A point would be nice but we have got to go and cement fourth place and forget about anything else. To try and get the second leg at home is very important for us, a point would be good but at the same time too we need to make sure we go there and cement fourth place.

I think they will look to win the game because they will see the second game as very important so I have no doubt that they will be looking to win the game just as we are.

We are the only club at the moment who are guaranteed a play-off place, everybody else is fighting for that play-off place and it is a great achievement for us to be there and to be able to sit back and know that we are guaranteed a place while other clubs may or may not be in there.

I’m thinking about that at the moment with regards to team selection. I have not made up my mind yet but one consideration is to give one or two guys a game or change the team about a bit. But at the same time too, not to upset anything, we want to go on and cement fourth place, that is very important.

I have said to the whole squad over a number of months now that every single member of the team becomes very important because he may be called upon in the semi-finals or the final or the last game of the season. It is very important that fitness is taken care of and condition is right, mentally they are right for the game. We have been discussing this for a long time and it is important because somewhere along the line we don’t know where that hero will come from who might just take us into the final or maybe beyond that and into the Premiership.

Every member of the staff is vital, when it gets to this stage you have got to go and beat whoever is there and it really doesn’t matter who we play against. The most important thing is that we are prepared and ready for it, we are confident and we will go in there and have a go and try and win the game. The most important thing for me is that everybody is ready in terms of fitness and conditioning, we will look forward to the games that come up whoever that may be.

Every game will have its own difficulties irrespective of what club it is. I don’t think there is any easy game when you get to this level, when you get to this stage of the season, for what’s at stake. We know that, we are prepared for that and I am sure other teams are prepared for that as well. But the most important thing is that we continue doing what we are doing and continue to show that work ethic that we showed and we will see what happens from there.

I’ve said to the players that these are the games that you look forward to and you go in and you enjoy them. They are great memories and that is what football is all about, holding on to these memories that you can sometimes never get to, it is a privilege and a pleasure to be there and we will look forward to the games and we will enjoy the whole occasion. We will do what we are good at and continue to do that but at the same time we have got players who have played in the games, we have got experienced players who have played international football and have played in a lot of big matches. Together we will go in with the belief that we can win the games and they can take us forward.

I have let David Kelly and Julian Darby join in with the training and they have had a nightmare, I sucking throat lozenges because my voice has gone shouting at them two. But the game was a good laugh I can tell you, we had a good seven-a-side game and we let the staff join in, I won’t even mention Balderston’s performance, that’s not even worth talking about!

I think the pressure comes at the opposite end of the table when you are fighting to try and stay in the league and you are fighting for safety. We are at a different scale, we have a pressure that is a joy, it’s a joy to be involved in the play-offs, it’s a joy to have the opportunity to have two or three games which could possibly take us into the Premiership, that’s a wonderful pressure.

Obviously the loss of two players is concerning, Callum Davidson and Eddie Lewis are two quality players, they give us great balance. But there are many permutations we can put out there, with regards pushing McKenna or bringing in Marlon Broomes and pushing Hilly forward, changing the 4-4-2 system, there are lots of different things we can do and we are looking at that at the moment. There is no point us crying over spilt milk we have to get on with it. We have lost two important players and that gives great opportunity for other players to come into the side and no matter what changes have been made, we have got to continue to do what we have been doing which is preparing right and trying to win games of football.

Every day I contact him and every second day I speak to him, I was out for dinner with him last week and the miserable so-and-so never bought the meal. But we speak a lot through texts and phone-calls and he was one of the first to congratulate us and I am delighted about that. We are great friends not only on the field but also off the pitch, we were great workmates and I am delighted for the education he gave me and the opportunity he gave me in English football and he knows that very much and that is something that I will never forget.

Two defeats in twenty and looking forward to a play-off place or games in the play-offs. Thee mood is bright and bubbly and we are pleased that we are the only side guaranteed a play-off place at the moment with many other good sides fighting to get there. It is a nice dressing room at the moment but we won’t get carried away, we know the situation, it’s still to be played for, we know what’s got to be done. These are a great bunch of players and they know exactly what is required.