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West Ham United's 4-0 loss at the hands of Oxford United was a complete humiliation that will likely live long in the memory.
Drawing Gillingham in the FA Cup will probably have brought up memories of that evening for many a Hammers fan, due to just how embarrassing a performance and result it was.
Lessons must be learned from that match if West Ham are to go on a cup run, but there is also no need to panic ahead of the club's first match in England's most prestigious domestic cup this season.
It would be easy to claim that Manuel Pellegrini should play the first-team to make sure his team progresses, but he can change things up by looking to the academy.
During that loss against Oxford, Nathan Holland was actually the only player from the U23s to step foot on the pitch - even he lasted less than an hour before being taken off.
The team facing Oxford was full of players who had been deemed not good enough to be starting in the league, with regressing players such as Pablo Zabaleta and Carlos Sanchez on show.
This is not to say that the Hammers should play a team full of kids, but using some of those who are on an upward trajectory, alongside a select number of regulars, would be a much better way to go than a whole team of reserve players.
Many of the club's youngsters, including Anthony Scully and Joe Powell have shown that they can perform against Football League opposition in the EFL Trophy.
The former scored twice in the win against Newport County, while Powell also scored in that game, as well as the loss against Exeter City.
Pellegrini should definitely take the FA Cup seriously, but this is also an opportunity to help talented players, from a team that hasn't lost a league game all season, to step up to first-team football.
Meanwhile, West Ham fans have been reacting to being drawn against Gillingham.