Ayr skipper Sean McGinty says the Honest Men will look to Sheffield Wednesday for play-off inspiration in a bid to mount an incredible second leg comeback.
United are on the canvas after a three goal defeat at Firhill against a relentless Partick Thistle on Friday night. But McGinty reckons the Owls - who bounced back from a four goal deficit against Peterborough last week - have proven exactly what can be done.
Somerset boss Lee Bullen is a legend at Wednesday from his playing and coaching days there, and McGinty believes Ayr can tap into their experience for a massive comeback.
He said: "We'll have a right go and throw everything at it. You look at what Wednesday did the other night in coming from four goals down so we know it can be done. They got two goals back early and sensed it was on for them - so if we can do similar and get an early goal then it gets them panicking and anything is possible.
"It is there for us and we'll have a massive crowd behind us so we have to go and perform for them. We'll watch the first leg back on Monday, reset and go again to try and get the goals to get us back in the tie.
"I actually thought we started really well on Friday and then gave away a sloppy goal. We had talked all week about stopping the balls from the wide areas and them getting in behind, so it was disappointing to go behind in that manner.
"But we got to half time and we said to come out and keep it tight but they came out and scored within five minutes. It's not over, though, and we have 90 minutes still to bring this back and the boys are very capable of doing that.
"At 3-0 we know how tough it will be but we've beaten teams 4-0 and 5-0 at home so we know what we're capable of. It's up to us now in training this week to set the tone and prepare and go and put things right on Friday night."
