FA Cup 2021/22
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fitz
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Toon fans wanting Howe sacked now
It's all Mike Ashley's fault that Howe will now be dismembered.
Brown Nose
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Toon fans wanting Howe dismembered now
Only a matter of time I guess.
Bezu Fache Fox
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The Cambridge keeper Dimitar Mitov, what a game he had. Take a bow son.
Payne74
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Howe has just been asked to report to the Saudi Embassy...Toon fans wanting Howe sacked now
Lako42
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Stupid ****sToon fans wanting Howe sacked now
Blue Maniac
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Dion openly celebrating the Cambridge win on MotD 
lovely stuff
lovely stuffMiles Away
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Yep. This weekend is starting to become an annual favourite for me.
fitz
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Take the dodgy foreign streams out and unfortunately there's too much man Utd v Villa and West Ham v Leeds. Awful picks.
Brown Nose
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I sympathise with the broadcasters on this sort of thing. They are driven by viewing figures. Everybody knows that showing Man Utd in any match will get better viewing figures than any other club. TV matches are picked to maximise the audience for them.
When Leeds were in the Championship, Sky picked as many matches as possible to show live only because they got the highest viewing figures. Same principle.
In addition, if the BBC had made their main pick the Newcastle v Cambridge match and Newcastle were two up after 10 mins, everyone would turn it off. It is in their interest to select matches which they have a hope will be competitive rather than punting on a giant killing.
For the TV, the 4th round draw is terrible. There are zero interesting ties, with the exception of Forest v City and Kidderminster v West Ham. So hopefully they'll both be on TV because the big boys have dire fixtures. The rest of the selections will be purely based on who will get the highest viewing figures. Don't be surprised if Man Utd v Middlesbro gets picked for example.
fitz
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I get why they do it. But I'd probably not watch west ham v Leeds if it was the only league game of the weekend. Absolutely shit tie with no interest from anyone who doesn't support those 2. That game could've been taken out to make way for a potential upset. It's bbc and itv having their rare top flight live games....
Payne74
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They bang on about magic of the cup and then show premier league games we'll as good as.
Tie of the 4th round is Forest V Leicester so that will be Chelsea v Plymouth and Man U v Boro then
Miles Away
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The FA cup is the best thing about football nowadays.
Lako42
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Yep.
Wait until they change it to ensure this can't happened.
Can't have the competition devalued like this.....
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| P | Pld | Pts | |
| 1 | Manchester C | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Newcastle | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Aston Villa | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Brighton | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Nottm F | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Chelsea | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Brentford | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Manchester U | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Bournemouth | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | Fulham | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Tottenham | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | West Ham | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Leicester | 4 | 2 |
| 16 | Palace | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Ipswich | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | Wolves | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Southampton | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Everton | 4 | 0 |
