FA Cup Thread

[R.W.]

I want to play City every week.

[Number of the Breast]

I honestly believe, having seen Blackburn playing very well recently, that you lot can go on and win the Cup. And I'll be rooting for you.

[9 to 5]

Death sentense.

[therockbox]

Gah, come on Plymouth. Should be 1-1 at least by now.

[Farmer Reil]

Fucking gutted.

It was like playing CM4 with the Supergoalies. Only with beer and peanuts and lots more people.

We dominate the entire game (pretty much), they have ONE SHOT ON TARGET and score. We have fifty two or whatthehellever, but Ben Foster 'plays a ten' and keeps them all out.

Fouls committed, Plymouth: 6. Watford: 96 (does anyone know the actual stats? I feel my exaggerated ones are probably sadly close.

Minutes of time wasted in a semi-comical-if-you're-not-supporting-the-other-team fashion: Plymouth: 4, Watford, 94. Seriously, it was difficult to tell the difference between a Ben Foster goal kick, and the half-time interval at times. Sure, this happens these days... but in the FIFTY SECOND MINUTE? How desperate ARE you? You can tell they're going down, they're scared of losing to fucking Plymouth.

Having said that, it was a brilliant goal, and Chris Foy is like the best referee ever. He should be made to referee every game until he teaches other referees how to do their jobs.

Ben Foster had the sort of game where even I can forgive him for wasting four hours of my life, because he was so fucking good in goal. And Danny Shittu was also immense (in performance as well as stature). Barry Hales was pretty much Barry Hales, and should've had a hat-trick himself, but Sinclair wasn't up to his usual greatness and I still shit myself whenever an opponent gets into our half with Luke McCormick in goal. Not that he's bad now... I just used to go to the games when he was, and can't get them out of my mind. It's scary seeing your Third Division substitute goalkeeper in goal in the Championship, ya know?

Still gutting though. At least Plymouth didn't have a perfectly good goal dissalowed and a player sent off for absolutely no reason other than the higher league side might've lost otherwise, like a certain other Westcountry club.

Edit: Aha, match stats:

Possession: 57/43

Shots on Target: 8/3

Shots off Target: 6/2

Corners: 13/3

Fouls: 10/25!

Unfortunately, there's no official "minutes wasted" stat. Presumably the stopwatch they were using to count it ran out of batteries.

Edited March 11, 2007 by Farmer Reil

[IAceI]

Death sentense.

[Thrilla]

Its makes for a far more interesting season though >_>

And come on Watford in the draw today.

[R.W.]

Bollocks. Chelsea it is then >_>

[stokeriño]

So the likely path to the final looks to be Spurs -> Blackburn -> Man Utd. Not exactly laden with rose petals, I have to say.

[alldaws1]

Bollocks. Chelsea it is then >_>

:@

[R.W.]

Bollocks. Chelsea it is then >_>

:@

You had your chance yesterday :-p

All this means is that when we win the FA Cup, we will have knocked out Arsenal, Chelsea & United to do so, thereby making us the greatest winners ever

[9 to 5]

RW speaks sense.

Either Chelsea or Spurs will be a big ask, but we tonked Everton at thier place with players rested and tacticially got it spot-on to rub Arsenal out of the cup, so no reason why we can't do it again. I think the semi will be at OT iirc.

[Farmer Reil]

I was begging for #4 to be drawn out when the first team was Blackburn

Mostly to avoid the now-inevitable United/Chelsea final.

(I'm not writing you off, I'm helping you along. When I say things like that it always ends up being the opposite )

[lanky316]

Only advantage Chelsea will have is more rest. Hopefully we'll have our injured players back and do a repeat at the lane

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I've still not forgiven Savage for his Nazi salute the dirty ugly pillock.

[9 to 5]

If it helps, he won't be playing if you beat Chelsea. >_>

[Thrilla]

Out of the two, I think I'd prefer us to play Chelsea. They look suspect at the back, I think our midfield could hold up play against theirs and I imagine they would put out a weaker side than usual as they'll be battling on two bigger fronts by the time the semi final game rolls around. That said, it wouldn't be an easy task, but I just have the feeling that Spurs would roll us over, whereas we'd have a better chance against the Blues.

[9 to 5]

Possibly so if Chelsea are still in Europe by then. That said, I get the feeling Jose really wants to win the FA cup seeing how he migt be off this season and hasn't won it yet.

[therockbox]

Richard Keys: "How much sympathy do you have for the Man City fans?"

Robbie Savage: "None, I'm a Blackburn player."

[Thrilla]

Savage is a king among men.

Edited March 13, 2007 by Natural Born Thrilla