the Minstermen chief enthused. “He gives others the opportunity to play, but he can play as well.

“He’s clever with a good touch. Keepers have also made fantastic saves against him in the last two games and, if we produce chances for him, he will score them.”

McNamara also admitted that the Woking triumph represented a timely three points in front of the lowest league crowd – 1,972 - at Bootham Crescent for six-and-a-half years since a 2-1 defeat to Salisbury in March 2010.

In his programme notes, meanwhile, chairman Jason McGill, spoke of a “poor” start to the season and a need to finish in the top five after the investment that has been made in the squad.

“It was quite quiet at the start and there was a bit of pressure, so to go in 4-1 up at half-time was excellent,” McNamara confessed.

New keeper Kyle Letheren was handed his debut following his midweek arrival from Blackpool, meaning Luke Simpson returned to the bench after impressing on his first start during the previous weekend’s 2-1 defeat at Forest Green.

On that decision, McNamara explained: “I just felt we’d change it because of the experience of Kyle coming in. It was good for him to have his first game at home and he had no chance with the goal, but he did things quickly and started a lot of moves off for us.

“He has good experience and he should do well for us, but Luke’s attitude is spot-on and it even was when we told him he wouldn’t be playing. He still has a massive future as well.”

Ben Clappison kept his place though in the centre of defence with Matt Fry returning from a dead leg and Jack Higgins named as a substitute.

“Jack had only trained with us the day before after rolling his ankle at Forest Green and I thought the game would be more about pace rather than the aerial side of things,” McNamara pointed out. “I was also pleased Matt Fry came through 90 minutes and we’ll see what we do at Wrexham now.”