F.A. Cup 2023 Thread

Mr.Nice Guy

What a goal by Mitoma. This lad is CL level.

y0ssar1an22

mitoma makes it 2-1.

earthwormjack

Mitoma is quality.

Mushy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173654#Comment_120173654

Thought red cards were in the remit

what a goal so so clever

Pat_bottom

Onside ha delighted.

Mr.Crinklewood

VAR looking for a reason to rule out.

wanderer100

Mitoma !!! What a winning goal

sligeach

Gomez was cowardly.

Mr.Crinklewood

Ref probably got in the way of Brighton defender trying to make clearance

Mr.Nice Guy

Didn't Gomez get done by Welbeck a few weeks back?

Nunez and Gakpo poor again. TAA a laibility. Mitoma MOTM. De Zerbi is the man.

y0ssar1an22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173739#Comment_120173739

commentators were saying VAR couldn't look at it as outside of the box, bit confused now as they can defo check for reds.

DellyBelly

The fall off this season from Liverpool is unbelievable....I knew losing Mane would hurt them however not by this much...

Mushy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173790#Comment_120173790

Yeah last man back no attempt at ball, so no idea why they'd have say that. Var obviously felt it wasn't a foul so no card necessary

fyfe79

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173795#Comment_120173795

It's not losing Mane, it's losing Mane, Jota, Dias, Firmino. That and the midfield (Fabinho & Henderson especially) losing their legs. As soon as those 2 came on as subs, it fell apart again. Gomez is not good enough either, he's proving it time and time again. It's a mistake playing him instead of Matip. Need VVD back too, even if he's not at his previous levels.

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173687#Comment_120173687

Bettystown is by the seaside

y0ssar1an22

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173803#Comment_120173803

pundits after reiterating that VAR couldn't check it as outside of the box. just wish they would reference the rules so we know why VAR couldn't check

DellyBelly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173814#Comment_120173814

Can't disagree...would also think Alexander Arnold needs to be dropped...poor defender

ctrl-alt-delete

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173719#Comment_120173719

He definitely botched the prounciation of Meath, as many do over here - Meet.

He did say it was up from Dublin and he was from a seaside town.

From one seaside town to another, just hope he has not injury from that challenge. The more I see of it the more it is a red.

Garzorico

The magic of the Cup, eh? Delighted to see a team with a lower net spend beat a team with a higher net spend. Warms the cockles.

Pipmae

C'mon Wrexham. I'd love to see them win this.

Bluebb993

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173842#Comment_120173842

Didn't look very happy coming of.

Kelleher has to make a move for his own sake. A waste of a year staying at Liverpool to play about 3 ganes

ShamoBuc

Not the start Wrexham would have wanted.

citytillidie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173790#Comment_120173790

Because the ref did not blow for the free kick VAR can not get involved. VAR is not used to look at free kicks. If the ref blew for a free kick and didn't give a card or gave a yellow card VAR could have told him to go look or give him a red card. Liverpool got very lucky on that exchange and then with Fabinho and Robertson challenges. Outside of the pens they can look at incidents the ref did not see which is why it can look at red cards outside the area for serious fouls. That is my understanding of how VAR is to work.

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120173814#Comment_120173814

Yeah the subs made Liverpool worse. They were mostly in control of the game until the big deflected goal. If Salah had his shooting boots on, could have easily been 2-0 before that goal.

The subs on 60 changed the game and gave Brighton more space to pass and run into, thus create problems. Trent actually played well but you know it's the bandwagon thing to jump on him because of a few mistakes 4 months ago. He cleared one chance off of the goal line and Mitomo only came alive really after the 60th minute. Milner was a poor replacement. Ramsey still not available to play.

Henderson was terrible and Fabinho had one of, if not the actual, worst performances by a substitute I've ever seen. Should have been sent off and he basically told every one the same with his reactions. The midfield was much much worse after Keita left, with more gaps, less energy and less pass forwards. Dull. Surprised Bacjetic lasted so long, especially while on a booking, but did well for a teenager and was mature enough.

Don't think Robertson was a red card. It was late but it was a 50/50 iirc and the Brighton player got there first. Yellow card, it's pretty common.

If it had finished a draw, I think it would have been fair enough, but Brighton got their goal - brilliant play by Mitoma. And they deserve to go through because of it. He's a lovely player, it will be interesting to see what his potential will be, as he is still relatively new to European football.

ShamoBuc

Wrexham losing 2 central defenders in the first 10 minutes, doesn't bode well.

