Town boss Mick McCarthy has named the anticipated entirely changed XI for this evening’s FA Cup third round replay at League Two Portsmouth.

Bartosz Bialkowski starts in goal with Josh Emmanuel at right-back, Myles Kenlock left-back and Piotr Malarczyk and Paul Digby the centre-halves, as they were in the first game between the sides at Portman Road, which ended 2-2 10 days ago.

In midfield, Luke Hyam skippers and is joined in the centre by Jay Tabb with Ainsley Maitland-Niles on the right and Tommy Oar on the left. Up front, former Pompey striker Luke Varney is partnered by Brett Pitman.

The bench features Joe Robinson, Kyle Hammond and Shane McLoughlin, who are yet to make a first-team appearance and Adam McDonnell, whose only senior game for the Blues came in the Capital One Cup at Doncaster.

Portsmouth name both ex-Town players, keeper Brian Murphy and winger Gary Roberts, in a team featuring three changes from the side which lined up at Portman Road with skipper Michael Doyle, Gareth Evans and Christian Burgess replacing Danny Hollands, Ben Close and Adam McGurk.

Portsmouth: Murphy, Davies, Webster, Burgess, Stevens, Barton, Doyle (c), Evans, Roberts, Bennett, McNulty. Subs: Bass, May, Close, Tollitt, Naismith, McGurk, Chaplin.

Town: Bialkowski, Emmanuel, Digby, Malarczyk, Kenlock, Hyam (c), Tabb, Maitland-Niles, Oar, Varney, Pitman. Subs: Gerken, Robinson, Hammond, Coke, McDonnell, Touré, McLoughlin. Referee: Andy Woolmer (Northamptonshire).

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bluechill added 20:30 - Jan 19 Clearly mm does not respect the FA cup, the travelling fans, Portsmouth or football in general... Totally fed up with this and they way we play football in general. This is just not ITFC anymore.... Very very sad.
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tallguy6767 added 20:31 - Jan 19 Well said spiegal !! Totally agree why bother !!
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Bluetone added 20:34 - Jan 19 Après nous le déluge
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welshtractorboy added 20:40 - Jan 19 Well 2 down 39% possession no shorts on target comment all to easy BBC thank you tractors for making the effort supporting and traveling MM take note WE ARE NOT HAPPY
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bluey123 added 20:41 - Jan 19 Disgrace McCarthy should be ashamed and so should the players Love the club hate the regime MCCarthy OUT
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cornishblu added 20:43 - Jan 19 Dreadfulperformance thus far...dear town thank you for treating your fans like utter mugs....do the decent thing and refund us ...no back up onbench..MM lost respect tonight...not that one trick mick willcare
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Elizabeth added 20:51 - Jan 19 I don't understand why MM has not put out a side that could beat a League 2 team ! It really does beggar belief! There is also the extra money that is available when you have a decent cup run . Leaving out the nucleus of a team would never have happened in the past and I struggle with the mentality of this decision ! Here's hoping for a miracle in the second half..I fear that this won't happen though 😡😡

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NSL added 20:58 - Jan 19 Can TWTD run a poll called "do you think the supporters who went to Pompey should get their money back?" Then present the results to the board. Mick has showed utter disrespect for the club and competition by fielding that team of dross. Punching above our weight in the league maybe but he does not understand The club and has no long term future at ITFC in my opinion.
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Taricco_Fan added 20:58 - Jan 19 Embarrassing.
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Bluetone added 20:59 - Jan 19 What McCarthy thinks bot won't have the courage to say "I don't care a flying one for the F A Cup or the town supporters so get use to it".
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bluechill added 21:18 - Jan 19 We won't get promotion, we will probably make play offs and lose in the semis, that way its bad luck mm try again next season.... Who can blame him, if he did get us promoted we d get spanked every week and he'd get the push by Xmas. Still cant explain this awful FA cup attitude though....
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