Wycombe must do without strike force
FA Cup outsiders Wycombe go into the biggest game in the club's history with all six of their strikers ruled out.
They include record signing Sean Devine and leading scorer Andy Rammell, leaving manager Lawrie Sanchez to pair 20-year-old George Clegg, on loan from Manchester United, alongside long-serving midfielder Keith Ryan up front.
Another of the club's stalwarts, midfielder Dave Carroll, is out with a calf strain and Wycombe travel to the midlands, having never previously gone beyond round three in the competition, with just 16 fit players as they seek the unlikeliest of semi-final places.
Despite that, Jason Cousins believes Wycombe can provide the shock of the round tomorrow.
The defender said: "It will be an uphill struggle but we will be going to Filbert Street with every confidence. Leicester are one of those teams we felt we could cause a shock against. It's not like playing Arsenal."
Cousins is looking forward to a reunion with the Wycombe old boys' club and squaring up to his former Chairboys
He played alongside Guppy and his present team-mates Dave Carroll and Keith Ryan in Wycombe's first ever league game - a 2-2 draw at Carlisle in 1993. Guppy scored one of the goals that day when Martin O'Neill was manager.
The quartet were together again last month when O'Neill, now in charge at Celtic, arranged for his former players to meet up for the Old Firm clash on 11 February.
The former Leicester manager paid for the Wycombe players to be flown up to watch the 1-0 success over Rangers at Celtic Park, with Guppy and a couple of his Leicester team-mates also in attendance.
"Gupps has done fantastically well for himself and he's a great player. I could tell he was going on to bigger and better things," said Cousins. "It will be a nice experience to play against him and I would love to nail him," said the 30-year-old, dubbed Psycho by the Wycombe fans.
"That's if I could get anywhere near him. He's so talented that if I can get within five yards of him I will be pleased."
Guppy said: "Wycombe have showed a tremendous fighting spirit in the last couple of rounds. They came back from the dead against Wimbledon and it certainly won't be an easy game. They'll have our total respect.
"But if you are in an FA Cup quarter-final, then all you ask for is to be drawn at home and to stay away from a Premiership side, and you've got to be pleased with that."
