OUR game against Crawley was an interesting measure of how far we have come in the last month.

It was an entertaining, endto- end game; we rode our luck at times but although they huffed and puffed, Dave Cornell did not have to make too many saves.

The biggest thing that has changed is our work-rate and week after week that is getting better.

For me, Saturday was the biggest indicator of how hard we have worked and it got us a good result against a difficult Crawley side.

Their playing style is relentless and they have some big lads but our back four were exceptional, coping with most things which were thrown at them.

On Saturday, it’s the FA Cup and that brings back memories of our great run last year.

We went into Christmas not winning games and January took us forward with the FA Cup matches giving us a big lift, especially with the confidence we then took into league games.

And it gave the club a massive financial boost as well.

Our biggest focus is to stay in the league but the FA Cup is great on many fronts especially for the money it can bring a club like ours.

We all dream of pulling the big one out of the hat – last year, Crawley made a lot of money out of their tie at Manchester United and Stevenage did the same with Newcastle.

Those are the games that you want to get and this club has deserved one of those.

We have got to the third or fourth round a number of times in the last few years but we’ve only pulled out the ‘smaller giants’ rather than the really big ones.

On Saturday, two of my old team-mates here, Gavin Williams and Andy Williams will be involved with the Yeovil side although injury means that Gavin will not be playing.

When you go back to a former club, you always want to show yourself up well and prove how much you have moved on.

But there is pressure to cope with, too, coming both from the opposition crowd and from within yourself.

We will be without a couple of our loan players, but at least Dave Cornell has been allowed to play by the Wales under-21 squad.

Goalkeeper is a specialist position and one that an outfielder cannot fill.

If, for example, you lose a left-winger, you fill that spot with an outfield player or you change the system.

Adam Bartlett is another two to three weeks away from fitness while Russell Hoult does not particularly want to play – he’s 38 and retired from playing two years ago.

And we would have had a problem replacing Dave with other clubs not wanting their players cup-tied.

But now we are pleased that Wales are allowing him to join up with the squad after Saturday’s match.

It’s the best outcome for everyone concerned and I’m delighted that commonsense has prevailed.

There is always a great atmosphere with the cup and there’s a bit of added spice with the old rivalry between Yeovil and Hereford.

Both clubs have great cup traditions and Terry Skiverton will certainly have his team fired up. He will ensure his team is well organised and hard-working.

He has done an excellent job at Yeovil, worked very hard with limited resources and done very well to keep them in League 1.