"We just have to play as well as we can and give our all and then you never know what might happen.
"I'm hoping I will get the nod to play because I enjoy testing myself against the best players - and I'm sure the rest of the lads do too."
Meanwhile Stags assistant boss Paul Holland said "We are under no illusions that it is going to be very tough for us, but it is a game we have been looking forward to.
"The odds are not in our favour but we will approach it like any other game and try to play our own football. We always fancy our chances of doing well at home - whoever we play."
Paul Holland also talks about his last experience in the compeition for the Stags, and the magic 2 legs against Leeds United, read his full account in todays Nottingham Evening Post.