North Ferriby United boss Billy Heath has urged his side to be patient in today's all-or-nothing play-off semi-final second leg against Guiseley.
Trailing 2-0 following Wednesday's first leg, Heath remains confident his side can overturn that deficit and reach the final.
Although he wants to see how Guiseley react to going a goal down, which will bring the tie to life, he will be happy to wait until the second half to put the pressure on.
"An early goal would be fantastic, but we have to be patient," Heath told the Mail. "If we score the first goal of the game in the 55th minute, so be it.
"As long as we give ourselves enough time to complete the comeback.
"I want to see how they deal with us scoring the first goal, because away from home, they will have a lot of pressure to handle.
"I know we can turn this tie around and reach next weekend's final but we need to score the first goal."
The importance of the first goal in any game is crucial, but even more so today when the stakes are as high as they are.
When Ferriby have scored the first goal, they have taken 69 points from a possible 87.
If the goals don't come today, Ferriby's season is over.
Even a 1-0 victory won't be enough to see Ferriby through to the final, but Heath is urging his side to win the game and see where it takes them.
"If our season is to end here, I don't want it to end on a whimper," added Heath.
"If it is our last game, I want to see a full-blooded performance from the first minute to the last.
"We won't be going gung-ho at the start, but we will be giving it one hell of a go."
Striker Ryan Kendall is all but ruled out while midfielder Liam King is a doubt because of knocks picked up at Guiseley on Wednesday night.
"I was tempted to start with all three strikers, but it would take a miracle for Ryan to play," Heath said.
"It's not an ideal situation for us ahead of such a big game, but we have Anthony Wilson back and he will start.
"Danny Clarke shouldn't have played on Wednesday because he was ill and Danny Emerton played most of the game with a leg injury.
"Gregg Anderson was on the bench but it's a massive risk playing him because he is just back from shoulder surgery. But that shows the spirit within this group of players."
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Charlie Mullan: Ferriby capable of comeback
WHERE is Hednesford? That was the question asked by the Guiseley fans after their side had beaten North Ferriby 2-0 in Wednesday night's play-off semi-final first leg. If they'd been true fans and followed their side all season long, they'd know Hednesford was near Cannock in Staffordshire. But it just shows how confident the Guiseley camp are about reaching the Conference North play-off final.
They clearly have written Billy Heath's boys off, which is a very dangerous thing to do.
Okay, Ferriby have to win today's game by three clear goals to host next Saturday's play-off final against either Altrincham or Hednesford, but Ferriby have won by three clear goals or more 10 times this season, including 4-0 wins over Conference sides Woking and Lincoln City in the FA Trophy.
With goals required, today would be a great time for Heath to start with his three prolific strikers. Nathan Jarman (30), Anthony Wilson (22) and Ryan Kendall (15) have scored 67 goals between them.
Heath admits only a miracle will see Kendall play any part this afternoon, so the emphasis looks like it is on Jarman and Wilson.
Wilson made a positive impact to Ferriby when he replaced Kendall on Wednesday and Ferriby fans should be encouraged going into this all or nothing game. Jarman and Wilson's partnership has contributed 38 goals this season. When they have started games, Ferriby have won 62 per cent of the 29 matches.
Jarman had a quiet game on Wednesday night, but the stage is set for him to grab the goals to send the Villagers through to the final.
Guiseley have beaten Ferriby three times this season, but it would be typical of Ferriby to win the one that really matters. Then the Guiseley fans won't care where the final is.
Nathan Jarman: It's all or nothing
THIS is it, we're 90 minutes away from the play-off final, writes Ferriby's Nathan Jarman. What a season it's been, and let's hope we can extend it one more week.
We're at home so that should make a hell of a difference with a crowd of over 1,000 expected. We need goals today and as a striker it's us who will get the majority of chances.
That doesn't add to the pressure already on me. It's all or nothing today and we know if we don't perform our season will be over.
We didn't create too many chances against Guiseley on Wednesday night when the final ball let us down. But we know we can do better when we click and I feel we will.
At the other end, a clean-sheet is imperative. I was annoyed with the goals we conceded in the first leg and if we are to have any chance of reaching the final we need a clean-sheet.
It's been well documented that we have played nine more games than Guiseley this season and that has shown in the last four weeks of the season. But I'm not making excuses and we will be giving it all we can.
Winning promotion with North Ferriby would be the best thing I've ever achieved in my career. It would be even better than winning promotion with Chester last season because Ferriby don't have the same budget as Chester.
To score the winning goal today to get us to next week's final would be just as good. If we are to host the final next Saturday, we are going to have to work their keeper more than we did on Wednesday.
We didn't throw enough in the box for him to handle. He's not the tallest keeper and with Anthony Wilson back in the side, he may just find him hard to deal with.
