Agree with your first point. Vehemently disagree with your second. It's one of the few bits of tradition we have left.
Fair enough. But I'd much rather go to a match that will definitely be decided on the day - although with QPR's FA Cup record that would be the case anyway. It might even give the competition a boost.
Well, we missed out on a lovely trip to Stevenage. FA Cup fourth-round draw Sunderland or Carlisle v Kidderminster or Peterborough Bolton v Cardiff Southampton v Yeovil Huddersfield v Charlton or Oxford Port Vale or Plymouth v Brighton Nottingham Forest v Ipswich or Preston Southend v Hull Rochdale v Macclesfield or Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal v Coventry Stevenage v Everton Wigan or MK Dons v Crystal Palace Derby or Chelsea v Stoke Blackburn or Manchester City v Bristol City or Watford Bournemouth or Burton v Liverpool or Oldham Birmingham, Bristol Rovers or Crawley v Manchester United or Swansea Sheffield United v Norwich or Fulham