Probably about 5 really bad draws. Want to avoid the championship clubs, Sheffield, Derby & MK.
i'd say top 6/palace or west ham for me are what I'd love - or alternatively on the other end to progress i'd take a league 2 for another bite at a big team in the fourth round.
edit (classing Newcastle as top 6 rather than west ham btw to clarify)
AFC Bournemouth Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Brentford Burnley Charlton Chelsea Crawley Town Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Gillingham Nottingham Forest Leicester Lincoln City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United MK Dons Morecambe Newport County Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stevenage Tottenham West Ham Wolves Forest Green Rovers / Brighton (tomorrow) Leeds United / Barnsley (tomorrow) Tranmere Rovers / Newcastle (tomorrow) Wycombe Wanderers / Bristol City (tomorrow)
So 28 teams confirmed with 4 more tomorrow night. Of the 28 in the draw:
- 16 Premier League - 2 Championship (Blackburn, Burnley) - 6 League One (Charlton, Derby, Lincoln, MK, Morecambe, Sheff Wed) - 4 League Two (Crawley, Gillingham, Newport, Stevenage)
Up to three more Premier League sides could be added with Brighton, Leeds and Newcastle all to play tomorrow night. Fulham the only Premier League team knocked out at this stage.
Can't believe that after just 2 rounds, 21 Championship clubs (with Bristol City playing tonight) got knocked out. That has to be a record.
Unfortunately though the 2 that are definitely through are probably the 2 most uninspiring sides in the entire division. Getting either of them away would be very shit.
Bad draws would be Gillingham or Crystal Palace home or away. Arsenal away or Liverpool at home would be good except for the clash of colours! Probably be Morecambe away.
I'm hoping for a tie that we have a realistic chance of winning, or a big game away, Spurs would be a nice stadium to visit for example
Would really hope we avoid Man City away. If we went to any of the other big 6 you would expect to get beaten by a couple of goals, but City usually put 6 or 7 past lower division clubs.
Worst draw would be Sheffield Wednesday away imo. Burnley/Blackburn/Derby would be pretty disappointing too, uninspiring northern, difficult to get to midweek game in which we would probably lose.
Gillingham away would be decent, we would take good numbers and have a good chance of going through. Obviously hoping for a big 6 side though.
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Odds are good for decent draw... but you know what's coming next.
edit (classing Newcastle as top 6 rather than west ham btw to clarify)
i wanna win this and if we have to get a jammy run so be it
Unfortunately though the 2 that are definitely through are probably the 2 most uninspiring sides in the entire division. Getting either of them away would be very shit.
Arsenal away or Liverpool at home would be good except for the clash of colours!
Probably be Morecambe away.
Gillingham away would be decent, we would take good numbers and have a good chance of going through. Obviously hoping for a big 6 side though.
-Palace or West Ham away.
-Any league two side at home (The run goes on).
-Gillingham away (there would be an edge to that tie in this round plus it’s winnable).
I am rather selfishly hoping we don't get a plum tie (until the next round
Newcastle 10 changes tonight
Brighton 11 changes tonight
And we get told the big clubs take cups seriously. If any of those three lose tonight it will be hailed as a giant killing, laughable.
Forest Green 0-0 Brighton
Leeds 1-0 Barnsley
Tranmere 1-0 Newcastle
Wycombe 0-1 Bristol City
Newcastle losing to Tranmere after 10 changes sure but the players on the pitch have hundreds of Premier League appearances between them.