Talk of Manchester United banned at Town

Mellon is excited about the FA Cup fifth-round draw which has paired Town at home to the Old Trafford giants.

But the tie is more than two weeks away and he doesn't want anything to detract from the next game, as Town prepare to host Southend tonight.

Mellon said: "I want everyone to really enjoy it and I don't want to take that (excitement) away. But as far as we're concerned it won't be spoken about until we need to.

"We're not going to lose our focus because this Southend game is huge for us.

"For us it will be removed from our minds as much as possible because we're only talking about Southend. We're not preparing for anything else."

Mellon wants a repeat of the performance which saw them beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 on Saturday when they came from behind twice.

He said: "We have got to show the focus and the determination we showed on Saturday to get the right result.

"I'm delighted we've got such a fantastic draw but it's some way down the line to think about."

Mellon believes the win at Burton Albion and the Cup victory have given Town the chance to banish their inconsistency.

He said: "We now have a platform to move forward from and we got that from Saturday and from the Burton game.

"We're now very clear about the work-rate and working smartly that needs to be done to continue performing the way we did on Saturday.

"That's what we were working very hard on in training yesterday."

Richie Wellens and Kyle Vassell are available after being cup-tied and Mellon hinted he won't be afraid to alter things.

His unchanged team looked tired in the defeat against Oldham last Tuesday.

He said: "If we think we can give ourselves a better chance of winning and causing Southend another problem by freshening things up, we will."