Besides the fact it is a competition that is a bit of a pain in the backside for clubs with aspirations of promotion (risk of injury to first teamer's due to the stupid 60% rule and the cost of the home side opening, powering and staffing the ground) I was looking forward to the bonus of being able to watch some of our players on the fringe of the first team and seeing the likes of Alonso (our very own Shaggy from Scooby Doo look-a-like) and Evina for the first time.
On the whole it was a disjointed performance, you could certainly see where we have benefited from Sir Chris having been able to field the same starting eleven so many times this season.
Alonso looked interested, but ultimately not particularly good at passing, tackling or attacking. I think it would be unfair, baring in mind his lack of game time and probable lack of match fitness to write him off quite yet.
Evina also had a bit of a dreary game, but as with Alonso it may be too early to judge him too harshly for the same reasons.
I can't see Green displacing Waggy on this display. And I think we now defiantly must concede that Wagstaff may be able to move into a more central role later on in games when things need shaking up a bit. But as a starting central striker is not really the ticket and should be kept as a wide man.
Docherty, could once have been described a few seasons ago, as 'a good honest centre back'. Now I think the best description would be 'he played centre back'. I think for the Doc, the best thing would be his rumoured move to Luton Town to go ahead.
Finally Kermorgant looked lively and up for it when he came on. Just a shame he tried to hit the doors to Charlton House with his only real chance of the game rather than the target.
All in all I'm not too despondent, it's always nice to see your team perform well on the goggle box, but at least that's another distraction out of the way and we can really concentrate on the league without any mid week cup games getting in the way.
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