Are we up for the Cup?

Still buzzing after Monday night’s game. Judging by some of the players’ Twitter comments on Tuesday morning so was the training ground. Perhaps it’s a good thing that we avoid a league game tomorrow and a potential ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ moment and concentrate on our next cup run (sic).

No doubt Powell will rest one or two players tomorrow. Cort looks destined to play as does Hayes, Russell, Waggy and Evina.

I was at the Carlisle game 6 weeks ago, which was the first game after the Stevenage defeat. I actually thought the Cumbrians weren’t bad and their form since that Valley game has shown that and they sit just 2 points off the play-offs.

Question is, is this a game we really want to win? Financially it would be good to get another big tie like we did last season although the pennies aren’t as scarce as they were. A better reason for me would be the chance to see how good this team really is.

Both Brighton and Southampton made it to the 4th Round last season after performing very well against teams from higher divisions (Southampton played Blackpool and Man U and Brighton played Portsmouth and Stoke) before bowing out with their heads held high and it didn’t do their promotion charge any harm.

Winning is of course a habit, although swiftly exiting the other two cups didn’t appear to do us any long term damage. Anyway I know there is a lot of League One football to play but I’d like to see this team and squad tested against better opposition.