This evening a man who missed the regional tie owing to illness but we were expecting to see him involved in the squad tonight we're told he is available for the f.a. Cup despite being on loan from Leicester Josh Knight it's a bit of a head scratcher we've just checking amongst ourselves with Peter as to that we had led to be believe that Paul should dos Lester for special permission to play Josh Knight and that had been granted and when we saw the mist in the 1st game and it was later revealed there was an illness than that sort of put that mystery to bed but here we are again a few days later one would presume he's fit and well and I think it's a little bit of a surprise when we spoke to one of members of staff and he didn't seem to know where. I was missing out on the other absentee of course is George board as well which was slightly more expected but of course could have been someone that came in for Louis Reid but he's not involved this evening you know so just the one change stand for pay to play United but one subplot as the evening develops Ivan Toney suspended for the League fixture against Burton the weekend said the likes of ballet and Ricky Jay Jones will be looking to get involved Idris Carney out of the squad entirely tonight which would make you think he probably isn't going to start the game on Saturday or maybe he is and he's being kept fresh you could read it either way around but I would suspect it's now between ballet and Ricky Jay Jones to start in attack alongside. Stick with 2 up front so that's tapering knighted for tonight's kick off at 745 let's take a look at Cambridge United and John over the years not quite so straightforward Can I start with a list Peter bear with me this might take a while Leon Davis polo s Mark Richards Luke can and Gary taken by Sammy a Caruthers Richie lamb then Warman Jordan or Bill Williams They're all out that 10 of them. There are 5 train trees to the side that lost at what we saw on Saturday Callum Burton comes in for Dimitar Berbatov who drops to the bench Harrison dunk to tan Jones who also drops to the bench Harry darling for George Taft who is not fit but will be on the bench Carl neuer for Leon Davis who is injured and Jack Rose for Lewis who is also injured so the starting 11 Callum Burton in go back 3 Harry darling on the right Elliot ward in the middle Greg Taylor on the left wing backs calm oil and Harrison dunk 3 in midfield Liam O'Neill George Morris with rows in front of them and then having neighbors and Sam Smith up front and surprisingly given that number of 10 out United have got a full bench demit Amitav the keeper D'Andre own strong fast Andy Dallas and then 3 youngsters Joe Damon who is a winger Louis simper who is a central midfielder Tom Dickins who's a center half any of those Come on it'll be a league Debbi for a poor 1st team to be for them. Well Joe That is the very definition of a side taking itself when you look at that bench realistically Ok There were a couple of choices may be around Dan Jones in Dallas George have to as you mentioned been carrying a knock anyway but but basically not a lot that calling could do other than the name the side he has no for me that side picks itself apart from the goalkeeper position quite honestly where and even that does for the Cup because Callum Burton has been the complicate her in all cup competitions so not much in the world in the. Wriggle room would be a real bonus at the moment for united them got anything in the way of wriggle room and they'll be hoping one or 2 of them will be back for Saturday's draw top the m 6 to come along well the good news is that you look at that starting 11 and it's not as though anyone's had to be shoehorned into the wrong position which sometimes takes place in this kind of situation the downside though as as we know really in any game the use if you substitute so important and call in the seeding working really with one hand tied behind his back with all due respect to the youngsters he's named there yeah I'll be surprised if any of the youngsters to come on if they do before experience for the user 5 near a lot with 25 minutes of play or something like that on them I think it's a long shot that they'll get on today in terms of the subs Well you're right in terms of the starting 11 that's pretty much just pick itself the subs we can only use 3 anyway so you've got 3 outfield players. A left back a complacent a half Harrison dunk gives you maneuverability further forward and you can change things around in attack George Taft who can add a push but they won't want to bring him on or play center half an elaborate tale or perhaps to go right back and. Swap to a flat back 4 that's possible and he. Desperately needs to come on and score a goal to get his United career up and running but I think. Would be the probably the 3rd of the 3 outfield players to get the nod tonight did you enjoy climbing up be allowed to by the way Joe I know it's a somewhat unique press experience at Exeter Yes indeed it's very trying To the latter it's a no no law it's no longer wooden and it's no longer absolutely perpendicular it's slightly jaunty angle in it's metal and it's a little bit easier to get up and I actually they did offer me the chance of a rope to hoist the kit up but as it didn't have anything other than a no way end on it actually I didn't feel even now I am fairly close to the sea I was able to do any kind of nautical not to make sure the kit didn't fall downstairs because you know me I'd hate to have any suggestion of technical issues yeah you've had enough I think at least a couple of weeks I wonder how many how many stadia are there left in the country football league grounds where you do have to shimmy up onto a gantry that can't be too many exits are out on their own I'm not sure if there's a suggestion Plymouth might be moving in that direction wish kind of if it ever happened I think you do things differently down here is you know I think I don't think there are any of his quite honestly unless you row one of the elite who does the television recording in which case everything's a gantry for them but they're a different race on anyway and they say we generally don't have to hang from the ceiling which certainly when you have a press box such as the one at Exeter is no bad thing Mark Johnson we will talk more in just a bit sick Cambridge United with a number of changes to see being all in for stowing injuries and players being unavailable for p.t. $390.00 just the one switch and it's tactical Knol Mason coming in at the base of Baron Ferguson's midfield diamond and Louis Reed dropping to the