Plymouth Argyle v Carlisle United FA CUP THREAD

Plymouth Argyle v Carlisle United FA CUP 1ST ROUND

Match Officials

Referee Charles Breakspear   Games 14  YELLOWS 58  REDS NIL

Assistant by William  Bull and Adrian Tranter

Fourth Official Christopher Wade

Carlisle News

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Keith Curle is in talks over a contract extension, Carlisle United said last night

The Cumbrians will be making their second trip to Home Park this season after losing 4-1 in a League Two game in August.
Their squad on Saturday is set to include 27-year-old defender Mark Ellis, who is a lifelong Argyle fan.
Ellis signed on a one-month loan for Carlisle from League One outfit Shrewsbury Town last week and is eligible to play for them in the FA Cup.He made his debut in the 3-2 home win against Paul Sturrock's Yeovil Town at Brunton Park on Saturday

Plymouth Argyle's trio of loan signings available for FA Cup tie against Carlisle

ALL THREE of Plymouth Argyle's loan signings are eligible to play in the FA Cup first round tie against Carlisle United at Home Park on Saturday, manager Derek Adams has confirmed.

Crystal Palace midfielder Hiram Boateng and versatile Reading attacker Craig Tanner have played regularly for the Pilgrims this season.

Oscar Threlkeld has not featured so much since arriving from Bolton Wanderers at the start of September but has seen action as a second half substitute in the last couple of matches.

Tanner and Threlkeld combined to set up striker Ryan Brunt's last-gasp winning goal for Argyle when they beat Luton Town 2-1 at Kenilworth Road on October 24.
Boateng, Tanner and Threlkeld will remain on loan to the Pilgrims until January 2.

Tanner, who has scored four goals in eight starts and 10 substitute appearances, has already expressed an interest in staying at Home Park until the end of the season.

Argyle are set to have a near fully fit squad for the FA Cup clash against Carlisle, with the exception of striker Reuben Reid, who is still struggling with a hip injury.

Winger Gregg Wylde was ruled out of the 2-0 victory over Morecambe at Home Park last Saturday by what Adams described as 'a knock' but will be fit for selection this weekend, according to the Pilgrims' boss.

Boateng and left-back Gary Sawyer were both substituted in the second half against Morecambe because of injuries but Adams is confident they will be fine to face Carlisle.


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Unsold ST Tickets comes on general release for the Carlisle game on Saturday morning and Millwall on Tuesday morning. Looking on the ticketmaster site more tickets are sold for the Millwall game then for Carlisle, Exeter game looks like a very big turn out.

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Got a feeling it could be a bit tighter this time probable replay needed.

Very difficult game against VERY good opposition - they completely outplayed us in the first half of the league encouter. I think Carlisle will edge it.

Argo 0-2 Carlisle

Manager Keith Curle spoke  about the FA Cup trip to Plymouth at his Thursday morning press conference.

MANAGER: We'll look to take it to them


“You never know where a cup run can take you,” he said. “It can be a massive bonus for the football club. We've tasted a little bit of cup success already this season where we made a lot of friends with our performances and how we conducted ourselves.

“We’ll treat Plymouth with a lot of respect because they're flying high in the division. They've had a lot of the type of luck that successful teams seem to get. Cup competitions can be slightly different and we’ll look to take it to them.

“We're playing against a team who are top of the division and playing with lots of confidence and belief. They're in their own back garden but we know we can go down there and perform because we did it earlier in the season. We go into every game with the mindset of being able to get the win.

“I know exactly how we lost there earlier in the season. I'm also mindful of the fact that for 40 minutes of that game we gave them a footballing lesson. They were desperate for half time to come but they got the goal and that changed their half time team talk completely.

“There were a lot of pleasing things in that first 40 minutes that we can build on. We'll take those into the game and we'll give them a gentle reminder that we can play football. We caused them lots of problems and that will stand us in good stead.

“We're preparing exactly the same as we would for a league game and that's a massive credit to the football club. They allow me to prepare the team in the manner I think is the right. We're a football club who have to travel long distances but we never see that as a barrier.”

“The one thing I do know is that Plymouth won’t want a replay at our place,” he commented. “I think that can play a part because they will not want to come to Carlisle on a Tuesday night. That’s something we can possibly use to our advantage.

“A replay would suit us, but not them, and it would be like jetlag for them because they would have two or three days of travelling. That will be in the back of their mind and they’ll want the game settled at the weekend.

“We’ll go there to do our jobs and we’ll be looking to test them as much as they will want to test us

Abstracts from an interview with Mark

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Defender Mark Ellis on his loan move and the trip to Plymouth

Defender Mark Ellis spoke  about his loan spell ahead of the long weekend trip down to Plymouth.

“I want to play at the highest level I can and if that means dropping down a level to help Carlisle with their promotion chances then so be it. I just want to do well with whoever I’m playing for.

When it comes to formations I’m comfortable playing in a four or a three. I’m happy on the right or the left of the three because I think I’ve still got a bit of pace to get down the sides. I’ve got a long throw in the locker which I try to use whenever I can as we

I’m sure we’ll go there and enjoy it. I certainly will with being a Plymouth fan. I was born in Plymouth and I’ve even been a match mascot there in my younger days. My family live there and I always enjoy getting the chance to play against them. I’ve had some good times watching them over the years and there are good memories from the promotion season when Neil Warnock was the manager.

“I’ll have a few friends and family sat in the Plymouth end and a few of them have said they’ll support Carlisle as well. It’s a game we can look forward to.

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With most of local football cancelled today should put more bums on seats (see HT thread)

Rain should stop late morning with a good sunny afternoon here in Plymouth


Unclaim ST seats on general sell now, looks like very small gate.

Will still struggle to top 6k........5,942

lucky to have 3000 to 4000

Pompey scum are 1 up to Macclesfield

1 down, concentrate on the league, Adams out!

2 down, sounds awful, glad I'm not there.

Freathy not popped in yet ?

Appalling.

Priorities

What do you expect for £15  

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Looks like the old fickle season ticket holders again.   They probably thought £15 was just a bit too expensive. Can't complain about the November weather, lovely afternoon. Packed out here at Riverford next to the Bastards. They had to shut early, ran out of food.
Wonder if the Argyle new found never say die will win out ? I'm ashamed to say I've turned on Sparks. 15 mins to go.

There's ten FA cup ties on tomorrow. Is that normal, or an obscene amaint? They can't all be on telly foreshore?

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Priorities

DA didn't seem to think that this game deserved any less priority than league matches judging by the team he fielded.

Maybe the FA now see their brand as a Sunday leisure pursuit. It does seem an awful lot of Sunday ties.

For a top of the table team, Argyle do seem to be a bit brittle. I can't really work that out. Quite strange.

Small squad with zero help expected from the non investor, the fantastic Adams has his work cut out keeping it all together.

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Small squad with zero help expected from the non investor, the fantastic Adams has his work cut out keeping it all together.

Plymouth Argyle FC ‏@Only1Argyle  · 4 mins ago  
DA: Carlisle scorer Hallam Hope was a target for me, but we couldn't afford him

Looks like DA's getting pissed off already, he'll be gone soon