Carlisle United manager Paul Simpson is hoping his side are over their recent blip which has seen them without a win in two games.
Defeat at home to Harrogate followed by a draw at Wimbledon saw the Blues pick up a single point and without scoring a goal.
Tonight they have a tough encounter at Brunton Park against a Mansfield Town side equally as keen as United to make it a promotion season.
Simpson said: “We’ve had that blip, and hopefully it is only a blip. If we do it properly against Mansfield we’ll be back at it, and what a great game to look forward to.
“They’ve been up there for the last season or two so they’ll bring us another tough test. We need to be ready and we need our supporters to come and back us again, and hopefully we can get back to winning games for them.
“They’re a good side, we know they’re a good side, so we’ve just got to get ourselves freshened up. I’m hoping we have no issues from the weekend and we can pick a team that goes out with energy and a real desire to go and get back to winning ways at home.
“When you look at the results from Saturday you see that there are going to be loads of twists and turns between now and the end of the season. There are 16 games to go and we have to keep going, it’s as simple as that.
“We want to stay up in these top places and we have an opportunity with the next two home games to get more points. Mansfield are a strong side, Colchester are the form team, so we have to go and do it right. If we do, the point we got at Wimbledon becomes a huge point for us.”
