RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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There's a valid argument to further that The Sky Blues don't need any sort of cup run to distract them from the primary business of staying in the Premier League, after enduring a 25-year wait to get there.
Equally, nearly 1,800 fans are making the eight-hour-plus round trip on a Tuesday night to Home Park to support them, and they're owed a "proper" performance, whatever personnel Frank Lampard chooses to field.
Lampard's standards are such that he won't allow a half-hearted, sub-standard display to suffice against their League One opponents, and to that end, the expected wholesale changes to his line-up will only benefit those players if they go at it full tilt; to either force their way into his thinking for a Premier League place, or to make themselves attractive to potential suitors elsewhere, in what remains of the summer transfer window.
After despatching Devon rivals Exeter City with two stoppage-time goals in the previous round, the Argyle faithful will be well up for this one, so an uncomfortable night could be in prospect, unless Coventry's attitude is spot on.
Plymouth should find it difficult to bridge the now two division gap, but avoiding that early season banana skin will be Lampard's top priority, so therefore an intriguing evening awaits in the south west.
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