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The Official F.A. Cup Thread: Blackpool v Nottingham Forest (3rd Rd Replay) Wednesday 17th Jan 2024

Blackpool v Forest (Replay)

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Ian Moore Gone Little

First Team Squad
YellowBelly Red said:
I would imagine that they are falling over themselves for Tottenham v City and Newport/Eastleigh v Man Utd.

We might get a red button game but will depend on day/time. Lots of London based Prem teams potentially at home.
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FBS means the replay next week. The two Bristol clubs are both at home to teams from a higher division and Eastleigh are at home to Newport too, so they have a choice of potential upsets to show. I imagine they’ll go for the Eastleigh game.
 
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ARedChester

First Team Squad
0-3. Forest learn their lesson.

Vlach remains in goal to give a better sight to Nuno of his turbo shiteness so to confirm he is getting sold/given away ASAP. I can possibly see the same with Worrall, possibly a showing of an appearance for McKenna before he heads north to Scotland - increase the fee as he is a 'reluctant sale' - look he is playing, so pay more, take the extra cash and run for both of them.

Start fast and don't tittle tattle passing it about. Get physical and show them no mercy or respect. Start.like we finished.

Bring on the next round.
 
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YellowBelly Red

Viv Anderson
Ian Moore Gone Little said:
FBS means the replay next week. The two Bristol clubs are both at home to teams from a higher division and Eastleigh are at home to Newport too, so they have a choice of potential upsets to show. I imagine they’ll go for the Eastleigh game.
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Ah yes, you are right. Just tell the BBC its a dancing programme and they'll hotfoot it to Blackpool !
 
Monkman

Monkman

Grenville Morris
ARedChester said:
0-3. Forest learn their lesson.

Vlach remains in goal to give a better sight to Nuno of his turbo shiteness so to confirm he is getting sold/given away ASAP.
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These two things don't line up. Vlach's turbo shiteness is standing / lying in an odd position while the ball flies past him into the net. Unless they have seven goals ruled out for offside.
 
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MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Probably the worst 4th round tie we could have asked for. A reasonably long trip on the road (especially Bristol) in a game we'll probably field a weakened side in because the fixture kicks off a week of three games, the other two being Arsenal at home and Bournemouth away and Nuno will probably think he can get a result in both.

In that case, the 3rd round tie becomes a bit of an irrelevance. I'd be sorely tempted to fully rotate and/or play the kids, especially with Brentford coming three days after - we must be at 100% against them to maximise chances of a win.


Vlach
Aurier Abbott McKenna Powell
Hammond Kouyate
Gardner Aguilera Konate
Larson
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Some those kids should be aspiring to making the step up to men's football on the regular and realistically thinking L1 might be their maximum, so a goo test for them.
 
Morpeth

Morpeth

John Robertson
MaxiRobriguez said:
Probably the worst 4th round tie we could have asked for. A reasonably long trip on the road (especially Bristol) in a game we'll probably field a weakened side in because the fixture kicks off a week of three games, the other two being Arsenal at home and Bournemouth away and Nuno will probably think he can get a result in both.

In that case, the 3rd round tie becomes a bit of an irrelevance. I'd be sorely tempted to fully rotate and/or play the kids, especially with Brentford coming three days after - we must be at 100% against them to maximise chances of a win.


Vlach
Aurier Abbott McKenna Powell
Hammond Kouyate
Gardner Aguilera Konate
Larson
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Some those kids should be aspiring to making the step up to men's football on the regular and realistically thinking L1 might be their maximum, so a goo test for them.
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Play to win. End of story.

Fine, pick a few who wouldn’t normally start but you’re picking a team to lose there and that’s just silly.
 
Monkman

Monkman

Grenville Morris
MaxiRobriguez said:
Probably the worst 4th round tie we could have asked for. A reasonably long trip on the road (especially Bristol) in a game we'll probably field a weakened side in because the fixture kicks off a week of three games, the other two being Arsenal at home and Bournemouth away and Nuno will probably think he can get a result in both.

In that case, the 3rd round tie becomes a bit of an irrelevance. I'd be sorely tempted to fully rotate and/or play the kids, especially with Brentford coming three days after - we must be at 100% against them to maximise chances of a win.


