JOHN Coleman insists his players won't have talk of Leyton Orient's precarious position on their minds when they run out to face the O's tonight.

The East London club are facing liquidation after being issued with a winding-up order over an unpaid tax bill of around £250,000, with a hearing at the High Court next week.

They are also seemingly sinking towards relegation, finding themselves six points off safety and with manager Danny Webb being forced to play a host of inexperienced youngsters.

The situation brings back memories of Stanley's own financial crisis in 2009, when they were saved with the help of major shareholder Ilyas Khan.

But while Coleman admits that the uncertainty can be unsettling, he claims his side will be looking to grab the opportunity to widen the gap over their rivals to 12 points.

"You can absolutely empathise – we have been there," he said.

"We know the uncertainty is very unsettling and you'd sooner know one way or the other rather than have it hanging over you.

"The manager has gone in, played a lot of young players and they've had mixed results, which is what you'd probably expect.

"But we certainly won't be taking the game lightly because they went and won 4-0 at Newport, who as much as they've had their own problems not many teams have beaten them 4-0.

"It's a game that is fraught with danger for us.

"Our record against teams in the bottom two is very poor and so we've got to do something right.

"The players have got the bit between their teeth at the moment and we've just got make sure we keep focused and we don't let thing in the media distract us."

Stanley are unbeaten in six, claiming three wins and three draws since losing at high-flying Portsmouth in early February.

But Coleman expects Orient to arrive with a siege mentality and his side are in a no-win situation against a team up against it on all fronts.

"It's something you wouldn't want to go through but you can try and turn it into your favour, perversely try to turn it into a positive," he said of the black clouds hanging over the Matchroom Stadium.

"You will get a little bit of a response from that.

"I think Morecambe had a great response to their woes and the first time it happened we made the play-offs, and we did use that as an 'us and them' situation.

"But you can only do that for so long.

"The players will be scrapping for their futures and we know it's a difficult game for us.

"We know is we win everyone will say, 'You should have won that anyway' and we won;t really get any credit for it, but if you lose it's there for all to see with the league position.

"So it's a chance to take another step away from danger and that's what we'll be focusing on in our team talk and our game plan."