interesting, just had a quick gander on their forum, they're surprised and don't know where he is...
no Gillett in our squad tonight either, which is surprising considering he's been in and about our squads recently.
i think the reason is that we planned for this game without morgan, so alot of the tactics/shape were decided when Morgan was deemed unavailable, so probably doesn't make sense to throw it all out at the last min.
Confirmed:
#saintsfc team vs Brentford: Davis. Otsemobor, Seaborne, Fonte, Mills. Antonio, James, Wotton, Lallana. Lambert, Barnard
so we put all that effort into getting morgans ban overturned, and he doesn't play.
maybe he has a knock?
to replace gillett i'd guess.
current word is that we're looking to keep gillett (donny cannot match what we want for him)..and bring in another midfielder on loan as cover. But that could change by the end of the week.
This is a massive game for us, and one which we cannot afford to loose.
we're now only 3 pts off the bottom 4, to slide back into there again would finish any playoff hopes.
The cup games always bring out the extra 10% - look at Notts county pushing wigan to a replay, scunny making it tough for city and then leeds efforts v spurs and man u. You'd have to say all those prem teams have better squads than pompey too.
and with it being a derby as well, i very much doubt you'll see the gulf in divisions.
It will be played at 100mph and if you're not up for it, you'll be left behind. It will be very very tight and i wouldn't be surprised if it ended in a draw.