BARROW assistant manager Ashley Hoskin insists his side will be going for the win when they visit Blundell Park this afternoon.
Despite their lowly position in the Conference table, Hoskin feels the Bluebirds are well capable of an upset.
And he points to the meeting between the two sides at Holker Street back in September as the reason for that optimism.
The Bluebirds raced into a two goal lead only to be pegged back thanks to a brace from Town substitute Anthony Elding.
It was a game that Hoskin felt his third-from-bottom team should have won and one that underlined the strugglers' ability to mix it with the league's big boys.
He said: "I think everybody feels that when they play Barrow we'll be the team that helps them get back on the winning road," said Hoskin. "But it's not going to be like that.
"We've spoken to the lads and told them we've got seven cup finals left.
"We've got nothing to lose because people will be watching Sky Sports' Gillette Soccer Saturday show and they'll be expecting Jeff Stelling to be saying 'it's 1-0 and then 2-0, or whatever, to Grimsby'.
"But we've got a lot of trust in our lads and the way they've been doing recently, including the way they've trained – it's not been easy but they're an absolute credit to themselves and the club."
He contiued:"
"Why can't we go to Grimsby and get something?
"They're a team near the top of the table and we've done ever so well (against some of the top teams) and we should have beaten Grimsby at Holker Street.
"So we'll go there tomorrow and get on with it. If we show the same desire that we have done, then we might just get something from the game."
