I was surprised the Reading game was at the Amex, I thought it was just what happened that the U21s always played away. Maybe there was something going on at the Madjet or whatever it’s called these days
Yes I think we shouldn't get carried away here. The points that Seagull Stew made are utterly correct. Beyond that we should still recall that participation by academy teams remains a bit controversial among lower league fans who go along to games in this competition but I think has become more...
Bit of a shocker for the Crawley fans turning up at the ground in the past hour finding that out, given that it passed two earlier pitch inspections.
I guess they are at least in the draw on Friday
Crawley would be great at their place (not Moonbase Alpha) but less likely as the Reds have been playing a genuine second team in this competition as they have bigger fish to fry in their play-off chase. Of course dunno what team Posh will put out but being at home you’d think a bit stronger...
Re. The commentators, there was that one very weird moment at the start of the second half when one of them said they deliberately put Dancing Queen on after second half kick off as a joke. What was the joke meant to be? The other commentators moved very swiftly on without mentioning it