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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: kippaxvilla2 on December 03, 2015, 09:29:11 PM
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Probably not one we have much interest in given our appalling state at the minute but I still dream.
Who do you want or think we'll get?
I'm going for Manure Away as we haven't had them for a couple of years and we're having no feckin luck.
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Bolton Wanderers
7 Brentford
8 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield Town
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Milton Keynes Dons
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston North End
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
34 Rotherham United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea City
40 Tottenham Hotspur
41 Watford
42 West Bromwich Albion
43 West Ham United
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Bradford City or Chesham United
46 Barnet or Newport County
47 Peterborough United or Luton Town
48 Portsmouth or Accrington Stanley
49 Stourbridge or Eastleigh
50 Northampton Town or Northwich Victoria
51 Exeter City or Port Vale
52 Cambridge United or Doncaster Rovers
53 Grimsby Town or Shrewsbury Town
54 Yeovil Town or Stevenage
55 Rochdale or Bury
56 Welling United or Carlisle United
57 Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United
58 Millwall or Wycombe Wanderers
59 Colchester United or Altrincham
60 Chesterfield or Walsall
61 Sheffield United or Oldham Athletic
62 Salford City or Hartlepool United
63 Dagenham & Redbridge or Whitehawk
64 Oxford United or Forest Green
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Number 62 away. We'll be on the telly.
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Stourbridge.
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Number 62 away. We'll be on the telly.
Absolutely. Although I'd rather play them at home in the hope we'd absolutely twat them and I could then enjoy the BBC bleating about it.
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Blackburn
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8 . Brighton (a)
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Stourbridge.
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That would be great
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Arsenal please
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Walsall, in preparation for next season
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Cov away- prepare us for next season
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Whitehawk (local for me, rhymes with Shitehawk), or Stourbridge (lots of family there, could walk to the ground) would be awesome
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53. The Graham Turner derby.
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Either Sheffield side away. Rotherham at a push.
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Stourbridge.
Similar quality. But local at least.
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Either Sheffield side away. Rotherham at a push.
I can't imagine why.
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I have the feeling most teams would be delighted with being drawn away to No.3.
I'll say the same as I say at this time every year, any ground I haven't been to before.
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Any team we can beat. Bournemouth?
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Grimsby Town so I can have a half and half scarf.
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Stourbridge the club my grandfather played for.
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Stourbridge would be interesting, but imagine if we lost which is very possible. We'd never live it down.
Let's just get Man Utd away and go out, the last thing we need is a cup run.
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Is irrelevant.
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Number 31 - Preston away for me!
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Stourbridge.
But who would I support?
The only time I could wear a half-and-half
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Any of:
Stourbridge
Walsall
Brighton (day at the seaside)
Huddersfield (Dad's team)
Leeds (got a few mates who support them)
Or someone random away like Whitehawk or Chesham, because I've never heard of them.
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I hope we get Man Ure. Time to get this monkey off our back.
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Stourbridge.
The only time I could wear a half-and-half
I'm still waiting for Villa to draw Clyde in a European tie....
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Forest Green away
I could bike the mile to the Severn, swim the river and run the five miles or so to their ground**
(** alternatively I could drive via Gloucester)
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Blackburn, in a season of kickings lets have one from Lambert.
I've never said this before but let sack off the cup and focus on league games.
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I think the Cup will "sack" us off long before we do to it.
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Liverpool home give it a go if we win brilliant if we lose what do expect the season we're having
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Number 31 - Preston away for me!
Me too! We wish for this every year - its got to happen sometime surely?
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A North East or Yorkshire side away, so it's easy for me to get to and from.
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Stourbridge would be interesting, but imagine if we lost which is very possible. We'd never live it down.
Let's just get Man Utd away and go out, the last thing we need is a cup run.
I appreciate that some must take the worst possible view of everything but to say it's very possible we'd lose to Stour is ridiculous.
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I do wonder sometimes if 'QuintonVilla' is a SHA fan.
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Number 31 - Preston away for me!
Me too! We wish for this every year - its got to happen sometime surely?
Me too! Are you Preston based and sitting in L7 Amfy? Small world!
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Grimsby where Mrs Tayls hails from, or Shrewsbury where I went to college please.
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Blackburn and the return of Lambert :( it's written in the footballing stars...
UTV
The Doc
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Stourbridge or Walsall at home.
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Hartlepool. We've only played them twice in our history - A league cup draw and then a replay in the 70's which I think I went to. It's about time for another game.
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Number 31 - Preston away for me!
Me too! We wish for this every year - its got to happen sometime surely?
