FA Cup 3th Round Thrills 'n Spills

mike65

Aston Villa v Man Utd, R3, 17:15
Barnsley v Blackpool, R3, 15:00
Blackburn v Coventry, R3, 15:00
Bolton v Sheff Utd, R3, 15:00
Brighton v Mansfield, R3, 15:00
Bristol City v Middlesbrough, R3, 15:00
Charlton v West Brom, R3, 15:00
Chasetown v Cardiff, R3, 13:00
Chelsea v QPR, R3, 15:00
Colchester v Peterborough, R3, 15:00
Everton v Oldham, R3, 15:00
Huddersfield v Birmingham, R3, 15:00
Ipswich v Portsmouth, R3, 15:00
Norwich v Bury, R3, 15:00
Plymouth v Hull, R3, 15:00
Preston v Scunthorpe, R3, 15:00
Southampton v Leicester, R3, 15:00
Southend v Dag & Red, R3, 15:00
Sunderland v Wigan, R3, 15:00
Swansea v Havant and W, R3, 15:00
Swindon v Barnet, R3, 15:00
Tottenham v Reading, R3, 15:00
Tranmere v Hereford, R3, 15:00
Walsall v Millwall, R3, 14:00
Watford v Crystal Palace, R3, 15:00
West Ham v Man City, R3, 15:00
Wolverhampton v Cambridge Utd, R3, 14:00
Sunday, 06 January 2008
Burnley v Arsenal, R3, 14:00
Derby v Sheff Wed, R3, 14:00
Fulham v Bristol Rovers, R3, 14:00
Luton v Liverpool, R3, 16:00
Stoke v Newcastle, R3, 18:00

Plenty of potential for some embarrasment - Luckily Luton town are in even worse shape than Liverpool right now! Chelsea might not be that pushed to see off lowly QPR, Stoke could put the skids under Big Sam, Mick McCathys goal shy Wolves are contenders for a shock exit.

Mike.

Killme00

Spurs vs Reading again
Villa vs Man Utd

should be good games

Interested to watch this QPR outfit too. Chelsea dont have many fit players.

chopperbyrne

3th????

mike65

Its like the 2rd

Mike.

Limerick Dude

mike65 wrote: »

Its like the 2rd

Mike.

Lol

On a more football related topic, the stoke game could be a real banana skin for us, hopefully we will get through it, toooooooooooon.

prendy

if ye dont id hate to be big sam on monday morning!!!

aidan24326

Stoke away is a big banana skin for poor old Sam. I think Stoke may very well knock them out and put him under major pressure. 7 in managers 10 years tells a tale about that club. They surely have no choice now but to give Allardyce some time to turn it around. At least til next season.

chopperbyrne

Hopefully Charlton will knock us out and we can concentrate on winning the league.

patmac

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Hopefully Charlton will knock us out and we can concentrate on winning the league.

This unfortunately seems to be the case more and more each year. How many of the relegation sides will put out reserve teams this weekend? Could be a lot of own goals in the Sunderland v Wigan as they hurry out of the cup and concentrate on the league.

aidan24326

patmac wrote: »

This unfortunately seems to be the case more and more each year. How many of the relegation sides will put out reserve teams this weekend? Could be a lot of own goals in the Sunderland v Wigan as they hurry out of the cup and concentrate on the league.

This more than anything is ruining the FA Cup. The teams in the bottom 6 of the premier league will field reserve teams. As you say Sunderland and Wigan will probably treat this game as little more than a nuisance. The teams pushing for Euro places may also field weakened teams. Any team pushing for promotion from the championship will likely 'rest' a few aswell.

When Allardyce was manager of Bolton he consistently fielded second-string selections in the FA Cup, showing it no respect at all. And I mean it's not like Bolton have an overloaded trophy cabinet. His position at NUFC being what it is I'd say he can afford no such luxury this wkend. Balancing the books now is more important, keep the money men upstairs happy. That's where it's become a business now more than a game.

