Wigan Athletic boss Shaun Maloney says he is looking forward to his side's FA Cup clash with Carlisle United on Saturday.
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00:00He's trained today so he'll be fine to be in the squad this weekend. Baba trained today
00:07but it is a little bit touch and go just because I want to see him again training tomorrow
00:11so I'm not sure. This isn't a game to make loads of changes. If there's anything tactical
00:22or something specific from Blackpool that I want to change I will but we'll be putting
00:26out the strongest team possible that I think will win the game or give us the best chance
00:30to win the game. It's a competition we've got history in. What I do know is it will
00:36be nothing like the game in the Bristol Street Motors, absolutely nothing. I actually really
00:40like Carlisle's atmosphere at the stadium. It's like a really old school stadium. I know
00:44they're doing a lot of work internally but when they get the momentum, I really like
00:51the atmosphere. So it's going to be a proper cup tie. One thing I liked about Blackpool
00:57was at the very beginning we had to match a fight and the Blackpool are very dangerous
01:01to get the ball forward really quickly. We matched that to start with. We're going to
01:04have to do the same with Carlisle, maybe in a different way because they look to really
01:08try and play. The big onus on our team, and I know we have some younger ones, but we have
01:14to win the fight and then the sort of talent or the tactical work will come through but
01:19without the fight, the rest doesn't matter.