Wow!! Its almost 12 hours since the last Chelsea game and there's no Chelsea-related post? WHERE ARE THE CHELSEA FANS???
Oh wait... I forgot you only SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING!!! You only SING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING!!!
Or did you misplace your Russian songlist?
February 12, 2006
February 10, 2006
selling out
I read with interest the apparent speculation that the lovely Americans might put the Old Trafford stadium name up for sale. And surprise surprise, those pissy Brits aren't really happy about it...
As for me, I can't really give a hoot. It's just a name that's just a name. Arsenal have their Emirates stadium, Bolton have their Reebok stadium. It's a chance for extra dough and and any good businessmen should take advantage of that. I mean...it's not as if the rest of the clubs have a Russian sugardaddy to steal from poor Russian kids. For Manyoo, those American blokes need to get money from somewhere since they are heavily in debt, so I say, let's call it Nike Stadium or some shit like that.
As for pride and tradition......utter rubbish. Do you remember that once upon a time the player's jerseys didn't have sponsors' names? So much for 'pride of the people' eh? Up until a few season's ago (3, I think), Real Madrid didn't have any sponsors for their jersey. Didn't want to tarnish the holy shirt it seemed. A mud pie back at their faces. And the last big European club not to have a 'stained' shirt? Dear ol' Barcelona. Too bad they sold out already. You'll get to see a sponsor next season.....
I am telling you, and mark my words.........sooner or later, every stadium in Europe will bear the name of a corporate sponsor.
As for me, I can't really give a hoot. It's just a name that's just a name. Arsenal have their Emirates stadium, Bolton have their Reebok stadium. It's a chance for extra dough and and any good businessmen should take advantage of that. I mean...it's not as if the rest of the clubs have a Russian sugardaddy to steal from poor Russian kids. For Manyoo, those American blokes need to get money from somewhere since they are heavily in debt, so I say, let's call it Nike Stadium or some shit like that.
As for pride and tradition......utter rubbish. Do you remember that once upon a time the player's jerseys didn't have sponsors' names? So much for 'pride of the people' eh? Up until a few season's ago (3, I think), Real Madrid didn't have any sponsors for their jersey. Didn't want to tarnish the holy shirt it seemed. A mud pie back at their faces. And the last big European club not to have a 'stained' shirt? Dear ol' Barcelona. Too bad they sold out already. You'll get to see a sponsor next season.....
I am telling you, and mark my words.........sooner or later, every stadium in Europe will bear the name of a corporate sponsor.
February 09, 2006
counting chickens
Dear Scousers,
Allow me to educate you.
These are eggs.
This is a chicken.
Before the eggs can turn into chickens, they have to hatch. Often it is unwise to count your chickens before the eggs hatch. For example, if we have 3 eggs as above, we might not necessarily end up with 3 chickens.
This is because something terrible might happen to the eggs.
This lesson was proudly brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood Devil,
Vincent
On a sidenote, there was another headline that caused me to burst out laughing even more than the obvious Liverpool scoreline.
Allow me to educate you.
These are eggs.
This is a chicken.
Before the eggs can turn into chickens, they have to hatch. Often it is unwise to count your chickens before the eggs hatch. For example, if we have 3 eggs as above, we might not necessarily end up with 3 chickens.
This is because something terrible might happen to the eggs.
This lesson was proudly brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood Devil,
Vincent
On a sidenote, there was another headline that caused me to burst out laughing even more than the obvious Liverpool scoreline.
February 08, 2006
Shebby would be proud
Tottenham Hotspurs have just won their first trophy in a long time. In fact, it's the first one to be won this season.
Congratulations to the Spurs.
Toodles
[pic from The Sun UK]
Congratulations to the Spurs.Toodles
[pic from The Sun UK]
Zonal marking, tactics, and other intellectual stimulation
While Eyeris will insist that this blog be kept free from intellectually stimulating debates and rational discourse on football, we should be mindful that one can't always go on forever with the "MY TEAM WON! YOUR TEAM SUCKS!" mentality.
So to appease those of us with at least half-a-brain, here are some links to keep you entertained and your mental faculties engaged for a while - at least until the next round of matches.
In Rafa's defence
An interesting article in which Liverpool legend Alan Hansen and former Leeds manager and ex FA technical director Howard Wilkinson discuss Rafa Benitez's zonal marking system (which failed rather badly dealing with Chelsea's first goal at the weekend).
