Might bump into you on Wembley Way! Like you I'm not uptight about the result. Just going for what should be a great experience. I get the cynicism about this Cup but a Wembley final is a Wembley final. Enjoy!

Never a dull moment being a Miller. 90 minutes of bang average mediocrity followed by a cracking 30 minutes of extra time. 4 quality goals and another trophy in the cabinet - what's not to love? Let's crack on and take our injury time form into the remaining league games and secure that automatic promotion!

The end, as they say justifies the means. We won, convincingly in the end but for 90 minutes I began to doubt whether we would win the encounter or even manage to get over the promotion line. After a two week layoff, with time for injuries to heal, tired legs to rest and time to regroup, I thought we would be fresh, well rehearsed particularly since he fielded his strongest side. But we started as we'd left off a fortnight ago. They controlled the game from the off. They were determined and tenacious forcing our boys into making mistakes, the only highlight from us was Wiles goal.and what superb skill it was too..In short, over the 90 minutes they deserved to win. It could be argued that their pace throughout was their downfall, they ran themselves into the ground. Tactical superiority on Warne's part of just luck that Tutu was in the right place at the right time (another superb strike by the way to hoist the ball over the heads of 4 defenders and a goalkeeper, to find a relatively small space in the top right corner)? I would give up all yesterday's heroics for another 3 points next week. I just hope the joy of lifting the cup after being down and out can reinstall some self belief and drive to get us over the line to promotion, preferably as Champions. What a phenomenal end of season that would be. We'll have to wait and see.

Agree with your assessment there Smiler. In the bigger picture, it was a perfect game for us prior to our run in. A few cobwebs were eradicated, confidence was boosted and we saw quality where it's been lacking recently. Notably Lindsay and Ferguson looked sharp and Icky was solid. Chieo's discovered a new element to his game - goalscoring - which is going to be vitally important if Smudge's barren patch continues and Freddie fails to convert those relatively simple chances. If Rathbone can get his mojo back, I think we'll be fine.

Sat behind Frecks at Wembley and had a chat with him at half time. He still looks far too young to have retired and what we could do with him in this current squad!!

We were on the half way line opposite the players tunnel.

-- Edited by GlennMiller on Tuesday 5th of April 2022 04:18:25 PM