bench so we've got the team use it we'll have a chat with Ben and Chris Dowsett about the posh game in just a moment or 2 but let's hear from Fergie before we do that he's fully expecting his side to get the job. 2nd time around this the obviously it was. A performance in the 1st game was good up to a point up to the last main But when you win and lose games in the last attack and once we don't win it pretty much possession and you know what it's all was and they all know I felt the 1st half of we needed to get a goal it was important to go on when it's no no no get some and I'm going to no sleep cause one know you have to come away from it thinking a large part of the performance I was generally Ok with but the main bit was there was missing was a quality in the last that said we need to get back to about level they're. Going to stay over to go for Marcus to get back to our place now clearly you would have liked to have got 3 with the original game back she having missed out at the weekend and few people so they could maybe work in your favor possibly. We had a bit of a break mentally at the weekend in terms of no game they had a very good week training last week and we treat it as as a normal side to side they were the train them Saturday morning as well we try to keep it as close to it as it could be to when you play a game on a Tuesday so they've had that small 0 break mentally and now we've of cigar law games coming up so you know the possibility that if we get through this we've got to burn a hole and then also you have the 2nd one or we've got the other couple home so a lot of games come up and hopefully you get right into the thick of it and of course the home form has been really good for you so far this season and this there's no reason really why that should change if you can keep that as a as a platform then then you're always roughly heading in the right direction I think so I think it's important that we continue our home form because our Unfortunately our waveforms has dipped a little bit and hasn't been as good as I was going to was hoping bar form of home form scepter strong kept right in there so it's important we continue that. And make sure that we get to a level performance that we can use to expect in the other and I guess it was always likely to be one of the frustrations of not having the game over the weekend and now you've been saying you're concentrating on your own points toto but we can of course have ended up just that little further up the road which I guess is is a small frustration Yeah I mean look you there is nothing we can do about results of the week and generally the teams around us did their job as a expected really with the games and but no we've just got to concentrate on ourselves and keep saying the same thing it's a certain amount of points or will get to a certain position and obviously the last 2 games have been disappointing results in the league but no real bearing on that we can room terms of other teams we've just got to concentrate on ourselves and then start going another one again. So that is Darren Ferguson if you're only just joining us the starting 11 for Porsche just the one change Mason is in just the one change from the original tie against even age Christie put him in between the sticks Nathan Thompson Frankie Kent Mark Beaver's and down the defense Mason Alex were just Marcus Madison and Harrison burrows in the midfield diamond George Boyd remains out injured Ivan Tony and in attack no Josh Knight in the squad the c evening he missed the original game going to illness we're not entirely sure why he's not around tonight but we ought to before we do anything else we ought to give Chris Dowsett he's due because I asked him to predict the starting 11 on the show last night and Chris she got it spot on so we'll just put your name up in lights 1st everything. Tell us about non-Mason then the base of the midfield Darmody spoke a little bit about it yesterday but why do you think Darren is going down this route. Well I think I think ultimately he's probably been a little bit unhappy with the pensive performances in the last couple of away games made a mistake. About his win. And then in the f.a. Cup against a village in the 1st game he had a chance to clear went to ground failed to do so. And soon after that was that was the last of his action. Came on in that game and it wasn't as if Steven has created a lot in that game so we didn't have too much to do defensively but I think what he did do quite well was passed the ball a bit quicker than the Louis Reid had and generally had a bit more of effect on the attack and as we know with our own purpose and what he likes to do it plays a performed in a certain position and they tend to keep the show and I think you have the feels tonight that that we read could perhaps do with a little bit more of a break in and know Mason comes in into a team that you know on paper tonight probably should do the business so I think he's probably having a look at him as well for the rest of the season to see if he has another player who can fit in that pace at the diamond and the pace of the diamond roll because I wouldn't say there's an abundant supply is there that could perform that function so to have let me read and have no mice in there would be. A real gift for him and I think you know it gets a chance for him to have a look at him in a different position we'll now pretty much of the view the Polish work to get. Another player who could perform that role over the summer talking about adding to his midfield options he didn't manage to do it in the end was that the sort of play a play in a Louis Reed mold that he would have been looking for. Almost undoubtedly I think the fact that Alex would Yod went on the transfer list soon after Spike volumes really that he was looking for that sort of player probably also looking for a bit more of a creative midfielder as well just a lot of bit more spice that midfield diamond that he seems so entrenched in in. Using but I think he is looking for somebody who is a bit more solid perhaps more of an all round me by somebody a bit more solid defensively and somebody who can start attacks and I think what he has in the likes of non-Mason and Louis Reid somebody that can start taxing somebody non-Mason he's got somebody who's who's a bit better defensively but unfortunately he doesn't have those attributes in one player so I think come January he'll be he'll be having a look around to see you can play but feel that function and looking to make a signing when the window opens. Darron seems served decided definitively that