The FA Cup 2014/15 thread

[Colly]

Urgh, MOTD are using BT Sports commentary for the Man Utd game. Michael Owen. Bork.

[Ant]

Lambert would more than likely be sacked by now if it wasn't for Benteke.

[brenchill]

Lambert would more than likely be sacked by now if it wasn't for Benteke.

Imagine if we sold him and he was trusted with spending the money to rebuild the squad.

20+ 750k players from 2nd Division European clubs.

[Baddar]

Is the draw at some point this afternoon, or after the games tonight?

[stokeriño]

7:30 tonight.

[Baddar]

Is that part of BBC's coverage of Wimbledon-Liverpool?

If so, good. Quite tempted to stream the other match tonight.

[DFF]

Well, our game was surprisingly straight forward. I know QPR haven't done well in recent years of the competition, but that was silly!

[Thrilla]

Numbers for the 4th round draw

1. Arsenal
2. Southampton or Ipswich Town
3. Stoke City
4. Blackburn Rovers
5. Crystal Palace
6. AFC Wimbledon or Liverpool
7. Manchester City
8. Rochdale
9. West Bromwich Albion
10. Birmingham City
11. Aston Villa
12. AFC Bournemouth
13. Reading
14. Swansea City
15. Cardiff City
16. Bolton Wanderers
17. Sunderland
18. Burnley or Tottenham Hotspur
19. Millwall or Bradford City
20. Derby County
21. Brighton & Hove Albion
22. Fulham or Wolverhampton Wanderers
23. Leicester City
24. Scunthorpe United or Chesterfield
25. Everton or West Ham United
26. Cambridge United
27. Chelsea
28. Middlesbrough
29. Sheffield United
30. Manchester United
31. Preston North End
32. Doncaster Rovers or Bristol City

Leicester away would be ideal for me.

[Hobo]

It's an interesting day for vlogger/author/Liverpool fan John Green as the online community he helped create sponsors AFC Wimbledon.

[brenchill]

Rickie Lambert has been trusted with a start against Wimbledon

[Carlos Carvalhal]

Was at the Etihad yesterday. Damn shame to concede the goal right at the end but what a performance by Wednesday. Put the Carling Cup nightmare to rest and hopefully the performance can act as a springboard for a strong finish to the league season.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Burnley starting XI: Heaton, Trippier, Keane, Mee, Lafferty, Kightly, Marney, Arfield, Boyd, Barnes, Ings.

Tottenham starting XI: Vorm, Chiriches, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies, Dembele, Stambouli, Chadli, Eriksen, Paulinho, Soldado.

Mmm, I can live with that "weaker" team of ours.

[Ant]

I feel sorry for Vorm. Excellent keeper but its impossible to drop Lloris.

[Baddar]

The 4th Round draw is taking place shortly on BBC1. I'll edit this post as it happens.

Southampton/Ipswich v Crystal Palace

Cambridge Utd v Man Utd

Blackburn v Swansea

Chelsea v Millwall/Bradford City

Derby v Scunthorpe/Chesterfield

Preston v Sheffield Utd

Birmingham v West Brom

Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth

Cardiff v Reading

AFC Wimbledon/Liverpool v Bolton

Burnley/Spurs v Leicester

Brighton v Arsenal

Rochdale v Stoke

Sunderland v Fulham/Wolves

Doncaster/Bristol City v Everton/West Ham

Man City v Middlesbrough

[Hobo]

Finally Little Raheem gets a rest!

[stokeriño]

Ooh, possible Chelsea/Millwall tie...

[Gorka]

Bring on Blackburn! No Yakubu to score four goals this time.

I feel sorry for Vorm. Excellent keeper but its impossible to drop Lloris.

Excellent? Not for a long time. If Vorm had moved to Liverpool like Rodgers intended then he would have been found out so very quickly.

[Ant]

Well we're boned.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Calling it, 8-1.

[Baddar]

Cambridge away! That'll do.

Doesn't surprise me in the slightest that Chelsea got a home draw. They're never away.

(I don't actually know how often they're away, but they seem home far more than not in the FA Cup. I might be completely wrong. )

Out of those ties, I'd like to see our game (obviously) and AFC Bournemouth v Villa televised. Potential upset there, if they have a better go at it than they did against Liverpool in the CoC.