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Nice play from Doherty though. First decent thing all match.

Go on - I'll oblige. Should have been buried long ago. And on the other side we've had De Neve who looks like he's been dug up.

Something very odd going on there.

Where does Doherty play?

Cashin's looked ok today but I can't understand what Pratt's done wrong. We're meant to be encouraging Academy Talent, he comes in, excels, then another player is parachuted in in front of him purely to keep another Club happy.

Commentators just said looking like one goal will settle it. That'll probably include all 10 penalties after extra time. Our XG - 0.07. Crowd 6,500 400 away fans. Well done to all of you who travelled.

Henrikssen must have won a competition to play with the team. There's no other logical explanation.

Baradji coming on for the injured Montgomery. He might be able to make a difference.

Boom Boom! Keep 'em coming please! Bugger all else to Keep us entertained.

As is the amount of whinging about referees on a weekly basis. (Not you in particular)

Thought Montgomery was the pick of our performers in the first half tbf. Albeit not a particularly high bar.

Spat my beer out reading that. Bravo Sir!

Decent save from Toth on 49 - first time either keeper's really been called into action. Horrible weather - lashing down with rain -poor game - I feel for the fans that travelled over there. It's all about the result and getting through into the hat for the next round. Nothing else.

That statement presupposes that the 3rd round Cup tie doesnt matter which I couldnt disagree more with. Main take outs from the first half Id say is that whilst there's been plenty of enthusiasm on display from the Academy lads there's been a distinct lack of quality and no one out there that makes you sit up and say "wow they could come in and make a difference at Championship level". Ill agree they dont look any worse than the dross Rudy signed though.

Getting very scrappy now. Henrikkson (especially) and Hickman are terrible. We look ok until we get near the opposition box but as with the first team the lack of punch up front is painful to watch.

The point is to win the tie. Otherwise what's the point of travelling up there? If we do with this line up, then fair enough. Job done.

So you'd advocate picking this team for the next League game then? (And yes we have started ok)

Early signs are we're playing ok but zero presence up front as always.

It came on for me on the TNT red button right at the last minute. Virgin Channel 521 or something like that

They're still 19/20 to win outright on Bet 365 amazingly.

Colby Bishop who some have speculated about on the transfer thread has scored in the 3rd minute for Portsmouth v Arsenal. Smart finish.

I'll wait and see how the game goes but on the face of it Im not happy with that selection. His job is to manage us in 3 competitions and try to do as well as possible in each. Not sort of slop around in one and try to do just enough to avoid relegation and sack off the other two.

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Holy crap. I'll reserve judgement but..........

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