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We’re not talking about amateurs though - these are professional teams all gravitating to a particular tactic. They’re all heavily incentivised to play whatever style they can to win, they get no benefit from imitating the top teams. And clearly it’s not as straightforward as “every team who’s...

They don’t? I know there are tactical trends you do and don’t like, but there has to be a reason behind them beyond collective delusions of grandeur.

Because it may dissuade people who are entitled to basic services and rights from making use of them. If the number of people incorrectly dissuaded is greater than the number of people correctly prevented from using them, you have to question the wisdom of such a scheme.

So why does everyone else do it then?

Does anyone smarter than me on tactics (so, anyone with eyes) know why this seems to be the standard way to defend corners?

Struggling to see the controversy here, think we’ll be lucky to get onto two pages with this one unless someone decides to steam in.

Kitching over Binks I can get behind, as I know the former is capable of playing at a high level, even if he’s way too error prone for my liking. It’s people calling for Allen and Latibeaudiere to start which I find more puzzling. edit: and BTA!

Didn’t rate Palmer at all but he did at least offer something different in the squad, and he’s been replaced by literally no-one so…

We seem to be at the “better the devil you don’t know” point of the season already, where long-benched players seem to be the answer just because they haven’t shown themselves up recently.

We seemed to jump incredibly quickly to the conclusion that he was totally washed. Two more GK signings and one move to Sunderland later and it appears that was extremely hasty on our part.

Central-ish location, loads of pubs, good transport links, big away end, good atmosphere - easily the best I would say

Would steer clear of Borough Market personally - touristy, crowded and pricey even by London standards. The Shipwrights Arms is usually good if you want somewhere near the station, but we usually do a crawl along the Bermondsey Beer Mile and get a cab from one of the taprooms to the ground...

Again, I’m a huge fan of Robins and his legacy speaks for itself. But his legacy isn’t defined by a cup run, especially one where precisely one of the games we won was a match you wouldn’t fancy us to win.

I don’t think they’re compensated to the extent that the country’s most talented minds would consider moving profession to become an MP. So I guess, no?

Millwall’s manager quit straight after making the semi-final that year btw, because of their bad league performance

Not really. We played the lowest-ranked team to ever make the Fifth Round, at home! I was a huge Robins fan, but being able to beat Oxford (L1), Sheffield Wednesday (bottom of Championship) and Maidstone all at home, plus a stellar result against Wolves isn’t the reason why. Nor would it...

He certainly needs to appeal to a new (buttery biscuit) base

Incredible is a good way to put it - we had one of the easiest roads to the semi-final you could ever imagine. It takes on outsize importance because of those Wolves and Man Utd games (one of which we still lost!) and we’ll all wear it as a badge of honour, but you can’t use it to say last...

Are we back to ranting about corners again? Only seven teams scored more goals from set pieces than us last season. This season it’s only two.

We had nothing to play for because we’d had a crap start to the season. King may have wanted a cup run (who doesn’t?) but no-one was under any illusions that the league performance would decide whether Robins stayed in the job. Hence why we had a nice cup run and then sacked Robins a few months...