Next Cup round

[liverbird]

Away to Portsmouth

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Full draw:

Stoke City/Tamworth v Barnsley/Walsall
Cheltenham/Chester v Newcastle Utd
Coventry v Nuneaton Borough/Middlesbrough
West Brom/Reading v Torquay/Birmingham
Portsmouth v Liverpool
Leicester v Southampton
Bolton v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Port Vale
Brentford v Sunderland
Manchester City v Wigan/Leeds
Millwall/Everton v Chelsea
Preston NE v Crystal Palace
West Ham v Blackburn
Colchester United v Derby
Charlton v Leyton Orient
Wolves v Burton Albion/Manchester United

[liverbird]

Well the Bitters get Chelsea if they can defeat Millwall.

Best matchup might be Arsenal at the Reebok --- Diouf has started diving already.

Or the prospect of another City v. Wigan battle

[Red Bird]

Well the Bitters get Chelsea if they can defeat Millwall.

Best matchup might be Arsenal at the Reebok --- Diouf has started diving already.

Or the prospect of another City v. Wigan battle
Well, Arsenal also have Pires, so it ought to be a dive-fest.

[usscouse]

Should be interesting: Pompey have a lot to gain and almost nothing to lose. This is one I wouldn't come out feeling complacent before the KO. It looks like one of the most competitive matches there but this is the FA Cup!

The rest, well
Millwall get Chelsea
Reading - Torquay
Chester - Toon
And Wolves get Burton Albion

Like I said "interesting"


OK just in case... :)

[655321]

Definitley beatable, but we've come to learn the hard way that nothing is certain in this tournament.

[Suss]

Pompey knocked us out a couple of years ago, in one of the low points of Houllier's last season. Hopefully that doesn't happen again.

[liverbird]

Pompey knocked us out a couple of years ago, in one of the low points of Houllier's last season. Hopefully that doesn't happen again.


Motivation:mad: not to let it happen again. JC and Stevie and JAR and Sami can remind the rest!

[stanaccrington]

Chavski against Millwall that should be a good kick fest, but I think the game will be crap. :)

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Chavski against Millwall that should be a good kick fest, but I think the game will be crap. :)


It could be fun to watch the Chelski glory hunters run for the train at the New Den:eek:

[ForeverRed]

Yea, Portsmouth did knock us out 2 years back and it was a terrible loss, played like crap...wasted numerous chances and our defending was not like us at all.

We shouldn't be having too many problems with them with our current form but they seem to be a side that doesn't give up no matter how bad their form is so we have to be careful!

Pretty sure we can advance and it looks like Arsenal will be going out, they lost van Persie and they've been having an especially hard time against Bolton in the last 2 years.