Kevin Nolan has played down the importance of Wednesday's friendly between Notts County and city rivals Nottingham Forest, reiterating that it's all about players getting game time ahead of the new season.
Fans of both teams are eagerly awaiting the clash at Meadow Lane as a chance to renew rivalries and see which side will claim the bragging rights come the final whistle.
Nolan, however, is keeping an eye firmly on preparations for the 2017/18 campaign as a whole, and sees this game - the third of five pre-season friendlies - as just "another test" for his charges.
He told the official club website: "It's what we need. It's another test for our lads against good opposition which will which means we can start stepping the boys up and get them more minutes into their legs.
"We will start to give them more minutes in the next few games. We have other fixtures, which are classed as reserve games, which will allow us to ensure we can spread the minutes around and make sure all of the lads get the same amount of game time.
"It's about us making sure we build the players up to certain thresholds so we are ready to rumble come 5 August against Coventry.
"It's going to be a lovely occasion. We have a fantastic new pitch which Alan and the ground staff have sorted for us and worked tirelessly on. I have to say it looks absolutely magnificent.
"We are getting a lot of behind the scenes work done inside the stadium to take things up by another 10 notches to give us Premier League facilities which will be a big plus in making people want to come and be a part of it here."
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