FA Cup fifth-round updates from the 12.30pm GMT kick-offHarry Wilson: ‘Rush phoned. I thought what do I call him?’And feel free to email Gregg or tweet him @GreggBakowski 11.50am GMT So Brighton make eight changes from the 3-1 defeat by Burnley and Glenn Murray is not in the squad. Where are the goals going to come from? It’s time for Locadia and Knockaert to step up. 11.40am GMT Brighton: Button, Bruno, Duffy, Burn, Bernardo, Kayal, Stephens, Bissouma, Knockaert, Locadia, Jahanbakhsh. Subs: Sanchez, Montoya, Ostigard, Bong, Gross, Molumby, Gyokeres. Derby: Roos, Bryson, Tomori, Keogh, Wilson, Waghorn, Holmes, Nugent, Bogle, Huddlestone, Malone. Subs: Ravas, Wisdom, Jozefzoon, Marriott, Johnson, Evans. Cole. 10.27am GMT Hello readers! It’s the fifth round of the FA Cup, when it starts to feel a bit more serious for clubs who perhaps haven’t been fully invested in it until now. Maybe it’s because they can scent silverware on the February breeze. It certainly feels that way with Brighton who, Chris Hughton says, will use the Cup as a welcome “distraction” from their nosediving form in the Premier League. With big Premier League clubs such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs having been dumped out already – and one of Chelsea or Manchester United to follow – does Hughton think the draw has opened up a bit? “If we start thinking beyond that then we won’t get past a very good Derby side,” said the Seagulls’ ever-respectful boss. “But it is definitely a great opportunity for somebody. And we are part of that group of teams. It’s unusual for so many Premier League teams to be out at this stage. There’s a really good opportunity for somebody to get through to the latter stages, which for a club like ourselves is deemed a success.” Continue readingreadfullarticle
