Tuesday 20 January 2015

FA Cup preview

It's back to the FA Cup this weekend. Fortunately my portfolio of four teams has made it through to the fourth round. Two of the teams had to survive replays: Southampton winning 1-0 at Ipswich and Small Sam's Wham scraping through 9-8 on penalties against Everton.

Two or three good things came out of the fourth round draw. My four teams avoided each other and they also avoided the so called big four/five: Chelsea, Man City, Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool. The bad news is that these five teams also avoided each other - which was disappointing.

Three of my four selections will play away - albeit against lower league opposition. The other team, Southampton, entertain Crystal Palace. So on paper all four are bookmaker favourites to go through, so here's hoping.....

If we do well in the fourth round but the market leaders progress let's hope for Man City v Chelsea and Man U v Arsenal to be pulled out of the hat - that would shake things up a bit!

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