Formation: what's in a formation?
A series of interesting articles dissecting the various common tactical formations like the ubiquitous 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1, 4-5-1, 4-3-3, and 5-3-2.
The discussion of tactics is probably more interesting for those of us playing Championship Manager or Football Manager (I personally have been using 4-1-3-2 or 4-1-2-1-2 in my current FM2005 games, and it's been working out pretty well).
So to appease those of us with at least half-a-brain, here are some links to keep you entertained and your mental faculties engaged for a while - at least until the next round of matches.
In Rafa's defence
An interesting article in which Liverpool legend Alan Hansen and former Leeds manager and ex FA technical director Howard Wilkinson discuss Rafa Benitez's zonal marking system (which failed rather badly dealing with Chelsea's first goal at the weekend).
Formation: what's in a formation?
A series of interesting articles dissecting the various common tactical formations like the ubiquitous 4-4-2, 4-4-1-1, 4-5-1, 4-3-3, and 5-3-2.
The discussion of tactics is probably more interesting for those of us playing Championship Manager or Football Manager (I personally have been using 4-1-3-2 or 4-1-2-1-2 in my current FM2005 games, and it's been working out pretty well).
February 07, 2006
Its been a while...
As the title says, its been quite sometime since my last post (oklah, let's call it "our" since Skay's name goes along with mine)... Although I'm not sure if anyone realised that... Anyway, the long absence was actually me just suffering in silence. Let's face it. My team is at the moment, shite (in case people forgot, its Arsenal).
Its like one of those Hollywood "Sports-Comedy" movies like Major League or Bad News Bears where the team is made up of a bunch of discontent, weary and lost souls running around the field with their heads cut off. There's the Superstar who probably feels he's going nowhere with the team. There's the love sick-heartbroken stalwart on the verge of being a has-been. There's the old genius who's about to bow out. There's the kid (or in this case, kids) who's got so much promise but still has got a lot to prove. And also there's one defensive midfielder who was never any good playing even worse than he normally does.
Well, its been a tough week with the two cup exits. But the win against Birmingham should, would could, MAY start the ball rolling again.
But in spite of our rather pitiful state, I have to say that so far, Arsene has proven he has to the nose for talent again with the signing of Diaby. He's tall, he's strong, he's got good technique and he's French with an African heritage. Kinda reminds you of someone else doesn't he?
DIABY OH OH OOOOOOH DIAAAAABY OH OH OOOOOOH!!!
Its like one of those Hollywood "Sports-Comedy" movies like Major League or Bad News Bears where the team is made up of a bunch of discontent, weary and lost souls running around the field with their heads cut off. There's the Superstar who probably feels he's going nowhere with the team. There's the love sick-heartbroken stalwart on the verge of being a has-been. There's the old genius who's about to bow out. There's the kid (or in this case, kids) who's got so much promise but still has got a lot to prove. And also there's one defensive midfielder who was never any good playing even worse than he normally does.
Well, its been a tough week with the two cup exits. But the win against Birmingham should, would could, MAY start the ball rolling again.
But in spite of our rather pitiful state, I have to say that so far, Arsene has proven he has to the nose for talent again with the signing of Diaby. He's tall, he's strong, he's got good technique and he's French with an African heritage. Kinda reminds you of someone else doesn't he?
DIABY OH OH OOOOOOH DIAAAAABY OH OH OOOOOOH!!!
yawn
Red & Blue Muppets
by Vincent Lau
All the big talk by the Liverpool players before the game against Chelsea succeeded in nothing except getting their faces plastered in mud pie. At the end of it, instead of disecting their flaws, Rafael Benitez chose to blame Arjen Robben over an incident which was inconsequencial towards the outcome of the game.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, which is why I never complain of divers since Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy are clear experts at the art. As for Benitez, he should probably have a chat with Gerrard about crazy tackles and Kewell about play acting.
But truth be told, it was an absolutely horrendous match to watch. Liverpool are no where near champion material (bar the fluke of the Champions League and the subsequent delusions of grandeur), and Chelsea while they are without a doubt the most efficient team by a mile, they are no where as near as entertaining as Manchester United were at their prime, and Arsenal at theirs.
Of course the odd Chelsea fan would point to their superior goal difference and their goals-for column, but you have to question the validity of those statistics when their top scorer is a midfielders and half of his goals come from penalties and deflected shots.