Me too! Are you Preston based and sitting in L7 Amfy? Small world!
We're in Birmingham but my husband supports Preston. I watch them quite a lot too (& he sees even more of Villa)
We both like the idea of a day out to Deepdale with our Villa friends.
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Grimsby where Mrs Tayls hails from, or Shrewsbury where I went to college please.
I didn't know that. I support them from my days sailing from there and the heady days of a young bloke called Lawrie McMenemy being the manager.
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Anyone, home or away. It's our year!
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I do wonder sometimes if 'QuintonVilla' is a SHA fan.
Site rules (http://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?page=page4597)
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Bury. Twenty years living and ten years teaching in the borough and yet to see the Villa at Gigg Lane. Always though it would eventually come in a cup tie - although the possibility of a league fixture some time soon looms ever closer.
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I do wonder sometimes if 'QuintonVilla' is a SHA fan.
If I was a SHA fan don't you think I'd be doing a lot more fishing and piss taking on here in our current predicament?
I can assure you I'm Villa, but right now I wouldn't back us to beat anyone.
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That settles it for me Quinton. Definately a piss taking knuckle dragger :)
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Grimsby where Mrs Tayls hails from, or Shrewsbury where I went to college please.
I didn't know that. I support them from my days sailing from there and the heady days of a young bloke called Lawrie McMenemy being the manager.
The stadium is actually in Cleethorpes. We went there in the 3rd(?) round years ago. I think Shaun Teale scored the winner(?). I DO remember their fans wanging coins at us at the final whistle. All 1ps and 2ps of course. Tight Northern swines.
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Shaun Teale was sent off along with one of their lot for a pretty innocuous off the ball scuffle.
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Shaun Teale was sent off along with one of their lot for a pretty innocuous off the ball scuffle.
Thanks TD. My memory is atrocious. Bloody thing won't erase the Lambert years though!
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hope we don't draw salford/hartlepool
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Grimsby is a dreadful place to go to. The locals are up there with Middlesbrough as the least welcoming. And that includes Millwall.
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The Salford ground is not great. Giggsy et al are clearly big fans of vintage retro plumbing because the toilets should be in the V & A.
Also: no pubs anywhere near, no public transport, nowhere to park. Apart from that it's wonderful
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Cov away- prepare us for next season
good shout
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Stourbridge away, no make that at home to give us a chance!
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
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Stourbridge away, no make that at home to give us a chance!
Have you seen our home form?
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Stourbridge away, no make that at home to give us a chance!
Have you seen our home form?
We've won our last 6 at home in cups!
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Give me Small Heath again. We can kick start our season by dishing out a good kicking to them.
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Eastleigh at home will do me.
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
No. As much as I'd love us to win the FA Cup to complete my trophy cabinet, the financial rewards next season are far too important to the future of the club.
I'm with S_H, Rags at home please, Bob.
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
The return of the annual dilemma!
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
Yes ... No hesitation.
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Yes but last season we had a great day at Wembley (the semi) and stayed up - can we have that again?
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
No chance. I'd love to win the FA Cup but the league is our bread and butter. We have to stay in this league.
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
Yes I would. But, seeing as we currently have a side incapable of knocking the skin off a rice pudding, I can't see us going past the first non-shit side we come up against.
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
yep, we're not competing in this league and haven't done so for many years now.
personally, i'm looking forward to the championship.
edit: that's my 1957th post! i'll stick a tenner on us to the 'double'...
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I think the ramifications of relegation are so great that there is no compensation or a smoother that I would consider.
Anyway we have no change of reaching the 6th round nevermind Wembley.
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Is the draw today?
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Third Round Proper draw
7pm, Monday 7 December 2015
Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff
Live on BBC2
Ties to be played 8-11 January 2016
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Is the next round of the Welsh Cup being drawn at Wembley?
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Thanks.
