Absolutely. Also I worry about black, could be carrying baggage from villa? It only takes one person to set off a cascade of negativity. That said I don't know much about him. Anyway match day. Would be lying if I said I was buzzing. Been up all night as my little boy has chicken pox
1 Ipswich Town or Lincoln City 2 Barrow or Rochdale 3 Manchester United or Reading 4 Hull City or Swansea City 5 Sunderland or Burnley 6 Queens Park Rangers or Blackburn Rovers 7 Millwall or AFC Bournemouth 8 Manchester City 9 Brighton & Hove Albion or Milton Keynes Dons 10 Blackpool or Barnsley 11 Wigan Athletic or Nottingham Forest 12 Birmingham City or Newcastle United 13 Chelsea or Peterborough United 14 Middlesbrough or Sheffield Wednesday 15 West Bromwich Albion or Derby County 16 Everton or Leicester City 17 Liverpool or Plymouth Argyle 18 Wycombe Wanderers or Stourbridge 19 Watford or Burton Albion 20 Preston North End or Arsenal 21 Cardiff City or Fulham 22 Stoke City or Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 Cambridge United or Leeds United 24 Bristol City or Fleetwood Town 25 Huddersfield Town or Port Vale 26 Tottenham Hotspur or Aston Villa 27 Brentford or Eastleigh 28 Bolton Wanderers or Crystal Palace 29 Norwich City or Southampton 30 Sutton United or Afc Wimbledon 31 Accrington Stanley or Luton Town 32 Rotherham United or Oxford United The draw takes place on Monday January 9 and will take place simultaneously on BT Sport and BBC Two with the draw commencing at approximately 7.10pm.
7.10 on Monday. I'll write that in my diary....can always delete later. What happened to the draw at 5.00 pm on Saturday? I know the matches are so drawn out that they have to do it then, but it was far more exciting to finish watching a match, then rushing to the TV or radio. They'd usually have pictures of some lower league team still in their strip, hoping for a trip to OT. Boring now.
MATCHDAY Not buzzing. Still grumpy as it's #DryJanuary and just come off a fast day on the 5:2 diet. C'mon Saints give me something to vaguely smile about.
If we win, happy days. If we lose it will be a cunning ruse to lure Liverpool into playing their U18s.
Not listed on firstrowsports yet, thats my usual stream, it is on http://www.vipleague.me/sports/football.html but here in Holland it asks me to sign up as does crictime. I'm not keen on giving some iffy site my email etc. Has anyone done that without dire consequences?
I suspect that Puel wont be able to win with his team selection today. If he goes strong, some people will criticise him for not prioritising the Liverpool game. If he goes weak, some people will criticise him for not giving the players a chance to get some form and confidence back (and/or not taking the cup seriously).
