Burnley V Wall FA Cup 3rd round Match thread

This one time I would rest as many players as possible. We are in a good position and it would be a shame for it to go to rat shit due to injuries and knackered players. What we dont want is it called off to cause fixture congestion towards the run in.
 
Peckham Lion said:
They can get injured whilst training but we don't want that stopped. I can understand if we rested one or two but the idea that we send out our reserves and kids isn't very Millwall. Would you be saying the same if we had drawn the likes of Liverpool, Man utd or Arsenal?
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Ten years ago i would have said the cup run would be great but the FA cup which used to be the greatest club competition in the world is no longer seen as relevant until the final, so why risk key players.

If say Crama was injured and out for a couple of months it could have a massive impact on our season, as it is we struggle when Azeez is not in the team.

Players getting injured in training is part of football and unavoidable, meaningless cup games are a risk that is avoidable.
 
Ilderton Wanderer said:
I don’t understand this modern mindset that the FA cup doesn’t matter, it started with the influx of foreign managers and players in the premier league and has now seeped into the championship. When we drew Arsenal in 88 we were running for promotion, I don’t remember anyone saying ‘let’s not risk Carter or Cas, play Sean Sparham and Wesley Reid instead.’

These players are supposed to be professional athletes earning thousands of pounds , it’s not unreasonable to expect them to play a game of football once or twice a week. We can’t just simply ‘play the kids’ anyway, apart from the two or maybe three that are knocking around the first team squad I expect AN to name a strong competitive side.

If we do pull off an unlikely win and then draw Arsenal or Man City at The Den I take it you or the others posting that they don’t care about the cup won’t want a ticket then?
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Agree completely mate. Although I recognise that our point of view is probably a minority one, and actually we are just old cunts with younger supporters having the opposite view. However, being older, we are also wiser and so always correct.

Funny that you mention Sean Sparham; a couple of years ago a bloke in the gym saw the lion tattoo on me leg and explained to me that Sean was his best mate.
 
Apart from us at Burnley the only other game I'll have any interest in will be Sheffield Wednesday v Brentford. The reason being, the fourth round of the cup is scheduled for the 14th of February, that's the Saturday we're away at Hillsborough. If there's anything I can't stand its a blank Millwall weekend.
 
Any player that is fully fit should be in the squad for Burnley, it would be understandable that a few who havn't been starting get given a chance but to leave out anyone, that is fully fit, is not how we should be thinking, what's the point of entering the competition if that is your mentality.
We go to Burnley looking to win, they play Man U at home tonight, a half empty quiet stadium on Saturday is going to feel very flat for them and with plenty of reserves in their side we have every right to give it a go.
 
cold blow said:
Ten years ago i would have said the cup run would be great but the FA cup which used to be the greatest club competition in the world is no longer seen as relevant until the final, so why risk key players.

If say Crama was injured and out for a couple of months it could have a massive impact on our season, as it is we struggle when Azeez is not in the team.

Players getting injured in training is part of football and unavoidable, meaningless cup games are a risk that is avoidable.
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Fair points mate and I think the away draw and tricky opponent are a factor but I wouldn't class a cup game as meaningless nor am I suggesting we play our strongest starting eleven. I would rest the likes of Azeez, Leonard and the Serb but no way would I send a team of kids out there with no match fitness only to be used as fodder.
 
Peckham Lion said:
They can get injured whilst training but we don't want that stopped. I can understand if we rested one or two but the idea that we send out our reserves and kids isn't very Millwall. Would you be saying the same if we had drawn the likes of Liverpool, Man utd or Arsenal?
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I agree. Imagine we lost 7-0 with a load of the kids in the team. Their confidence and moral would take a severe knock in my opinion.
 
Moody said:
Conversely, is that the kind of winning mentality that means you win the play-offs?

I can't imagine likes of Roy Keane taking it easy for any match.
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I’d like to think that if a few others are rested, the replacement having a belter against Burnley can only be a good thing all round.
 
bomber79 said:
The cup run of 2004 fucked up a decent crack at the play offs with one of the best squads we ever had.

Players themselves even said they took it easy to avoid injuries.
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That squad was never going to stay together, we always sold our best players and couldn't afford to replace them.
This time is very different, it's not a now or never season.
The last team Burnley want on Saturday is a hard working, organised team near the top of the Championship and looking at their forum there might only be 4-5,000 of them going, we can't use the game as a training session.
 
There have been some great games in the cup. I remember us playing at Wolves, where we lost to a Richards goal. Wanted something to eat, but the Police put us in a pub where I continued to get plastered. Anyway, I had to go to the toilet at 1/2 time and bumped (swaying) into a bloke who shouted "mind me meat pie" the next thing I heard was "fuck your meat pie" and a fist smashed into his gob. I thought I had grown another arm as it appeared to come from my shoulder. Obviously it was someone behind me, I was very bemussed.
 
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