mrbojangles Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Well, the FA Cup proper has been drawn. Any upsets? What do you think? Preston v Scunthorpe Port Vale/Chasetown v Cardiff Colchester v Peterborough Bolton v Sheffield United Blackburn v Coventry Brighton v Mansfield Northampton/Walsall v Millwall Charlton v West Brom Watford v Crystal Palace Luton/Nottingham Forest v Liverpool Plymouth v Hull Aston Villa v Manchester United Tranmere v Hereford Tottenham v Reading Burnley v Arsenal Bristol City v Middlesbrough Fulham v Bristol Rovers Huddersfield v Birmingham Horsham/Swansea v Havant & Waterlooville Sunderland v Wigan Oxford/Southend v Dagenham & Redbridge Everton v Oldham Derby v Sheffield Wednesday Southampton v Leicester West Ham v Manchester City Ipswich v Portsmouth Wolves v Cambridge Barnsley v Blackpool Chelsea v QPR Stoke v Newcastle Swindon v Burton Albion/Barnet Norwich v Bury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 As for me, City difficult game at West Ham Man Ure difficult at Villa Sheff Utd could upset Bolton Sheff Wed could upset Derby Tottenham and Reading a difficult one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Bristol City v Boro......could be a home win, Southgate needs to do what we will be doing...fielding reserves, just cannot take the chances on injuries whe you are fighting relegation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 ' Tranmere to play West Ham in the 4th Round.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacknDanny Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Well, the FA Cup proper has been drawn. Any upsets? What do you think?Preston v Scunthorpe Port Vale/Chasetown v Cardiff Colchester v Peterborough Bolton v Sheffield United Blackburn v Coventry Brighton v Mansfield Northampton/Walsall v Millwall Charlton v West Brom Watford v Crystal Palace Luton/Nottingham Forest v Liverpool Plymouth v Hull Aston Villa v Manchester United Tranmere v Hereford Tottenham v Reading Burnley v Arsenal Bristol City v Middlesbrough Fulham v Bristol Rovers Huddersfield v Birmingham Horsham/Swansea v Havant & Waterlooville Sunderland v Wigan Oxford/Southend v Dagenham & Redbridge Everton v Oldham Derby v Sheffield Wednesday Southampton v Leicester West Ham v Manchester City Ipswich v Portsmouth Wolves v Cambridge Barnsley v Blackpool Chelsea v QPR Stoke v Newcastle Swindon v Burton Albion/Barnet Norwich v Bury Villa to beat Utd Bury to get something out of the Norwich game Ipswich to beat Portsmouth Stoke to beat Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Does anyone know if the Horsham v Havant & Waterlooville will be on True 2 or True 3 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Does anyone know if the Horsham v Havant & Waterlooville will be onTrue 2 or True 3 ? I shall attend this one Ken & give you a running commentry if you wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 By the way, where the heck is Havant. Waterlooville can't be for real surely ? Kings Cross and Pentonville I believe - but Waterlooville........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 By the way, where the heck is Havant.Waterlooville can't be for real surely ? Kings Cross and Pentonville I believe - but Waterlooville........ It's in Hampshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousemouse Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Bangkok football beer night 4 ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Bangkok football beer night 4 ?????? A very good idea, to tie the 4th one in the New Year in with the FA Cup. esp if Chavy's team is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Bangkok football beer night 4 ?????? A very good idea, to tie the 4th one in the New Year in with the FA Cup. esp if Chavy's team is on. Yes definately.......oh bother I just wish it was legal to bet in the kingdom !! I would have a wager with scousemouse if he was up for it....mind you, all this is hypothetical of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousemouse Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Bangkok football beer night 4 ?????? A very good idea, to tie the 4th one in the New Year in with the FA Cup. esp if Chavy's team is on. Yes definately.......oh bother I just wish it was legal to bet in the kingdom !! I would have a wager with scousemouse if he was up for it....mind you, all this is hypothetical of course Now that is a teb I would definitely fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Bangkok football beer night 4 ?????? A very good idea, to tie the 4th one in the New Year in with the FA Cup. esp if Chavy's team is on. Yes definately.......oh bother I just wish it was legal to bet in the kingdom !! I would have a wager with scousemouse if he was up for it....mind you, all this is hypothetical of course Now that is a teb I would definitely fancy If it was legal you mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousemouse Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Torres & co put to the sword by a rampaging Forest outfit Bangkok football beer night 4 ?????? A very good idea, to tie the 4th one in the New Year in with the FA Cup. esp if Chavy's team is on. Yes definately.......oh bother I just wish it was legal to bet in the kingdom !! I would have a wager with scousemouse if he was up for it....mind you, all this is hypothetical of course Now that is a teb I would definitely fancy If it was legal you mean Having a teb is perfectly legal chav , as no-one knows what it is .... ( da vinci code at it's best ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolPotter Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I think Newcastle might pull off a shock and