After banning talk of Northampton's glamour tie against Manchester United, Cobblers boss Rob Page insists he and his players are now fully focused on Wednesday night's third-round EFL Cup clash.
Mentioning the visit of Jose Mourinho's star-studded squad to Sixfields was prohibited by Page immediately after the draw almost four weeks ago.
The League One campaign and prolonging the club's long unbeaten run remained the focus for Northampton during the intervening four league games.
The Cobblers were actually beaten on Saturday by Page's former club Chesterfield -- a first loss in 32 league matches -- and he is keen to see his players address the mistakes they made at the Proact Stadium against Mourinho's men.
"We've been looking forward to this fixture since the draw was made," said the Welshman. "As a player, coach or manager this is why you play the game. You want to be involved in big games against the biggest sides and this game certainly falls into that category.
"But I banned the players from talking about it as we had to focus on the league game in hand.
"I didn't want to take the focus off the league campaign and we've had two wins since the draw was made and some great results in the league, which has been our focus.
"We've got the weekend out of the way now. It was a disappointing result for us so we need to put things right from the weekend and get back the aspects of our game that were missing, which we've had for most of the other matches so far this season.
"We need to make sure we've addressed it ready for Wednesday because, whatever side Manchester United put out, it will be very difficult for us."
Northampton midfielder Kenji Gorre, who scored the decisive penalty in the shoot-out victory against West Brom in the previous round, was on the books at United as a teenager and Page admits the 21-year-old is excited about the prospect of facing his old club.
"He is looking forward to it, of course he is," he said. "All the players are but when you've been associated with a football club in the past it always means that added something.
"He's since been at Swansea too and I watched him a few times there so we know he has pedigree and you can see that grounding and development.
"He was excellent against West Brom and showed true character to take that winning penalty. No doubt, yes, he's looking forward to the game."