HERE is every word that Eastleigh manager Richard Hill said before the Spitfires host Newport County in an FA Cup third-round replay.

The winner of the tie will host Manchester United in the next round.

What is your message to the fans ahead of tomorrow?

I thought they were absolutely fantastic at Newport in the first game. I had said to them before that they could be our 12th man, but they were actually our 11th and 12th man after George Langston’s red card.

It needs to be the same tomorrow night. We need to get the supporters behind us right from the start to the finish. We will have a lot of time when we are under pressure. 

At certain points in the game, we will need the fans to get right behind us and make it a really good atmosphere.

I don’t want to say an intimidating atmosphere, but we want an atmosphere that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our lads’ necks.

We need to let the Newport players know that we have got a group of fans there to kick us on.

How big of a miss will not having George Langston be?

We will only find out the answer to that question after the game. George is an integral part of our squad. What people forget about him is that he is only 21, because of his size.

George has only just turned 21. At some points, his naivety is his worst enemy, but he is a big member of our squad.

Not kept a clean sheet in 16 games - what have you worked on?

We have worked on it every day to rectify it. We play in a way that we are exposed at times. When you have got three forwards like we have got you don’t really want them defending.

Yeah, we could do more at times, and I think sometimes we try to be too clever instead of just defending.

Are we going to have to score two goals tomorrow night to put us in with a chance? Yeah. There is every chance we concede a goal tomorrow. We know that.

We have worked before Saturday and a little bit again today. it is what it is. I could rectify that by pulling two of our forwards a bit deeper, but I am not going to do that.

What does tomorrow mean to you?

It’s about what it means to the football club and not what it means to me, that’s not being disrespectful.

To get to the fourth round of the FA Cup would be such a milestone for the football club.

What it means to me is insignificant compared to what it means for the football club and the fans of this club, that I have been associated with for a decade, on and off.

I’ve said previously that my first game was in 2012. There were 360 people in the ground against Maidenhead. They had won 8-1 in the previous week so they brought a few more. 

From where it has come to to where it is now, it’s about the football club - not me.

Sum up the excitement?

Personally, the last week has been difficult because we forgot about Saturday.

I was disappointed that the whole club forgot about that game, but now we are coming into a magical time for the club.

For us to win tomorrow would be huge. A pre-season friendly against Manchester United would be massive - but it would also be massive for Newport. Let’s not forget that.

Forget what it could lead to financially, I don’t know. but just to get Manchester United to the Silverlake would be massive - but for both clubs.

Would the game against Manchester United be at the Silverlake?

I don’t get involved with that. That will be for the people who make those decisions - I have my view. Manchester United coming to the Silverlake could never happen again.

Have you dreamt of Erik ten Hag being in the opposition dugout?

When you get to my age you don’t dream much because you don’t sleep much. I’ve not thought about that. I had a message of good wishes from Steve McClaren, which I appreciated. 

The only thing that I have been looking back on is if we could have had one more chance in the Newport game. We didn’t so we are back here and we have to try and win another game.

Are the players thinking about Man United?

No. Well, they aren’t in front of me. It is only natural, I’m sure it’s happening at Newport as well. The organisation has to start even tho neither of us know who will be playing them.

If they have spoken about Man United then let them. If they want to dream, let them dream.

My message to them today has been that it might not mean a lot to them personally to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.

But in another 15-20 years' time when there is a little snippet in the local paper, it will mean something. You can reflect on it and say, I was a part of that.