Very quiet at BP ( as expected i suppose) team is macca, tait toto pearson Gregor - midfield- marshall brown Hendeson Jones- Up top Bogle and Alabi. Subs. Mackreth, townsend, clay,venney and Jp. bet mackreths drunk off!!

Quoted from Hagrid

Very quiet at BP ( as expected i suppose) team is macca, tait toto pearson Gregor - midfield- marshall brown Hendeson Jones- Up top Bogle and Alabi. Subs. Mackreth, townsend, clay,venney and Jp. bet mackreths drunk off!!

4-3-3 ?

Could well be! Didnt think about that

I put 433 but got red crossed 😆

Looks like 4-3-3 to me and I hope it is - the perfect opportunity to trial it and see if it works for us.

What's with the flipping wall-to-wall Hull-Scunny coverage on Humberside?

Jones is leaving us. So why play him? Why not give someone else a chance?

Why doesn't the club use the same uni / college staff for radio coverage.  Cant remember what that tv station is but local radio for local club win win.

Personally think we need to score early doors. Not many there according to JT

Macclesfield 0 Ashton 1

Wrexham love this competition lets hope they go all the way again this season 1 up against Tranmere

Fu(king ridiculous ??)

RH UPDATE

Town 0 Solihull 1

oh no.... are we on our way out ???  how awful would that be....  :o

along with Cheltenham

C'mon Solihull  (can't believe I'm saying that lol)

Yes  ;D keep up the good work lads

Hope we get out of this ridicoulous tinpot cup today.

Best news I've heard all day. Ps Paul,linwood scores for conahs quay and Alex rodman puts away newports second as they continue their revival

Got half of that.

I never want Town to lose but I can raise no appetite for this game. I'm pottering about doing odd jobs, wishing we were playing a league game. Doesn't take much to knock Town out of any momentum and this could do the same. Barmy that this thing takes precedence over he League imo.

It ruins my weekend when town lose today is no different sorry lads I know most disagree  :P

I know what u mean dapperz but for me i just want us out this stupid competition.  I dont care that a team got promoted and win the FAT.  The less games the better.

Just out of interest why does the bbc football focus show the FAT half times but no the goals.  

J Rowe just made it 1-1 for Cheltenham

Theres people here who have payed money to see a performance. Why anyone would want us to lose ( no matter what competition) astounds me. And the game is excrement btw. Only brown and robertson look interested

Matt Harold scores for Crawley

Get the feeling Mackreth being lined up for an exit

For me the disappointment is a bunch of players given their chance who can't muster up a decent performance.  This completion could have been a way to keep our reserves match fit.

Alex jones off for Mackreth,  Josh Venney for Tait. 3-1-4-2 formation

Much as this competition massively disruptive in latter stages can't bring myself to wish defeat on us. Could be useful for the fringe players, say to them 'right if you progress us you play' -right to the final

Macclesfield game abandoned was losing 2-0 to Ashton

Poor Ashton will probably lose the rearrange game lol.

Presume he's going on about hegerty?

What we don't want is a draw.

Olly Lancashire pulls one back for rochdale whilst Damian mccrory puts burton 1 up

Quoted from chaos33

What we don't want is a draw.

Definitely. Assume it'd be a week on Tuesday if there was a replay?

1-1

Get in ;D

Damian McCrory puts Burton ahead....cant believe gow well Burton are doing.

Could it be another defeat for the Shrews.

1-1 Alabi

Sounds a bit fortunate to have been given

Don't think I really care, but who scored?

Now we need another goal. Or need to let one in.

Great...really ecstatic.

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

1-1 Alabi

Sounds a bit fortunate to have been given

I think the ref might have an excuse for allowing it. ;)

Try teling me anyone here dont care about us winning. Crowds right behind them now

Cheltenham winning 2-1 now

Quoted from Meza

Great...really ecstatic.

;D ;D ;D ;D

Gary Harkins  scores for dundee

Yeah i saw that Forza lol

Worth an enquiry pmsl

Quoted from Hagrid

Try teling me anyone here dont care about us winning. Crowds right behind them now

Of course i do.  Let me rephrase that if we lose i couldn't give 2 hoots and f we win great.

Tranmere 1 Wrexham 4  & Forest Green losing 1-0 Sam-York straight red card as well

Thanks for the updates yard dog 👍

Eastbourne were winning 3 nil at half time now losing 3-4 to Hemel Hempstead

Quoted from The Yard Dog

Eastbourne were winning 3 nil at half time now losing 3-4 to Hemel Hempstead

Sorry now 4-4

2 from Ross Hannah.

Cheltenham now 3-1 up

Tranmere's season over then?

Listening on Humberside, even JT is hoping that we score or concede as he clearly does not fancy a trip to the West Midlands on the 22nd of December.

What's the attendance could not hear on the wireless?

Come on town let one in get out of this cup !!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

What's the attendance could not hear on the wireless?

1,071

Quoted from The Yard Dog

Sorry now 4-4

Eastbourne back in front 5-4

Is that penalties Yard Dog haha

6 now for Eastbourne!

