That’s so right Phild buddy...how many times this season are we winning...UNTIL substitution time...and then we’re level...and then even worse!!
I’m pro Big Dave, but he needs to understand there is another learning curve regarding substitutions. It’s been costly this season
I wasn't there and didn't spend money to watch in the pouring rain, so I can't criticise people who complain about what happened having paid their money, but I have to say I feel immensely proud and thought what I saw was one of the most positive displays by an Albion team in an age. What a future we have. You can knock Moore for not going all out to win the game but to bring on a 16 year old and show him what it's all about is to me an even bigger sign of the essential decency and honesty of the man. We are not going to win the cup, we never were, what gate money we get would be dwarfed by the prize of going up - yes of course we may still not, but at least we can see and have been shown what is going on with our youngsters. They were immense, given that half the time they were shouldered aside by men, they still stuck at it and never gave up. People have constantly moaned about the fact that they think our youngsters are not good enough and that's why Moore hasn't played them - well I beg to differ. No other team has sent on anywhere near the number we had and while I would never for a moment compare what we have to Busby's Babes I'd like to think the great man would have nothing but admiration for what Darren Moore tried to do tonight.
Lets hope that he continues to give them a chance and they dont have to be shipped out in favour of the 'vets'
Of course Big Dave is inept, the league table is a falsehood too! All you critics would, of course do a far better job......
The kids are showing up so well that by the end of the season Lai should be able to cash in on Harper and Field to the tune of £20m and a couple of million for the fleet footed Tulloch.
The manager is playing a blinder for Lai.
Yet another individual mistake has cost us victory tonight, surely people can't blame Moore for that, we clearly have some good young players that are improving I thought Field played well tonight Harper did some good things but clearly tired towards the end, there was clearly a plan to play some of the senior players for 45 mins, overall in both games we have done well and are pretty unlucky to go out.
I'm sorry Boingy, but we were level with a Premier League reserve side. We had an excellent opportunity to get into Round 5 if we'd have picked a stronger Xl. Yes, I'm all for playing youngsters but we have to try and win the game as well. We needed to mix it up a bit more with youth and experience. Brighton bring on Murray and he scores twice but we leave Gayle on the bench. Fans wonder why the FA Cup isn't what it used to be; tonight showed one of the reasons why. I travelled from Leicester tonight hoping to see us go through and to be honest, I felt short changed.
Another point I'd like to make is that I thought we'd stopped playing it short from the back but the last two games have seen us go back to that system which has proved to be unsuccessful. What is the point of playing it short if we then play ourselves into trouble and have to resort to the long ball to get us out of trouble. As with selection, mix it up!