hummm, depends how seriously both teams take it, reading will see it as an easy tie and will deffo drop one or two first team players, PROMOTION is the be all and all for us this season so i would play the kids in carling cup and and paint trophy get knocked out nice and early although one or 2 may come to the fore and nick a couple of results here and there, give the FA Cup the credit it deserves and feild a full strength team depending on opponets, no point in risking injury suspensions tiredness for competions a) we wont win and b) will just increase the amount of games we play and thus take its toll on the playing staff.
Great draw. Hope that Powell has nurtured a settled eleven by then. Just six/seven weeks between the contract end day of June 30th and the start of the cup games.
I can see us winning this one in front of a big crowd. Reading will still have a hangover after the play off loss and a new bunch of Addicks players will be raring to go.
Frankly we need to get out of this poxy cup competition asap so that we can concentrate on the league. We are going to have such a small squad we are going to need to keep matches to a minimum. I would guess that we'd struggle to make any money out of this tie, so we'd probably be just as well off to offer Reading a bye and be done with it.
I wouldn't think we will open all stands. It's very unlikely we will use the west upper. There will have to be a discussion about the north. It wasn't very well used for Luton, considering that people asked for it to be opened
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You couldn't make it up!
Knocked out in the first round and we don't even get a good away day.
Is there a chance we'll both look for different teams in pre-season or is it too late?
0-1.
4,987.
A replay at Elm Park the Madge thingyski Stadium on a a wet Wednesday night, when we lose 2-1 in added time after leading 1-0 for 85 minutes.
Well maybe Wet Spam, Millwall or Dismal Palarse?
So Valley Fred was right, No exciting away day.
I'll amend my previous comments to ........when we lose 2-1 in added time after leading 1-0 for 85 minutes.
;o)
C Palace v AFC Wimbledon or Crawley
Plymouth v Millwall
W Ham v Aldershot
Great draw. Hope that Powell has nurtured a settled eleven by then. Just six/seven weeks between the contract end day of June 30th and the start of the cup games.
I can see us winning this one in front of a big crowd. Reading will still have a hangover after the play off loss and a new bunch of Addicks players will be raring to go.
Feels like a good game to me. Don't understand why the friendly shouldn't go ahead - it would be the same for both teams.
And do you reckon that all the stands will be open?
Just another note, it could be our first home game of the year so that will boost the attendance.
I wouldn't think we will open all stands. It's very unlikely we will use the west upper. There will have to be a discussion about the north. It wasn't very well used for Luton, considering that people asked for it to be opened