I want this to go through if possible. Postponing this would mean an almighty fixture congestion on the horizon. Play this if 14 players can be scraped together, put Millie in charge if there is no one else available (or the tea lady for all I care), and play the game.
5 subs. Extra time then pens. No replay. This will definitely go ahead unless we decide to forfeit which I can’t see us doing. The rules are different in the FA Cup. There are no squads of registered players. You just have to have 14 players available regardless of age, experience etc to play the game. It was the same for Villa last season when they played us.
We must have at least 5 or 6 first teamers available and we need the game time before Arsenal so I can see a mix and match team of some experienced players with a few youngsters thrown in which should be more then enough to beat Shrewsbury. They’re 14th in League One although recent form has been quite good. It’s not often we get easy cup draws so a good chance for us to progress. Looking forward to seeing us play again. Seems like ages since Chelsea.
Enough players without covid for this to be workable for us. The likes of Jones etc. Could do with the game time for sure. I’d like to see Gordon, Morton and Clarkson get a run out also.
The last time we played a match, we beat them with 11 kids on the field. We can do it again, although I expect at least 3-4 available first team players to form a solid spine of the team.
Hard to predict who starts because we don’t know who caught Covid and who not. But I’d bet Curtis Jones will start (he got over Covid and needs game time desperately).
