Portsmouth's side isn't a surprise as - because they continue to try to cheat their way out of financial ruin -it is the only side they can pick :)
I so hope Elphick has a good game - he needs it and against the strongest front line he will have faced
a replay would be a disaster both in terms of having to play an extra match and because of the inevitability of not being able to get our share of the gate out of Portsmouth. A win today.......a good away draw against top notch opposition with the promise of a big payday.....then knocked out and...
No. It's not that they CAN only.....it's that they CHOOSE to continue with an abbreviated squad. This is because their expenditure on first team squad members is limited under the terms of their CVA so they have ELECTED to have a few very highly paid players rather than a full squad of players...