FA Cup 3rd Round Draw: Wycombe away

[PeterWithesShin]

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.

[Pat McMahon]

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.

[Richard E]

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. 

[olaftab]

Of course we will be on TV, its the best opportunity for a real Giant Killing they have.

Obviously you think we will win.

[ACVilla]

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.

[Villa in Denmark]

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."

[Des Little]

I'm lumping on an 8-3 win. I saw it in a dream. Angel hat trick.

[dave.woodhall]

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?

[UK Redsox]

I take it that decisions on TV games are on hold until BBC City's replay against Hartlepool

[Vegas]

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.

[joe_c]

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.

[ChicagoLion]

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.

[cheltenhamlion]

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.....

[Villa in Denmark]

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.

[kiddylion]

Saturday 1245 on BT sport apparently