Full strength knowing we have the chance to play Chelski at home next round, or rest most players knowing we have Wigan at home on Saturday..
Rest playersof course. I couldn't give a crap about playing Chelsea, staying in the Premiership is the top priority.
This is an interesting one. Had you asked me a week ago and I'd have said that the sooner we were out of the FA Cup the better. But now with the change of manager, the need to improve overall fitness, getting the squad used to playing the 'Hughes Way' and generally giving Hughes the opportunity to better assess individuals, I'd welcome a longer run in the competition. Further, if some of the other relegation competitors drop out of the FAC earlier, it could be to our advantage and give a psychological lift if they lose games which we end up having in hand by virtue of our longer cup run. Of course, the reverse may be true if they pick up points and we have to play catch up.
Rest players without a doubt. Wigan is the biggest game of the season so far. A win would be great psychologically but I don't think playing the majority who played today over fresh faces would help us that much anyway. Two days is a very short recovery time for any sportsman.
We should use it as a practice match. Let the players get more familiar with what Hughes wants them to do. The result is absolutely irrelevant.
Playing the 1st choice XI and losing would be a humiliating hammer-blow before our most vital game of the season, play the stiffs. Whoever agreed to schedule the replay for Tuesday must have been told we were not taking the Cup seriously...
I WANT TO PLAY CHELSEA AND MAKE TERRY BREAK DOWN AND CRY IN FRONT OF THE R BLOCK BEFORE SMASHING THEM 4-0!!!!!! Sorry...I just really hate Chelsea...but really love playing them.
GK - Cerny RB - Orr LB - Hill CB - Hall CB - Connolly RM - Ephraim LM - Andrade CM - Vaagan Moen AM - Bothroyd ST - DJ ST - Hulse/Macheda
We cant play a full strength side, the likes of HH cant play 2 games in 3 days. GK - Cerny RB - Orr LB - Hill CB - Perone CB - ****tu RM - SWP LM - Andrade CM - Vaagan Moen CM - Buz ST - DJ ST - Macheda Murphy Hall Connolly Ephraim Andrade Hulse Hewitt
Or he should be told to run at them and then taken off at half time. He needs to boost his confidence.
I was thinking playing him on the right where hes half decent could be a boost in confidence if he does well and he should against a L1 side.
Surely Sparky wants to see the other half of the squad and Macheda and DJ need games Cerny orr s***u hall connoly smith pvm buz ephraim macheda dj We might just win
Can't help thinking with our run of bad luck of late AND our FA Cup form - who'll break a leg this time?
Got to rest the top players i think...despite injuries..imagine what a loss would do to thier confidence.......
