BARROW AFC boss Pete Wild says that he wants to see the 'best version' of his Bluebirds in the FA Cup second round.

The Bluebirds travel to Kent to take on National League South side Maidstone United at the Gallagher Stadium, with a place in the third round of the historic competition on the line.

Barrow come into the game in a rich vain of form, winning their last five League Two matches for the first time since the late 1960s, however, ahead of the Kent clash, Wild wanted that there could be an upset if his side are not at the top of their game.

He said: "We need to be the best version of Barrow. If we are the best version of Barrow we will give ourselves the best opportunity to win the game.

"We need to dictate the game and make sure when we have got the ball that we use the ball well and don't turn the ball over which they will be wanting us to do.

"We need to make sure out of possession that we deal with problems at source and that we don't step off them and we win our battles, our headers, our second balls so everything we need to be in a League Two game we need to be on Saturday.

"We are clear that if we are half a yard off it we will make this tie very difficult, but if we are in a top vain of form like we have been recently, and there is nothing to suggest we won't be on Saturday, we give ourselves the best possible chance."

Wild also shared his expectations for the tie and admitted that Barrow may have to weather an early period against their hosts where the match will be played at 'a million miles an hour'. 

He said: "I think certainly the first half an hour of any cup tie, having been on the end of a few upsets in the FA Cup, I know first-hand what can happen if you are not at the races so to speak.

"The first half an hour of any cup tie against lower league opposition, you have to match them, you have to match their enthusiasm, you have to make sure you go toe to toe with them because adrenaline and real drive can get you through that first half an hour and generally what happens after half an hour is a game breaks out and you see it so many times in the FA Cup that for the first half an hour it is a million miles an hour and I think that is what the first half will be on Saturday.

"After that first half an hour then you need to go and stamp your authority and I thin they are really big characteristics of games like these and at the end of the day it is 11 versus 11  and anything can happen so we have to make sure we control as much of it as we can."