And of course Liverpool fans would point to the obvious (dented) Cup in their trophy cabinet, but they forgot that is a cup competition where consistency is not as important as the league. Fresh from the victory in the Champions League during the summer, everybody concerned with Liverpool were shrouded with delusions of grandeur and easily forgot that they were actually quite rubbish in the league.
Arsenal, irrelevant to the title race as they are at the moment can still kick up an entertaining display when they are on form. Henry is of course a genius, and when you throw and in-form Bergkamp, Pires and Ljungberg, they are nothing short of entertaining. Manchester United, as troubled as their defence is, and as erratic as Ronaldo is, can always be counted upon to provide entertainment. After all, a team containing Rooney and Van Nistelrooy will no doubt score.
But when you look at Chelsea's best player that is Frank Lampard, it is hard to call him the world's best player. When Real Madrid sold Makalele, Florentino Perez described him as 'useless'. "He can't head, he can't dribble, and he can't pass the ball further than 10 feet," said Perez.
Senor Perez aside, nobody in the right mind would call Makalele useless. He is world class in his position, yet I would struggle to describe him as 'entertaining'. The same goes for Lampard. He can shoot, he can dribble, he can deliver a 60 yard pass while looking the other way, but he doesn't entertain you as much as Ronaldinho or heck, even Christiano Ronaldo. In that sense, Lampard and Makalele are the epitome of Chelsea's success. Efficient and world class, but no where near entertaining.
As for the one man team of Steven Gerrard, one distinct word pops to mind. His work rate and energy makes him a BULL. And therefore, Liverpool are best described as that - bulls. Of course, bulls are not very fun, and are only entertaining to watch when they are goaded by their opponents, very much like in bull-fighting. And as we all know, in bull-fights, the bull ALWAYS loses.
by Vincent Lau
All the big talk by the Liverpool players before the game against Chelsea succeeded in nothing except getting their faces plastered in mud pie. At the end of it, instead of disecting their flaws, Rafael Benitez chose to blame Arjen Robben over an incident which was inconsequencial towards the outcome of the game.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, which is why I never complain of divers since Ronaldo and Van Nistelrooy are clear experts at the art. As for Benitez, he should probably have a chat with Gerrard about crazy tackles and Kewell about play acting.
But truth be told, it was an absolutely horrendous match to watch. Liverpool are no where near champion material (bar the fluke of the Champions League and the subsequent delusions of grandeur), and Chelsea while they are without a doubt the most efficient team by a mile, they are no where as near as entertaining as Manchester United were at their prime, and Arsenal at theirs.
Of course the odd Chelsea fan would point to their superior goal difference and their goals-for column, but you have to question the validity of those statistics when their top scorer is a midfielders and half of his goals come from penalties and deflected shots.
And of course Liverpool fans would point to the obvious (dented) Cup in their trophy cabinet, but they forgot that is a cup competition where consistency is not as important as the league. Fresh from the victory in the Champions League during the summer, everybody concerned with Liverpool were shrouded with delusions of grandeur and easily forgot that they were actually quite rubbish in the league.
Arsenal, irrelevant to the title race as they are at the moment can still kick up an entertaining display when they are on form. Henry is of course a genius, and when you throw and in-form Bergkamp, Pires and Ljungberg, they are nothing short of entertaining. Manchester United, as troubled as their defence is, and as erratic as Ronaldo is, can always be counted upon to provide entertainment. After all, a team containing Rooney and Van Nistelrooy will no doubt score.
But when you look at Chelsea's best player that is Frank Lampard, it is hard to call him the world's best player. When Real Madrid sold Makalele, Florentino Perez described him as 'useless'. "He can't head, he can't dribble, and he can't pass the ball further than 10 feet," said Perez.
Senor Perez aside, nobody in the right mind would call Makalele useless. He is world class in his position, yet I would struggle to describe him as 'entertaining'. The same goes for Lampard. He can shoot, he can dribble, he can deliver a 60 yard pass while looking the other way, but he doesn't entertain you as much as Ronaldinho or heck, even Christiano Ronaldo. In that sense, Lampard and Makalele are the epitome of Chelsea's success. Efficient and world class, but no where near entertaining.
As for the one man team of Steven Gerrard, one distinct word pops to mind. His work rate and energy makes him a BULL. And therefore, Liverpool are best described as that - bulls. Of course, bulls are not very fun, and are only entertaining to watch when they are goaded by their opponents, very much like in bull-fighting. And as we all know, in bull-fights, the bull ALWAYS loses.
