Few surprises today with Blackburn,Everton and Brum going out and Swansea being held at home.

Well done to those sides.

Phew!
We are through.
As a bonus Yakubu missed a sitter
*Laughs up sleeve in a fit of schadenfreude*

I'm not sure so many 'big' sides going out is a good idea, it means that there is more chance of the 'big 4' being involved in the semis. It's a good thing for Oldham getting through, sure, but Everton would be in a better position to pull off a result against those teams than Oldham and break up the monopoly that they hold.

Oh and BTW, much preferred the commentary on BBC than Sky. Seems that all gray and Tyler want to do is state the bleedin' obvious all the time, and sometimes just blather on about not very much at all. Well done Gavin Peacock and Mark Bright

I thought we were lucky today. Burnley played well without resulting to thug tactics and the sending off was out of context of the game played up to that point and very harsh as it was a proper one footed challenge. Referee in not understanding the game shocker and it ruined it a bit.

I understand what you say about the big 4 andy but we didnt play 8 of our regular first team and that doesnt include van persie. I dont understand the likes of Reading trying to emulate this we have a lot of extra games the carling cup and the CL where the likes of Bolton and Reading will get a nice rest. Bizarre.

Agree with Andy on BBC coverage being much better. Have always liked Jonathan Pearce and Mark Bright.
Andy Gray is too pro the big clubs for me and his constant praise for players like Gerarrd is annoying.


Anyway another frustrating day for us. In all honesty Bristol Rovers didn't deserve a draw, they got it due to our inability to defend.
We looked good going forward, played some lovely stuff but if you're going to defend like we did there's no point. It's really starting to get to me, this defence would struggle in the championship. Hyppia for Fulham ASAP.

Our potential banana skin was averted, but fair play to Chasetown. We knew it wasn't going to be easy, and it wasn't. But we're in the hat and that's all that counts

Luton gave us a game

I am loking forward to the replay

How many pundits backed Everton to go all the way? what a FAcup! money for old rope football punditry!

New labour spin doctor Comical Ali Campbell, the single biggest factor in all those thousands of innocent deaths in the illegal Iraq war is a Burnley fan so I take great delight in Arsenal dumping them out of the cup.

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Originally posted by YELLOW PINKY:
How many pundits backed Everton to go all the way? what a FAcup! money for old rope football punditry!

New labour spin doctor Comical Ali Campbell, the single biggest factor in all those thousands of innocent deaths in the illegal Iraq war is a Burnley fan so I take great delight in Arsenal dumping them out of the cup.

Yes! One up to Osama Bin-Liner.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by YELLOW PINKY:
How many pundits backed Everton to go all the way? what a FAcup! money for old rope football punditry!

New labour spin doctor Comical Ali Campbell, the single biggest factor in all those thousands of innocent deaths in the illegal Iraq war is a Burnley fan so I take great delight in Arsenal dumping them out of the cup.

Yes! One up to Osama Bin-Liner.

Gooner OBL tried to kill Saddam WMDmerchant at least a dozen times sunreader!

No I'm a Grauniad reading Football Fan, and if you remember Football Fans boycott the Sun.

Full draw for the fourth round of the FA Cup

Arsenal v Stoke City/Newcastle
Coventry v Walsall/Millwall
Oldham v Huddersfield Town
Swindon/Barnet v Fulham/Bristol Rovers
Wigan v Chelsea
Luton/Liverpool v Swansea/Havant & Waterlooville
Southend v Barnsley
Southampton v Norwich/Bury
Man Utd v Tottenham/Reading
Portsmouth v Plymouth
Derby/Sheff Wed v Preston
Watford v Wolves
Peterborough v Charlton/West Brom
Sheff Utd v West Ham/Man City
Mansfield v Middlesbrough
Tranmere/Hereford v Cardiff

A lot of Prem sides drawn together again. Could be a good year for a cup run for a few lower league teams.

3 more prem sides definateley out if Newcastle get past Stoke. Also Derby & Fulham not sure about making round 4 anyway. Could be interesting.

LUFC Marching On Together.

COME ON Barnet v Fulham!!!!

If we can beat Bristol Rovers (which sadly will be a very very hard task for our defence) and Barnet can beat Swindon it will set up the dream tie for me.

Live a minute outside of Barnet. Going to Underhill tonight to see the Fulham reserves (including Jimmy Bullard) take on Arsenal reserves.

Also with more premiership teams drawn against each other it's potentially a great draw for Fulham.

Now if Havant & Waterlooville can somehow beat Swansea, they'll earn the reward of a potentially exciting game against Luton...

Typical...we play Wolves twice in a week at home now!

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Originally posted by The_Fan:
Now if Havant & Waterlooville can somehow beat Swansea

COME ON HAVANT!!!!!!!

Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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Originally posted by The_Fan:
Now if Havant & Waterlooville can somehow beat Swansea, they'll earn the reward of a potentially exciting game against Luton...

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Originally posted by Ronibugs:
Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

One can hope..

It would be great for Luton to go through. They've asked Liverpool for gate receipts, as they [Luton] are in danger of going out of business, and staff haven't been paid for weeks. Liverpool refused, surprise surprise!

For Liverpool this is really a match that's more of an tiersome chore for their millionaire prima donnas. Liverpool would love to miss the 3rd round altogether and I wonder how long it will be before the 'Premiership elite' start to put presure on the FA to they go into the competition at round 4. I bet it won't be long.

The FA Cup needs one of the big four winning it this year like a hole in the head. The last time a club other than Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U or Chelsea won the FA was 1994-95! That's why so many fans who don't support a big four club often just couldn't care less about the FA Cup and its so-called romance.

If Liverpool lose, they'll win it in the next few years anyway.