"We all understand what the prize is. But if you think about the prize too much, you forget about the roles and responsibilities that you've got. It's a very dangerous scoreline," said Adkins.
He has instilled a positive, attack minded approach into his players, sayingthe worst thing that the team could do was try to defend their lead.
"Live on the edge, that's what life is all about. We're just going to go for it", he added.
Make sure you are one of the claret and blue army who will be making the trip to the Don Valley on Tuesday evening. Tickets are available from the Don Valley on the night of the fixture with United selling just over 2,000 tickets ahead of the clash. Prices are adults £10, concessions £5.