I’ll take Crawley if I may...

I’d like us to have a bit of a run in a cup... (isn’t that what Leeds fans were saying?)

Chorley....I like their cakes

Or Marine...and no I don’t like their soldiers necessarily

Away to Crawley.

Rovers.....Leeds......Crawley!

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:25 pm

Rovers.....Leeds......Crawley!

Beat me to it.

You just know it's going to be Citeh (away)

Chorley at home.

Remember, there is the draw for the fifth round as well taking place, so we'll be able to map out our route to the quarter finals.

RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:28 pm

You just know it's going to be Citeh (away)

Can we actually place bets on the draw?

Lower league clubs for rounds 4, 5 and 6 then obviously City at Wembley in the semi-final. Are the semi-finals being played at Wembley ?

Luton Town away in the 4th round and then home to the winner of Bristol City v Forest in the 5th Round

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:35 pm

Can we actually place bets on the draw?

Nah, we’ll beat them in the final!

Nice easy home draw please. Would like to see some of the younger lads again!

Is the draw tonight or tomorrow?

Guller Bull wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:38 pm

Is the draw tonight or tomorrow?

Tomorrow.

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:37 pm

Nice easy home draw please. Would like to see some of the younger lads again!

exactly

Definitely agree regards game time for the likes of Benson, Glennon, Mumbongo and either Norris or BPF - I'd like to see them feature whoever we are drawn against - even if it is the annual trip to the Etihad

taio wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:28 pm

Chorley at home.

Talking of Chorley at home, this was trouble waiting to happen in 1986 at Ewood. We get bussed in there but they allowed people from three local towns in the same area at the same time and wondered why it kicked off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWdPSsMqe5A

FA Cup days were very special when we were in the lower leagues (definitely ignoring Telford in this year!!!) and the buzz of them will never return imo.

Marine will do me.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:59 pm

Marine will do me.

Ian, can you wake up earlier on match days and start the match thread - never the same unless I see a bit of Madge

Leeds, Blackburn or Preston

jdrobbo wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:03 pm

Blackburn or Preston

Completely opposite for me. I hope we don’t play them for 50 years, just so they know it’s well over half a century since they last beat us.

I was an hour and a quarter before kick off FF. Didn't even see there was 'a usurper'. That was a bit out of order, given the tradition and custom. Then my thread got 'merged' and Madge disappeared again. I had an ok title too! Just called them Milton Keynes.

Becoming farcical. 'Complaint' cited as reason for removing Madge gif, which is ludicrous. Not sure there is a complainant. Just an excuse. If there is a complainant, then they really have no place interfering in the match day traditions, just because they suddenly find themselves stuck, like the rest of us.

She may go in the window, if things don't improve!

box_of_frogs wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:07 pm

Completely opposite for me. I hope we don’t play them for 50 years, just so they know it’s well over half a century since they last beat us.

I'm sure it'll have been tongue in cheek from jdrobbo because they got beat and won't be in the draw for the next rounds.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:09 pm

I was an hour and a quarter before kick off FF. Didn't even see there was 'a usurper'. That was a bit out of order, given the tradition and custom. Then my thread got 'merged' and Madge disappeared again. I had an ok title too! Just called them Milton Keynes.

It's tradition and I feel an agreement.. you start the match threads. It should be end of chat. I go and find the starting lineup and post at 3pm on the dot.

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:11 pm

It's tradition and I feel an agreement.. you start the match threads. It should be end of chat. I go and find the starting lineup and post at 3pm on the dot.

Who put you in charge?

Me.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:15 pm

Who put you in charge?

Read it again then come back.

An easy tie would do for me tbh or as easy as it can be should I say

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:18 pm

Read it again then come back.

Why?....and no.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:19 pm

Why?

I'm giving you a chance to correct yourself.

So let me get this right r.e. complaints.

If I make a complaint about a post, the post gets deleted?

That seems strange to me.... surely it has to be upheld and sanctioned by a moderator?

As an aside, is madge still allowed to dance like that when she performs live on stage?

The whole world has just gone a bit ‘weird’.

taio wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:09 pm

I'm sure it'll have been tongue in cheek from jdrobbo because they got beat and won't be in the draw for the next rounds.

