Jason Silverthorn: Telford Tigers need to keep their cool
Skipper Jason Silverthorn wants Telford Tigers to ignore the melting-pot atmosphere in Coventry during their play-off semi-final against Basingstoke on Saturday.
More than 3,000 fans are expected at the Skydome Arena for this year’s play-off finals tournament, following a quarter-final campaign that saw the Tigers finish second in Group A. The winners of Telford’s game will face either Milton Keynes or Guildford in Sunday’s final.
Silverthorn, who has already led his side to the EPL title this season, will take a level-headed approach to the league’s showpiece weekend.
He said: “We still have to play with the same mentality. It will be a big, raucous atmosphere, but we’ll treat it like any other game we’ve played this season.
“The boys are ready. We’ve just come through a good six-game battle, so we’ll hit the ground running.”
Telford’s previous trip to the play-offs finals, two years ago, ended in a semi-final defeat at the hands of Peterborough Phantoms.
The Tigers captain added: “There is unfinished businesses and it was definitely hard to go out to Peterborough two years ago. The squad we have this year is a lot deeper.”
