FA Cup 3rd Rd Draw - Middlesbrough (A)

[LeeB]

If we get as far as the 5th round this year we'll go on to win it.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Bookies are offering about 18/1 for us to win the Cup. Current odds for title about 16/1. Just saying.

[Axl Rose]

------- Olsen---------
Cash Hause Lenglet Moreno
---- Dendonker- ibuprofen--
O'Reilly------------ Kellyman
-- Diaby ---- Duran-----

I'd go stronger than that, particularly in midfield.

Stronger than Ibuprofen?! Please be careful with codeine.

😂

[Lsvilla]

Ticket allocation and criteria for buying don't look great here.

[pauliewalnuts]

Surprised the allocation is that small.

[OCD]

30th Dec Burnley (h)
6th Jan Middlesbrough (a)
14th Jan Everton (a)
30th Jan Newcastle (h)
3rd Feb Sheffield United (a)

We can afford to play a strong side.

[Martyn Smith]

------- Olsen---------
Cash Hause Lenglet Moreno
---- Dendonker- ibuprofen--
O'Reilly------------ Kellyman
-- Diaby ---- Duran-----

I'd go stronger than that, particularly in midfield.

Stronger than Ibuprofen?! Please be careful with codeine.

He's Iron Man in this house

[Martyn Smith]

Surprised the allocation is that small.

What is the allocation? If the 15% rule holds then given that capacity at The Riverside is a little under 35,000 right now, surely we should be in line for 5,200 or so?

[Risso]

3,884

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/december/11/Middlesbrough-ticket-details/

[VillaTim]

3,884

https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/december/11/Middlesbrough-ticket-details/

was expecting far more

[exigo]

Chelsea got 4,600 in the quarters, so interesting to know what's gone on behind the scenes.

[Grocer]

Maybe we should refuse to distribute the tickets unless they give us our full allocation, encourage those without tickets to attend anyway, and cut all communication with Middlesbrough...

[dave.woodhall]

There were three options, two of which involved us paying for extra tickets in advance and they seem to have gone for the middle one. It's on TV and we'll play a weakened side so shifting any more would have been difficult.

[PeterWithesShin]

Boro away in a 3rd round early in the New Year and being the last of 11 games in 5 or so weeks at an expensive time of year anyway, taking nearly 4k would be more than decent.

[VillaTim]

I think we'd easily have taken 5k given there's loads of fans who like to go to the occassional away game find it near on impossible now as its a closed shop.