Surely something like the Vertu presents clubs with opportunities, maybe of reaching Wembley, maybe of experimenting with team selection .......?
You didn't have much to learn about either Hogg or Ward did you? Surely starting Ladapo with Koroma and slotting Wiles in behind them against a decent Bolton side might have showed whether that combination might have worked the oracle on a Saturday? As it was, despite almost sharing possession, you only managed half as many shots on goal as your opponents and less touches in the box. Maybe you learned something negatively, but limiting your options in your good league position hardly seems to be the way to go.
It isn't the most exciting competition, but winning things and the prospect of a trip to Wembley has to be a huge bonus in any lower league team's season. I'd got the winners of your tie down in my head as potential trophy winners ....... and now my team will probably draw Evatt and Bolton away.
My sympathies on your mum Snoots. Hope you've got a good Vicar. My only advice is that if you can make the funeral reflect your mum in some way then that will make everything that follows much easier.
You didn't have much to learn about either Hogg or Ward did you? Surely starting Ladapo with Koroma and slotting Wiles in behind them against a decent Bolton side might have showed whether that combination might have worked the oracle on a Saturday? As it was, despite almost sharing possession, you only managed half as many shots on goal as your opponents and less touches in the box. Maybe you learned something negatively, but limiting your options in your good league position hardly seems to be the way to go.
It isn't the most exciting competition, but winning things and the prospect of a trip to Wembley has to be a huge bonus in any lower league team's season. I'd got the winners of your tie down in my head as potential trophy winners ....... and now my team will probably draw Evatt and Bolton away.
My sympathies on your mum Snoots. Hope you've got a good Vicar. My only advice is that if you can make the funeral reflect your mum in some way then that will make everything that follows much easier.