Stuart Gray has challenged his players to relish the challenge and the occasion of Saturday's game against Leeds United at Elland Road.

"It's not a game to fear and the players need to enjoy the challenge," he said.

"It is an enormous game for us but we need to enjoy the occasion and no disrespect to some of my players but it's not that often that you get to play in front of more than 30,000 fans.

"We can take confidence from the draw we got there with ten men earlier in the season and we beat them at Sixfields in the league as well.

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"The pressure is on Carlisle and Brighton to get results as well but we just need to focus on our own game.

"We need to start better than we did on Tuesday night and if we can keep 30,000 fans quiet then we will obviously be doing something right.

"All I want from the players is for them to give a hundred per cent which they have done and I've often said that if you get beaten it needs to be on ability rather than lack of application.

"We didn't really get going until the second half on Tuesday night which was disappointing. We gave away possession far too cheaply in the first half and that gave MK Dons the initiative. We had a go in the second half but we just couldn't quite get that break in front of goal.

"Strange things can happen on the last day of the season and it's not over until it's over.

"I'm not in control of what the teams around us do on Saturday but I am in control of my team and we are totally focused on getting the result that we need to keep us in this league."


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