Leaders must avoid the pot-shots
Hereford United boss Graham Turner is eager to keep the winning run going tomorrow, when the Bulls play Scarborough at Edgar Street, kick off 3pm.
As league leaders, Turner reckons that the Bulls are there to be shot down so maintaining the run is the only option.
Speaking to the Evening News, he said: "Having established ourselves in top spot we're there to be shot at though the fact we scored five goals away from home last week shows we are coping with efforts to stop us."
"We enjoyed the Farnborough victory but now it is down to work against Scarborough," said Turner, in an seperate interview with BBC Hereford & Worcester.
Complancy can be a problem but the manager added: "Sometimes players go to the top of the table and can't deal with it for one reason or another. We have to face the fact that when you are top of the table sides do tend to lift their game against you.I don't think that might be happening yet. I think you have to be up there sometime and establish yourself but word is getting about that we are a decent side and when you win 5-0 away from home I think the vibes go through the Conference that Hereford could be a threat this season.
"There are plenty of fixtures that we could slip up on and this is one against Scarborough. They did the double over us last season. They are always difficult to break down, hard to beat, hard to play against so we have got to be at our brightest.
"It is vital we start the game well. We must get at them before they settle into the match and if we can do that and score early on it will make life much easier. But if we can't do that we might have to be patience. If it's the 89th minute it won't matter as long as we come out of the game with three points.
"Sides will look at us and see how we play and try to counter that and some will come here with big defenders and defend deep and defend close to the box and it might be difficult to break those sides but I think we have got enough clever players with a variety in their attacking play to cope with most sides."
Of Scarborough, Turner added: "We're expecting a difficult game because any side that Russell Slade puts out is awkward.
"They haven't had the best of starts picking up a few injuries but they've brought in some new faces much like we did last season."
Goalkeeper Ben Scott, who confirmed a full-time deal yesterday, is likely to start on the bench once again, but that isn't his long term aim.
"Hopefully I will be able to compete with Matt (Baker) for the first-team jersey as it would be silly of me to settle for being on the substitutes bench," he said.