Hutchinson: Treat each game as your last
By Adam Summers

Friday 17th September 2010

IAN Hutchinson has let out a war cry ahead of tomorrow’s titanic clash against unbeaten league leaders Cambridge City at the Bob Lucas Stadium (3pm) by insisting that his troops must approach “every game like their lives depend on it”.

Weymouth remain cut adrift at the bottom of the Zamaretto Premier Division on minus four points and with the club offering free entry to the game to serving members of the Armed Forces as a thank you for their incredible work, Hutchinson is hoping for a full-blooded performance.

He said: “Cambridge are flying high. They are unbeaten and a very strong, experienced and well-organised side but as we showed at Salisbury City, we are capable of competing with teams at the top and I will be expecting a big performance.

“We are going to need characters and winners out there, and we have got to go into every game like our lives depend on it.

“Every encounter is going to be tough but we have to get in amongst these teams and not sit back. Our home form has been disappointing to say the least but our fans have been fantastic and we owe them a good display.

“Beating Taunton Town in the FA Cup last week should give the lads confidence and in the opening exchanges tomorrow it will all be about winning individual battles and earning the right to play.

“Sometimes football is as much about mentality as it is about physicality, and we will need to make sure we are completely on our game from the very first whistle.”

Hutchinson went on to add: “We have got a league table up in the dressing room without the 10-point deduction and it shows we are not far away.

“We also have other posters up and keep having a lot of conversations about it, and we will keep hammering the message into them until it sticks.”

Hutchinson is still on the prowl for a couple of new recruits and he has not given up hope that something might happen in the next 24 hours.

He said: “We need a couple more and we have been working hard all week to make that happen, so we will wait and see.”

Meanwhile, Scott Dixon has left the club and linked up with another ex-Terra, Scott Brice, at Zamaretto Division One South & West outfit Almon-dsbury Town.

In terms of team news for Wey-mouth ahead of tomorrow, Sam Clarke will undergo a late fitness test on his injured back while forward Pierre Joseph-Dubois is expected to be available despite a recent bout of tendonitis.

Simon Radcliffe remains sidelined with a hernia and an Achilles injury.