Dan

Yeah for a new ground ours is better than most for this. We've retained something by not moving far.

Only if you let it be. There is no doubt in my mind that beating Bournemouth was a net benefit for us. What you lose in fatigue you will gain in confidence and winning mentality - especially given the nature of how we actually won.

Around six months if we win these three games!

Not having Winks there must be a disadvantage for him distribution wise.

These aren't quite as bad as the table suggests as post Ainsworth they've been performing as a midtable, possibly even top half side. But we should still win.

Eighth season in a row we've made a quarter final. I bet probably only Man City can match that.

They've used up a generations worth of hype on beating us this season. They couldn't do it again.

They've used up a generations worth of hype on beating us this season. They couldn't do it again.

What's so good about that for me is that we've really dug in in adversity. It requires a different type of skillset to padding a team we're far superior to or catching a side on a big off day. Bournemouth probably ought to have scored, but I don't think it was anything like a robbery. We've not won a game like that in absolutely ages. To do it with 9 changes is a fantastic effort.

That is an absolutely excellent win. The best of the season.

The general attitude we have to this game is a symptom of the absolute disgrace that this round has been moved to midweek - a move entirely designed to benefit the top clubs. Each thing they achieve needs to be caveated by how much the authorities have allowed them to pretty much rig the system.

This is a club that has truly rested on its laurels at so many levels. Beating a load of teams that we have 8 times the budget of won't fool me that it now has its act together.

If our club pushed for three stands standing (I'd say Leicester winning a World Cup is probably likelier) I don't think we'd get even close to having it happen. We just simply don't have that sort of fanbase and I think that's been very deliberately forced over time.

Leeds & Millwall particularly as clubs have a bit of a different attitude in this department. Millwall are even more peculiar really as for the most part they don't really turn up at all, but when they do, they really, really do. Liverpool are sort of the same actually. I'm in the tricky position with us where I think a lack of pride and lack of bigging ourselves up is a damaging self-fulfilling prophecy, but also thinking that particularly as regards to the actual atmosphere itself what really can you actually cling onto. You can't fix this sort of mentality overnight. It takes years.

Lack of squad depth plus the disgrace of the fact the FA Cup 5th round is now midweek meant this was always likely to be the case. Not gonna be pretty viewing I fear.

Another part of what I keep mentioning - the psyche at this club is all wrong. Fans, players etc... everyone expects, and in turn gets the worst.

The two grounds are chalk and cheese. Leeds have always had good support and we're not really likely to ever hit that level but the contrast is a bit embarrassing to be honest. I can't remember the last time I saw our ground even close to that.

This place has gotten particularly ridiculous in the last few years in this regard.

Yep. Never seen that in England before with the exception of probably Millwall. It wasn't great throughout the game but bloody hell it got good.

Problem is it's a genuinely bad situation of a game for us. They have less reason to rest than us. I'll be seriously impressed if our make shift XI doesn't crash out here. They're a tidy team Bournemouth. Full of energy and pace. Really enjoy watching them.

Tuesday could be a very long night. I don't think we match up well against this at all.

I'm not sure barely touching the ball in 10 minutes is really a great defence.

I'm still in the camp of thinking we win the league but it's so tight. It's an unprecedented top four and no historical data matters this season - you've got four sides posting tallies that would win the league most years. You could get 96 points and come 3rd. I think we're too good for 75% of this division on most days and that's why I back us to see it through. But I tell you what if we don't beat QPR I will seriously panic. That sort of game has been the bread and butter, the foundation to our league position, if we stop winning those games routinely we are right in the shit.

I didn't rate his subs tonight but there isn't actually a great deal of choice. Our depth isn't quite as great as I imagine it to be. Still should be good enough to get over the line but we will need a fair bit more work over the summer which I'm not sure the club will be able to support. Doesn't fill me with confidence.

True true. In the context of the season though that wasn't a crucial game. We win that tonight we are basically champions. Now we've given those twats the shot in the arm they needed - on a genuinely crap showing by them too. I'm absolutely livid.