Melion

Ill be having a punt on Stoke to dump out Newcastle

d22ontour

aidan24326 wrote: »

This more than anything is ruining the FA Cup. The teams in the bottom 6 of the premier league will field reserve teams

Ruining ? How on earth is a club putting league relegation/promotion/title winning ahead of a cup run ruining the FA cup ???? Any self respecting fan if asked 'would they rather win a few cup games or not get relegated' and for the sake of the FA cup they should choose the cup run ? That is your opinion i take it ?

:rolleyes:

aidan24326

d22ontour wrote: »

Ruining ? How on earth is a club putting league relegation/promotion/title winning ahead of a cup run ruining the FA cup ???? Any self respecting fan if asked 'would they rather win a few cup games or not get relegated' and for the sake of the FA cup they should choose the cup run ? That is your opinion i take it ?

:rolleyes:

Fine, but it didn't stop teams fielding full strength sides in the cup in the past. Why? Because there wasn't so much pressure for results as there is now. Why? Because there's crazy money involved these days and I suppose they've no choice. But that's business, not football.

ROCKMAN

Lets try this for the laugh

Aston Villa v Man Utd, R3, 17:15 AWAY
Barnsley v Blackpool, R3, 15:00 HOME
Blackburn v Coventry, R3, 15:00 HOME
Bolton v Sheff Utd, R3, 15:00 AWAY (upset 1 )
Brighton v Mansfield, R3, 15:00 HOME
Bristol City v Middlesbrough, R3, 15:00 AWAY
Charlton v West Brom, R3, 15:00 DRAW
Chasetown v Cardiff, R3, 13:00 DRAW (major upset but its the cup )
Chelsea v QPR, R3, 15:00 HOME
Colchester v Peterborough, R3, 15:00 HOME
Everton v Oldham, R3, 15:00 HOME
Huddersfield v Birmingham, R3, 15:00 AWAY
Ipswich v Portsmouth, R3, 15:00 DRAW (small upset )
Norwich v Bury, R3, 15:00 HOME
Plymouth v Hull, R3, 15:00 AWAY
Preston v Scunthorpe, R3, 15:00 HOME
Southampton v Leicester, R3, 15:00 HOME
Southend v Dag & Red, R3, 15:00 HOME
Sunderland v Wigan, R3, 15:00 HOME
Swansea v Havant and W, R3, 15:00 HOME
Swindon v Barnet, R3, 15:00 HOME
Tottenham v Reading, R3, 15:00 HOME
Tranmere v Hereford, R3, 15:00 HOME
Walsall v Millwall, R3, 14:00 DRAW
Watford v Crystal Palace, R3, 15:00 AWAY
West Ham v Man City, R3, 15:00 DRAW
Wolverhampton v Cambridge Utd, R3, 14:00 HOME

Sunday, 06 January 2008

Burnley v Arsenal, R3, 14:00 AWAY
Derby v Sheff Wed, R3, 14:00 DRAW
Fulham v Bristol Rovers, R3, 14:00 HOME
Luton v Liverpool, R3, 16:00 AWAY
Stoke v Newcastle, R3, 18:00 HOME (upset )

sofireland

So what matches are on the box?

mike65

Villa - Utd BBC1 5 pm today
Burnley - Arsenal BBC1 1.50 pm Sunday
Stoke - Newcastle BBC1 5.45 pm Sunday

Plus some Sky games

Mike.

Raskolnikov

*snore*

Does anyone actually care about the FA Cup anymore?

justfortherecor

John Motson and the lads at the BBC do, for obvious reasons.

Can't wait to see the customary clips of Ardiles' cup final goal and Arsenal's comeback win over United in 1979 to remind viewers of 'the magic of the FA Cup'.

Its like the snooker every year where they dust down the video of Taylor's 1985 win over Davis during the intermission of the Final.

KevIRL

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Chasetown 1 Cardiff 0

KdjaCL

1-1

a cupset on the cards?


kdjac

Pepe LeFrits

Raskolnikov wrote: »

*snore*

Does anyone actually care about the FA Cup anymore?

I like it!

European competition has taken a lot away from it though.

mike65

Cynics! Chasetown for the draw!

Mike.

