Pre match thread: Millwall vs Newcastle United | Fa Cup 26/27 - 3rd Round

[u/Username_been-taken]

Sorry for the later than usual post, just came back from my flight from Shanghai and i'm absolutely knackered, so no specific details today so, sorry about that lads and lasses. In the meantime use this thread to discuss pre match tings, and this is the link to the weekly thread in case you want to discuss things unrelated to this thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NUFC/s/tr0ww8sulD

Some things I will say though before this, i better not see Pope starting because he probably can't save a word document, I hope to see some U21 and young prospects playing this game since Millwall is a championship side in a massive injury crisis so we couldn't be facing a better opponent whilst not being too easy which gives hs the chance to truly gauge skills of our players, so we should use this opportunity to find some gems in case we get an injury especially our full back positions. Hopefully MJ uses this opportunity to also give Toure and Bambi a lengthy tenure, plus potentially give Seung soo park a run as well and give Barnes a rest.

Also In my unsolicited opinion we should also have a young RW prospect on the bench as well because the only 2 reliable options we have in that position are Elanga and J.Murphy so having a prospect to take over in case one of them gets injured, is in our best interests as to not add even more pressure on Barnes.

Other than that, hope we smash them, the atmosphere and pressure at The Den is not to be scoffed at or underestimated and can't wait to see what MJ has planned for us since he is definitely trying to proactively rectify or at least alleviate the problems currently facing our squad rather than wait it out until the January transfer window megathread, Ramsey being trained as a number 10 is an example of that and I wonder if MJ's squad and bench for this fixture could also reflect this as well.

Now, i'm off to nap now and I better wake up to Hall signing a new contract.

[u/treacletart284]

How bad is Jaouen's injury? If he's out tonight, do we go for Hornicek or Pope? Or if we don't want to show any mercy towards Millwall, do we unleash Mark Gillespie?

[u/rfy93 → u/treacletart284]

Think Jaissle said he wasn’t 100% ruled out, so can’t be a serious injury. I definitely think if he’s out just play Hornicek, it’s not like keepers are big injury risks from too many matches. Pope cannot play the way we are trying to do so this season, there’s no benefit to bringing him in here, and Gillespie is a training keeper for emergencies only, we literally signed Karius mid season rather than risking him needing to play

[u/treacletart284 → u/rfy93]

The Gillespie bit was a joke tbf

But I agree with the rest of it. Was just wondering if we'd play Pope and hope he had a good enough game to shift him in January

[u/stenerikkasvo]

Give Bamba and Toure meaningful minutes.

[u/Character_Newt_2309]

Millwall like to go in rough? Intimidating, huh? OK, I present to you Fabian Schar in midfield. 

[u/Nathan_1984 → u/Character_Newt_2309]

Is Big Joe still hurt? Him, Schar and Ramsey as a trio of enforces would be a bit funny

[u/OobieDoobBenoobi → u/Character_Newt_2309]

Reckon Ramsey's up for a scrap too honestly

[u/Big-Help419]

Leeds will be hungry to face us next so rotate as much as possible. Time for academy lads to shine.

[u/wankflap]

can't save a word document hahah

[u/Username_been-taken]

Shit, made a mistake with the title, it's meant to be Carabao cup 3rd round, apologies to all

[u/grybountilIdie → u/Username_been-taken]

Shame on you. Straight to the gulag

[u/FaithlessnessOdd3569]

XI predictions? I'd like to see Toure and Steur start maybe Bamba as well but that would mean a very inexperienced midfield duo

[u/cashintheclaw]

was gonna cycle up to Bermondsey for a look later on but the weather is miserable

[u/ChildONewcastle]

smash the racist bastards

[u/Independent-Cook665]

FA cup?

[u/PHIGBILL]

It the EFL, not FA cup.

[u/ezsy9070]

Long shot, does anyone have away tickets for tonight? tiny allocation i know

[u/Toon_1892 → u/ezsy9070]

Yes

[u/Broonmoose]

How long is the right amount of time to giggle for when seeing him called “Bambi”?

[u/ButterscotchStill382]

EFL cup

Was wondering why we were playing so early in the FA cup 😅

Hope you have a good nap before the game!

[u/4tomi5ed]

Based on this excellent post alone, it sounds like Millwall have hit a bit of a troubled patch. They did win 4-0 after that though 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Championship/comments/1w68f69/millwalls_start_to_the_season/

[u/Username_been-taken → u/4tomi5ed]

Tbf it was against Bolton who are 21th in the table but yeah we shouldn't underestimate them by all means especially in their home ground

[u/modern_epic]

They kicked the living shite out of our players last time we played down there. Expect more of the same this evening. Just hoping theres no injuries

[u/TLG_BE → u/modern_epic]

In fairness that was 33 years ago

[u/merp1991 → u/TLG_BE]

The north remembers!

[u/LetsHuntSomeOrc → u/merp1991]

Alan Shearer sends his regards

[u/Naive_Frame9691]

Are we on TV tonight?

[u/torn4ndfrayed → u/Naive_Frame9691]

Yes

[u/RocknRollRobot9 → u/Naive_Frame9691]

Yeah Sky Sports show all the league cup games on various channels/red buttons. 8pm kick off.

[u/4tomi5ed → u/RocknRollRobot9]

This one is on Sky Sports Main Event too