UP FOR THE CUP - Part II: Exeter Edition.

Bugger I have to do this again?

Well what a turn up. We are now the top rated team left in the competition. I still think we should play the second team. Taiwo needs love. Sosa needs Love. Danilo and Sangare need minutes and Yatesy needs some love. (He might be in the dog house after Bournmouth).

So who plays at the back? Boly? Maybe Morato? Toffs and Eric and Moreno?

The rest of the team sort of picks itself. Please for the love of God don't play Wood, CHO or Murillo (preferably not MGW too).

Sure it could be a Plymouth moment but they are in the Championship and Exeter are not. But can we do it on a rainy Windy night on a lumpy pitch. Can Taiwo stay healthy?

I think we will win 3-0. The game will be a bit ugly and Miquel will be busier than he thought he would be.

Nice to be in the next round (did us a world of good when we were in the Champ), but won't totally kill us if the worst happens but I have faith that Nuno will have the boys fired up. We should know who we are playing in the next round by kick off so hopefully we are ready to go..

Anyway, goals from Taiwo (yay!), Sosa (Yah!) Jota.

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Bad enough that we are playing on Tuesday night. Made worse by the draw being on Monday evening (before even the Monday night game is played.)

The one time we're on terrestrial TV and its my daughter's birthday. Hope she's developed more of a liking for football.

It's a game for Yates. It's a game for the big boys who know how to scrap. Definitely need Taiwo with Sosa and Silva up front for the minutes and thuggery. Probably A back 4 of Toffs, Morato, Boly, Morera. And the man mountain in net.

Yep - can't see it being very different from the side against Luton.

Start for Sangare, I'd have thought. (Although they could just swap him in for JWP from the Luton game.)

Unbelievable that ManU are currently 3rd favourites (behind City and Newcastle). Get that Villa will probably be distracted by the champions league but Bournemouth, Brighton and probably Fulham should all be ahead of Yanited.

After what happened to Liverpool, I can imagine one or two words from the owner that might sway the team selection a little. May be a bit mix and match between 1st and 2nd XI. Certainly don’t expect to see any of the big guns given the day off.

I spoke to an Exeter fan I know today, he says they’re a bit of a mess and excepts a fairly pedestrian thrashing.

We ought to be serious about trying to win the cup. Always needs a bit of luck, but as of now we’re officially as good as anyone else left in it.. so should be taking it as seriously as the league,

Brighton, who we just beat 7-0, are 12/1 compared to us who are 22/1. Eerr.

We have a game more to play (they have to win four, we have to win five), are likely to favour fighting for the champions league and that was a freak result that bookies will largely discount.

If it was a Saturday game then I think it would be a mix, but we play Fulham on Saturday who have 2 days extra rest.

The lesson to be learned from Liverpool is to have a bit of insurance on the bench. Luckily we don't really have the option of sticking a load of kids on the bench, so it will be Elanga/MGW/Wood/Anderson available to try to bail us out, if needed.

I don't want any of our first first teamers anywhere near this match as the Foolham game is more important currently. If the current back up's aren't good enough then they would need to be replaced. These boys have got it. Taiwo needs to make it through the muck and nettle and prove that he isn't made of biscuits.

I would start Danilo with Sangare and Yatesy. The rest of the team pretty much the Luton line up.

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I would like a full strength line up but that is no way related to my betting activity (had £35 worth of free bets to use up before tomorrow).

Surely the likeliest team for Fulham is the team that started against Brighton, which includes Danilo.