Bounty Hunter

Comedian Frank Carson will be telling jokes in the Chasetown dressing room before their FA Cup tie with Cardiff to prevent the players getting too nervous (Daily Express).

KevIRL wrote: »

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Chasetown 1 Cardiff 0

maybe Frank did the job

ROCKMAN

2-1 To Cardiff

mike65

3-1 now, Wolves are down to a Cambridge peno!

Mike.

Rikand

wigan and reading each 1 up. Birmingham just got an equaliser with Huddersfield

KdjaCL

Reading goal has englands no1 stamped all over it

1525: GOAL Tottenham 0-1 Reading
A more bizarre goal we are not likely to see this weekend. Stephen Hunt's long free-kick is caught under the bar by Spurs keeper Paul Robinson but his momentum takes him backwards and the lineman rules that the ball has crossed the line. Calamitous from Robinson although it is difficult to see whether the whole of the ball went over the line.

chelsea 1 up too.


kdjac

~Rebel~

berbatov levelled for spurs a min later. 1-1 still now, nearly halftime.

mike65

Wolves scrape through with a late goal.

Mike.

Rikand

Blackburn getting trounced by Coventry. Gonna be some fun up there tonight

eirebhoy

Berbatov's 6th goal against Reading in the last week.

mike65

Wigan romping away against Sunderland.

Reading back on terms - THE HUNT!

Blackburn 1-3 Coventry

Mike.

Drag00n79

justfortherecor wrote: »

John Motson and the lads at the BBC do, for obvious reasons. Can't wait to see the customary clips of Ardiles' cup final goal and Arsenal's comeback win over United in 1979 to remind viewers of 'the magic of the FA Cup'. Its like the snooker every year where they dust down the video of Taylor's 1985 win over Davis during the intermission of the Final.

It's the final year they have it for a while.

estebancambias

Hunt=World class.

mike65

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Mike.

KdjaCL

Mystic Lawro is actually spot on for once.

1748: "This game's not very good at the moment in all honesty."
BBC Sport analyst Mark Lawrenson

kdjac

OPENROAD

Raskolnikov wrote: »

Does anyone actually care about the FA Cup anymore?

Yes I think so, as an Arsenal supporter it may not be a number 1 priority but I still want to win it. 3rd round is not what it used to be,but as the competition goes on it gets better.

As a supporter and as much as I love London, I will miss the finals not been in Cardiff, really a perfect spot for a cup final, and very much a second home for us over recent years.

~Rebel~

ronaldo scores. 1-0. 81mins now.

besty

RONALDO
1-0 in the 81st minute. This guy's form is ridiculously good.

mike65

How annoying is that?

Mike.

bennyx_o

2-0. Rooney.

~Rebel~

rooney got another.

OPENROAD

2-0 all over now.

How bad were Villa tonight, don't know what O'Neill has said, but Villa were crap.

mike65

How many times have Villa gone out against Utd?

Mike.

KdjaCL

6 or so nearly in a row according to motson


typically turn it off and 2 goals are scored.



kdjac

A Dub in Glasgo

What a poor advert for an English cup tie. I wasted 80 minutes watching that :eek:

Pigman II

Great goal from McShane today. The guy is surely Irelands 'Mr. Consistent'.

eirebhoy

Pigman II wrote: »

Great goal from McShane today. The guy is surely Irelands 'Mr. Consistent'.

And no credit for 2 excellent back to back performances in the premiership? All it takes is seeing McShane at his best to realise how good he can be. For me it's "will be" because I think he'll be learning lots with every game. Unlike, say, Phil Babb who relied on an organiser beside him for most of his career.

PHB

He's shown that within a couple of years, if he can eliminate the mistakes in his game, I think he could be as good as the Honey Monster.

eirebhoy

Aye. That fact is McShane was running back at full speed to put in a tackle to make up for Johnny Evans' mistake. If that was McShane that made the mistake Pigman probably wouldn't mention the og and just focus on McShane. He's dying for him to fail.

Chardee MacDennis

harsh sending off for Lafferty dont you think?

arsenal winning 2-0 btw.