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Updated teams
1 AFC Bournemouth
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 Birmingham City
5 Blackburn Rovers
6 Bolton Wanderers
7 Brentford
8 Brighton & Hove Albion
9 Bristol City
10 Burnley
11 Cardiff City
12 Charlton Athletic
13 Chelsea
14 Crystal Palace
15 Derby County
16 Everton
17 Fulham
18 Huddersfield Town
19 Hull City
20 Ipswich Town
21 Leeds United
22 Leicester City
23 Liverpool
24 Manchester City
25 Manchester United
26 Middlesbrough
27 Milton Keynes Dons
28 Newcastle United
29 Norwich City
30 Nottingham Forest
31 Preston North End
32 Queens Park Rangers
33 Reading
34 Rotherham United
35 Sheffield Wednesday
36 Southampton
37 Stoke City
38 Sunderland
39 Swansea City
40 Tottenham Hotspur
41 Watford
42 West Bromwich Albion
43 West Ham United
44 Wolverhampton Wanderers
45 Bradford City
46 Newport County
47 Peterborough United
48 Portsmouth
49 Eastleigh
50 Northampton Town
51 Exeter City
52 Doncaster Rovers
53 Grimsby Town or Shrewsbury Town
54 Yeovil Town
55 Bury
56 Carlisle United
57 Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe United
58 Wycombe Wanderers
59 Colchester United
60 Chesterfield or Walsall
61 Sheffield United
62 Salford City or Hartlepool United
63 Dagenham & Redbridge or Whitehawk
64 Oxford United
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I think I'd rather be kicked repeatedly in the face than contemplate this gormless playground hypothetical for another season. The annual win cup/relegation farrago to clarify.
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Forest Green are now out, so I'd like to request Newport County away please
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I think I'd rather be kicked repeatedly in the face than contemplate this gormless playground hypothetical for another season. The annual win cup/relegation farrago to clarify.
Maybe we could update it to "would you rather get relegated or have another three months* of arguments about whether it would be better to get relegated and win the cup rather than staying up and not"?
*I'm being optimistic
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After last years humiliation in the final and our current form signaling the chanpionship I really dont give a sh1t about the cup this season
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L'Orient and Scunthorpe drew so I'll stick with Scunthorpe, please, as they are bound to win at home.
* jinxed *
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always dreaded getting blues in the cup ,,,,,,,,just in case of the off chance they might beat us
but we have beaten them in a cup already this season
and since then ,,,,,,,i think they have gone backwards ,,,,,,,,,,,and we have gone forwards,,
so the shit away for me is the draw ,,,,if only for the crack afterwards in digbeth
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It'll be Blackburn home or away, and we will lose 1 v 0.
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After last years humiliation in the final and our current form signaling the chanpionship I really dont give a sh1t about the cup this season
I feel exactly the same.
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would anyone take a Wigan-esque season? Win the FA Cup despite going down.
No, I can't afford another cup run like that. Maybe next year...
And to those asking for Cov, they went out in the first round to Northampton. Someone shit so I don't have to go through the stress of swapping shifts
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always dreaded getting blues in the cup ,,,,,,,,just in case of the off chance they might beat us
but we have beaten them in a cup already this season
and since then ,,,,,,,i think they have gone backwards ,,,,,,,,,,,and we have gone forwards,,
so the shit away for me is the draw ,,,,if only for the crack afterwards in digbeth
How on Gods green Earth have we gone forwards since that Blues cup game ? It was nearly 3 months ago and we've got 2 points since then and gone out of the cup in the very next round.
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Must we all feign surprise when Salford City/Hartlepool are drawn away to Man Utd today?
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Must we all feign surprise when Salford City/Hartlepool are drawn away to Man Utd today?
Are you suggesting the FA Cup draw is fixed?
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I want Huddersfield, please
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Must we all feign surprise when Salford City/Hartlepool are drawn away to Man Utd today?
like that time when we drawed man united when it was middlesborough
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Number 62 away. We'll be on the telly.
Absolutely. Although I'd rather play them at home in the hope we'd absolutely twat them and I could then enjoy the BBC bleating about it.
It would be great to smash the BBC latest Man Utd obsession- Salford City live on TV. BUT with the way our season is panning out we could lose and be humiliated live on TV!!
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If we're drawn away to anyone where there is the sniff of an upset, you know that the live TV coverage will be there just to ensure that our season of humiliation is complete.
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10 minutes of fannying around before the draw.
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Hopefully it's Eastleigh so we can have a chance of a lucrative money spinning replay.
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Hoping for Scunthorpe.
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Here we go.
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Bitters home to Bristol C
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Here we go....
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Ha! Blues v Bournemouth
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Wycombe away!
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Well, there's always next season.
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Wycombe away
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They'll fancy their chances. Fuck the fuckers
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TV anyone?
The BBC will smell an upset here but I don't give us a chance (arf, arf!)!
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From the Guardian:
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa. Who’s favourite for that?
Bastards!
On a positive note, I'd imagine we'll be one of the TV games.
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Overall not an exciting draw.
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From the Guardian:
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa. Who’s favourite for that?
Bastards!
I wouldn't put money on us - Remi will want out the Cup as soon as possible. Wycombe will probably hope that we field a weak team, so they will be hoping for our first XI !!
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From the Guardian:
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa. Who’s favourite for that?
Bastards!
