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Agrees with how I thought Roberto would approach it. Given what he said, I think it will be: Verbruggen / Steele Hinshelwood -- Dunk -- Van Hecke -- Estupinan Gilmour -- Gross -- Moder Buonanotte -- Joao Pedro Welbeck

The Palace (& Everton) players must be livid (other than DCL, who gets a long break now).

Wasn't the ground half full when we played them in the Cup last season?

Fit players for Stoke - updated to include Webdini Plus u23s Keepers Steele Verbruggen Defenders Hinshelwood Van Hecke Webster Dunk Estupinan Midfield Gross Gilmour Milner Dahoud Baleba Moder Lallana Strikers Pedro Welbeck Ferguson

Given that we can name 9 subs in the Cup, I'd expect Joao Pedro and Pervis to travel too. Just in case we need them.

FYI - the weather will be getting progressively colder this week, so I'd expect a chilly day on Saturday - max temp 6C in a NW breeze, with an outside chance of a wintry shower or 2.

Roberto has hot blood and Big Big balls. He'll go for it

There is no way that Roberto will take that approach. Remember how long it took him to forgive the loss away as Charlton? He has played stronger teams in both domestic cups than Potter ever did. Roberto wants to win everything, including the FA Cup.

Right. West Ham is done. Let's focus on getting 3 points away at Stoke.

Yep. Could be an even shorter list of available players. Gulp

Webster is injured, yes

If we rest Dunk, JPVH and Estupinan we'd only have Hinshelwood as our available defender

Fit players for Stoke Plus u23s Keepers Steele Verbruggen Defenders Hinshelwood Van Hecke Dunk Estupinan Midfield Gross Gilmour Milner Dahoud Baleba Moder Lallana Strikers Pedro Welbeck Ferguson

I understand your view, but get through this game and we'll have players coming back from injury and perhaps some new faces as well. I think Roberto will continue to take the FA Cup seriously and play close to our strongest team, whatever that may be.

I would expect Dunk to play. We need a captain's performance

Stoke sit 18th in the Championship, and their win at Birmingham on Boxing Day was there first win in 11

I know we're playing West Ham on Tuesday, but our 3rd active competition starts on Saturday 6th with a visit to Stoke. Given the number of injuries we've sustained, contrasting against Roberto's desire to compete on all fronts, I'm intrigued as to how strong we can be for this. I don't see any...