Derby County won't approach Monday evening's match against Premier League West Ham United differently to any other game says Head Coach Paul Warne.
The Rams welcome the Hammers to Pride Park in the Fourth Round of the Emirates FA Cup and do so full of confidence after Tuesday evening's dramatic and late 2-1 comeback against Port Vale in Sky Bet League One.
Speaking to RamsTV prior to the game, Warne reflected on the incredible comeback at Vale Park and looked ahead to Monday night's meeting with West Ham at Pride Park Stadium.
On Tuesday's night win at Vale Park...
I messaged Nathaniel Mendez-Laing on Wednesday morning his picture for the Win Wall of him looking colossal! In my professional career I must have been involved in well over a thousand games and there's only really 10 or 15 that stand out like that - it will be one that I always remember.
I love the fact that when we equalised and we wanted to get the game going again; we don't want draws. Overall it was a really exciting night and in fairness, those are the nights why you are involved in football.
It displayed, hopefully, what we are about and every time we have the ball we are going to try and score. We're prepared to take risks and it says a lot about the lads that they just keep going - they think they are going to win every match.
The eleven on the pitch are the ones that get the praise and so they should, I understand it, but between now and the end of the season virtually every player in that dressing room will play a part and they need to be ready.
On facing West Ham United...
I don't think there's any pressure on us, I just want the lads to go out and enjoy themselves.
When we played that first FA Cup game this seasono at Torquay United, I said to the lads that it wasn't about that tie, it's about the ones that you could get in the later rounds. If you can get a Premier League team, especially at home, then you can create a memory for yourself and for your family. I was fortunate enough to play at Anfield in the FA Cup in my career and it's something that my mum still remembers to this day, which means a lot to me.
I know the importance of it and I appreciate a couple of our lads have played in the Premier League so it won't be such a big thing for them, possibly, but for the younger lads it is.
It is under the lights at Pride Park, on TV and on a Monday night - the lads can just go out and enjoy it and that's what I want them to do.
On the build up to the game...
In fairness to the players, they all just want to play which is a great thing and I wouldn't expect any less excitement than when we play Morecambe at home next week in League One, they just want to play every time we have a fixture.
I haven't seen more excitement than usual but it will sort of build over the next couple of days. I think they will be when they walk out onto the pitch, I don't think it really hits them until they walk out and see the crowd.
On whether preparation is different for this kind of game...
Nothing changes. We will send the players out trying to win. We won't be going out and trying to stay in the game for 60/70 minutes, we'll play the same way, go the same way and we just have to drive performances.
If they perform at their very best and they lose, then I'll be well proud of them. It's the performance levels that we're obsessed with and they have to play at their very, very best to beat a Premier League team.
On the injury situation...
Eiran Cashin is back in training today. Louie Sibley probably won't be fit, but hopefully we can use him potentially for the Morecambe match next Saturday. Apart from that, we had no issues to report from the Port Vale game.
