I think the Cup is our only real shot at silverware at this point so I’m totally supportive of doing our best to win this thing.
That said, I can see Macarthur outplaying us again. Davila took a knock against Mariners and was hobbling around a bit so he may take this one off which would drastically improve our chances.
I agree, winning the FFA cup would actually be a nice bit of silverware to add to the collection and take some pressure off winning anything else.
If we go behind though, I think it’s game over. Macarthur are the most frustrating team to watch when going up. They will just waste time and kill the game off by sucking all the life out of it. Kurto probably single handedly wasted 10-15 mins on the weekend against CCM. Was down for around 7 mins with a head knock that he milked and took at least 2 mins for every goal kick.
So, Paulo or HVDS at RB? I feel like Retre might be a better choice just based off Harry’s outing against Olympic. Have to imagine it’s Caceres/Hoff in midfield unless we’re planning on resting Caceres.
To be fair to Harry, his poor game vs Olympic was for me the first time he hasn’t done a reasonable job at least when called upon. Would be unfair to use that as a conclusive verdict.
Really get the feeling we’ll do a “play the kids” line up for this one, and if we get through, great - if not, great. The club will be prioritising the league after a poor start, injuries etc I feel. Sadly