MANSFIELD Town goalkeeper Carl Muggleton is hoping the fact that Saturday's FA Cup opponents Middlesbrough are hot favourites to go through will help relax the Stags as they bid to cause an upset.
"Being the underdogs takes the pressure off us so we can go out there and enjoy playing our football," he said.
"It is a nice distraction for everyone, though the big thing for us is the League.
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"It is a nice for the lads to have the experience of all the national press down here and seeing other people around the club that you don't normally see.
"It is a learning curve for them and I hope they take a bit from it when one or two of them move on to bigger and better things.
"They shouldn't need any geeing up to play in a televised match against quality opposition.
"We will give it our best shot and 100 per cent. If that is good enough on the day, then great.
"We know all about the opposition. Throughout your career you watch the Premier boys, or Division One as it was when I was growing up.
"You see them week in week out though you do tend to keep a closer eye on a team when you know you are playing them in the next round.
"There is always the chance of an upset in the cup and I hope it can be us.
"There will be a great atmosphere with the majority of the crowd behind us and I just hope we go out there and give a good account of ourselves. "
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