Clearly needs to get out more, because he could simply have summed 3-24, and eliminated the four games played in second round of matches! The fact that they have played Blackburn and Rotherham twice explains most of the 40 point difference.
Does the rule book apply equally to home games? If we beat Lincoln and avoid replay in 5th round we shall have four consecutive home games: Burton; Ipswich; Reading; Toon.