Vlach
Aurier Abbott McKenna Powell
Hammond Kouyate
Gardner Aguilera Konate
Larson
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Some those kids should be aspiring to making the step up to men's football on the regular and realistically thinking L1 might be their maximum, so a goo test for them.
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Aurier and Kouyate still at AFCON.
 
Robertson

Robertson

Geoff Thomas
MaxiRobriguez said:
Probably the worst 4th round tie we could have asked for. A reasonably long trip on the road (especially Bristol) in a game we'll probably field a weakened side in because the fixture kicks off a week of three games, the other two being Arsenal at home and Bournemouth away and Nuno will probably think he can get a result in both.

In that case, the 3rd round tie becomes a bit of an irrelevance. I'd be sorely tempted to fully rotate and/or play the kids, especially with Brentford coming three days after - we must be at 100% against them to maximise chances of a win.


Vlach
Aurier Abbott McKenna Powell
Hammond Kouyate
Gardner Aguilera Konate
Larson
​

Some those kids should be aspiring to making the step up to men's football on the regular and realistically thinking L1 might be their maximum, so a goo test for them.
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I’m not sure any player that considers an away trip to London or Bristol ‘reasonably long’ is really cut out for professional football.
 
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glosterred

First Team Squad
MaxiRobriguez said:
Probably the worst 4th round tie we could have asked for. A reasonably long trip on the road (especially Bristol) in a game we'll probably field a weakened side in because the fixture kicks off a week of three games, the other two being Arsenal at home and Bournemouth away and Nuno will probably think he can get a result in both.

In that case, the 3rd round tie becomes a bit of an irrelevance. I'd be sorely tempted to fully rotate and/or play the kids, especially with Brentford coming three days after - we must be at 100% against them to maximise chances of a win.


Vlach
Aurier Abbott McKenna Powell
Hammond Kouyate
Gardner Aguilera Konate
Larson
​

Some those kids should be aspiring to making the step up to men's football on the regular and realistically thinking L1 might be their maximum, so a goo test for them.
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I feel very confident that we will stay up, so this approach is not for me.

Two tough, but winnable (even Westham) games, and there is the opportunity of some pretty kind (minimum 6 non prem league sides on the next round, with Arsenal, Villa or Chelsea and City or Spurs gone by then as well) draws to be had in the 5th round.

Lets go all out for the FA Cup for me.
 
Redemption

Redemption

One less gobshite...
Berkshire Red said:
Especially given the distances covered in Germany, France, Spain and Italy!
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In the French Cup, the longest journeys are to Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean!
 
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MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Berkshire Red said:
Especially given the distances covered in Germany, France, Spain and Italy!
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France is bonkers because many French overseas territories enter the French Cup (which is what makes it so good); in Germany, for example, to go from Stuttgart (down in the south west) to Berlin is five-and-a-half hours on even the fastest ICE train, if you chose to drive, it’s more like seven or eight hours.

If you drove eight hours from Nottingham, you’d either be in the far north of Scotland or the sea.
 
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
MaxiRobriguez said:
I really need to get that AFCON thing into my head don't I.
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Don’t worry, here’s Silas to remind you the AFCON is on:

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He will, of course, be playing for the Leopards of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
 
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Captain Sinister said:
Reminds me of an unsuccessful chat-up line often employed by young lads from Gedling:
"Aye up, mi duck!
You gorrenny Gedling in yer?
No?... Want some?".

We were sophisticated in our youth in the borough.
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The only sophisticated thing to ever come out of Gedling was Richard Beckinsale, and he’s dead.
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
Strummer said:
The only sophisticated thing to ever come out of Gedling was Richard Beckinsale, and he’s dead.
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Whereas Rudd has a surfeit of sophisticates :)

P.S.: Deep Purple's drummer Ian Paice lived with his Grandmother on Priory Road, Gedling.
Now that is real sophistication.
 
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Redemption

Redemption

One less gobshite...
I shared a bed with Alvin Stardust at school in Southwell (although 2 decades apart) - that's the glamour you're looking for.
 
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