“I’m fully invested in King’s Lynn,” says Linnets boss

Adam Lakeland insists he is fully invested in the job at King’s Lynn Town and he “doesn’t care” about facing his former club in the FA Cup next weekend.Lakeland spent more than two years in the dugout with the Nash before leaving them to become manager at the Walks a little more than a year ago.He has since tasted defeat twice against his former club, but there was little between the two sides when they met in Norfolk a month ago.Speaking after the penalty win against Worksop on Tuesday night, Lakeland said: “I couldn’t care less about Curzon Ashton any more,”“I’ve been here for 12 months. I’m fully invested in King’s Lynn and I couldn’t give two hoots about Curzon Ashton or what they are doing.“What I do know is they’re a good team because they’ve got a lot of good players, the majority of which I signed, and they’re very lucky to have that group of players. And they’re still a good side.”They got in the playoffs last year and are now joint second or third in the league and they’re at home. “There’s no expectation on us going up there and they’re ahead of us in terms of how long the group have been together “It’s different coming down here and the pressure will be on them.”The Lynn boss believes playing his former club could be a big advantage in terms of preparation for the tie.“One thing I would say is we know plenty about them and you’d rather go into a cup game knowing as much about the opposition as you can, he said. “Sometimes when you play teams lower down the pyramid or even above, you can find out as much information as you go looking for but you don’t necessarily always know the individuals’ strengths and weaknesses as well as we obviously will do about Curzon.“They’re a good side and we know that we’ll have to play well. But I think it’ll be completely different going up there too when they’ve been down here on the two occasions since (assistant) Sam (Walker) and I joined King’s Lynn. “The first time, as we’ve already said numerous times, they beat us well. The game several weeks ago I thought it was very even.”They got a massive slice of luck with the first goal and then we just made a bit of an error for the second goal and it’s a good finish by Buckley-Ricketts. “But I don’t think there was a great deal in that game and it shows that the teams, within a short space of time, have come closer. And that’s what I do – I get good players in and I work hard with my team on the training ground.“I’ll get this team above Curzon Ashton, eventually, but going there, they’re the favourites and they’re slightly ahead of us, so the onus is on them and we will go and try and cause an upset.”