Right, Smurf's got the league sewn up, my job is to get the backup XI to Wembley.
A home tie against Champ opposition, I'm up for the challenge - maybe because I am looking forward to actually being at HQ for a change - only my second FA Cup game.
Anyway, on to Millwall. Millwall is a borough of London - a smaller than average parish that used to be called Marshwall and is situated in the fag end of the Isle of Dogs. I don't recommend a 2 week beach holiday there.
The team are allegedly known as the Lions because they play at the Den, but it's actually a modern change - the original club were founded in in 1885 as Millwall Rovers.
The first board of directors called the ground the Den because they were known locally as the "Beavers" - it was only more recently that all 14 members of the fans supporters club decided being called Beavers was a bit naff and invented the Lions thing - they are all thick because Lions don't have burrowing tools and don't live in Dens - they lounge about on open grassland in Africa, but hey-ho.....
Millwall got this far in the competition because they scraped past Dagenham in the third round (in front of 36 people and 2 dogs), thereby earning the right to come up to us and enjoy indoor toilets and other such modern luxuries. Expect a different Millwall to the ones who fluked a win against us earlier in the season - they haven't got Neil Harris any more.
I believe we'll see wholesale changes to the regular starters - my team will be:
Darlow
Byram Guilavogui Struijk Schmidt
Ampadu Rothwell
Gnonto Aaronson Ramazzani
Joseph
Expect Aaronson to get only a half, maybe Amps too.
Famous fans include:
Danny Baker
Err
That's it
Even Douglas Bader hasn't been there - he reckons he'd rather drop his unused bombs (and remaining testicle) on the Den than pay a visit.
Weather will be a challenge, with El Nino bringing red rain from the Sahara across in 70 mph winds. Best to put a jumper on under your T-shirts.
Leeds 2-0 Millwall
C'MON LEEEDS!
When you CB is trying to play as a midfielder and holding the ball to long because the midfielder infront of him is trying to just get up to game speed ensures easy turn overs.
When your striker is goal rusty because he has been asked to run around all over the place to defend That he can not get to his actual position then he will never score.
When you manager has watched 45 minutes of something not working and the does nothing to change it then you will not change.
Today was like a example of not doing the right thing. The game would have change if we had taken Gilavogue off at half time and moved Ampadu forward to CM and brought on Debayo. Allowing a balance