Don’t you dare

SAFC have sold out over 5000 tickets for the league cup quarter final at Arsenal on the 20th December . LJ MUST NOT insult the fans by playing a substandard side in this fixture the SAFC fans deserve better , the last thing we need is to be embarrassed on national TV . Be brave pick your number one team and go for it !!!

 

Correct.

Can't see him doing owt as daft mind. Can't see us winning either but that is another matter.

Full team, have a go. Maybe Arsenal will field one too many kids and we start well enough to bother them.

But.... much water to pass under the bridge before then. If we go on a bit of a (Johnson) run, I wouldn't count us completely out of it

 

5 nil.

 

Bit hard on Arsenal that mate, they might score 1!

 

And I think we will only score 4

 

I know where you are coming from and I certainly agree the sentiment.

As a hard nosed professional going for the league? Certainly start with your 1st team... then I am not sure how may subs are allowed?

 

Definitely play the first team. Fully understand that we've got injuries and it's a busy time for fixtures, but it's a cup quarter final. Okay, we all know we won't win the thing, but you've got to go for it at this stage. Plus we don't have fa cup or pizza cup games now and even managed to shoe horn a game in hand in this weekend, so we shouldn't be too stretched second half of the season. I think he'll go for it, and rightly so. And tbf if I was a first team player I'd want to play at arsenal, no reason not to play the best side available

 

Be interested to see the opinions on here the morning after a plucky 3-1 defeat when we learn Stewart and Neil are out for the rest of the season due to injuries picked up in this meaningless fixture

 

Yeah I'd not want to risk any key players personally but can understand that if we play an out and out second string and get thrashed it could ruin young lads careers before they've started. That said our first choice could catch a hiding anyway.
As others have said though we've got a lot of games to play before we get to that game so we can only see what we have available when we get to that point.

 

It's tricky because no one wants to get humped 8-0 live on telly, but let's face it we aren't going to win, even with a full strength team out. I wouldn't be risking any players we can't live without so, sorry Hoffmann, Doyle, Neil, Broadhead and Stewart - you lads have to watch this on the tv

 

I don’t think we could cheat 5k fans by playing the side that couldn’t beat League 2 opposition.