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What are everyone's plans for the day?

I'll be coaching the Little Diamonds this morning and then it's back home to get changed and off to the M&Q for about 1.30.

@UCLFanZone: FA Cup odds

AFCRD 4/1
Draw 13/4
Cambridge City 9/20

Spalding 3/1
Draw 13/5
AFC Hornchurch 7/10

Prices @Betway

I actually had a dream last night that diamonds won 1-0

Good luck today lads, cant wait for the game, time is going sooooo slowly!!!

I am really looking forward to meeting up with a lot of old friends again this afternoon - covering the game for BBC Npton!

Tough game though with Marriott definitely the one to watch for the visitor.

On the coral website its Rushden and Higham v Cambridge City

Bet they wish it was Rushden and higham

Bob's Bitch wrote:With Merrill out I'm guessing that Gilly will step in at right-back? I think we'll score, maybe even score two, but I don't think we'll be able to cope with a Step 3 attack. 2-4 (Dunkley and Taylor), 850+ crowd hopefully.

Bloody hell Bitch are you over there doing a course on negativity :oops: yes the are some good strikers at step 3 but this is Cambridge City not Man City. For example one of the strikers we will face today (a well known ex pro goalkeepers son) was at Bedford Town last season, watched them a few times & being honest give me Dunks any day. A high scorer in Southern league is Phillips at Bedford 10 so far, couldn't score in a brothel last season in UCL Prem. We may get beat after all we let in 4&5 last season to UCL1 teams but we are capable of winning today.
2-1 Diamonds & Luton away in next round.

Another player who City have is Josh Dawkin who played for Braintree last season. He was on loan for K*ttering a couple of seasons ago from Norwich City and scored a very goal for them at Gateshead in a heavy defeat in the FA Trophy.

Struggle to get Luton away as they wouldn't be in until 4th qualifying round.

For what it's worth, looking forward to today hugely, but can see nothing but an away win. Would need 9/1 on us to be tempted. Just hoping we can keep it close for a while and get the crowd into it. Would be ecstatic if we got a result...as long as that doesn't mean they equalise in last minute etc ;)

0-3 my prediction

Brownie wrote:

Bob's Bitch wrote:With Merrill out I'm guessing that Gilly will step in at right-back? I think we'll score, maybe even score two, but I don't think we'll be able to cope with a Step 3 attack. 2-4 (Dunkley and Taylor), 850+ crowd hopefully.

Bloody hell Bitch are you over there doing a course on negativity :oops: yes the are some good strikers at step 3 but this is Cambridge City not Man City. For example one of the strikers we will face today (a well known ex pro goalkeepers son) was at Bedford Town last season, watched them a few times & being honest give me Dunks any day. A high scorer in Southern league is Phillips at Bedford 10 so far, couldn't score in a brothel last season in UCL Prem. We may get beat after all we let in 4&5 last season to UCL1 teams but we are capable of winning today.
2-1 Diamonds & Luton away in next round.

I didn't realise that it was negative to suggest that the Step 3 side that's in good form will beat the Step 5 side? Just realistic IMO. Of course I'd love us to win, but we are underdogs for a reason.