Tough Run

[west_ham]

I am glad to see that two teams who have had a tough run of ties in the FA Cup have both reached the final.

Liverpool have had:

Luton (A)
Portsmouth (A)
ManU (H)
Brum (A)
Chelsea (Neutral)

Only one non PL side. We have had:

Norwich (A)
Blackburn (H)
Bolton (A & H)
Man City (A)
Boro (Neutral)

Again one CCC side and four PL sides. So I am glad in a way that we have not cruised it to the final, but instead shown that we can show the form of a top four club and beat four PL sides despite struggling at times. This may prove to be good preparation for the final as well.

Compare that to, say, Chelsea's fixtures:

Huddersfield Town (H)
Everton (A & H)
Colchester United (H)
Newcastle United (H)
Liverpool (Neutral)

and I'd say that we have done superbly.

[Footstomper]

Good point. Dammit the boys have done good this year, considering we were favourites for the drop