2018-19 FA CUP

Loafing Oaf

Belter from Amond there!:D Does Big Mick have his number I wonder?:P

Mr.Nice Guy

Full-Time. Great win for Newport. I'm sure Pep is thrilled to be going there.

Harry Palmr

Doherty with a brace to prevent some local embarrassment.

Loafing Oaf

It is pronounced 'Almond' isn't it? BT guys were calling him 'A-Monde.':p

The Talking Bread

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

It is pronounced 'Almond' isn't it? BT guys were calling him 'A-Monde.':p

They were right? Why are you sticking an L in there! Or are you saying they were calling him A-Monday/ Amondee?

It is just Amond,

Loafing Oaf

The Talking Bread wrote: »

They were right? Why are you sticking an L in there!

Cos everyone knows how to pronounce the foodstuff. Hartson and the commentator were pronouncing 'mond' like the French word 'monde' for some reason...

The Talking Bread

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Cos everyone knows how to pronounce the foodstuff. Hartson and the commentator were pronouncing 'mond' like the French word 'monde' for some reason...

Ah, I get you!

Mr.Nice Guy

Largely second string West Brom side vs Brighton reserves live on BBC this evening.

Least we get to see Hoolahan in action.

Shockingly poor attendance.

NIMAN

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Largely second string West Brom side vs Brighton reserves live on BBC this evening.

Least we get to see Hoolahan in action.

Shockingly poor attendance.

The FA cup really is dead, isn't it.

LuckyGent88

NIMAN wrote: »

The FA cup really is dead, isn't it.

Tell that to the Newport players and fans. Get to host Man City next on the carpet of a pitch.

Harry Palmr

Glenn Murray off the bench to win the game. 3-1 as I type with a minute or two to go. WBA down to 10 men due to injury in extra time.

citytillidie

Replay Results
Brentford 3 V 1 Barnet
Newport County 2 V 0 Middlesbrough
Queens Park Rangers 2 V 0 Portsmouth
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 V 2 Shrewsbury Town
West Bromwich Albion 1 V 3 Brighton & Hove Albion AET

5th Round
Friday 15th February 19:45 Kick-Off
Queens Park Rangers V Watford - Live on BT Sport 2

Saturday 16th February
Brighton & Hove Albion V Derby County - 12:30 Kick-Off Live on BT Sport 2
AFC Wimbledon V Millwall
Swansea City V Brentford
Newport County V Manchester City - 17:30 Kick-Off Live on BT Sport 2

Sunday 17th February
Bristol City V Wolverhampton Wanderers 13:00 Kick-Off Live on BT Sport 2
Doncaster Rovers V Crystal Palace 16:00 Kick-Off Live on BBC One

Monday 18th February 19:30 Kick-Off
Chelsea V Manchester United - Live on BBC One

Berserker

Queens Park Rangers V Watford
Brighton & Hove Albion V Derby County
AFC Wimbledon V Millwall
Swansea City V Brentford
Newport County V Manchester City
Bristol City V Wolverhampton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers V Crystal Palace
Chelsea V Manchester United

Think it's Man City or Chelsea's to lose.

The Talking Bread

Berserker wrote: »

Queens Park Rangers V Watford
Brighton & Hove Albion V Derby County
AFC Wimbledon V Millwall
Swansea City V Brentford
Newport County V Manchester City
Bristol City V Wolverhampton Wanderers
Doncaster Rovers V Crystal Palace
Chelsea V Manchester United

Think it's Man City or Chelsea's to lose.

A very bold prediction...... a lot of research gone into that!!

United have as good a chance of at least drawing at Stamford Bridge and taking it to a replay on both teams recent form anyway.

Collie D

No more replays in this year’s competition. Fifth round was to be completed on the day from next year but they moved it forward to this season.

Collie D

Fifth round kicks off tonight. Chelsea v United the obvious tie of the round but the rest is pretty unappealing. Feels like they’re dragging the arse out of it by playing eight games over four days with only one 3pm Saturday kickoff.

7 Premier League teams still standing. Guaranteed to have one in the quarters and potentially six. All matches to be decided on day with extra time and penalties if required - no replays.

QPR v Watford kicking things off at 7.45 this evening. Live on BT2 but think I’ll watch Dundalk v Sligo or just start the Game of Thrones rewatch binge before Season 8 starts.

Harry Palmr

Friday QPR 0 - 1 Watford

Might just see if I can find a stream for the Brighton v Derby match, home side are in a very poor run of form (shocking in fact 6 points from 10 games) and Derby while typically in and out might fancy their chances here.

Collie D

1-0 to Brighton through Knockaert. 37 minutes played.

Harry Palmr

2-0 just before HT, Derby are pretty bad.

blueser

Is it pushing it to say that this could be seen by some as a "shock" result, given Brighton's poor current form and Derby pushing for a play off spot?

The Talking Bread

blueser wrote: »

Is it pushing it to say that this could be seen by some as a "shock" result, given Brighton's poor current form and Derby pushing for a play off spot?

Yes very much so. Despite a loss in form, they are now an established PL team playing at home.
There is still a relatively big leap between the divisions

Harry Palmr

Ashley Cole scored for Derby.

ShooterSF

All Wimbledon so far this half but Milwall with the best chance...

Harry Palmr

Millwall to the quarters again!

What's Rodney Parade looking like?

blueser

Wake up lads. Cracking save by Ederson there.

