[theo_luddite]

We're the only West Yorkshire side with a full time manager/head coach at the moment. Like rats getting kicked off the sinking ship at the other 3. Suppose I should count Guiseley too these days? Maybe when they've played in the FL.

[Lord Snooty]

Schindler and Depoitre ruled out of the replay. Should both be ok for Sunday.

[theo_luddite]

Pay on the day. £10 if you show your season card.

[Lord Snooty]

Very reasonable that to see a Championship team playing a Premier League giant.

[theo_luddite]

For those of you driving down.

The never ending roadworks down the M6 and across most of the M60/M62 are still there. To make life more miserable, they are fixing the M5 down by J1 & J2 so tailbacks up the M6 to Cannock are not unusual. Most of the neverending roadworks down the M1 have gone but there's still a stretch by Nottingham leading to the A42/M42 that is still there.

According to these fine chaps at - http://www.footballgroundguide.com/leagu...-city.html
Car Parking

There is a small car park directly outside the entrance to the away end, but the availability of spaces for cars is determined by how many away coaches are expected as they park in the same car park, which may mean for certain games that there is no space available for cars at all. However just before you reach the ground then on the left there is an open air private car park which charges £5. However the main Coventry Road leading up to the ground and the away entrance is closed one hour before kick off and then for an hour (starting 15 minutes before the end of the game) afterwards, so you may want to park further away to avoid the long wait. There is plenty of street parking off the left hand side of the ring road. Either around the small park at the third roundabout that you cross (by Big John's) or along the road next to and behind the BP garage before the fourth roundabout. Bear in mind that if you arrive after 1.30 6:30pm these areas are likely to be already full. There are some local schools and firms that offer parking facilities for around £5.'

Personally, I'll probably park at Sandwell and Dudley, pay £2.50 for a return ticket to Bordesley, changing platforms and levels at Smethwick. Might sound daft considering I work up the A45 in Coventry but can't be arsed with the hassle of finding somewhere to park near the ground then getting stuck there for 45 mins to an hour afterwards, even if there's nobody around. A Bluenose at work confirms they often keep the roads shut regardless. Of course, getting to Sandwell and Dudley might be a bit of fun in itself.

Alternatively the trains that stop at Bordesley run out towards Solihull too, but good luck if there's extra time and penalties with that one.

---

Wagbo's wise words on Radio L666s
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05x65w9

[Lord Snooty]

Just remember, tonight's match is absolutely huge in terms of getting the confidence back in the squad and for the opportunity to have another crack at Man Utd and be a step closer to actually winning a major trophy.

Or it's just tinpot and we can focus on the real job in hand.

[Lord Snooty]

Great line up tonight. All top Premier League players who, if we can't turn Birmingham City over, will just have to admit that we just aren't up to the task.
I think we are and I stand by my 5-0 prediction.

[theo_luddite]

No snow tonight according to the local weather woman. What's this white stuff then Shafali?

[Amelia Chaffinch]

Radio Leeds told me there wasn't any earlier so I thought I must be hallucinating.

[theo_luddite]

Keep taking the fluids AmChaff. Scanz on the bench Snoots, told you his missus has magic fingers

---

Dumb buggers down here shut the road outside the ground so early, and blocked it, that 3 coaches and a minibus are stuck by the roundabout instead of being in the coach park