The FA Cup Thread

Turned into a good game.

 

Bradford 1 up v Black Cats O'Shea og

 

Poyet next for the chop

 

Second time I've heard that today....didn't realise he was in danger.

 

Karate chop would be my preference for him.

 

Bradford 2-0 Sunderland Stead

 

Black Cats neutered 2 - 0 ft

 

Arse 2 up Giroud both

 

Great round for Liverpool, Arsenal and Utd so far. Stoke, West Ham and Crystal Palace all going home, not to mention Sunderland and Leicester.

Three non-PL teams, and two lowly PL teams progress.

Looking ever likely that it will be almost certainly be one of those three who will win it, and that in turn would pretty make certain that 7th place will get EL - which potentially may be directly relevant for us.

 

Bradford City... just incredible. I often say I'm not interested in football other than Saints, but these games are the exceptions. It's the small club beating the bigger one again. It's no fluke. I'm not sure they know why they can beat Premier League teams and yet are 9th in League One, but they do it. By any logic, if their FA Cup results are an example, they should be walking out of L1, but I think sometimes a football style is more effective in another division. For their sakes, I hope this team get to play regularly in the Championship, because clearly they are capable.

 

Must be something in the Yorkshire air that is inspiring its \league one clubs in the Cups this season.!!

 

FA Cup quarter-final ball numbers
Draw on Monday 19:30 BBC 1

1 Liverpool

2 Arsenal

3 Aston Villa

4 West Bromwich Albion

5 Bradford City

6 Blackburn Rovers

7 Reading

8 Preston North End or Manchester United

 

Want to beat that Reading and Blackburn will get each other? The ideal draw would be for Blackburn to get a home draw against another NW club and Reading a home one against Arsenal. Then Bradford at home to Villa and WBA to play at home against the other NW club. Alternatively an Albion v Villa match would get the pulses racing in the West Midlands with one of them guaranteed a semi-final place.

 

Reckon the ideal draw would see Arsenal and Liverpool having to travel the furthest distance possible for their games. Preferably both winning those games and progressing to the final together. Similarly good luck and far travels in their European games.

 

BBC Sport QUOTE:- Manchester United's starting XI tonight cost £247.9m in transfer and loan fees, with a further £54m on the bench. That's about £300m more than Preston paid to assemble their squad, who have just emerged to warm-up to loud cheers.
Food for thought.

 

Oh great dumb and dumber in the BBC studio.

 

Liverpool v Blackburn
Bradford v Reading
Preston/Man Utd v Arsenal
Villa v WBA

The draw opens up yet again.

 

No disrespect to Reading, but that's a fantastic opportunity for Bradford to get to a Wembley semifinal.

 

I hope they do it.

 

Wouldn't it also be lovely for Kevin Davies to score a couple to take Preston through?