I wouldn't put money on us - Remi will want out the Cup as soon as possible. Wycombe will probably hope that we field a weak team, so they will be hoping for our first XI !!
you know this how exactly?
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Forth round here we come....
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From the Guardian:
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa. Who’s favourite for that?
Bastards!
I wouldn't put money on us - Remi will want out the Cup as soon as possible. Wycombe will probably hope that we field a weak team, so they will be hoping for our first XI !!
you know this how exactly?
Because he will want to concentrate on the Premier League and the £100m it will bring us next year - it's not rocket science!
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From the Guardian:
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa. Who’s favourite for that?
Bastards!
I wouldn't put money on us - Remi will want out the Cup as soon as possible. Wycombe will probably hope that we field a weak team, so they will be hoping for our first XI !!
you know this how exactly?
Because he will want to concentrate on the Premier League and the £100m it will bring us next year - it's not rocket science!
ah ok, that makes sense then. So you don't think he might use wins in the FA Cup to boost the morale of the team? Or how about the fact we got to the cup final last year despite being dire. Do you think it helped or hindered our chances of staying up?
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Staying in the cup will do more good than crashing out early. Just think about it for a sec!!
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
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Easy to get to, should be cheap and I would expect us to win.
A trial run for next season then😀
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Brentford potentially facing Walsall is an interesting one.
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Remi has played in the premier so he knows what the cup means
Don't know how seriously he will take it but he will at least know how important it is to fans
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
Like last season?
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I'm not sure how many TV games there will be but I imagine the matches at Chelsea, Everton, Exeter, Man Utd, Salford/Hartlepool and Spurs will be picked before ours.
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Full draw
Watford v Newcastle
West Brom v Bristol City
West Ham v Wolves
Salford or Hartlepool v Derby
Exeter v Liverpool
Tottenham v Leicester
Colchester v Charlton
Peterborough v Preston
Northampton v MK Dons
Arsenal v Sunderland
Newport v Blackburn
Ipswich v Portsmouth
Birmingham v Bournemouth
Wycombe v Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v Fulham
Oxford v Swansea
Brentford v Chesterfield or Walsall
Bury v Bradford
Manchester United v Sheffield United
Everton v Dagenham or Whitehawk
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Eastleigh v Bolton
Nottingham Forest v QPR
Carlisle v Yeovil
Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe
Doncaster v Stoke
Leeds v Rotherham
Cardiff v Grimsby or Shrewsbury
Huddersfield v Reading
Middlesbrough v Burnley
Norwich v Manchester City
Hull v Brighton
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Remi has played in the premier so he knows what the cup means
Don't know how seriously he will take it but he will at least know how important it is to fans
Staying in the Premier League is more important than ever this year with the £100m to follow - if we go down we may not return for a long time.
The cup run did us a power of good last year being humiliated by Arsenal - it made us a laughing stock in the most one-sided final in years. I have watched Villa for over 50 years and that was one of the most humiliating games I have ever endured. Forget the Cup this year, it is very very unimportant to the future of Aston Villa Football Club
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
Like last season?
Oh yes forgot our cup run helped us lose 6-1 against Southampton
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I forgot it hindered us and we got relegated.
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Remi has played in the premier so he knows what the cup means
Don't know how seriously he will take it but he will at least know how important it is to fans
Staying in the Premier League is more important than ever this year with the £100m to follow - if we go down we may not return for a long time.
The cup run did us a power of good last year being humiliated by Arsenal - it made us a laughing stock in the most one-sided final in years. I have watched Villa for over 50 years and that was one of the most humiliating games I have ever endured. Forget the Cup this year, it is very very unimportant to the future of Aston Villa Football Club
I take it you didn't go to either the semi or the final then?
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The game must be nailed on for live TV coverage?
They will be falling over themselves at the prospect of us being humiliated and the opportunity to take the piss.
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Well I for one enjoyed the cup run last year. Yes the game itself was a disaster but if you didn't enjoy the quarter final, the semi final, the build up to the final, the day itself and the final spine tingling 15 mins before kick off when Wembley was ours and hopping and would prefer our owner to trouser a £100 million while giving us the square root of fxxk all again to spend then go for it.
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
**Sniggering like Mutley**
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Forth round here we come....
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We'll cross that bridge when we get there.
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So an away tie against 4th division average club. Yes that will do.
Otherwise very boring 3rd round. Could have done with Liv v Che and MC v Mu type ties however good to see 5 PL only ties. Shame for Eastleigh deserved better than Bolton.
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Nice one ViD. Good to see you keeping sharp in boring old DNK ;)
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
Allah almighty ...we will soon be scared of our own shadow!
