Anyone who plays on Saturday will become cup-tied. Presumably Roy won’t play anyone he is prepared to release in the January window for fear of reducing the player’s value to any prospective new club.

If Grimsby are bringing up to 6,000 fans what's the total attendance likely to be?

I'd like to see wholesale changes for this one, with Hennessey, a back 4 of Ward, Kelly, Dann, Schlupp with Meyer and Wickham starting as well. If Luka picked up his fifth booking is he suspended for this match or Watford?

I admit to a soft spot for Grimsby because my grandfather, who lived in nearby Louth, was a fan.

I wish we had a goal scorer like the legendary Mariners striker Matt Tees who seemed able to put the ball in the back of the net at will

I only saw Tees play once when Charlton thrashed us 3-0 in an FA Cup match at Selhurst. I’ve never seen a player capable of jumping so high for a header - like a spawning salmon.

His brother-in-law was a more than useful goalkeeper who also had spells with Grimsby and Charlton (and Rangers).

Kevin Drinkell was another cracking Mariners marksman of yesteryear.

And John Oster, who had a spell with us, started his professional career at Blundell Park.

The co-founder of Chrysalis Records (and former chairman of QPR) Chris Wright is a Grimsby fan. Wonder if he’ll be at the match.

Edited by merganser (04 Jan 2019 12.58pm)

Both teams 22/1 so would really need a bit more that a quid to make it really worthwhile.

Latest ticket update is that we've sold 5500 tickets for Saturday so far. Really looking forward to this one. Nothing to lose for us really and should be a great atmosphere.

See you all on Saturday.

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