Eastbourne now 6-4, Eastleigh winning 1-0 but had a player sent off Odubade sent off in the 78 min, but some how scores in the 85 min for Eastleigh

Shrews level at peterborough

The last thing we need is a replay.

Quoted from 137

1,071

Cheers....

FT 1-1

So who's off to the replay  ;D

FFS.

Should have let them walk the ball in the net.

intercourse sake !
Why does he put us through this shite every season , just let the fornicators have the win

Solihull away ,Tuesday 22 December. Christ, the thrill of big time football. Knowing hurst he will probably play his strongest team and we can booger up the x,as/new year programme like we usually do

Ended up 7-4 to Eastbourne

3-0 up and **cked it up

Then Hemel Hempstead 4-3 up and **cked it up.

Play a similar team for the replay and i don't mind.

Average game, Henderson looks ok, some good vision, and i think him with Amond on the pitch could work well.

Venney come on and looked comfortable and got MOTM

People seriously blaming hurst?!?! My god. He put out a reserve team today and with the exception of 3 they were all excrement, replay doesnt bother me because none of those playing today will be anywhere near starting 11 anytime soon. Only robertson brown macreth and 2 CBs with any credit today. Marshall was another level of useless

Worst possible result, so not happy, but folk can't really blame Hurst. He did the right thing with his selection, and the players failed to make their overall superior quality count. Several who haven't been in the team have squandered their chance to shine, in the case of players like Marcus Marshall, not entirely unpredictably. Marshall has produced less than Mackreth all season, yet Jack is evidently available for loan.

Quoted from forza ivano

Solihull away ,Tuesday 22 December. Christ, the thrill of big time football. Knowing hurst he will probably play his strongest team and we can booger up the x,as/new year programme like we usually do

If we play the 'squad' correctly then I'm not too fussed about it all

My concern though is McKeown being played again.

Surely we could use Warrington there because all it needs is one mishap and we run the risk of losing our last line of defence at one of the busiest times of the season :-/

Good point, with little chance of getting in a loan keeper over the Christmas period at short notice. Hurst not noted for his Keeper concerns though.

So if Hurst played the first team he would of got slated, he changed it fully, so for me, i see it extra game time for the fringe players

I'm with Jarmo, Hurst seems to have learnt a lesson not to flog the first eleven to death indefinately so another chance for the fringe boys to get a run out and hopefully redeem themselves.

In the hat for the next round.

#magicofthecup

Village Green lost in the first round to lower league opponents, as they did last year, They know which way their bread is buttered,They'll be rubbing their hands at us getting a draw.

Worst possible result. Another replay is the last thing we need, the league is priority number one.  Send out the juniors at Sollihull.

Why?? Play the same reserve side he just played.

I just hope we don't get back logged with the league games.

Quoted from Sigone

Why?? Play the same reserve side he just played.

Every possible reserve should go and play. PH should stay at home and let Doig take the team, Macca should be rested, even the coach driver should have a night off,

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I just hope we don't get back logged with the league games.

I think the first two rounds are earmarked as priority for the FAT Chris so we're all in the same boat more or less

It would be the later stages where we might find ourselves caught up with having to rearrange Ssturday league matches

Quoted from WOZOFGRIMSBY

Tranmere's Brabin`s season over then?

Solihull's ground is called Damson Park. It's a plum draw .

Hurst did the correct thing regarding team selection today apart from Warrington in goal, this team with a few exceptions can be the FA Trophy team, it showed today that a lack of match practise from those who cared blunted their sharpness and accurate passing ability,  so to get a game any game is a bonus for them and the club

Quoted from Sigone

Why?? Play the same reserve side he just played.

OK,fair enough. But suppose we win. Then what do we do next round? Same again? Or will the temptation of Wemberlee start to creep in and we put a few first teamers in? Personally I'd just rather we left it to Solihull to win the thing and let our players and the manager concentrate on what matters - going up.

Same team for the replay, only with Warrington in goal.  Don't need to be risking players in a meaningless night match on a heavy pitch four days before an important away league game.

No criticism of Hurst from me today. Played the right players in my book. Would have preferred Warrington to McKeown but can't have everything.

PS, maybe our squad isn't all that strong after all

Solihull are no pushovers though and these boys not had much game time together, if they could win the replay then get their run outs in competetive games it could help them hit the ground running if called upon to step in in League games. Maybe

Our fringe players need game time,

So if we win the replay play the same team in the next round,

What number shirt was Andy Brown their scorer wearing?

9 i think

Wembley temptation or not. Let the fringe players know THEY will play for as long as we are in the competition. It means the first team still get rested. and motivates the fringe players as well.  Personally I wouldn't mind going out of the competition purely to avoid a fixture backlog.

Quoted from Hagrid

9 i think

Yep, definitely

I understand were people are coming from saying we played the reserves so it's no problem. That is true this round and next when saturdays are reserved for the trophy, but if we win those we risk real damage to our league season due to games being postponed and a backlog building up. I don't think it was coincidence that last season we got knocked out early and had no postponements and we had our best season in the league since dropping down here.
Can't blame Hurst cos he played the reserves and they got useful game time but I would still have preferred a defeat tbh

Went yesterday and  I would never prefer a defeat. I'm a supporter!