I hope Bogle and Maddison both play and bag their first goals in red and white. The record books won’t distinguish the importance or otherwise of the game itself, but a players’ record is its record and a boost to that would be welcome.
(Score a hat trick......you then get let go even though at the time we had very few defenders under contract)
Define 'you' whole new SMT in place and it seems we didn't need a defender who may have scored a hat trick in his first game, but never looked near that in any other fixture and wasn't particularly sound at the back.
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
We’ve not really had a squad capable of taking it seriously, when being promoted in the league has always been the focus.
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
We’ve not really had a squad capable of taking it seriously, when being promoted in the league has always been the focus.
We certainly have this year though. I've seen some people posting we have the best squad in the division. You can't tell me Lincoln and Accrington have better squads than us?
The problem is though that 5-6 of them are usually injured at any one time.
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
We’ve not really had a squad capable of taking it seriously, when being promoted in the league has always been the focus.
We certainly have this year though. I've seen some people posting we have the best squad in the division. You can't tell me Lincoln and Accrington have better squads than us?
The problem is though that 5-6 of them are usually injured at any one time.
Ditto our next opponents Wimbledon, who beat Arsenal U21 yesterday
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
We’ve not really had a squad capable of taking it seriously, when being promoted in the league has always been the focus.
We certainly have this year though. I've seen some people posting we have the best squad in the division. You can't tell me Lincoln and Accrington have better squads than us?
The problem is though that 5-6 of them are usually injured at any one time.
Do you think we have a good squad? Which of OUR players can you see playing at mid Championship level?
Spoke to a Leeds fan who said plenty were desperate to lose when they got to the semi final a few years back due to the embarrassment of having that on their history
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
We’ve not really had a squad capable of taking it seriously, when being promoted in the league has always been the focus.
We certainly have this year though. I've seen some people posting we have the best squad in the division. You can't tell me Lincoln and Accrington have better squads than us?
The problem is though that 5-6 of them are usually injured at any one time.
Yup, good point. Personally, I don't know enough about the other clubs to say we have the best squad in the league. But then even if that is true, as you say, 5 or 6 of them are always injured at one time.
Lincoln and Accrington are very unlikely to have better squads than ours, but who is to say how close they'll both be to top 6 at end of the season. Reaching the semi or final of this cup may turn out to be the highlight of there season. Even if we reached the semi or final, but then finished outside the top 6 in the league, a small amount of fans would see that as a success.
Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
It does seem that the other teams around us take this trophy more seriously than us. Considering we've spent 7 season in L1 in the last decade, we've never looked like winning this in all its guises
We’ve not really had a squad capable of taking it seriously, when being promoted in the league has always been the focus.
We certainly have this year though. I've seen some people posting we have the best squad in the division. You can't tell me Lincoln and Accrington have better squads than us?
The problem is though that 5-6 of them are usually injured at any one time.
Do you think we have a good squad? Which of OUR players can you see playing at mid Championship level?
Not sure why mid championship matters given we're playing in league one but yes i do think we have a good squad.
I would say that most sides in this division would want the likes of Amos, Gunter, Matthews, Famewo, Maatsen, Watson, Shinnie, Gilbey (MK Dons POTY last season), Williams, Doughty, Maddison, Aneke and Schwartz in their squad.
The problem (as ever) is that we don't often have most of squad fit at the same time. I think we all know that if we'd had Inniss, Famewo, Doughty and Shinnie available all season then we'd almost certainly be in the automatic spots.
As it happens from 21 games, Shinnie has played 10, Famewo 9, Doughty 7 and Inniss 5. From 84 available appearances, they've played 31. It's not rocket science to know that if you're missing 4 of your best players for almost a third of the season you'll struggle a bit.
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(Score a hat trick......you then get let go even though at the time we had very few defenders under contract)
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Can't be arsed to post it all again......but the crux is all our major promotion contenders played tonight (a9art from Ipswich) and won.......most quite comfortably & scoring hatfuls in the process.
Will it hurt them playing Sat -Tues - Sat whereas we have had a break. Answers on a postcard to Lee Bowyer, Sparrows Lane.
The problem is though that 5-6 of them are usually injured at any one time.
Spoke to a Leeds fan who said plenty were desperate to lose when they got to the semi final a few years back due to the embarrassment of having that on their history
Lincoln and Accrington are very unlikely to have better squads than ours, but who is to say how close they'll both be to top 6 at end of the season. Reaching the semi or final of this cup may turn out to be the highlight of there season. Even if we reached the semi or final, but then finished outside the top 6 in the league, a small amount of fans would see that as a success.
I would say that most sides in this division would want the likes of Amos, Gunter, Matthews, Famewo, Maatsen, Watson, Shinnie, Gilbey (MK Dons POTY last season), Williams, Doughty, Maddison, Aneke and Schwartz in their squad.
The problem (as ever) is that we don't often have most of squad fit at the same time. I think we all know that if we'd had Inniss, Famewo, Doughty and Shinnie available all season then we'd almost certainly be in the automatic spots.
As it happens from 21 games, Shinnie has played 10, Famewo 9, Doughty 7 and Inniss 5. From 84 available appearances, they've played 31. It's not rocket science to know that if you're missing 4 of your best players for almost a third of the season you'll struggle a bit.
Hope that extra game and pointless Extra-Time etc. was worth it
Salford on the other hand get to enjoy having the trophy for 24-hours