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Who are we hoping to get tonight? Personally Fylde away.

LFC Shrimper wrote:Who are we hoping to get tonight? Personally Fylde away.

Anybody at home...

Non league side at home giving us the best possible chance of progressing to the next round would be good.

Fylde at home might interest the tele people.

Chorley at home - because that would mean that they have beaten Fleetwood this evening!!

Shrewsbury who can score goals for fun

it's not imposable, but could have had an easier draw for sure.

Probably as tough as we could get at this stage.

Probably the hardest team to play in the draw.....

One of these days we will get a good draw.

Nevermind we can concentrate on the league.

Worse fixture we could have asked for

Lady luck never smiles on anyone who is struggling.....that's life!

At least we know what to expect. No pressure on us. We often play better v better kopposition and this is the cup for shocks. Difficult but not insurmountable

Christies Child wrote:At least we know what to expect. No pressure on us. We often play better v better kopposition and this is the cup for shocks. Difficult but not insurmountable

that's correct, we've had some good giant killings in the past, but not in this competition, first time for everything.

George Dawes wrote:

Christies Child wrote:At least we know what to expect. No pressure on us. We often play better v better kopposition and this is the cup for shocks. Difficult but not insurmountable

that's correct, we've had some good giant killings in the past, but not in this competition, first time for everything.

cough cough Cambridge/ Chesterfield

Hope Shrewsbury are still top and flying high, with three or four top players all getting tired and others on four yellows and Hurst desperate to concentrate on the league as thats the bread and butter??? Please!

halftimeresults wrote:

George Dawes wrote:

Christies Child wrote:At least we know what to expect. No pressure on us. We often play better v better kopposition and this is the cup for shocks. Difficult but not insurmountable

that's correct, we've had some good giant killings in the past, but not in this competition, first time for everything.

cough cough Cambridge/ Chesterfield

I was getting at top inform Championship sides at the time like PNE and Wolves and Blackpool who still had premier league players.

Chesterfield was in League 1 and Morecambe a conference side. it was a massive giant killing

halftimeresults wrote:Chesterfield was in League 1 and Morecambe a conference side. it was a massive giant killing

Likewise Cambridge were in League 1 and Morecambe a conference side.

I hope the same people who are bemoaning this draw will be just as unenthusiastic if we draw the likes of Man U, Man C, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs or Arsenal away given how unlikely it'd be to get past those too...

It's just an obvious realistic reaction to an away tie at the team who are top of League One.
But we must never forget that this IS the F.A.Cup and shocks do happen.
We have no pressure on us, we are expected to lose, all the usual cliches are trotted out,but IF and its a very big IF we can produce one of those special Shrimps performances which we have done in the past
then we can do it!

Will anybody other than The Sardines and Terry be putting Coaches on? The trust?

seasonsinthesun wrote:It's just an obvious realistic reaction to an away tie at the team who are top of League One.
But we must never forget that this IS the F.A.Cup and shocks do happen.
We have no pressure on us, we are expected to lose, all the usual cliches are trotted out,but IF and its a very big IF we can produce one of those special Shrimps performances which we have done in the past
then we can do it!

That's the spirit!

Paul Hurst paying due respect:
https://www.shrewsburytown.com/news/2017/november/morecambe-in-the-fa-cup/

John L wrote:I hope the same people who are bemoaning this draw will be just as unenthusiastic if we draw the likes of Man U, Man C, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs or Arsenal away given how unlikely it'd be to get past those too...

No, but think of the money. Money that the club desperately needs. We know damn well we'd never win against Liverpool, but an away game at Anfield could earn the club hundreds of thousands. We need to do whatever it takes to try to get an away game at a big club. We have to have a business minded outlook if we are to survive. You can't separate the football from the money these days.