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We knew it was going to be 5 ATB, we know who is/isn’t available, other than whatever is going on with Collins, it’s probably our strongest available team. Weirdly excited for tonight.

If we start with the box it has to be Palmer/COH behind Simms. If it’s one at 10, it has to be COH behind Wright/Simms. Whichever option we go with, it’s a strong attacking unit. Pressure is on CM’s and WB to supply them with decent ball. I’m confident Torp will do so.

Fair enough, in response I’d say: 1) I’m not suggesting that combo is better, and in fairness my post doesn’t imply that. My point is/was while last year we all wanted to see those four together, subbing in Torp for Hamer might not be the same level, but he adds creativity in there. Once Sheaf...

Disappointing. Not at home and neither a particularly ideal away trip. And because it’s not Liverpool or Man City, it’ll feel more “winnable” even though in reality either team is still a tough draw. On the flip side, Brighton away a few seasons ago in the FA Cup was a great day out! Stayed...

Not too opposed to the shift in formation. We’re in a different place player wise now; both in terms of individuals and confidence levels. Last year we were all excited to see Palmer/COH in the box formation, and while it won’t be Sheaf/Hamer behind them, we know how good Torp is and they will...

Few observations; Kelly was brilliant tonight. Appreciate it’s low league opposition but his recycling of the ball was great and as ever his defensive positioning and awareness were on point. He’s not going to make a killer pass or move forward with the ball, but being a constant option and...

Simms has always been good and showed promise. We just suffer from fans who want immediate impact and have dinosaur viewpoints like; striker not score = bad.

Appreciate the level of opposition, but Kelly has looked very very assured in there. It’s giving Torp freedom to play more freely too.

+1 for this view too. But even so not sure how I’d feel if he was to start - he’s been so out of it.

Get the point FP. And I obviously trust the management team/backroom staff whose job this is. But even MR said post game on Friday he wasn’t fit enough to start/play the whole game (or something along those lines).

Really don’t want Torp anywhere near the team if there is even the slightest chance he’s not 100% fit. Losing him on top of Sakamoto would further limit our attacking ability.

We will win comfortably tonight and probably put on a stellar performance. It will be great to get to the QF and well done to the players for doing so, however it’s still tinged with the disappointment of Friday. Turn up and play against non-league opposition but can’t do it against play off...

London Marathon is scarily close and while I’ve been running good mileage overall each week, my longest run so far is 9.5 miles. Until today…. Ran the Leicestershire Half this morning and really enjoyed it, time of 1:37 too which I was happy with. Also changed up the training a bit as of last...

Everything about last night was wrong. It was a truly bad bad bad bad bad day at the office. Genuinely zero positives to take from it. Simms comes out with some credit first half. Second half everyone hid and/or was just not good enough. You need big players to step up and be leaders in games...

Season isn’t over after one loss and another injury. For now we have cover to keep the formation as is, albeit I also think MR will go to 5 ATB. Doesn’t solve the issue - whether it’s 4 or 5 ATB, it’s still 2 in CM and those roles are pivotal. Last night showed we can’t play with those 2 at CM...

We look so flat. Zero leadership out there. We had to change something but formation change has added nothing at this point.

Few people around me have left. Bet they’ll be there next time we get to Wembley though.

Simms comes out of that first half with some credit. Binks been ok. Everyone else is poor or hiding.

In every way possible this has been a horrendous 30 minutes. Can only get better, right?!

Sometimes Wrights decision making is so poor and/slow.