Time to concentrate on the League.
This will be a hiding to nothing, with no glory days. The winner will be away to Oxford Utd.
Best to just bow out of the Cup, gracefully, now. Most of the teams around us have already played in the league today. From the results, it is clear where their priorities have been.
With major injuries to McWilliams & Smith, and concern over McCormack (scan related to contract extension?), we suddenly do not have the strength in depth for a congested fixture list.
Burton = A back-foot game, with Hoskins as the lone striker.
The prize money alone for winning a 3rd round tie is £135,000. This would easily pay for loans to replace McWilliams, Smith and McCormack for the rest of the season.
Then there's the gate money from Round 4, the prize money from Round 4, television money potentially.