February 06, 2006
WFKAR
The Wuss/Wanker Formerly Known As Robben (or alternatively the WFKAR) is said to be alive and well today after yesterday's brush with Pepe Reina's Hand of Death.
The incident created controversy among many, with Rafa Benitez expressing concern and wanting to cut short the post-match press conference in order to visit WFKAR in hospital:
Mourinho, though, couldn't care less:
Here, though, are the harrowing moments leading up to the event that nearly cost WFKAR's life:
Pepe Reina, in an attempt to silence WFKAR's rantings about how the Dutch liked hairy women, executed his patent-pending Spanish Hand of Death move on the Chelsea winger. The move was done so skillfully that it appeared to all who were unfamiliar with Spanish Kung-Fu to assume that he had merely touched WFKAR's face.
WFKAR collapsed to the ground in a fit of agony. Such is the power and venom of the Spanish Hand of Death Kung-Fu that no eunuch could stand it standing up. As he fell to the ground, the effects of that lethal attack worked its way down WFKAR's throat to his groin, where all evidence of his gender withered away into dust. When paramedics removed his clothing at the hospital later, they had to brush away all the debu and habuk in his shorts. The field marked 'Sex' in the hospital forms filled in when WFKAR was brought in simply states 'Undetermined'.
The referee, himself a secret proponent of the Spanish Kung-Fu recognised the deed for what it was: a cold-blooded homicide attempt. He had no choice but to do the only thing possible - send the keeper off. Of course, to take further action like reporting to the secret Spanish Kung-Fu brethren is not possible, since Spanish Kung-Fu does not allow tattling.
Anyway, this was also why when Gallas shoved his hand on Reina's face that the ref did not send the Frenchman off, because he knew that Gallas wasn't being as violent as Reina and instead was just trying to flirt with Reina.
So now let us all take a moment to wish WFKAR well and hope he makes a speedy recovery from what was obviously a traumatic and dangerous attack on his life.
Noodles
P.S. Some old Blogger posts have gone missing - apparently Google/Blogger are having some server problems. There's a recommendation at bloggerforum.com to back up all Blogger posts ASAP before the scheduled outage and maintenance work later today. BACKUP NOW!
The incident created controversy among many, with Rafa Benitez expressing concern and wanting to cut short the post-match press conference in order to visit WFKAR in hospital:
“I’m in a hurry,” he said as he walked into the press conference. “I have to go to the hospital because Robben seemed to be so seriously injured that maybe he will be there for a week, maybe a few weeks, maybe he has broken his neck, I don’t know.
Mourinho, though, couldn't care less:
"Out of nine against Liverpool in one-and-a-half years we've lost one, and this was also a game that proved we're the best team in the country. So I am so happy about all these things."
Here, though, are the harrowing moments leading up to the event that nearly cost WFKAR's life:
Pepe Reina, in an attempt to silence WFKAR's rantings about how the Dutch liked hairy women, executed his patent-pending Spanish Hand of Death move on the Chelsea winger. The move was done so skillfully that it appeared to all who were unfamiliar with Spanish Kung-Fu to assume that he had merely touched WFKAR's face.
WFKAR collapsed to the ground in a fit of agony. Such is the power and venom of the Spanish Hand of Death Kung-Fu that no eunuch could stand it standing up. As he fell to the ground, the effects of that lethal attack worked its way down WFKAR's throat to his groin, where all evidence of his gender withered away into dust. When paramedics removed his clothing at the hospital later, they had to brush away all the debu and habuk in his shorts. The field marked 'Sex' in the hospital forms filled in when WFKAR was brought in simply states 'Undetermined'.
The referee, himself a secret proponent of the Spanish Kung-Fu recognised the deed for what it was: a cold-blooded homicide attempt. He had no choice but to do the only thing possible - send the keeper off. Of course, to take further action like reporting to the secret Spanish Kung-Fu brethren is not possible, since Spanish Kung-Fu does not allow tattling.
Anyway, this was also why when Gallas shoved his hand on Reina's face that the ref did not send the Frenchman off, because he knew that Gallas wasn't being as violent as Reina and instead was just trying to flirt with Reina.
So now let us all take a moment to wish WFKAR well and hope he makes a speedy recovery from what was obviously a traumatic and dangerous attack on his life.
