Chelsea rigging the FA Cup?

[BBK]

Chelsea FA Cup fixtures:

3rd round: Macclesfield
4th round: Nottingham Forest
5th round: Blackpool or Norwich

Manchester United FA Cup fixtures:

3rd round: Aston Villa
4th round: Portsmouth
5th round: Reading

Arsenal FA Cup fixtures:

3rd round: Liverpool (AWAY)
4th round: Bolton
5th round: Blackburn


Some difference there!!! How much is Roman paying the FA now eh?

[Yorkshire Bantam]

I think the fa cup draw is getting like the Super League Challenge Cup Draw FIXED!!!

[-G-Man-]

Man Untied not exactly had it tough either tho have they??

[BBK]

LMAO!!! Something like 687 clubs entered the FA Cup, and only 1 other side has had to play 3 premiership teams in a row, and you the gooners still think United have had it easy ....... beggars belief!

[MajorFU]

well i guess its about time somebody wrestled the easy fixtures away from luckydraw

[-G-Man-]

LMAO!!! Something like 687 clubs entered the FA Cup, and only 1 other side has had to play 3 premiership teams in a row, and you the gooners still think United have had it easy ....... beggars belief!

so are you really saying that home ties against Villa, Reading and Pompey are not games that United should be winning easily??

[Snotty]

The FA Cup this season has been garbage

[SpArKy]

The FA Cup this season has been garbage

getting mauled 4-1 at home to a 2nd string Blackburn side still hurting?

[Raptor]

always a bloody conspiracy theory

dont worry about chelsea - they will be out by the 1/4's

[masterbates69]

I at least half agree with Raptor - I don't like claims like this. I can understand people saying things like they buy refs. I can't stand Sky's sucking of Jose's/Abramovich's cock, but claims like this one just piss me off.

FFS - did they win it last year? What about the year before? So they just decided they'd fix it this year because they're not looking like winning the league? Get real!!!

Edit: I only half agree because I'm not so sure they'll be out by the quarters. But certainly looking at current form I don't fancy them to win it.

[BBK]

My bad, I assumed you would all see it is nothing more than a joke in the first place, as that is entirely how it was meant.

@G-man - of course, I would expect United to beat anyone at home. However, I would still say those three fixtures are three hard fixtures to have. Any team would consider themselves unlucky to pull three consecutive premier league sides out of the hat. Its unusual not to get a gimme.

[Snotty]

getting mauled 4-1 at home to a 2nd string Blackburn side still hurting?

That's rich coming from Liverpool fans

[masterbates69]

My bad, I assumed you would all see it is nothing more than a joke in the first place, as that is entirely how it was meant.

Oh..... I knew that....

[-G-Man-]

@G-man - of course, I would expect United to beat anyone at home. However, I would still say those three fixtures are three hard fixtures to have. Any team would consider themselves unlucky to pull three consecutive premier league sides out of the hat. Its unusual not to get a gimme.

look who we have drawn!! Liverpool away then bolton at home. if we beat them up north in the replay (which im worried about coz we dont like playing up north on cold weekday nights!) we got a game against another premiership side.

[BBK]

G-man, I did try to emphasise in the original post that Arsenal had had the harder draw with the big AWAY in capitals . Liverpool away is the hardest draw any of the top sides have had, no question. Bolton away is now going to be very tricky (come on you whites!) but Blackburn - well, 6-2 wasn't it, just a few weeks ago?

[-G-Man-]

but Blackburn - well, 6-2 wasn't it, just a few weeks ago?

doesnt matter, they are still a premiership side! i thought that was the point!!

[BBK]

Yes, that was the point, but you seemed to be implying that your matches were much harder than ours, and I was merely pointing out that maybe Blackburn aren't such a hard side.

[-G-Man-]

Yes, that was the point, but you seemed to be implying that your matches were much harder than ours, and I was merely pointing out that maybe Blackburn aren't such a hard side.

come on you've had it easier than us. Id rather have Reading at home than Blackburn, if we get past Bolton.

[BBK]

I'd rather have Blackburn . Reading have given us a couple of tricky games so far this season!