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Third Time Lucky In Papa Johns Trophy?

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We have played the Arsenal under 21 teams twice in the last two seasons so could it be the third time lucky? We lost out on penalties last time, and narrowly the year before.

Town number two keeper remains confident of a good run in the competition this time around, and said, “The spirit in the team is at a high level. Because of this, I believe it is possible to have success in this competition as well as in the league. The league is the focus but we can look to achieve something in both. You saw that with Rotherham winning the cup last season, as well as getting promoted. At Wigan, they were champions and also reached the semi-final. I’m not saying anything will be easy, but I believe it is possible. It’s a competition with a Wembley final, so we know what we want to achieve.”

It would be good if Town can continue in this competition for as long as possible because, with such a big and relatively healthy squad, it gives fridge players some valuable game time. There is also a big carrot at the end of it, with a game at Wembley the end outcome. More good news is that experts at FiveThirtyEight have predicted Ipswich will win the title and that Sheffield Wednesday will take the other automatic promotion place as runners-up. It is too early to get excited about, but it makes a refreshing change to see us above The Owls, in not just the current league table!

Back to tonight, and manager Kieran McKenna will make a few changes. He has to because on Sunday, it’s a top-of-the-table clash with Plymouth Argyle, and although he wants to win this match, he knows there is a big risk too if he plays his best hand. That said, he has picked a front three of Chaplin, Harness and Ladapo so he is taking this game pretty seriously with Cameron Humphreys coming into the side as well.

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