THE FA Cup is with us again, yet all the talk around town is concentrated on saving the club from financial ruin.

Certainly a win tomorrow would help, but there are certainly no shortage of suggestions as to how the cash hole can be filled.

One I overheard was for the players themselves to take some sort of pay cut similar to what is happening at Leeds.

However, the two clubs are poles apart and with the situation at Elland Road fast turning into a circus, I'm quite glad it hasn't come to that situation yet at the Turf.

The Burnley players will be well aware of the dire situation the club finds itself, and many might wonder what the future has in store in the summer.

But for now they have to keep their eyes on the ball, so to speak, and the bigger issue of earning the club some badly-needed money through doing a professional job.

Besides, at Leeds some of the salaries being earned are nothing short of scandalous and it seems some players there already think they are bigger than the club.

That would never be the case at Burnley. The club is always bigger than any individual and you can bet Stan makes sure everyone in the Burnley dressing room sees it that way.

At the end of the day, the players want a job and that is the biggest single motivation for going out and performing week in and week out.

Beating Gillingham can set up another FA Cup game that earns bigger prize money and maybe even TV rights - and that would go a long, long way towards clearing the immediate debt.

I suspect from Stan's point of view, it will be nice to get away from the pressure of the league for a week, but the players still need to be at their best because it won't be easy.

Gillingham will have the same idea that a win can lead to a decent cup run and all that entails, both financially and in keeping the season alive.

Finally, one more solution to the cash crisis I've heard mentioned is to sell Robbie Blake, but in my view, that would be utter madness.

We are woefully short of strikers at the moment as it is, so I don't see how Stan could do without his top scorer.

It would send out the wrong signal to fans, but more importantly it could even cost the team its First Division place, which would be nothing short of a disaster.

He and Ian Moore have been among the bright spots of a season fast turning into a massive struggle, and if you take their goals away, where are they going to come from because the midfield are certainly not chipping in with enough?

If they can start putting that right tomorrow though, you won't find me complaining!