he doesn't seem as a defensive midfielder and I think part of the reason for that is that he doesn't really like the fact that would play is about chasing the ball and closing things down and therefore if you're playing the base for midfield diamond if you just go chasing after the ball that leaves an awful lot of space so you've been stuck out on the right hand side of the diamond which in some respects place to his strengths in that he can cover a lot of ground but that same lack of discipline if you like when it comes to his positioning then becomes a problem it does I think not only is it positioning perhaps a bit of a problem at the base of the diamond but also his ability to it's a part of the Polish perhaps not as strong as is the likes of Louis Reed and maybe even normal Mason I think the fact that he's on the right means that he can scurry about and do that job and make it hard for the wingers of the opposition to to cause any problems but I think I think the other problem with him out on the right hand side again is his ability to attack and I think that was the problem at the village in the 1st game was the every time he got the ball his immediate look was backwards and I think that irritated that one person some more and I think he's putting in there tonight to do a job. On Stephen G.'s wing is but ultimately long term you're not going to see him play in that position in the league because. Really I don't think the system is really set up for Alex wood yard in the why the dire bugs multiply Yeah he says he's become a bit of a misfit hasn't really and obviously it was Steve Evans who brought into the club but when it comes to actually beats the big Steve would be looking for in a player then Alex would ya delivers an absolute bucket loads then tell us about Stephen age. Very very limited in their approach in the original tie 10 days ago what are we expecting from them tonight is very difficult to predict not only are they struggling in that they're late but they're having to make a series of changes the. Number of sort of consecutive games Peyton they haven't been able really to get any yet flow to that fly and I don't how they're going to be launching out and it's 4 more changes for them you remember Tater that that's Michael number of the sub to change and so there's no Watts this night parrot either in their starting lineup and that hurts and I can never change because I think it's Vancouver to is on International to take. A familiar face to some caution fans bend Nugent is part of their starting lineup your member I think implied around a dozen appearances for cautions online at a time for a college put up or not they are limited Peter in the sort of depths that they've been able to bring in and I'm actually struggling to see a recognised Reichl really I'm out of those are. Going to be asked to do that as well limited is our guy sleeping like a version of what to expect and of course in changes as well for that yeah in many ways it is amazing that we've got this reply but football being football you have to get the job done. It would be hugely disappointing if their place in round 2 when you're playing the side hoe bottom of the Football League. You've got no excuses if you play to any sort of level. Yeah it's unthinkable really that sort of setting the stage for a big fall. Pates or not is the defining moment for me really not which paid to be you know it's going to suck side is going to turn up away from home and I think with the changes that Downer and I had made for the 1st guy there was a little bit of rustiness from the likes of wood yards. The longer the game went on Yes posh needed to score but also that they looked sharp as the game went on so if they start sort of a tempo that we know they can play at London Road and then they stay in the bottom of League who hasn't been on a good run good seeds in early maybe the confidence that they may have gained in the 1st game starts to sit away you might see Posh open the floodgates but I don't I don't get too carried away. This is certainly the favorites Bosh the other side of this Chris if pushed to slip up the saving given their belief away from home with the 2 defeats in League One and then obviously the original tires Well we know what they to pray night it is like it'll be panic stations one day really will be a bad evening it will be similar I guess to Kidderminster from a few seasons back. Yeah just about eradicated that my memories of things were Yeah it would be I mean. In isolation Pasha pin on a bad run on the basis of where you look at the run before that what was so strong but a couple of defeats in the league especially away from higher cause them problems and everybody would have expected them to be Stephen's 1st time up but yes if they lose tonight you know I only does it represent a continuation of pool but it also. Also ensures that posh would miss out on what would be a golden opportunity to really progress in this competition which is something that the board in the club most definitely want there is money in the f.a. Cup There's also prestigious Well if you get the opportunity to play some of some of the bigger teams in the competition and knock them out and I'm partial see tonight is a real chance to progress to round to win and when you when you've got a home game against non-league opposition in round 2 well that's about as good as you could hope for if you were looking for a run to round 3 So yes I think it would be a real issue for posh if I lost not just on a wider form but also in the immediate benefits that the f.a. Cup can bring yes $36000.00 pounds the prize money the saving and of course. Next up in the 2nd round we already know that's the draw for posh here in London right if they make it through said Dave a National League side how they need really have to fancy chances of making the 3rd round it is all laid out for posh but of course they have to deliver the goods so we talk about Cambridge United at Exeter in a moment or 2 but before we do that let's bring you some news away from Posh in the us. And Cross Cambridge seeing you need seeds and local NY sports b.b.c. Way to you Can we say. Thanks so much is taking place elsewhere in the f.a. Cup the savings 1st round replaced Bradford hosting Shrewsbury Valley Parade from Malaysia who were knocked out by force last season they're taking on Bristol rather this. Don't cost of playing. Time. Against the terrible goalkeeping error in the original. And. The surprisingly good season. 2 sides in leaked. Concluding matches in the group stage qualifying ahead of the European Championships next summer p