Noodles
P.S. Some old Blogger posts have gone missing - apparently Google/Blogger are having some server problems. There's a recommendation at bloggerforum.com to back up all Blogger posts ASAP before the scheduled outage and maintenance work later today. BACKUP NOW!
It's so quiet this morning
Why lah so quiet around here this morning? What happened; was there some catastrophic disaster overnight? What, what, stock market koyak izit?
Oh. Liddat. No wonder lah. Pity the scousers. Dreams of league success in flames. Down the toilet. Flushed like last night's cheese naan.
*mwahahahahahahahaha*
Come lah, donch cry my scouse darlings. Come, come, let's sing a song, shall we?
No? Dowan to sing? Come then, let's look at some nice photographs instead.
See how stunned Reina looks as Crespo lets loose a shot? If you look closely, you can actually make out that Reina is wetting his shorts at that precise moment. How gay is that? Reina even tried to bitch-slap Robben later on, but his effort was so weak the referee had no choice but to send him off for behaving like some pondan throwing a tantrum.
Like I've mentioned before, the league title race could be over the day after Valentine's. That's next week, you know.
I really shouldn't gloat today. I can just feel karma itching to bite me in the backside with this crap.
Toodles
Bah. I don't wanna talk about it.
Oops, there go our (VERY faint) hopes of catching Chelsea. Credit where it's due, the way we conceded the goals AND failed to even come CLOSE to scoring ourselves, Liverpool probably deserved to lose that game.
Also, Crespo and Makelele were superb last night. Our attacks were broken up by Makalele so often that I was wishing someone would break his leg halfway through.
HOWEVER, Robber Robben has now made it on my list of most hated footballers. Fucking idiot kept provoking Liverpool players, and come on, Reina's 'slap' would have hardly have floored ANYONE the way fucking Robben fell down. You fucking PUSSY WANKING BALDING OVERACTOR!
And Peter Crouch? You are FUCKING USELESS. Either start learning to score with your NECK, or give up your place to someone (like Morientes) who CAN head the bloody ball properly... TOWARDS GOAL!
Also, Crespo and Makelele were superb last night. Our attacks were broken up by Makalele so often that I was wishing someone would break his leg halfway through.
HOWEVER, Robber Robben has now made it on my list of most hated footballers. Fucking idiot kept provoking Liverpool players, and come on, Reina's 'slap' would have hardly have floored ANYONE the way fucking Robben fell down. You fucking PUSSY WANKING BALDING OVERACTOR!
And Peter Crouch? You are FUCKING USELESS. Either start learning to score with your NECK, or give up your place to someone (like Morientes) who CAN head the bloody ball properly... TOWARDS GOAL!
February 04, 2006
Sing Us A Song, Give Us Your Bong
The original post was posted by Sashi, but it sesated when Blogger had some problems over the weekend... but here it is again..._
In response to Mr Rodrigo's creative songwriting abilities, here's something to chant for all you non-glory-hunters who'll be watching the big match this weekend.
F**k off Chelski F.C,
You aint got no history,
5 european cups and 18 leagues,
that's what we call history!!!!
London Bridge is falling down!
Falling down! Falling down!
London Bridge is falling down,
Poor old Chelski !
Build it up with red and white,
red and white, red and white.
Build it up with red and white
Poor old Chelski!
One team in Russia,
there's only one team in Russia.
Where were you,
where were you.
where were you when you were shite?
Did the ball go in?
Did the ball go out?
In, Out, In Out, The Kop were in no doubt,
The Scousers went to Turkey and Chelsea were out,
Thats what it's all about!!!
Can't buy Gerrard
Money can't buy Gerrard....
Where were you? Where were you?
Where were you in Istanbul?
Where were you in Istanbul?
In response to Mr Rodrigo's creative songwriting abilities, here's something to chant for all you non-glory-hunters who'll be watching the big match this weekend.
F**k off Chelski F.C,
You aint got no history,
5 european cups and 18 leagues,
that's what we call history!!!!
London Bridge is falling down!
Falling down! Falling down!
London Bridge is falling down,
Poor old Chelski !
Build it up with red and white,
red and white, red and white.
Build it up with red and white
Poor old Chelski!
One team in Russia,
there's only one team in Russia.
Where were you,
where were you.
where were you when you were shite?
Did the ball go in?
Did the ball go out?
In, Out, In Out, The Kop were in no doubt,
The Scousers went to Turkey and Chelsea were out,
Thats what it's all about!!!
