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Dan Michael and Rob wrapping up a lead-united win in the FA Cup, fourth round on penalties. We've lifted the curse of the third kit. We've won on penalties. We've won in the FA Cup. We've won away from home. What's going on? And yet, it still felt a bit cursed. It wasn't an easy watch, was it?

It wasn't about cursed?

It just felt very long, didn't it?

But now, we got there in the end. It was nice that in the penalty shootout, it was the three players that missed at Chef Wednesday. They all scored. Lucas Perry had his moment finally at Leeds. It was nice to see all the players, very happy for him at the end. it was nice to break some Birmingham hearts as well

so probably maybe the funniest way to win that game actually

you have a player is very happy for him at the end. It was nice to break some Birmingham hearts as well.

So probably maybe the funniest way to win that game, actually. Yeah, we just have the coverage on at the end, and I don't know if you two were in the room for it, actually, but Perry was stood with Longstaff, and Longstaff sort of said, he's had a difficult time, then he went, well, not a difficult time. But as he said, Perry sort of nodded and went,

I have it at a difficult time.

So, yeah, it was nice. said he's had a difficult time then he went well not a difficult time but as it as he said

perry sort of nodded and went I haven't a difficult time so yeah it was it was nice yeah but

the things that rob's just pulled out there um yeah there are things to take from that I think

yeah it wasn't a it wasn't the most enjoyable way to spend your your Sunday lunch time and

our main collective response to that going to extra time when we conceded the late goal was one of resentment, I feel. Another half an hour of this. I was advocating throwing Perry forward the corner in the, like, the 93rd minute. I was like, oh, fuck it, just send him up. At the end of normal time. At the end of normal time. We were asking for Birmingham to score a second before full time, but then they did hit the post and we're like, oh, actually, maybe not. Yeah, it's weird, isn't it, that the whole FA Cup vibe. It's unfamiliar. Like, the performance was not great at all in normal time. I think we got better as the game went on, but by then, the shape of

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