Mushy

I didn't think I'd say it, but I don't know how Newport aren't winning here.

Is the co-commentator saying Emerson? Cos he should be sacked right now if he is

Harry Palmr

John Hartson is barely coherent in his own language never mind English.

blueser

Mushy wrote: »

I didn't think I'd say it, but I don't know how Newport aren't winning here.

Is the co-commentator saying Emerson? Cos he should be sacked right now if he is

He is.

Mr.Nice Guy

Think City should have got a pen.

Mushy

Could easily be given alright

Mr.Nice Guy

Sane makes it 1-0. I fear the floodgates will open now.

Keeper should do better there imo. He's got a busted nose for his trouble.

blueser

Are my ears playing up or did Hartson just call Sane "Mane"?

Mr.Nice Guy

blueser wrote: »

Are my ears playing up or did Hartson just call Sane "Mane"?

You're correct. He's having a mare on commentary. Has called Ederson 'Emerson' and said Pep won't want this game to go to a replay.

And I thought Danny Murphy was bad...

Mr.Nice Guy

Good solo goal from Foden to make it 2-0. That's the game.

Again think the keeper can do better.

Loafing Oaf

Goal for Amond!:D

blueser

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Goal for Amond!:D

And two for Foden!

Collie D

No upsets at the halfway point. Hoping that all changes today.

Bristol City v Wolves on BT2 at 1pm
Doncaster v Crystal Palace on BBC1 at 4pm
Swansea v Brentford on BBC1 Wales at 4pm

Have backed the home teams in the first two games in singles and a <22/1 double.

Bristol on a nine win run should give me a run for money. Doncaster a bit more dodgy but good home form albeit in League 1. I don’t see the Premier League sides having an easy time of it today so hopefully one comes in for a profit. Two will pay for the flights I’ve been hoping will drop in price

The Talking Bread

If you were going to back anything it would be Wolves at a frankly great price of evens or 10/11 and Palace at 8/13 to supplement that in a double.

Can't see anything but both teams winning. And the prices aren't bad for two premier league teams, one very impressive attacking team that is safe and secure now in the league with little chance of progressing higher and and really would be making the FA Cup a good priority to have a chance at European football while Bristol City's priority is obviously Playoffs and they have made plenty of changes today to back that up,

The other game contains teams two divisions apart.

Collie D

Couldn’t be backing Palace away at that price. At 7/2 and 4/1 respectively I think there’s value. Anyway, money is down and first game has kicked off and don’t want to turn this in to the gambling forum so time will tell.

Loafing Oaf

Collie D wrote: »

Bristol on a nine win run should give me a run for money. Doncaster a bit more dodgy but good home form albeit in League 1. I don’t see the Premier League sides having an easy time of it today so hopefully one comes in for a profit. Two will pay for the flights I’ve been hoping will drop in price

I'm on Palace outright from before the 3rd round but I couldn't make a case for including Doncaster in my 5th round acca even though a couple of the tips sites were backing them DC...

The Talking Bread

Doherty on fire again. Will be really interesting where Mick fits him into the team now. He has to play on the right side though, has to

Agent Coulson

He needs to be the first name on McCarthy's team sheet.

The most inform Irish player over the last two seasons and now playing a level above every other Irish player in the national set up.

Harry Palmr

Bristol City very game, but in the end not quite enough.

Loafing Oaf

Agent Coulson wrote: »

He needs to be the first name on McCarthy's team sheet.

The most inform Irish player over the last two seasons and now playing a level above every other Irish player in the national set up.

Do we go further than that and play wing-backs so we can accommodate Doherty in his 'best position'?

Collie D

Tie of the round tonight and with an interesting backdrop for both teams and managers.

Not sure how this will play out. United have a terrible record against Chelsea - only 2 wins from last 14 and neither of those were at Stamford Bridge although they can feel unlucky having conceded late in the league earlier this season.

Have felt that this run of three games (home to PSG, away to Chelsea and home to Liverpool) would be the most important in assessing Solskjaer. Easily perceivable they could lose all three and his good start may be questioned.

Chelsea and Sarri in the middle of an equally important five game run in 15 days. The hammering at City and an away game at Malmo preceded this and with job not done in EL (although they should easily go through) and a trophy to play for on Sunday, Sarri could be wondering where theses games lie in his list of priorities.

No lower ranked teams have progressed from this round yet and hoping Chelsea don’t buck that trend tonight.

Kind of ironic that having scrapped 5th round replays a season early, not one game has finished level after 90 minutes so far. This one could be it.

Live on BBC1 at 7.30 with quarterfinal draw afterwards.

Loafing Oaf

Collie D wrote: »

Kind of ironic that having scrapped 5th round replays a season early, not one game has finished level after 90 minutes so far. This one could be it.

Don't see that as any more likely than any of the other ties, bar the obviously one-sided ones. Fair chance of an easy win for United IMO...

GavRedKing

We've won the last 4 FA cup ties against Utd, 3 of them by 1-0 and the 4th on penalties.

Given how open we've been in recent weeks i cant see a 1-0 to either side tonight getting the job done, I wouldn't bank on either keeping a clean sheet.

Agent Coulson

I think everyone neutral now wants Man City drawn against Man U.

Liam McPoyle

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I think everyone neutral now wants Man City drawn against Man U.

And what about yourself?

Agent Coulson

Liam McPoyle wrote: »

And what about yourself?

I'd love to see Man City get Swansea and Man U get Millwall