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At least someone is has some regard for us:
Wycombe will meet Aston Villa at Adams Park in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.
Speaking moments after the draw was made on Monday night, manager Gareth Ainsworth said: "I'm really happy with the draw. The boys deserve their chance to have a shot at Premier League opposition and I'm sure it'll be a fantastic occasion at Adams Park."
The tie will be played on the weekend of Saturday 9th January 2016, with the potential for the game to be moved for television coverage.
Read more at http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/article/fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-2840031.aspx#og7oLDhxG8Ztk51t.99
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From the Guardian:
Wycombe Wanderers v Aston Villa. Who’s favourite for that?
Bastards!
I wouldn't put money on us - Remi will want out the Cup as soon as possible. Wycombe will probably hope that we field a weak team, so they will be hoping for our first XI !!
you know this how exactly?
Because he will want to concentrate on the Premier League and the £100m it will bring us next year - it's not rocket science!
Neither is it simple arithmetic.
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At least someone is has some regard for us:
Wycombe will meet Aston Villa at Adams Park in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.
Speaking moments after the draw was made on Monday night, manager Gareth Ainsworth said: "I'm really happy with the draw. The boys deserve their chance to have a shot at Premier League opposition and I'm sure it'll be a fantastic occasion at Adams Park."
The tie will be played on the weekend of Saturday 9th January 2016, with the potential for the game to be moved for television coverage.
Read more at http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/article/fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-2840031.aspx#og7oLDhxG8Ztk51t.99
Yep, get past our lot mate and with a good draw your lads might get their wish! ;)
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So an away tie against 4th division average club. Yes that will do.
Otherwise very boring 3rd round. Could have done with Liv v Che and MC v Mu type ties however good to see 5 PL only ties. Shame for Eastleigh deserved better than Bolton.
Eastleigh deserved Carlisle away.
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I hope Salford are on the telly again if they get through. They could do with a bit more of the media spotlight and I can't get enough of them.
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Ha ha. Fudging hell. Have a bad feeling that of all the weekends that Villa visit my nearest ground, I'm buggering off to Scotland for the weekend. Glasgow...Glasgow in january...I'm going to Glasgow...in january.
That said this game could be just as uncomfortable and send just as many chills to my bones.
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Didn't we get 8 the last time we went to Wycombe? And five the time before.
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Didn't we get 8 the last time we went to Wycombe? And five the time before.
Yes.
That said when we played them in a friendly last pre-season (yes...friendly I know) we were outplayed.
The 8-3 was a great game. 3-1 down at half time if I recall. We looked appalling.
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Didn't we get 8 the last time we went to Wycombe? And five the time before.
Yes.
That said when we played them in a friendly last pre-season (yes...friendly I know) we were outplayed.
The 8-3 was a great game. 3-1 down at half time if I recall. We looked appalling.
The 'fickle' game, I believe.
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So an away tie against 4th division average club. Yes that will do.
Otherwise very boring 3rd round. Could have done with Liv v Che and MC v Mu type ties however good to see 5 PL only ties. Shame for Eastleigh deserved better than Bolton.
Eastleigh deserved Carlisle away.
And Bolton, a 'proper' club in a bad situation deserved better than a parvenu like Eastleigh.
I can't see us being on TV.
Exeter is a cert and Arsenal is likely as they are cup holders, whilst Doncaster v Stoke or matches at Spurs, Norwich, Watford or Southampton would all be more attractive for TV.
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So an away tie against 4th division average club. Yes that will do.
Otherwise very boring 3rd round. Could have done with Liv v Che and MC v Mu type ties however good to see 5 PL only ties. Shame for Eastleigh deserved better than Bolton.
Eastleigh deserved Carlisle away.
And Bolton, a 'proper' club in a bad situation deserved better than a parvenu like Eastleigh.
I can't see us being on TV.
Exeter is a cert and Arsenal is likely as they are cup holders, whilst Doncaster v Stoke or matches at Spurs, Norwich, Watford or Southampton would all be more attractive for TV.
Man Utd & Liverpool games will be TV games as all there FA Cup games in 8/10 years have been
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Of course we will be on TV, its the best opportunity for a real Giant Killing they have.
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I am going to try to get tickets in the David Unsworth Stand.
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I am going to try to get tickets in the David Unsworth Stand.
what you on about bri
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i had a look on the internet ,,, their ground holds ten thousand ,,, and away fans get 2000
for bigger followings this can increase to 2350 it says
i bet we just get the 2000
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i had a look on the internet ,,, their ground holds ten thousand ,,, and away fans get 2000
for bigger followings this can increase to 2350 it says
i bet we just get the 2000
They should switch the match to Wembley, I'm sure you could fill it with your commas.
