Very good tie for us, certainly a game we should be winning comfortably. Overall the draw's been favourable for all the prem teams, with only Arsenal/Villa vs Sunderland/Middlesborough as the potential all prem tie.
Can't have any complaints on that draw.It's who I wanted even if it is away,we really should win and not have to put out our best 11 yet.
Would have prefered the Goons at home, it would have been nice to do the treble over them, but hey-ho Stevenage can't be that bad.
Definitely didn't want Arsenal at home, Stevenage away is a decent draw, I'm happy with that. Home to Crawley in the next round is my wish
Thoughts? A team like this... Cudicini Corluka Dawson Gallas Bassong Kranjcar Livermore Carroll Pienaar Defoe Coulibaly Rotate the bloody squad, 'Arry!
Depends on who's still here at the end of the window, Croydon. You know we do all of our transfers on the last day, for some unknown reason.
That's why I presumed GDS and Pav wouldn't be involved (I left out Sandro not knowing if he'd be match fit, and Hudds presuming he simply wouldn't be)
Can't see Pavlyuchenko going without being replaced though, Croydon. No idea if anything's actually going to happen, as it stands. Quiet on the rumour front.
Stevenage away is probably the best away draw we could have hoped for. Don't have to travel too far and it could be treated as a bit of a derby for them. They'll be well up for it and we will have our work cut out. That being said, as long as we show Stevenage the respect they deserve and play a strong squad (not our first team, but a mix of first team players and squad players) we should come out on top. Good draw for all the Premiership clubs though (excluding Sunderland/Boro vs Arsenal draw). I think only Bolton will have a really difficult time. Only other "shock" I can realistically see is Norwich vs Leicester, depending on what side PL decides to field that day, although I don't really see him fielding a weakened team given their current position in the league at the moment. I expect 7 Premier League teams in the quarters, with Bolton being the one eliminated.
