Man U vs Aston Villa pre match thread - FA Cup 3rd Rd - Monday, Jan 10th

[sid1964]

Be prepared for the Ronaldinho wank fest by the bbc commentators

[Drummond]

The draw for the 4th round is at 4ish today... So we'll know for sure which of Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool it will be.

[Bad English]

Chortle. Which immediately morphs into glum face.

[martin o`who??]

The draw for the 4th round is at 4ish today... So we'll know for sure which of Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool it will be.

No-one will ever convince me that there hasn't been something very questionable going on with the FA Cup draw for years.

[Ad@m]

The draw for the 4th round is at 4ish today... So we'll know for sure which of Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool it will be.

No-one will ever convince me that there hasn't been something very questionable going on with the FA Cup draw for years.

As much as it would be nice to give some sort of rationale to how we've drawn Newton Heath so many sodding times in the last two decades, I'd genuinely love to know how you think "something very questionable" could've been done with a live televised draw.

[Bad English]

Frozen balls, innit.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Feels like we draw Manure in the Cup almost as often as Chelsea draw a non-league team at home

[PGW]

Feels like we draw Manure in the Cup almost as often as Chelsea draw a non-league team at home

Read somewhere last week that this game is the most common fixture in the history of the cup in 3rd/4th rounds.

[Brazilian Villain]

Feels like we draw Manure in the Cup almost as often as Chelsea draw a non-league team at home

Read somewhere last week that this game is the most common fixture in the history of the cup in 3rd/4th rounds.

Definitely a fix just like we've drawn Everton in the league more than any other team.

[Small Rodent]

150 draws over the years is not enough to mathematically or statistically see patterns…

I am not a mathematician.

[sickbeggar]

I always thought having FA Semi finals at Villa Park didn't help us much over the years. Became a lot of other players favourite ground over the years

[Villa Lew]

The draw for the 4th round is at 4ish today... So we'll know for sure which of Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool it will be.

No-one will ever convince me that there hasn't been something very questionable going on with the FA Cup draw for years.

As much as it would be nice to give some sort of rationale to how we've drawn Newton Heath so many sodding times in the last two decades, I'd genuinely love to know how you think "something very questionable" could've been done with a live televised draw.

Last season in the 4th round Man United drew Liverpool, so someone obviously forgot to freeze the balls last year!

[amfy]

The draw for the 4th round is at 4ish today... So we'll know for sure which of Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool it will be.

No-one will ever convince me that there hasn't been something very questionable going on with the FA Cup draw for years.

As much as it would be nice to give some sort of rationale to how we've drawn Newton Heath so many sodding times in the last two decades, I'd genuinely love to know how you think "something very questionable" could've been done with a live televised draw.

Last season in the 4th round Man United drew Liverpool, so someone obviously forgot to freeze the balls last year!

....or they all pfaffed about talking shite for so long before doing the draw that the balls warmed up!

[PaulTheVillan]

Forgot Traore is away at ACON

[martin o`who??]

The draw for the 4th round is at 4ish today... So we'll know for sure which of Chelsea, Man City or Liverpool it will be.

No-one will ever convince me that there hasn't been something very questionable going on with the FA Cup draw for years.

As much as it would be nice to give some sort of rationale to how we've drawn Newton Heath so many sodding times in the last two decades, I'd genuinely love to know how you think "something very questionable" could've been done with a live televised draw.

the theory goes that they can heat certain balls up so that they can be identified by touch alone.