Seven points will be a good return says Purdie

Rob Purdie has told the Non-League Paper about his hopes for the Christmas period.

"Forest Green are a team we tend to do well against. Looking at the table we are going for seven points over the Christmas and the New Year period, " said the Hereford United player.

"It we can beat Forest Green twice, a point against Exeter would make it a good return.

"Their two midfielders will try to get amongst us and intimidate us, they are a very physical pair, but as long as we play our own game we can be reasonably confident of getting the three points."

Jamie Pitman, the Hereford United midfielder, has also been talking to the press.

"Confidence could not be any better. Our performance on Tuesday night was one of our best for a while, especially in the first-half. We were miles better than Scunthorpe. We've got to match that same performance over a period of time. If we do that, we can move up the league table very quickly," Pitman told the Worcester News.

"We've got games over the Christmas period which we should be winning. We know how many points we want over Christmas. We really need to try and win every game.

"It's going to be a tough game at Forest Green. It's not a nice place to go, although we do take a great following. I expect we will have a lot of supporters down there. It's like a home game for us.

"That makes a massive difference for us and we are riding on a bit of a crest of a wave after the Scunthorpe win. We've had two or three great results on the trot and we know we can play at that level all the time.

"It's frustrating that we can't play the way we did against Scunthorpe every week. It's frustrating more so for the staff, because we train like that quite a lot, but it's not been materialising in the games."

Meanwhile Gary Owers, the Forest Green manager, is said to be looking forward to the game.

"Hereford always bring a large following, so the atmosphere will be good.

"Somehow the Chrismas games always seem more exciting anyway."

Last year the Bulls took around 1400 fans to the Lawn which helped to set up a new record for Forest Green as the total gate was 2142, their highest ever at the ground.

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