Surely Crawley with Mark Towie will guarantee live BBC coverage? ('...whose documentary about getting back into football is now available on the iplayer.')
@Wendoverman said:
Surely Crawley with Mark Towie will guarantee live BBC coverage? ('...whose documentary about getting back into football is now available on the iplayer.')
Showed everything wrong with football reporting when the BBC interviewed Michelle Keegan's husband far more than one of the stars of the game in their breakfast news.
To be fair I was quite interested (as it's lockdown for Gawd's sake and I'm too old to even know who he is) but it's just yakking to camera. Would have made one decent half hour I think, probably leading up to the game on Saturday, but two episodes so far just listening to his family chatting about how proud they are are of him is two episodes too many. For that reason I'm ooot.
Here are the options in ranking form. Looking at the below, I would be fairly happy if we could just avoid the 10 Championship sides. Obviously the further away from us upwards and downwards, the better.
Big Six
1. Tottenham
2. Man United
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. Man City
6. Chelsea
Feisty PL middle class
7. Southampton (if they beat the Shrews)
8. Wolves
9. West Ham (if they beat Stockport)
10. Everton
11. Leicester
My main wish is to avoid Luton. Other than that, not overly fussed, but a home draw would be ideal. Any match in the 4th round will be huge for us as far as I'm concerned!
I guess Leicester would be best avoided, as that would leave us without Knight and Muskwe. Likewise, Everton would see Adeniran unavailable.
Nice to get one of the top six...as they hate it...the ones who know they are not going to win the league or get into Europe tend to (or at least should) be more cup orientated I think.
I've decided I quite like this drawing of the 4th and 5th at the same time, whatever the reasoning behind it. Unless of course it comes out as Luton and Millwall.
It’s a great draw under normal circumstances. But we are likely to lose, and if we do win it will be such a shame not to be there. And we’ve played them before.
It does have a good angle for TV with an upset chance and a re run of a great tie from a couple of years ago.
@Glenactico said:
It’s a great draw under normal circumstances. But we are likely to lose, and if we do win it will be such a shame not to be there. And we’ve played them before.
It does have a good angle for TV with an upset chance and a re run of a great tie from a couple of years ago.
If Spurs play a similar squad to yesterday we will win and lets not forget how close we came last time.
Such a shame it will be without any fans. Another kick in the gut in a 12 months already full of them
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Surely Crawley with Mark Towie will guarantee live BBC coverage? ('...whose documentary about getting back into football is now available on the iplayer.')
Showed everything wrong with football reporting when the BBC interviewed Michelle Keegan's husband far more than one of the stars of the game in their breakfast news.
To be fair I was quite interested (as it's lockdown for Gawd's sake and I'm too old to even know who he is) but it's just yakking to camera. Would have made one decent half hour I think, probably leading up to the game on Saturday, but two episodes so far just listening to his family chatting about how proud they are are of him is two episodes too many. For that reason I'm ooot.
Or a one in five chance of a lower league club!
Here are the options in ranking form. Looking at the below, I would be fairly happy if we could just avoid the 10 Championship sides. Obviously the further away from us upwards and downwards, the better.
Big Six
1. Tottenham
2. Man United
3. Arsenal
4. Liverpool
5. Man City
6. Chelsea
Feisty PL middle class
7. Southampton (if they beat the Shrews)
8. Wolves
9. West Ham (if they beat Stockport)
10. Everton
11. Leicester
Struggling PL teams:
12. Sheffield United
13. Burnley
14. Fulham
15. Brighton
Boring second tier matchups:
16. Bournemouth
17. Swansea
18. Nottingham Forest
19. Barnsley
20. Millwall
21. Bristol City
22. Brentford
23. Luton
24. Sheffield Wednesday
25. Norwich
League One
26. Plymouth
27. Shrewsbury (if they beat Southampton)
28. Doncaster
29. Blackpool
League Two:
30. Crawley
31. Cheltenham
Non-league:
32. Chorley
33. Stockport (if they beat West Ham)
My main wish is to avoid Luton. Other than that, not overly fussed, but a home draw would be ideal. Any match in the 4th round will be huge for us as far as I'm concerned!
I guess Leicester would be best avoided, as that would leave us without Knight and Muskwe. Likewise, Everton would see Adeniran unavailable.
Actually loanees can play against their parent club in FA Cup ties unless there is a clause in the specific loan agreement banning it
Nice to get one of the top six...as they hate it...the ones who know they are not going to win the league or get into Europe tend to (or at least should) be more cup orientated I think.
Hate it so much they have won it all but 3 of the last 32 years
Was going to say! Even the league cup is won by the top 6 about 9 in 10 years too.
Things have moved on from the days you had 15 players in a squad all playing 58 games each.
Everton home or away please I'm not to fussy!
I've decided I quite like this drawing of the 4th and 5th at the same time, whatever the reasoning behind it. Unless of course it comes out as Luton and Millwall.
Tottenham Hotspur at home for 4th round!
Fantastic draw!
Great draw, looking forward to Ikpeazu bullying em in submission
excellent draw for us
Great Draws for Chorley v Wolves & Cheltenha v Man City
Into
Great draw for us, not drawer!
Who do we get in R5?
It’s a great draw under normal circumstances. But we are likely to lose, and if we do win it will be such a shame not to be there. And we’ve played them before.
It does have a good angle for TV with an upset chance and a re run of a great tie from a couple of years ago.
There you go @ryan_w_kirkby !!
Beat Spurs then Everton!!!!
Everton away in the 5th round. Can’t wait.
Roll on the quarter finals basically.
Next best thing. Made up with the draw
If fans are allowed back after 10th April, we could attend more games at Wembley than AP for the rest of the season
If Spurs play a similar squad to yesterday we will win and lets not forget how close we came last time.
Such a shame it will be without any fans. Another kick in the gut in a 12 months already full of them
Could be Sheffield Wednesday
So when are the club going to announce the ticket windows?
I expect @Doob to make an appearance about ticket allocations any second now... (another classic FA Cup tradition)