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Didn't we get 8 the last time we went to Wycombe? And five the time before.
Yes.
That said when we played them in a friendly last pre-season (yes...friendly I know) we were outplayed.
The 8-3 was a great game. 3-1 down at half time if I recall. We looked appalling.
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Didn't we play them in a pre-season friendly when ONeill took over- seem to recall going there round about that time when another high profile player was just about to fuck off to Man U or wherever?
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At least someone is has some regard for us:
Wycombe will meet Aston Villa at Adams Park in the third round of the Emirates FA Cup.
Speaking moments after the draw was made on Monday night, manager Gareth Ainsworth said: "I'm really happy with the draw. The boys deserve their chance to have a shot at Premier League opposition and I'm sure it'll be a fantastic occasion at Adams Park."
The tie will be played on the weekend of Saturday 9th January 2016, with the potential for the game to be moved for television coverage.
Read more at http://www.wycombewanderers.co.uk/news/article/fa-cup-third-round-draw-details-2840031.aspx#og7oLDhxG8Ztk51t.99
Yep, get past our lot mate and with a good draw your lads might get their wish! ;)
Sad but true.
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Of course we will be on TV, its the best opportunity for a real Giant Killing they have.
This of course. A struggling big name Premier League team drawn away at a lower league team. It's the obvious tie to televise if the tv company wants to see a giant killing in the true tradition of the FA Cup.
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I am going to try to get tickets in the David Unsworth Stand.
what you on about bri
Wycombe Away 1997 pre-season was Unsworth's only appearance for us. Think we won 7-0 with goals from SVC, Yorkie and Savo.
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Not an exciting draw, as we've played them quite a few times over the last 15 years or so, but gives us a decent chance of progressing.
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A good draw for us, but I would have preferred a side we've not played in a while or before.
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I hope Salford are on the telly again if they get through. They could do with a bit more of the media spotlight and I can't get enough of them.
I want to see them win and their supporters all run on to the pitch. What a passionate and happy bunch they will be embodying the very spirit of the FA Cup. Not like those dirty tramps from the Aston area who last season conjured memories of Heysel and the like.
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Our only 2 competitive games against them have both been away and we won 5-0 and 8-3. So 7-0 win it is then.
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Our only 2 competitive games against them have both been away and we won 5-0 and 8-3. So 7-0 win it is then.
I disagree. We both score 3 more than the previous encounter so I anticipate an 11-6 away win. All own goals before you get excited.
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Our only 2 competitive games against them have both been away and we won 5-0 and 8-3. So 7-0 win it is then.
I disagree. We both score 3 more than the previous encounter so I anticipate an 11-6 away win. All own goals before you get excited.
Based on our "average" result against them it will finish 1 1/2 - 6 1/2 to us.
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Of course we will be on TV, its the best opportunity for a real Giant Killing they have.
Obviously you think we will win.
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I am going to try to get tickets in the David Unsworth Stand.
what you on about bri
Wycombe Away 1997 pre-season was Unsworth's only appearance for us. Think we won 7-0 with goals from SVC, Yorkie and Savo.
Those players, oh to have "names" like that again.
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I hope Salford are on the telly again if they get through. They could do with a bit more of the media spotlight and I can't get enough of them.
I want to see them win and their supporters all run on to the pitch. What a passionate and happy bunch they will be embodying the very spirit of the FA Cup. Not like those dirty tramps from the Aston area who last season conjured memories of Heysel and the like.
Funnily enough footage of the pitch invasion is one of the adverts for the upcoming FA Cup coverage on channel 6 over here with a tag line along the lines of "The FA Cup. An English passion."
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I'm lumping on an 8-3 win. I saw it in a dream. Angel hat trick.
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
Like last season?
Oh yes forgot our cup run helped us lose 6-1 against Southampton
Has it occurred to you that the cup run just might have helped with the improved form that kept us up?
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I take it that decisions on TV games are on hold until BBC City's replay against Hartlepool
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I hope Salford are on the telly again if they get through. They could do with a bit more of the media spotlight and I can't get enough of them.
I want to see them win and their supporters all run on to the pitch. What a passionate and happy bunch they will be embodying the very spirit of the FA Cup. Not like those dirty tramps from the Aston area who last season conjured memories of Heysel and the like.
Funnily enough footage of the pitch invasion is one of the adverts for the upcoming FA Cup coverage on channel 6 over here with a tag line along the lines of "The FA Cup. An English passion."
