“We don’t have another league game for ten days and it would be more beneficial to give the players who play every week a rest.
Would expect Sheffield United to make a lot of changes too.”
“I expect we’ll play a weakened team, can’t risk more injuries.
Stupid kick off day/time doesn’t help.”
“Can’t risk any injuries before the jacks. Play the reserves”
“Our position and the run of games over Christmas id not even name any first team players on the bench just fill it with youth”
“This isn’t the year for a cup run.
Injuries, along with a relegation fight.
Play the U21s”
“Kids.
Play the kids.”
“What a drab tie. Sheff Utd will do exactly the same.
Try something new. Maybe 2 try two of our useless strikers up top together??
Rest anyone important though. I’d take elimination without injury right now; which is disgraceful but a sign of the times.””
“We should play a strong team and try and get a win and give us fans something to look forward to if we got a home draw or a big club away it just could spark a revival and get points in the league to keep us up”
“you can obviously get injured in any game, even training. Opinions differ, I am all for go for it personally try and get dome excitement in what is our 125th year. Also you never know a great run could generate some funds that might be spent on actual players rather than loans etc”
“if I had the choice of winning the FA cup
Or staying up I’d choose staying up”
“We wouldn’t win it anyway but I would rather avoid relegation than win the FA Cup.”
“I loved our FA Cup run in 2008 and it was one of my proudest experiences with my beloved Bluebirds to see them step out at Wembley Stadium and put in a display
I’d love to see it again; but the difference is the 2008 team were on the up, whilst the current team are on a knife-edge as it stands and need to concentrate on Championship survival
It’s sad; but this is where we’ve come full-circle as a club and our priorities seem to have taken us back to the 80’s/90’s”
“Even if we had a decent cup run we would only generate funds from the 3rd and 4th round, which isn’t going to be much to spend by the end of January, so I say play most of the U21’s and maybe a few who have come back from injury or who have been regularly warming the bench”
“The club should have special medals struck for the brave souls who travel to Sheffield to watch our youngsters play their reserves on a Thursday night in the middle of winter with the game on the telly.
Fair play to them – I salute you all!”
“Ironically it’s nearly a 100 years since we played Sheffield United in the 1925 fa cup .this tie will be a non event in comparison and not just because it’s the 3rd round”