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this is another reason why the FA Cup is in trouble wedged between a piece on Scottish gold, Neil Morrisey and some other early evening tv nonsense - ridiculous

they should simply have done the draw after United v Wigan yesterday

Probably get city away 

away to Wolves  - decent draw

Typical, Arsenal get to play Sutton.

2 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

away to Wolves  - decent draw

Not a bad draw, at least people will have nothing bad to say when we lose.

Just now, Tibbers said:

Not a bad draw, at least people will have nothing bad to say when we lose.

But I have faith that will not happen.

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Typical, Arsenal get to play Sutton.

They're always lucky but we all know Gooners don't always deliver.

Sorry I laughed at this! 

 

 

Yes Chelsea coming to my home town come on you blues 

City, United, Spurs, Arsenal and us all got real easy draws

See all the PL teams have been kept apart again, certainly makes you wonder if the draw is fixed 

Away at wolves won't be any picnic but we should come through fine

So its Wolves away - could have been better, could have been worse.

Pleased with this draw ...not been there few a few years so will be looking forward to it

12 minutes ago, nominator said:

So its Wolves away - could have been better, could have been worse.

Good away day, now got to wait for stupid o'clock kick off time!! I wonder him many tickets?

36 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Typical, Arsenal get to play Sutton.

Cue Wenger complaining about the artificial surface.

29 minutes ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

See all the PL teams have been kept apart again, certainly makes you wonder if the draw is fixed 

The transparency of the process makes that impossible. No conspiracy theories here. 

FULL DRAW
Burnley v Lincoln City
Fulham v Tottenham
Blackburn v Manchester United
Sutton United v Arsenal
Middlesbrough v Oxford
Wolves v Chelsea
Huddersfield v Manchester City
Millwall v Derby/Leicester

Edited January 30, 20179 yr by offside

1 minute ago, offside said:

The transparency of the process makes that impossible. No conspiracy theories here. 

Nothing is impossible, I consistently think draws are rigged. You can do it with balls that are warm or cold etc. 

 Wouldn't call it rigged. It just makes sense not to have the best teams play each other until the end . It would be silly it really was random 

10 minutes ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

Nothing is impossible, I consistently think draws are rigged. You can do it with balls that are warm or cold etc. 

That's true. I didn't think of that. I don't have a corrupt enough mind 

I still highly doubt that it's been rigged. I think it's just a lucky draw for everyone on all sides.

Lower league teams want nothing more than to be drawn against Premier League sides because of the increased money. One match against a top PL side can literally bring in several times more money than the entire rest of the season.

Lower league clubs have actually proposed seeding such that all Premier League sides get a lower league side in the 3rd round. Drawing Man United at Old Trafford has been referred to as the jackpot lottery ticket. 

Edited January 30, 20179 yr by offside

They have ex players doing pretty much all the draws, if it was was rigged, all of those people would know about it. Kind of defeats the purpose of rigging something like that, if tonnes of people are in on it.

11 minutes ago, offside said:

The transparency of the process makes that impossible. No conspiracy theories here. 

FULL DRAW
Burnley v Lincoln City
Fulham v Tottenham
Blackburn v Manchester United
Sutton United v Arsenal
Middlesbrough v Oxford
Wolves v Chelsea
Huddersfield v Manchester City
Millwall v Derby/Leicester

If you wanted to seed the draw, and have the big guns away from home, they couldn't of done better if they tried, 6 live tv games? Well Millwall and boro games will be the 3pm saturday slots

Just now, chi blue said:

If you wanted to seed the draw, and have the big guns away from home, they couldn't of done better if they tried, 6 live tv games? Well Millwall and boro games will be the 3pm saturday slots

Lower league clubs actually prefer to play the Premier League sides away. Ticket sales are split evenly between the sides. Playing at Old Trafford is worth over a million pounds even before broadcasting money.