FA Cup draw

[Risso]

It's away at Man City.  We will lose.  It's the one result in football that you could safely bet your house on.  1 win in the last 10, and normally they don't even have to break sweat to trounce us.  We nearly always put in a woeful performance as well.  The 4-0 this year was dire, the 3-1 last year was dire, the 2-0 the year before was absolutely abysmal, and so on.

[Chris Smith]

Why is our goals against column so poor then?

I think in open play we are better defensively, not perfect but much better than we were. We're still weak on set pieces. My argument was with the bloke who claimed he's seen no improvement. Compared to how we were before Christmas I'd say there were clear signs of an upturn in performances and results.

Don't get me wrong, if I had to put money on it then I'd go for a defeat but I do think we have an outside chance.

[Concrete John]

Man City are favourites, but I think they'll have a harder game than when we visited in the league.  It's won't be another 4-0 anyway.

[Risso]

Why is our goals against column so poor then?

I think in open play we are better defensively, not perfect but much better than we were. We're still weak on set pieces. My argument was with the bloke who claimed he's seen no improvement. Compared to how we were before Christmas I'd say there were clear signs of an upturn in performances and results.

Don't get me wrong, if I had to put money on it then I'd go for a defeat but I do think we have an outside chance.

It's hard not to improve when you're starting from such a very low point.  We were shipping almost three goals a game on average at one point.  While we've certainly improved on that, we still can't keep a clean sheet, and I fully expect to lose up there.  Which I'm sad to say, in the context of this season, maybe wouldn't be such a bad thing.

[Chris Smith]

It's hard not to improve when you're starting from such a very low point.

The Championship is full of teams who didn't improve.

As players have returned from injury and we've added a couple to the squad things have got better and that should be aknowledged. There's still a way to go but a corner has been turned.

[Risso]

It's hard not to improve when you're starting from such a very low point.

The Championship is full of teams who didn't improve.

As players have returned from injury and we've added a couple to the squad things have got better and that should be aknowledged. There's still a way to go but a corner has been turned.

Maybe so.  We're still going to lose up there though.

[Concrete John]

I think the corner has been turned as a side on the whole, but not by the defense.

We're passing better and attacking better, which takes pressure off the back 4, but when we do need to defend I'm as nervous as I was pre-January window. 

Somethings still not right there!   

[WikiVilla]

Can't see beyond a heavy defeat at Eastlands, our defence is atrocious

[Holtenderinthesky]

We might as well really go for it on the day.  It makes no difference f we lose 3 or 4 nil as long as we give it a real go and you never know, stranger things have happened.

[Billy Walker]

If our name's on the Cup we will win.  Let's go for it.

[Merv]

Why is a 5th round tie being played midweek? Ridiculous.

So that City could play their fourth round replay this Sunday, we have to fit in our 5th round game midweek. So, who gets 'penalised' for needing a fourth round replay, the team who drew at Notts County, or the team who comfortably won its fourth round tie?

I'm still pissed off we got this draw... I've had enough stick from my City-supporting mate over the last two years and thought I'd at least finished the season on a high note by beating them the other week. Eastlands, midweek, could be grim. We'll fold like a pack of cards, I think.

[TonyD]

We are awful at the moment truly awful.   Cannot defend and not putting away the few chances we create.   However,  they have bigger fish to fry with finishing 4th.    If and it's a big if,  GH picks the right team and plays them in their best positions, then we can win this.

He won't of course.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

This really is all about "mentality" a win against Blackburn and Houllier reminding the players we have beat them already might just work. If we can hold out until half time there crowd will get edgey and we will have great away support. We need to get service to Bent .........

[dave.woodhall]

We are awful at the moment truly awful.   

So bad we've lost once in eight games.

[TaxDodger]

This really is all about "mentality" a win against Blackburn and Houllier reminding the players we have beat them already might just work. If we can hold out until half time there crowd will get edgey and we will have great away support. We need to get service to Bent .........

Cup tied..