Can't buy Gerrard
Money can't buy Gerrard....
Where were you? Where were you?
Where were you in Istanbul?
Where were you in Istanbul?
February 03, 2006
something for this weekend
Come and learn a new song to sing this Sunday night, or during any Liverpool game for that matter:
You are a scouser, a fucking scouser,
whingers and whiners,
your gaffer's gay;
You think you're legends,
you're really wankers,
please don't take my hubcaps away...
[repeat until three scouser fans start crying]
*mwahahahaha*
Perhaps I should be praying instead. No matter, if Chelsea take three points on Sunday night, the title race to become 2005/06 Premiership Champions will be one match away from being decided.
Toodles
[photo of a frustrated wannabe scouser was googled]
You are a scouser, a fucking scouser,whingers and whiners,
your gaffer's gay;
You think you're legends,
you're really wankers,
please don't take my hubcaps away...
[repeat until three scouser fans start crying]
*mwahahahaha*
Perhaps I should be praying instead. No matter, if Chelsea take three points on Sunday night, the title race to become 2005/06 Premiership Champions will be one match away from being decided.
Toodles
[photo of a frustrated wannabe scouser was googled]
so long, sucker!
Graeme Souness was the pre-season favourite for the sack race. Even that one he couldn't win. Hence Souey joins the ranks of ex-scousers to have tried and failed at Newcastle United FC, which includes Kevin "Tora! Tora! Tora!" Keegan and Kenny "Chequebook" Dalglish.
So long, Sucker!
The highlight of Souey's tenure has to be that time he had to pretend to be a discipline teacher, and preside over a post-match press conference where Dyer and Bowyer had to make public apologies.
I guess if Newcastle fans want a slogan, it should be YAWN. That's right NUFC folks, You Always Win Nothing.
Toodles
February 02, 2006
The League of One and The Actual League
Woke up this morning and saw this result:
Aston Villa 1 - 1 Chelsea
YAY! But wait... Don't so happy yet...
Read samor...
Liverpool 1 - 1 Birmingham City
Bah. Of all the times to conceded an own goal.
Oh well, there's always THIS result to keep me happy:
Blackburn 4 - 3 Manchester Utd
Yay!
And one more for the record:
Arsenal 2 - 3 West Ham United
Repeat after me: NON-ISSUE.
Basket, just when Chelsea drop points, everyone else draws or loses. Why don't we all just give Chelsea the league trophy now eh
Then the FA can make a NEW one, call it the 'Actual League', and make Chelsea the annual winners of their very own LEAGUE OF ONE.
Aston Villa 1 - 1 Chelsea
YAY! But wait... Don't so happy yet...
Read samor...
Liverpool 1 - 1 Birmingham City
Bah. Of all the times to conceded an own goal.
Oh well, there's always THIS result to keep me happy:
Blackburn 4 - 3 Manchester Utd
Yay!
And one more for the record:
Arsenal 2 - 3 West Ham United
Repeat after me: NON-ISSUE.
Basket, just when Chelsea drop points, everyone else draws or loses. Why don't we all just give Chelsea the league trophy now eh
Then the FA can make a NEW one, call it the 'Actual League', and make Chelsea the annual winners of their very own LEAGUE OF ONE.
February 01, 2006
FA Cup Fifth Round Draw
Preston/Crystal Palace v Coventry/Middlesbrough
Newcastle v Southampton
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Everton/Chelsea v Colchester
Charlton v Brentford
Liverpool v Manchester United
Bolton v West Ham
Stoke v Reading/Birmingham
The tie of the round is obviously Liverpool v Manchester United but I think that Bolton v West Ham might be a good match as well. As for Newcastle, the FA Cup seems to be Graeme Souness's saving grace so it's probably imperative for him to make some sort of progress in the FA Cup and with some of his players returning from injury, he'll be running out of excuses soon!
Newcastle v Southampton
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Everton/Chelsea v Colchester
Charlton v Brentford
Liverpool v Manchester United
Bolton v West Ham
Stoke v Reading/Birmingham
The tie of the round is obviously Liverpool v Manchester United but I think that Bolton v West Ham might be a good match as well. As for Newcastle, the FA Cup seems to be Graeme Souness's saving grace so it's probably imperative for him to make some sort of progress in the FA Cup and with some of his players returning from injury, he'll be running out of excuses soon!
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