take Stoke to a replay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Well there was some surprises yesterday. That's what you gotta love about the FA Cup Blackburn 1-4 Coventry Bolton 0-1 Sheff Utd Everton 0-1 Oldham Huddersfield 2-1 Birmingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Sunderland 0-3 Wigan I hate the FA Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zodiac Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 (edited) Seems to me that the FA Cup is considered by many clubs as way down on their priorities. League position and Euro competition progress is what is important. If, for instance, Sunderland avoid relegation that is worth much more than even winning the FA Cup. Right? Edited January 6, 2008 by Zodiac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunderland Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Well we had under 50% of our average league attendance for yesterday's FA Cup tie. That speaks volumes for the appeal of the FA Cup now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeungKen Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Well we had under 50% of our average league attendance for yesterday's FA Cup tie. That speaks volumes for the appeal of the FA Cup now. Or it could have been that half of your supporters knew that Sunderland would lose and just couldn't be bothered turning up...... . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technocracy Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 I think Newcastle might pull off a shock and take Stoke to a replay. Only 30 minutes to go Just about to start on the beer ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technocracy Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 (edited) . . . double post . . . Edited January 6, 2008 by technocracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Well done Oldham, Sheff U, Coventry & a special mention to Sheff Wed who should not have to face a reply against D***y . They were cheated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchsmile Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Well there was some surprises yesterday. That's what you gotta love about the FA CupBlackburn 1-4 Coventry Bolton 0-1 Sheff Utd Everton 0-1 Oldham Huddersfield 2-1 Birmingham I wouldn't have been surprised with the Bolton result even if we'd played the first team. The main surprise was that they didn't call my mum's and ask if I was available to play. Seems to me that the FA Cup is considered by many clubs as way down on their priorities.League position and Euro competition progress is what is important. If, for instance, Sunderland avoid relegation that is worth much more than even winning the FA Cup. Right? Pretty much so. For Bolton only 3 first team regulars played - all of whom were substituted during the match. Financially Bolton need to stay in the Premiership to survive, and Europe is a bonus. While I like the Cups at the later stages, they only start getting interesting if you're down to the last 8 and mid-table in the league, with nothing else to play for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Cost, cost and cost, is the reason. Why should a supporter of a prem league team want to stump up even more money to go and watch a lower league outfit play your team? However, I can understand the supporters of the lower league team wanting to go. Man City, Man Utd and quite a few of the other prem teams took it seriously, as they put out very strong squads. Each club has it's own differinf priorities. I still regard it as one of the best Cup competitions in England. Nay, the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 Did you see any of the games MrBJ ?? I thought Burnley, although much huffing & puffing, weren't really in the game rom the start. I thought they would've had a chance against a changed / weaker Arsenal outfit. Luton on the other hand seemed threatening all the time against Liverpool. Considering their off field problems with admin & not being payed since October they gave a good account of L1. I didn't see the Stoke game being on late but, judging by the score, they set themselves up not to lose the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 I saw some of them Chavy. Stoke and Newcastle where pretty evenly matched but the Luton Liverpool game was quite good. I think the off field issues with Luton was enough to motivate their players, they're effectively in the shop window and playing for their lives. Also, i believe they asked Liverpool if they could keep the gate reciepts as this would have stopped them going into administration. Liverpool said no (although i believe they let them have an "un-disclosed amount"). Maybe that got them going a bit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavy Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I saw some of them Chavy. Stoke and Newcastle where pretty evenly matched but the Luton Liverpool game was quite good. I think the off field issues with Luton was enough to motivate their players, they're effectively in the shop window and playing for their lives. Also, i believe they asked Liverpool if they could keep the gate reciepts as this would have stopped them going into administration. Liverpool said no (although i believe they let them have an "un-disclosed amount"). Maybe that got them going a bit as well. would've been a good gesture by Liverpool to let them keep the gate reciepts. Luton's ground is hardly the biggest place & wouldn't have raised a massive amount. The return leg should give them a nice lump sum to keep them going though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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