Everton fans were on the pitch when they went 3-2 up at Bournemouth last week. BBC coverage talked about high spirits and exuberance.
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
Like last season?
Oh yes forgot our cup run helped us lose 6-1 against Southampton
Has it occurred to you that the cup run just might have helped with the improved form that kept us up?
This, in a nutshell, is why the whole "forget the cup, concentrate on the league" mentality gets on my tits so much. There seems to be a collective psychological paralysis in many of our supporters where progress in both is impossible, that we have to make a choice and that seeing the club we support finish 17th is somehow more exciting and worthwhile than seeing us win a trophy.
I know it's not an exact science and there is a lot to be said for resting players for a game against comparatively lowly opposition ahead of more taxing matters, particularly if midweek. But one thing I am convinced of is that if Aston Villa's approach to any cup competition is anything less than 100% on the assumption that bigger battles lie ahead, this tactic, without fail, explodes in our face.
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Of course we will be on TV, its the best opportunity for a real Giant Killing they have.
Obviously you think we will win.
You would hope that we have suffered all the humiliations possible over the last few years.If we send out a team that is not up for it we could have another embaressment.
I can bet you that the mighty 'Chairboys" will be up for it.
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I hope Salford are on the telly again if they get through. They could do with a bit more of the media spotlight and I can't get enough of them.
I want to see them win and their supporters all run on to the pitch. What a passionate and happy bunch they will be embodying the very spirit of the FA Cup. Not like those dirty tramps from the Aston area who last season conjured memories of Heysel and the like.
Funnily enough footage of the pitch invasion is one of the adverts for the upcoming FA Cup coverage on channel 6 over here with a tag line along the lines of "The FA Cup. An English passion."
Out of interest, what are Salford being fined for the pitch invasion the round before?
Considering that ours was based on hyperbole from the BBC and the ability to pay?
These are backed by 4 multi millionaire ex players and owned in large part by a billionaire from Singapore. At least £200k one would imagine.....
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I can't help but doubt that losing to Wycombe will do wonders for our confidence and self belief in staying up.
I can't help but doubt that having a cup run and incurring injuries and suspensions will help us stay up.
Like last season?
Oh yes forgot our cup run helped us lose 6-1 against Southampton
Has it occurred to you that the cup run just might have helped with the improved form that kept us up?
This, in a nutshell, is why the whole "forget the cup, concentrate on the league" mentality gets on my tits so much. There seems to be a collective psychological paralysis in many of our supporters where progress in both is impossible, that we have to make a choice and that seeing the club we support finish 17th is somehow more exciting and worthwhile than seeing us win a trophy.
I know it's not an exact science and there is a lot to be said for resting players for a game against comparatively lowly opposition ahead of more taxing matters, particularly if midweek. But one thing I am convinced of is that if Aston Villa's approach to any cup competition is anything less than 100% on the assumption that bigger battles lie ahead, this tactic, without fail, explodes in our face.
And a couple of games that sort of prove the "ditch the cups to focus on the league" backfiring spectacularly, in what seems like a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, can be argued to be the starting point for the last 5 years.
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Saturday 1245 on BT sport apparently
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Saturday 1245 on BT sport apparently
Can't see anything on BT or OS yet ??
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Nothing announced yet so far as I can see. Wycombe's Twitter says the time and date will be announced today at 11am so we'll know soon enough.
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Wanderers' Emirates FA Cup third round tie against Aston Villa will be played at Adams Park on Saturday 9th January (k.o. 12.45pm).
The match will be televised live on BT Sport, as Gareth Ainsworth's Chairboys go in search of a huge cup upset against last year's beaten finalists.
Ticket details will be announced in due course, and it's hoped that tickets will be available to purchase from Monday.
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Exeter v Liverpool Friday night BBC
Wycombe v Villa Saturday lunchtime BT
Man U v Sheff U Saturday evening BT
Spurs v Leicester Sunday BBC
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It's better than the Friday night I suppose.
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PL side at home to a Division 3 side is live, it really is pathetic.
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The only justification I can think of is Sheffield U have turned over quite a few top flight teams lately.
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PL side at home to a Division 3 side is live, it really is pathetic.
I can understand it. We're bottom and it would be a big scalp if we lose. It's maybe why they've put the Liverpool game on.
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He was on about Man U. We're not at home. I think the Villa and Liverpool games are perfectly decent selections for the telly.
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He was on about Man U. We're not at home. I think the Villa and Liverpool games are perfectly decent selections for the telly.
Oops so he was, my apologies I didn't read it properly.
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When was the last time a Man Utd FA Cup game wasn't televised live?
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When was the last time a Man Utd FA Cup game wasn't televised live?
