Kevin sheldon
Vital Youth Team
The euphoria of Monday May take a while to die down and to me the game that had everything might never have happened due to managers not picking their best teams. We should have been home and hosed in the cup match at Fyld but the FA Cup being what it is Fylde managed to scrape a draw.
I predicted a comfortable home victory in the reply yet a considerably weakened team led to a good chance of an early exit. 9 minutes to go enter Will Grigg who more than stamped his mark with two goals.
The point being had Cook picked his full strength team then Fylde would have been comfortably beatenwithout the late drama. I am in the school of play your best team then take them off.
Clearly a weakened team nearly denied us the joy of what is unfolding and it miles better than league games. Ps for those whose say we want this every week its not quite the same in the same league and even an upset is not quite the same.
I don't talk about famous victories in the Premier league quite as much as I thought I would.
I still talk about the cup final 2013 and I was definitely impressed by Bournemouth away. I loved the Bournemouth home game and the West Ham game. Monday night for me was the game that had everything and now my favourite match at the DW for all the reasons well documented.
However, all of this may not have happened due to the Fyle weakened team selection.
I am old school on this FA Cup play your best team. I think a winning team creates momentum and we don't lose the odd match because we are tired. We lose the odd match because everyone loses the odd match even man city.
The enjoyment received already from this cup run in my book vindicates playing the strongest team in each round to get on such a run. Personally, I want to believe and quite happy to prioritise the FA Cup. I am quite happy to toss off the league as not fussed about the championship. About from the first time under Jewell not enjoyed it anyway.
I did not believe in 2013 but I do now. Yes the odds are still stacked against us but I can see us beating if focused a relegation threatened Southampton who might be forced to weaken their team due to the need to try and stay in the greed league. I fancy Leicester in the semi and then being written off in the final before a late Grigg header.
Yes I might be dreaming but allowed too now but won't be dreaming or arsed about promotion to the championship.
I predicted a comfortable home victory in the reply yet a considerably weakened team led to a good chance of an early exit. 9 minutes to go enter Will Grigg who more than stamped his mark with two goals.
The point being had Cook picked his full strength team then Fylde would have been comfortably beatenwithout the late drama. I am in the school of play your best team then take them off.
Clearly a weakened team nearly denied us the joy of what is unfolding and it miles better than league games. Ps for those whose say we want this every week its not quite the same in the same league and even an upset is not quite the same.
I don't talk about famous victories in the Premier league quite as much as I thought I would.
I still talk about the cup final 2013 and I was definitely impressed by Bournemouth away. I loved the Bournemouth home game and the West Ham game. Monday night for me was the game that had everything and now my favourite match at the DW for all the reasons well documented.
However, all of this may not have happened due to the Fyle weakened team selection.
I am old school on this FA Cup play your best team. I think a winning team creates momentum and we don't lose the odd match because we are tired. We lose the odd match because everyone loses the odd match even man city.
The enjoyment received already from this cup run in my book vindicates playing the strongest team in each round to get on such a run. Personally, I want to believe and quite happy to prioritise the FA Cup. I am quite happy to toss off the league as not fussed about the championship. About from the first time under Jewell not enjoyed it anyway.
I did not believe in 2013 but I do now. Yes the odds are still stacked against us but I can see us beating if focused a relegation threatened Southampton who might be forced to weaken their team due to the need to try and stay in the greed league. I fancy Leicester in the semi and then being written off in the final before a late Grigg header.
Yes I might be dreaming but allowed too now but won't be dreaming or arsed about promotion to the championship.
