With that weight sitting on their shoulders, facing the Red Sox, who are currently propping up the bottom of the table, poses the perfect opportunity to bag some competition points and rekindle the fire in their bellies.
City will take heart they are scoring goals, currently sitting with just the single goal difference between scored and conceded - best differential in the competition - but need to find a way to plug the holes in their defensive line if they are to accumulate points going forward.
With the goal-scoring duties having fallen to the midfield pairing of Carl Bond and Chris Annabell in the last few weeks, questions need to be posed to attackers like Anthony Bell and Jamie Lambe.
They need to do more and increase their workrate in assisting the team in winning the ball, getting themselves into the right positions, and then ensuring their opportunities are not donated to the Wembley Park hedges today.
These same strikers promised me a victory by at least four goals over Red Sox, so over to you lads. Keep your word.
While the main game should be an entertaining affair with goals aplenty, the local derby match at 12.30pm on the main ground is certainly one you won't want to miss.
Club pride will be on the line as the Wanganui City Reserves and Devon Homes Wanganui Athletic go head to head in their Western Premiership fixture.
Both teams will be looking to improve upon last weekend's performances, with the Reserves having thrown away a 2-0 lead at halftime against Levin to finish the match at 2-2, while Athletic struggled to find any attacking impetus against Moturoa AFC, being knocked out of the Federation Cup at the first hurdle by 4-1.
Both team's seasons have been shaky and are in need of invigoration, with Athletic currently sitting sixth on the table with three points, and the Reserves holding up the foot of the table with the solitary point earned from their draw on Monday.
But club pride and a local derby can do strange things to a player, and this match promises to be full of tension and intensity.
It's hard to pick who the winner will be today, but there will be goals, and plenty of passion.
In the final Western Premiership match for the day, the Wanganui City Renovators will again be travelling this time taking their game to Palmerston North's Skoglund Park, to go up against the PN Marist Banshees.
The Renovators will be riding high after defeating the Linton 1sts 3-1 on Monday, with Tesco Grunwald bagging himself a brace and Neihana Kahl providing the final nail in the victory.
The victory placed them as the best performing Wanganui side in the Western Premiership, leaving them sitting at fourth on the table.
The Banshees currently sit ninth on the table, so this should be a good chance for the Renovators to improve their goal difference and bank another three points.
