Real Football (Soccer to you Yanks) Thread

[Tuffdisc]

Draw of the 3rd round in the FA Cup is:
(highlight)
Man City v Man Utd
Liverpool v Southend or Oldham Athletic
Everton v Tamworth
Arsenal v Leeds Utd
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa
Coventry v Southampton

 

[Springsteen]

I would have preferred it at home, but it's not bad. At least the players will be up for it as opposed to ties such as Crystal Palace and Leeds. At least it dispels the myth we always get the easy draw.

 

[Tuffdisc]

The full draw as it came out:
Reading v Stevenage
West Brom v Cardiff
Peterborough v Sunderland
Watford v Bradford
Chelsea v Portsmouth
Gillingham v Stoke
Liverpool v Southend/Oldham
Sheffield United v Salisbury/Grimsby
Everton v Tamworth
Newcastle v Blackburn
Chelmsford/Macclesfield v Bolton
Barnsley v Swansea
Swindon v Wigan
Fleetwood/Yeovil v Blackpool
Derby v Crystal Palace
Arsenal v Leeds
Norwich v Burnley
Birmingham v Wolves
Fulham v Charlton
Brighton v Wrexham
Coventry v Southampton
Hull v Ipswich
MK Dons v QPR
Sheffield Wednesday v West Ham
Tottenham v Cheltenham
Bristol Rovers v Aston Villa
Doncaster v Sutton/Notts County
Crawley v Bristol City
Dag & Red/Walsall v Millwall
Manchester City v Manchester United
Nottingham Forest v Leicester
Middlesbrough v Shrewsbury

Yeah, well every team wants to be drawn at home

 

[skyblue]

i bet fergie wishes he'd put out a stronger side against palace now

 

[Springsteen]

Then you'll end up bankrupt because the League Cup isn't something we cry ourselves to sleep over going out of. We can beat City. We would probably have had to have met them at some stage anyway, so it's good to get it out of the way. I can actually see it going to a replay for what it's worth, but I wouldn't have thought he'll be regretting anything.

 

[skyblue]

we're a spent force anyway,things are looking bleak

 

[Springsteen]

Have a good old cup run.

Southampton might say sod it and lose, to just focus on the league. Happened before.

 

[skyblue]

Have a good old cup run.

Southampton might say sod it and lose, to just focus on the league. Happened before.

ok,i was praying not to get one of the big boys,double figures would be embarrassing......and i was dreading somewhere non league,so southampton are a good draw for us,and we haven't got a win in us just lately

 

[Springsteen]

Brilliant, out of Europe before Santa comes. To be fair we've been utter shit this season in Europe. City going out too but I don't even find it funny, we had to go through to have that effect.

 

[porterjack]

Brilliant, out of Europe before Santa comes. To be fair we've been utter shit this season in Europe. City going out too but I don't even find it funny, we had to go through to have that effect.

Assume you lose big $ not being in next round

 

[skyblue]

Brilliant, out of Europe before Santa comes. To be fair we've been utter shit this season in Europe. City going out too but I don't even find it funny, we had to go through to have that effect.

lets be realistic here,the premiership is poor at the moment....last season united won the poorest premiership i can remember,maybe that clouded fergies judgement about just how good his team are....foreign mercenaries are ruining our game because they go to the highest bidder,just because a players great in ghana doesn't mean he'll be great in europe

and what was that song united fans had for liverpool?....thursday night and channel 4

 

[Springsteen]

Assume you lose big $ not being in next round

We will, which is worrying. Channel 5 aren't paying the big bucks.

lets be realistic here,the premiership is poor at the moment....last season united won the poorest premiership i can remember,maybe that clouded fergies judgement about just how good his team are....foreign mercenaries are ruining our game because they go to the highest bidder,just because a players great in ghana doesn't mean he'll be great in europe

There's been poorer premeirship's. But we should have signed a bigger player in the Summer. The only foreign mercenary is kettleneck, the irony being he might be playing Champions League football after the new year.

 

[Tuffdisc]

No comment *runs out of this thread laughing*

 

[skyblue]

you have to be in it to have any chance of winning

 

[Springsteen]

I hope we draw Bilbao. Susaeta, Llorente and Munain

They have that 'Only employ basques' policy.

Wayne Rooney has also had his ban reduced from 3 to 2 matches.

 

[skyblue]

what joys await us in league 1,trips to stevenage,hartlepool and carlisle

 

[Zorak]

what joys await us in league 1,trips to stevenage,hartlepool and carlisle

Not Wycombe though

 

[Tuffdisc]

Those additional assistant referees for goal line issues, I feel that they are a good thing...shame they may be redundant in a few years in favour for goal-line technology :24:

 

[skyblue]

i suppose a weekend away in yeovil will be nice

 

[Tuffdisc]

That's football for yer....