Didn’t he mean Donny?

My forecast is that if not a rabbit out of the hat, it will be...

... Blackpool v. Burnley.

Michael Duff’s Cheltenham at home would be good.

giveusaB wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:23 pm

Michael Duff’s Cheltenham at home would be good.

My second choice after Chorley at home.

bobinho wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:21 pm

So let me get this right r.e. complaints.

If I make a complaint about a post, the post gets deleted?

That seems strange to me.... surely it has to be upheld and sanctioned by a moderator?

As an aside, is madge still allowed to dance like that when she performs live on stage?

The whole world has just gone a bit ‘weird’.

If I've said anything for you complain about, let me know. I see Ian's match threads as something to look forward to on a Saturday. Not the same when it's somebody else. A tradition - also like a ritual.

taio wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:09 pm

I'm sure it'll have been tongue in cheek from jdrobbo because they got beat and won't be in the draw for the next rounds.

True! But my principle still stands about not playing them for years and years!

I live on the Fylde so would like Blackpool. Looking up the thread, and I know it's irrelevant now but I can think of nothing worse than drawing that lot from down the road in the cup.

Whoever we play it wont be easy to win. Why? Because we have to score to win.

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:26 pm

If I've said anything for you complain about, let me know. I see Ian's match threads as something to look forward to on a Saturday. Not the same when it's somebody else. A tradition - also like a ritual.

I’ll be honest frank, I’m struggling to find anything in Ian’s match day thread that’s worthy of complaint.
If I had reason to complain about anything, I’d do so in the thread and let it be known before alerting a mod. I think that’s the right way to do things. Trouble is there are far too many folk looking for something to be offended by. Nothing youve ever posted has merited a complaint from me... I enjoy your offerings to this board as i do Ian’s.

bobinho wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:03 pm

I’ll be honest frank, I’m struggling to find anything in Ian’s match day thread that’s worthy of complaint.
If I had reason to complain about anything, I’d do so in the thread and let it be known before alerting a mod. I think that’s the right way to do things. Trouble is there are far too many folk looking for something to be offended by. Nothing youve ever posted has merited a complaint from me... I enjoy your offerings to this board as i do Ian’s.

bobinho, good to know. I'm very much the same. I see his threads like the 'official' matchday thread.

Chorley

Re: Madge.
How anybody can complain about photos or gifs of a beautiful woman has me stunned but for a moderator to then uphold the complaint and delete the post is beyond belief.
What a wierd world we, sadly, live in.

Home tie to anyone outside the Premier League

FactualFrank wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:26 pm

If I've said anything for you complain about, let me know. I see Ian's match threads as something to look forward to on a Saturday. Not the same when it's somebody else. A tradition - also like a ritual.

Yes and if HolyCustard returned, he would automatically take precedence.

IanMcL wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:14 pm

Yes and if HolyCustard returned, he would automatically take precedence.

That expired

Winnable home tie hopefully, mind you we thought MKD was a good draw on paper, and we scrambled through against them.

bobinho wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:03 pm

I’ll be honest frank, I’m struggling to find anything in Ian’s match day thread that’s worthy of complaint.
If I had reason to complain about anything, I’d do so in the thread and let it be known before alerting a mod. I think that’s the right way to do things. Trouble is there are far too many folk looking for something to be offended by. Nothing youve ever posted has merited a complaint from me... I enjoy your offerings to this board as i do Ian’s.

Good post Bobinho.

We inherited the word 'puff' from HC, as a way of describing and dismissing opposing players. (In the context of 'powderpuff', rather than anything sinister and unwelcome by us all. HC would do substitution announcements for them as 'puff' off, 'puff' on. All lighthearted.

However, a couple of seasons back, someone did as you said. They wrote within the thread one day, that they were regulars but now finding 'puff' to be difficult to accept, owing to possible connotations and the poster said they had better stop coming on. It was addressed by the thread and as there was agreement to just stop using the word.

That's the way to do it.

It will be Arsenal at home 4th Rd
Man City away 5th Rd

It's amazing that some Clarets think there is such a thing as an 'easy' cup draw, as if history has taught them nothing.