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JE confirms on his interview with Radio Nton that Jamie misses 2 games = Barrow and 1st round proper

Bollocks! I was forgetting he was sent off at Barrow, so misses an extra match. :( At least we have two very good replacements in Miller and Corky who can come into the team.

Its nice to have good quality to cover now in many positions,the strength of a good squad and maybe play-off team again?

Yes, great to have replacements and fair play to JE bringing together a squad with utility players who can mix and match, but I do think we'll miss our captain who is a true leader on the pitch.
Stuart is at the heart of our team and is an example of excellence and commitment to the younger players around him. What a shame he will miss the next round of the FA Cup due to an inept referee, the softest 2 yellow cards I have ever seen.

Porter captained England C so i think we have a ready made replacement there.. The defence will struggle though as stuart always seems to be there, not a player i would like to come up against you can't fault his effort and determination to win the ball