FA Cup 4th round Thread

Vinz Mesrine

Uhhhhm, City are currently losing 0-2 at the Etihad against Watford.

SantryRed

You better not have ****ing jinxed it.

Not even a radio stream of the game available.

Alpha Dog 1

City 2 down...... My word!

Pressure on!

Vinz Mesrine

I backed over 1.5 goals in the first half but wasn't expecting Watford to help me out.

Paully D

Sunderland's game is on Fox Sports. Jozy Altidore is good for something I guess!

1-0 up against Kidderminster, Mavrias with the goal. Similar to the first choice team though we've had all the ball but lack a threat up front. Kidderminster will be happy enough so far. Gash (:pac:) had an effort really well saved by new goalkeeper Ustari.

SantryRed

HT now at the Etihad. 45 more minutes to go. Judging by the stats, Watford have more than held their own and could have been 3 up at the end but Pudil hit the side netting. Could really kick start a promotion push with a win here, fantastic so far but you still have to fancy City tbh.

Alpha Dog 1

I have to say I would be absolutely delighted and spend the rest of the weekend laughing if city get knocked out at home to Watford!

GavRedKing

Alpha Dog 1 wrote: »

I have to say I would be absolutely delighted and spend the rest of the weekend laughing if city get knocked out at home to Watford!

It would probably pip Utd getting k/o'd at home in the 3rd alright.

2moreMinutes

GavRedKing wrote: »

It would probably pip Utd getting k/o'd at home in the 3rd alright.

In an all too common brain fart, I checked the fixtures last night to see when Utd were playing.

SantryRed

Aguero makes it 1-2. It was fun while it lasted. We'll lose 4-2/5-2.

brianregan09

Handy win for Arsenal last night too

Mickeroo

Yeah, can't see anything other than a City win now.

SantryRed

City are still 7/4 to win. 8/11 DNB. Such a temptation to stick a big amount on the DNB at 8/11.

smileyj1987

Swansea have scored 2 in the space of 2 mins . They are beating Birmingham 2 - 1 .

Vinz Mesrine

2-2 at the Etihad

Super-Rush

Ya gotta love that man Aguero.

Beefy78

Come on Southend , few minutes left!

SantryRed

**** off. 3-2 City

Darkglasses

And release

Presume the match will be on a highlights program somewhere?

Super-Rush

Highlights tonight on ITV @ 22:45.

mike65

ITV will kill your will to live at 10.45pm

citytillidie

Darkglasses wrote: »

And release

Presume the match will be on a highlights program somewhere?

UTV at 10:45 tonight

Darkglasses

Thanks gents. Sounds like I'll need a stiff drink, Watford just had ANOTHER chance. Think a few of our lads must have thought they'd just have to turn up. Always hate that.

mike65

Stuff of champions as they say.

4-2 HT Aguero

Paully D

Sunderland 1-0 Kidderminster.

Every bit as poor a performance as it looks.

colly_06

Oldham winning 5-4 after being 3-0 down at HT

Super-Rush

colly_06 wrote: »

Oldham winning 5-4 after being 3-0 down at HT

Read thread title.

colly_06

My bad, thought it was a cup tie

smileyj1987

Wigan have beaten crystal palace 2 - 1 . Maclean scored the second for Wigan .

Vinz Mesrine

Everton 1 up after 5 minutes. Very strange hearing Andy Gray on TV again

Insane Rambling

Never mind Mata... Andy Gray replacing Michael Owen on BT Sport has to be the best signing of the January transfer window !

Insane Rambling

Oviedo broken leg by the looks of it

Vinz Mesrine

That is not a nice injury to Brian Oviedo, I doubt he'll play again this season.

Lumbo

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

That is not a nice injury to Brian Oviedo, I doubt he'll play again this season.

Probably out of the World Cup as well. Poor fella.

Vinz Mesrine

Lumbo wrote: »

Probably out of the World Cup as well. Poor fella.

I think you can remove the probably from your post. Looked very bad, the reaction on his face said it all.

Agent Coulson

Andy replacing Michael and Joey Barton coming across very well pre match I have to say BT are starting to up there game.

Also fair play to BT for not replaying and replaying that injury because it looked very bad. I'm glad they didn't go with the shock tv replays.

Vinz Mesrine

2-0 Everton

Tipsy McSwagger

Andy Gray seems very subdued. Delighted he is back, can't stand the likes of Owen, Quinn, Townsend commentating.

dreamers75

Oviedo has suffered a clean leg break to the fibula and tibia.

nasty

J Cheever Loophole

On a general note only, as someone who has lamented the fall of a once truly great competition, I have long since passed the stage where an FA Cup week-end is one simply to get over before I can look forward to the league again. However I think my levels of disinterest reached new depths over the past weekend, with probably only the City - Watford game creating any sort of a stir, however momentary.

Having grown up through the late sixties and seventies, the FA Cup is now but a pale shadow of its former self. Tis a pity.

Fr Tod Umptious

J Cheever Loophole wrote: »

On a general note only, as someone who has lamented the fall of a once truly great competition, I have long since passed the stage where an FA Cup week-end is one simply to get over before I can look forward to the league again. However I think my levels of disinterest reached new depths over the past weekend, with probably only the City - Watford game creating any sort of a stir, however momentary.

Having grown up through the late sixties and seventies, the FA Cup is now but a pale shadow of its former self. Tis a pity.

The lack of a thread about the 5th round draw, which pits Chelsea v City and Arsenal v Liverpool, kind of sums it up

Beefy78

I don't know if that's fair. Roots Hall sold out on Saturday and there was a real big match feel to it which only happens in the Cup.

For neutrals the cup has lost a bit of spark because of the saturation of football on TV nowadays compared to before. The Final isn't the major event it was because of the sheer number of matches which get hyped up as being massively important. But if you're in it then it still means a lot.

dreamers75

Fulham Sheff U on ITv4 tonight.

mike65

Great win for The Blades - 119th minute! Shocking game overall though,

Paully D

mike65 wrote: »

Great win for The Blades - 119th minute! Shocking game overall though,

Won't be long before Curbishley is in charge the way Fulham are going under Meulensteen.

grenache

Paully D wrote: »

Won't be long before Curbishley is in charge the way Fulham are going under Meulensteen.

Absolutely! I've never understood the point of "technical directors" in football. At least in rugby they actually do something. In football, it would appear they are merely there, at best, to keep the manager on his toes, and at worst, to undermine him. Meulensteen inherited this mess though, so i wouldn't blame him all that much.

That was one dour game. 2 hours of my life i'll never get back. Fulham were awful, really really bad. Sheff Utd fully deserved the win. I was hoping for a Cottagers win as i'd really have fancied Forest to beat them in Round 5 if we get past Preston tomorrow night.

grenache

Preston v Forest from Deepdale in the last 4th round replay, live now on BT Sports 1.

Jamie Makie has made it 1-0 to Forest with a curling shot into the top corner from 18 yards out.

mike65

Nottingham Forest 2-0 in extra time, so they will play Sheffield Utd.

grenache

mike65 wrote: »

Nottingham Forest 2-0 in extra time, so they will play Sheffield Utd.

2-0 in added time. Our goal lived a charmed life in the second half, defended really well but scoreline flattered us.