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« Reply #120 on: November 15, 2017, 08:51:03 am »

Bit hard to judge the performances of Kasim and Foley etc when there was no orthodox wingers on the pitch and Rico as the strike threat.

Not that hard when you have Grimes, McGugan, O'Toole, Crooks, Poole and McWilliams who are all better. Carrying 7th and 8th choice central midfielders will be an incredible waste of (first team) wage when we will have very minimal need for squad rotation when January comes around. Probably out of all cup competitions, and in need of more firepower further up the pitch.
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« Reply #121 on: November 15, 2017, 09:19:10 am »

Not that hard when you have Grimes, McGugan, O'Toole, Crooks, Poole and McWilliams who are all better. Carrying 7th and 8th choice central midfielders will be an incredible waste of (first team) wage when we will have very minimal need for squad rotation when January comes around. Probably out of all cup competitions, and in need of more firepower further up the pitch.

That is a valid point - I think a lot of people are expecting some of the fringe players (Hanley, kasim, bowditch and even Rico/revs etc) to magically be taken off the wage bill, but when they’re all on long term contracts I can’t see many takers. More likely we are going to have an incredibly swollen squad if we make the key additions that we are hoping for/need.
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« Reply #122 on: November 15, 2017, 09:21:03 am »

Not exactly harsh on Revell if he can't get into our heavily rotated cup teams any more. I'd imagine the vast majority of our supporters would prefer his first team wage being redistributed elsewhere. Bowditch and Kasim were both signed as first teamers as well (pre-investment money), so you'd expect we could sign some real quality in our forward positions if we can move some of these players on.

We have a squad of about 30ish players at the moment. I hope the people who travelled surely expected we'd have a heavily rotated squad for this fixture.

If Revs wasn't injured, he would have been playing or at least involved in the squads for all versions of fixtures. 
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« Reply #123 on: November 15, 2017, 10:14:06 am »

I can assure you, it wasn't hard at all to assess the performances of Kasim and Foley yesterday  Grin
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« Reply #124 on: November 15, 2017, 11:55:23 am »

With regard to team selection, I have my preferences but for the time being I will leave it to JFH. I am pleased that we have moved away from a Rico & Revell partnership. That is progress.

Apologies if has already been mentioned, but according to the BBC match report the attendance was 1,880. So we can see what the fans think of the FA Cup as well, it probably doesn't help that we will play them for a third time in two weeks on Saturday.

Focus on climbing the league and winning the only cup that matters, Chuckle Trade Trophy.

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« Reply #125 on: November 15, 2017, 13:52:59 pm »

I think if you asked most Cobblers supporters which of last night or Saturday is the more important match the answer would be heavily in favour of this Saturday.  There is also the added factor of a long trip to Plymouth next Tuesday followed by a home fixture against Bury.  So it is easy to understand JFH's thinking and, let's face it, the FA Cup has sadly become a diminished competition, talk it up though the BBC try to do.  The money bags Premier League clubs much more concerned about Europe or survival in that league are to blame for its demise.  If the winner of the FA Cup gained a Champions league place it might help but I think UEFA would not allow this.  In continental European countries domestic cup competitions are not considered important.

I am not sure that many of the fringe players did their cause any good last night and I expect Saturday's team to be very close to the one that did well at Oxford.
Completely disagree with this. For a team like the cobblers the FA cup DOES give an opportunity to play a big team with all the rewards and memories that brings. How many big FA cup games can you remember compared with hum drum mid December league games? I can still remember us beating Arsenal 3-1 in the late fifties. The league is obviously important but will 3 points (or less) make any difference come the end of the season? It may do, but unlikely.
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« Reply #126 on: November 15, 2017, 14:20:25 pm »

"Meh" is how I feel about the result last night. An FA Cup run would have been nice but I'd rather we focus on getting away from the relegation zone at this point in time.

The January window is going to be very interesting, I imagine.
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« Reply #127 on: November 15, 2017, 14:29:52 pm »

"Meh" is how I feel about the result last night. An FA Cup run would have been nice but I'd rather we focus on getting away from the relegation zone at this point in time.

The January window is going to be very interesting, I imagine.

More interesting than we expect is my guess.
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« Reply #128 on: November 15, 2017, 16:47:47 pm »

Completely disagree with this. For a team like the cobblers the FA cup DOES give an opportunity to play a big team with all the rewards and memories that brings. How many big FA cup games can you remember compared with hum drum mid December league games? I can still remember us beating Arsenal 3-1 in the late fifties. The league is obviously important but will 3 points (or less) make any difference come the end of the season? It may do, but unlikely.
Whether you agree or disagree is immaterial! Vintage is pointing out how he believes the majority of Cobblers' fans view Cup v League...not what is right, wrong or the merits of the Cup.
Attendances bare this out both here and nationally.

I for one am with the seeming majority. Couldn't really give a jack about last night, the absorbing, mouth watering prospect of drawing a prem team in the 3rd round (after obviously beating Donny!), jostling with the 'at Sixfields once every four years' brigade to get a ticket (see Beds and re-dev there)...just to sit watching the Prem team's U21s!

Wahey...the Checkatrade!  Grin

Can't wait for next Tuesday...and Plymouth away!
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