Mushy

Only one team in it this half, wrexham ahead now

Edit: scrap that, level again, scrappy enough goal

ShamoBuc

2-2 a real cup tie feeling to this.

Mushy

Red card for Sheffield United now too, bit of a kick out there

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120174355#Comment_120174355

Since when are said cards not rectangular?

ctrl-alt-delete

Is that the winner!?

Mushy

Surely that's it now

citytillidie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120174368#Comment_120174368

Must have picked up hockey cards as in hockey the red card is round

ctrl-alt-delete

Drama, level again!

Mushy

Amazing stuff, won't mind seeing this again

citytillidie

4th Round Results

Manchester City 1 V 0 Arsenal

Accrington Stanley 1 V 3 Leeds United

Walsall 0 V 1 Leicester City

Blackburn Rovers 2 V 2 Birmingham City

Bristol City 3 V 0 West Bromwich Albion

Fulham Athletic 1 V 1 Sunderland

Ipswich Town 0 V 0 Burnley

Luton Town 2 V 2 Grimsby Town

Sheffield Wednesday 1 V 1 Fleetwood Town

Southampton 2 V 1 Blackpool

Preston North End 0 V 3 Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United 3 V 1 Reading

Brighton & Hove Albion 2 V 1 Liverpool

Stoke City 3 V 1 Stevenage

Wrexham 3 V 3 Sheffield United

Still to play

Derby County V West Ham United

y0ssar1an22

just do the draw already. we dont need to see people at home from stoke waving

citytillidie

5th Round Draw

Southampton V Luton Town/Grimsby Town

Leicester City V Blackburn Rovers/Birmingham City

Stoke City V Brighton & Hove Albion

Wrexham/Sheffield United V Tottenham Hotspur

Fulham Athletic/Sunderland V Leeds United

Bristol City V Manchester City

Manchester United V Derby County/West Ham United

Ipswich Town/Burnley V Sheffield Wednesday/Fleetwood Town

4Ad

Derby to win...I hope !!

ShamoBuc

Bowen keeps coming up with the important goals.

citytillidie

4th Round Result

Derby County 0 V 2 West Ham United

citytillidie

4th Round Replays

Tuesday 31st January

Birmingham City V Blackburn Rovers

Tuesday 7th February

Burnley V Ipswich Town

Fleetwood Town V Sheffield Wednesday

Grimsby Town V Luton Town

Sheffield United V Wrexham

Sunderland V Fulham Athletic

thebaz

Andy Carroll has ended Ericsonns season - one a class footballer , the other an over hyped nobody . nice one Andy .

jacool

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182005#Comment_120182005

Andy Carroll has scored more Premier League goals than Eriksen. Agreed, he tackles like Scholes though.

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182160#Comment_120182160

Out of curiosity, took a look to see what the difference was - Carroll has only 1 more Premier league goal than Eriksen! Found that quite interesting, would've thought the gap would be larger given that Carroll has only ever played in England and is actually a striker. Eriksen has more top flight goals of the pair if you include his time in Serie A (even ignoring Ajax). Eriksen has a lot more goals overall too, for both club and country.

There was about 5 minutes there in the first half of 10/11 when it looked like Carroll might be the real deal. What a swift deflation that was.

Mr.Crinklewood

16 minutes left.. Sheffield Utd 1-1 Wrexham.

Wrexham just missed a penalty.

Live on ITV X ..or something like that..

citytillidie

4th Round Replay Results

Birmingham City 0 V 1 Blackburn Rovers - AET

Burnley 2 V 1 Ipswich Town

Fleetwood Town 1 V 0 Sheffield Wednesday

Grimsby Town 3 V 0 Luton Town

Sheffield United 3 V 1 Wrexham

Sunderland 2 V 3 Fulham Athletic

citytillidie

5th Round

Tuesday 28th February

Stoke City V Brighton & Hove Albion - (19:15) - Live on ITV 4

Leicester City V Blackburn Rovers - (19:30) - Live on BBC Red Button

Fulham Athletic V Leeds United - (19:45) - Live on BBC One

Bristol City V Manchester City - (20:00) - Live on ITV 1

Wednesday 1st March

Southampton V Grimsby Town - (19:15) - Live on ITV 4

Burnley V Fleetwood Town - (19:30) - Live on BBC Red Button

Manchester United V West Ham United - (19:45) - Live on ITV 1

Sheffield United V Tottenham Hotspur - (19:55) - Live on BBC One

jacool

Looking forward to Tottenham putting Billy "not so" Sharp back in his box in the next round.

ShamoBuc

Leicester are 2 down at home to Blackburn with less than 30 to go - not what they were expecting.