Could be tricky, considering the likelyhood of a weakened side. It'll be interesting to see who's available.
Should be an interesting game if you rest a couple of your best midfielders. Championship at home to a (relatively) local Premier League team should be a televised tie as well, which is huge for us.
Should be a good game, with City out already and one of Liverpool/Utd going out next round surely we must be one of the favourites.
The question is how strong a team Harry puts out at the Vic. If we sign ourselves a replacement for Kightly, and you pick the midfield that faced Cheltenham, you'll be favourites to go through but not overwhelming favourites.
I'd expect a bit of transfer business between now and the end of the month, NNW. It's hard to tell who we might have available. I'd hope to see Huddlestone and Sandro back for that game, plus an actual right-back which would free up Livermore, but it might be wishful thinking.
Dawson, Huddlestone and (possibly) Sandro to feature - although 'Arry has basically stated GDS is likely to be off by the end of the month, so probably not him.
Huddlestone's out 'til mid-Feb isn't he? I'd expect a 2nd string side with a strong bench to improve things if needed.
Posted on his Twitter on the 4th: for those asking i hope to begin running next week at some stage,it will be a few week yet until im available to train with the team again!! Sounds like you're probably right, YV. Shame.
I suspect both sides will be happy enough.. Us because of the likely money from a sell out and potential TV revenue and its a short trip travel wise for you guys plus your fans should get a whole end of 4k or so. Omen maybe for you is that when Arsenal and Chelsea beat us at the Vic they also won the title!
I think the other big thing is who we have at the back. Ignoring the last two games (Loach sent off for the first time in his career at Portsmouth, 18 year old Jonathan Bond making his debut yesterday), defensively we've been rock solid in recent months. If you drop Bale, and Lennon finds himself up against an out-and-out defensive full back in the shape of Lloyd Doyley, you could well struggle to break us down.
You'll no doubt sell all your tickets, but don't bank on the 'then some' - times have changed at The Vic! Get in early if you want to be there.
There's a good chance that you'll get 4,600 tickets, due to a cock-up in our stadium design that means the allocation we give in the league is 200 seats less than we have to give you if you insist on it in the FA Cup. Tough to see you wanting more than that for a weakened Spurs team against a Championship team, with the game probably on telly for good measure.
It could be tricky PNP, but I'm very happy with the draw. It's almost a home game in terms of travelling, and I think a team similar to the one that beat Cheltenham can beat Watford.
HI BB, I'd love to be there, but probably won't get a ticket. My feeling is that we'll see some Spurs fans in the home end.
I think if we get offered 4,600 we'll take it as it's a great away day for us, but I would have thought we'll get offered less than that.
The odds suggest it was a very good draw for us, which was my feeling too. We're 5-1 second favs for the FA Cup on Sky bet.
Under the FA Cup's rules the away team is able to insist on 15% of capacity (2,625) provided it sells the initial allocation, which would almost certainly be 2,200. Because of the way our stadium is laid out, it's either 2,200 or 4,600: there's pretty much no room for us to go between those figures.
I wouldn't bank on too many spurs in the home end, as they've cracked down a lot on that since last season (trouble with QPR). When we played this season against West Ham, i was only allowed 1 ticket despite being on the database for years (and have a history of always buying multiple and regular tickets).
