FA Cup 1st. Round Proper

[Matt]

Sutton should bring a lot more than Mansfield did. That match at Holloways Park wasn't segregated and I don't recall them having more than a couple of hundred there. Arbour Park is also an awful lot easier to get to by public transport. Something approaching 2,000 is possible I think. 

[Irishadrian]

So who do you want in the next round provided we can dispose of Sutton? A few weeks ago Sutton went to Hartlepool and beat them 2-3 and we were certainly the better side in the drawn game On the other hand as Glen pointed out when the TV bosses are looking for a plum tie then Slough v League 1 Gillingham must be well in the frame

Edited November 13, 2018 by Irishadrian

[Irishadrian]

My estimate of the replay gate is 1850

[Reading Rebel]

42 minutes ago, Irishadrian said:

So who do you want in the next round provided we can dispose of Sutton? A few weeks ago Sutton went to Hartlepool and beat them 2-3 and we were certainly the better side in the drawn game On the other hand as Glen pointed out when the TV bosses are looking for a plum tie then Slough v League 1 Gillingham must be well in the frame

The obvious choice would be Gillingham to get a shot at the TV game.

[GlenSTFC]

Home to Hartlepool certainly wouldn’t be considered as a TV game. Even if the stars align and we get Gillingham at home I’d say there are 4 or 5 other ties who’d be contenders and I think they select 4 matches for live tv coverage? We’d have a chance but by no means a cert. I think if Sutton United progressed and they got home to Gillingham that would have a much higher chance due to it nearly being classed as a ‘derby’ match.

[Curtis]

I think our tie in the 2nd round overall has the best prospect of seeing a non-league side progressing to the 3rd round, with Gillingham needing to get through two away matches to progress.

Because of this I hope if we get past Sutton we then get Hartlepool and a reasonable chance to make the 3rd round for the first time ever.

[Irishadrian]

Curtis. My thinking also  We would certainly have a chance of beating Hartlepool  and reaching a round never achieved before and of course the chance of a top team

[kirk]

Lets beat Sutton first-which I think we will.

[GeorgeS]

No CL footie either next Tuesday night, so no excuses to get to AP and cheer the boys on

COYR

[Reading Rebel]

19 hours ago, kirk said:

Lets beat Sutton first-which I think we will.

Only 'think' Kirky? you must slipping in your old age.  

[Stewart]

19 hours ago, kirk said:

Lets beat Sutton first-which I think we will.

It will be a tough one for Sutton. Made harder due to our striker Jonah Ayunga being selected for the Kenyan national squad, he will miss the replay

[Jafooly]

2 hours ago, Stewart said:

It will be a tough one for Sutton. Made harder due to our striker Jonah Ayunga being selected for the Kenyan national squad, he will miss the replay

Ayunga is a very over rated player. 

[Stewart]

1 hour ago, Jafooly said:

Ayunga is a very over rated player. 

I would say young and raw.

[Jafooly]

28 minutes ago, Stewart said:

I would say young and raw.

Outside of pace he has very little to offer.

he played against us a while ago and a premier league scout came to watch him. He had a note pad with him, on one side he wrote Jonah Ayunga and on the other Slough Town. By the end of the match he had not written a single thing under Ayunga but had filled out the page for Slough.

[GlenSTFC]

Well we won’t be on TV then if we win the replay! Shame they’ve been announced already as I thought they may wait until the replays were decided.

 

Friday 30th November 7.55pm BBC2
Solihull Moors VS Blackpool

Saturday 1st December 12.30 BT Sport
Morecambe / Halifax VS AFC Wimbledon

Saturday 1st December 8pm BT Sport
Wrexham v Newport County

Monday 3rd December 8pm BT Sport
Guiseley v Fleetwood

[GlenSTFC]

I can understand the Welsh ‘derby’ being selected and Guiseley v Fleetwood as that’s the biggest divisional gap. But the other 2 are odd picks especially Morecambe/Halifax v AFC Wimbledon, more so if the non league side don’t progress.

[Reading Rebel]

Unfortunately it's probably still the name 'Wimbledon' that attracts the TV companies.

[Reading Rebel]

1 hour ago, GlenSTFC said:

I can understand the Welsh ‘derby’ being selected and Guiseley v Fleetwood as that’s the biggest divisional gap. But the other 2 are odd picks especially Morecambe/Halifax v AFC Wimbledon, more so if the non league side don’t progress.

Every game guarantees that a league team will be on TV playing away.

If they chose Sutton/Slough v Hartlepool/Gillingham there is the possibility of Sutton or Slough playing at home to Hartlepool.

[GlenSTFC]

It’s the FA Cup surely the attraction should be a non league club aiming to knock out a league club!!! ? oh well we’ll just have to wait until the next round for our TV game... ?

[Mark44]

I very much hope that we get moved to the Sunday if we progress.....otherwise I'm going to struggle to make the game