The confidence should be sky-high says Turner

In an extended interview for BBC Hereford and Worcester, Graham Turner started by talking about Exeter City.

Below is an edited version of some of what the Hereford United manager had to say.

"We had them (Exeter) watched last week against Grays. We have got to be able to deal with the height of some of their players and we have to impose ourselves on the game.

"We are at home. We have got that advantage. We're in a good run - nine games now unbeaten. The confidence should be sky-high.

"We'll have the players nice and fresh so we should be able to cope with anything Exeter want to throw at us.

"Exeter have had a good start to the season. We think we've had a relatively poor start and yet we could find ourselves three or four points behind them after the game with a game in hand.

"Grays are still going great guns up there and they have to be caught, but I don't see an outstanding side such as Barnet last year, such as us and Chester the year before

"I think it's going to be a scrap almost to the finish so what we have got to do is to keep that gap closed on the top teams.

"And it is a test of our attributes, and whether we are capable of going and winning it this year because Exeter are one of the better sides. If you're going to win it you've got to beat the better sides.

"We've got nine games in 36 days coming up and that's not counting any replays because we're involved in three knock-out competitions, with the LDV, the Trophy and the FA Cup. So there's a chance there could be more than nine games in those 36 days.

"We've got to be ready for all that and to be able to cope you've got to have your full squad of players fit and you need a little bit of luck."

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