Isn't it something daft like 17 years ago or something?
*trots off to google it*
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When was the last time a Man Utd FA Cup game wasn't televised live?
Isn't it something daft like 17 years ago or something?
*trots off to google it*
I think i remember hearing but not 100% it was at home against Exeter in 2005
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When was the last time a Man Utd FA Cup game wasn't televised live?
Since they started wan*ing off over fu*king Salford instead/as well as/simultaneously!
;-)
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When was the last time a Man Utd FA Cup game wasn't televised live?
Isn't it something daft like 17 years ago or something?
*trots off to google it*
I think i remember hearing but not 100% it was at home against Exeter in 2005
I'm back! Yep, third round, 2005. This'll be their 48th consecutive televised tie. In a competition they've not won since 2004.
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How an earth that Man U game's got picked, absolute joke.
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And they wonder why everyone hates them
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When was the last time a Man Utd FA Cup game wasn't televised live?
Isn't it something daft like 17 years ago or something?
*trots off to google it*
I think i remember hearing but not 100% it was at home against Exeter in 2005
I'm back! Yep, third round, 2005. This'll be their 48th consecutive televised tie. In a competition they've not won since 2004.
they usually win it when the year ends in 6
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How an earth that Man U game's got picked, absolute joke.
Maybe because they have more armchair supporters than any one else.
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How an earth that Man U game's got picked, absolute joke.
Maybe because they have more armchair supporters than any one else.
And more armchair haters to be fair. It'd just be nice, for once, if it was decided "yeah that's a shit tie, let's not bother". Literally, when will it end if isn't fucking Sheff U at home. Is this the rest of our lives?
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How an earth that Man U game's got picked, absolute joke.
Maybe because they have more armchair supporters than any one else.
And more armchair haters to be fair. It'd just be nice, for once, if it was decided "yeah that's a shit tie, let's not bother". Literally, when will it end if isn't fucking Sheff U at home. Is this the rest of our lives?
Armchair viewers deliver subscription and advertising revenue. Armchair haters deliver nothing but hatred, which is hard to monetize unless you are a religious charlatan or Fox News.
I believe that we must delete the armchairs.
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What I want to know is why on earth is the Salford City game not live on TV - I thought they had a 5 year season ticket for BBC live coverage.
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They've announced a couple more since I checked the FA website. Oxford v Swansea is on BBC Wales. Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe is on BT.
If you thought they were twats picking Man U v Sheffield U, I think that Chelsea selection has topped it.
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More reasons why the FA Cup gradually gets more boring as it goes on, unless Villa are still in it of course. I lose interest completely by round four if we aren't.
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Even excluding Villa, last year's competition was ace. Loads of upsets, loads of scummy teams out early.
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They've announced a couple more since I checked the FA website. Oxford v Swansea is on BBC Wales. Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe is on BT.
If you thought they were twats picking Man U v Sheffield U, I think that Chelsea selection has topped it.
Tbh, for a pay/subscription channel, their choices make perfect sense. I'm surprised they're showing us, not a tie that'll put much in the coffers, I'd've thought. Good picks by the beeb too, imo.
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They've announced a couple more since I checked the FA website. Oxford v Swansea is on BBC Wales. Chelsea v Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe is on BT.
If you thought they were twats picking Man U v Sheffield U, I think that Chelsea selection has topped it.
Tbh, for a pay/subscription channel, their choices make perfect sense. I'm surprised they're showing us, not a tie that'll put much in the coffers, I'd've thought. Good picks by the beeb too, imo.
I agree. If the BBC had picked the Uniteds tie then there would be reason to complain.
BT should pick the matches that they think will bring in the most viewers. They don't really have an obligation to anything more than that.
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Surely they have an obligation to people who have already paid?
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An obligation to millions of armchair united and chelsea fans, who'll be avidly watching whilst sat on the sofa/in the pub in their replica shirt, which they've fulfilled. I'm under no illusions as to thinking that keeping the"spirit" of the Cup alive enters their planning, as opposed to any opportunity to stick those pair on the telly.
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cant wait for the pitch inavasion when we beat wycombe
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Its a tough game, because Wycombe will smell blood, and a packed Adams Park is a tough place to go to in the Cup. I'm a bit undecided if I want a Cup run or not right now. I think we're probably gone in the league anyway, so might as well go for it.
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cant wait for the pitch inavasion when we beat wycombe
We had a pitch invasion when we scored there in a friendly so it's not impossible.
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2,550 tickets according to the Wycombe site.
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2,550 tickets according to the Wycombe site.
Decent enough allocation bearing in mind it only holds 10k.