The FA and League Cup Thread

Always enjoy following the cup, will literally watch any televised FA Cup games, as I still love the competition and the upsets.

Anyway, it starts tonight.

AFC Wimbledon vs Coventry City on BT Sport 1. Kick-off at 19:45.

Anyone willing to tip a surprise outfit, or a winner?


DTLW

 

Surprise finalist: Coventry City.

 

Surprise winner (to the media anyway): Saints.

 

Completely without logical justification or any undue effort: Everton/Chelsea final, Forest to make the semis.

 

I'm with Tom!

 

Arsenal for the cup!

Portsmouth for the 2nd round!

 

Nah. You'll go one better and reach the 3rd round. Then you'll get Saints away in the 3rd round where you will be completely demolished.

 

You mean like last time we played you in the Fa cup?

 

When you mightily defeated a team 2 leagues below you?

 

That was Premier League v League One. This would be Premier League v League Two.

I can't see what the problem would be.

 

St Albans City are in it!

They host Mansfield tomorrow, and will also be featured on Soccer AM in the morning. Only a couple of shock upsets away from my lifelong dream of a Saints v Saints cup tie!

 

Wimbledon 1-3 Coventry. Ten to go.

Wimbledon led, before a howler from the keeper and a freak own goal.

Coventry fairly comfortable since.

 

I'll be rooting for them! Always like a good cupset or two.

 

They have a striker called John Frendo, who is earning a lot more than most players at that level (£400 per week, according to my mate who plays for another local team) and he's scored more than a goal per game this season. Scored 44 in 48 for Hitchin last season as well.

He was on TalkSport yesterday and compared himself to Dennis Bergkamp...

 

David Moyes to partially make up for a poor league campaign by getting United to the final. Other semi-finalists will be Saints, Chelsea and a Championship team. Let's say Forest. Oxford to get further than people expect, and St Albans, Boreham Wood and Gloucester to all make the 2nd round.

 

Come on you covs!

 

Saints v The Cov in the final.

 

Bristol Rovers drew 3-3 with York last night, I hope you noticed that. Brilliant game ruined by a goalkeeping howler 5 mins from the end.

 

I think congratulations are due to Coventry City.After a points deduction and playing their home games forty miles away they are now a third of the way through the season and just three points off the play offs!

 

Agreed