Oh My God, I’ve lost count!

It’s the third round replay tomorrow night, with a trip to the Ricoh Stadium and inconsistent Coventry City awaiting the winners.

This game is certainly one we could have done without, one would have thought, but Richard Money has said that he doesn’t mind, as he has such a young squad, well able to cope with the number of games. However, the fact that one or two of the kids have been showing signs of up and down form lately shows the strain that the programme can cause in the inexperienced. On top of that, of course, there is always the ever-present danger of the injury list mounting.

Dicky Dosh has a lot to ponder ahead of the game. At this point, we still don’t know whether Danny Fox will be accepting the offer he’s about to receive from Championship Colchester United. Unless he’s turned them down, he won’t be playing, judging by Saturday, anyway, even with Colchester already having gone out of the Cup. Taundry played well in the role on Saturday, however, and Boertien’s presence on the bench was most welcome.

That leaves the question of whether Mooney or Ricketts might yet be fit to face the Lions, as I have to say, as well as Deeney and Nicholls have done in their absence (I thought Deeney was outstanding again on Saturday), we have still looked a little lightweight in front of goal without the two star strikers.

Lee Holmes will be a little fitter after his outing against Swindon, when he gave a few glimpses of what he is capable of, despite the lack of decent possession we were giving him. Division 2 right backs will not be looking forward to the rest of the season on that evidence.

As for Millwall, it’ll be lots of changes from when we saw them at the Banks’s.
Midfielders Ahmet Brkovic and Marc Laird should be in, after signing contracts with the club at the end of their loan spells from Luton and Manchester City respectively. Both have had injuries recently as well, however.
Skipper Paul Robinson will be back from suspension, but his replacement at Vale on Saturday, veteran Richard Shaw, was red carded and will be missing. Midfielder Dave Brammer returned from a ban in that game, but striker Neil Harris serves the last of his three-match suspension. Danny Senda is expected to miss out with a knee injury while Bryan Hodge and Marcus Bignot’s loan spells are over.
Predictions?

Depends entirely on our performance in front of goal. At our best, we have more than enough to add yet another away win to the collection and give the Fat Controller, amongst several others, the chance to collect one of their missing stadia, with a trip to the Ricoh in the next round.