FA Cup - season 2024-25

[rigger]

48 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Minnows at home please

Plymouth at home, and hope Forshaw comes back to haunt them

[frosty]

Exeter at home would be lovely. Win that and we're one win away from the QF.

[RevidgeBlue]

13 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Everton or Liverpool at home please

Why on earth would you want that?

Surely the aim is to get through!

[Mattyblue]

So he can have a ‘bit of banter’ with all his Liverpool ‘fan’ colleagues, presumably?

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Why on earth would you want that?

Surely the aim is to get through!

to knock them out of the cup. 

Clearly you don't think we can, whilst I think we can. We did it under Tony Parkes at Anfield when Blake scored and took them to a replay under Bowyer when Gestede was unplayable in the game at Anfield. 

Matty, I have good friends who are Liverpool STH and Everton STH. 

[wilsdenrover]

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

to knock them out of the cup. 

Clearly you don't think we can, whilst I think we can. We did it under Tony Parkes at Anfield when Blake scored and took them to a replay under Bowyer when Gestede was unplayable in the game at Anfield. 

Matty, I have good friends who are Liverpool STH and Everton STH. 

You think the current iteration of Rovers can beat Liverpool?

That’s taking positivity to a whole new level.

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

to knock them out of the cup. 

Clearly you don't think we can, whilst I think we can. We did it under Tony Parkes at Anfield when Blake scored and took them to a replay under Bowyer when Gestede was unplayable in the game at Anfield. 

Matty, I have good friends who are Liverpool STH and Everton STH. 

We didn't win either of those ties against Liverpool though did we?

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, wilsdenrover said:

You think the current iteration of Rovers can beat Liverpool?

That’s taking positivity to a whole new level.

Agreed.

We did beat Arsenal away under Appleton didn't we when Kazim Richards scored but I wouldn't back a penny of someone else's money on us doing it now.

If we get far enough we'll meet someone decent eventually, but let's leave it as long as possible.

[RevidgeBlue]

Tamworth v Tottenham coming up.

Tamworth's manager just been interviewed - works in College currently, going full time with Tamworth next month, presumably on the proceeds from this tie. He's had an hour and a half this week to prepare his team for the tie.

The match "programme" was an A4 sheet of paper with the teams on. The Tamworth players had their names reproduced in full including middle names.

The FA Cup is absolutely brilliant, nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Really annoys me when people try to devalue it - and more often than not it's the footballing authorities themselves.

[chaddyrovers]

17 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

We didn't win either of those ties against Liverpool though did we?

we did win the Anfield under Sir Tony Parkes. Blake scored. 

 

[chaddyrovers]

20 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

You think the current iteration of Rovers can beat Liverpool?

That’s taking positivity to a whole new level.

anything can happened in football. 

Liverpool would rotate the squad and given they are in 4 competitions at the minute. Stanley had chances yesterday. 

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

we did win the Anfield under Sir Tony Parkes. Blake scored. 

 

Thanks, just looked it up myself.

Although as I noticed players like Duff and Jansen in the build up I'd venture to suggest it wasn't quite as big a stretch then as it would be now.

[wilsdenrover]

9 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Tamworth v Tottenham coming up.

Tamworth's manager just been interviewed - works in College currently, going full time with Tamworth next month, presumably on the proceeds from this tie. He's had an hour and a half this week to prepare his team for the tie.

The match "programme" was an A4 sheet of paper with the teams on. The Tamworth players had their names reproduced in full including middle names.

The FA Cup is absolutely brilliant, nothing like it anywhere else in the world. Really annoys me when people try to devalue it - and more often than not it's the footballing authorities themselves.

Tamworth should play for the draw and get them back to theirs.

Oh wait…

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, wilsdenrover said:

Tamworth should play for the draw and get them back to theirs.

Oh wait…

Disgraceful isn't it.

All so the big Clubs (with massive squads anyway) can play a few more meaningless games in the early stages of the Champions League or in a Club world Cup

[chaddyrovers]

6 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Thanks, just looked it up myself.

Although as I noticed players like Duff and Jansen in the build up I'd venture to suggest it wasn't quite as big a stretch then as it would be now.

our team 

Filan,

Kenna, Dailly, Peacock, Davidson,

Johnson, Frandsen, Carsley, Duff,

Blake, Ostenstad.

Subs: Kelly, Jansen, Gillespie, Dunn, Grayson.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

our team 

Filan,

Kenna, Dailly, Peacock, Davidson,

Johnson, Frandsen, Carsley, Duff,

Blake, Ostenstad.

Subs: Kelly, Jansen, Gillespie, Dunn, Grayson.

Tbf I'd take our back four now over that one. Horrendous.

No wonder we went down.

[wilsdenrover]

Ah the good old 4-4-2

I miss it.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

10 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Thanks, just looked it up myself.

Although as I noticed players like Duff and Jansen in the build up I'd venture to suggest it wasn't quite as big a stretch then as it would be now.

That was possibly the only thing Frandsen did in his time at Rovers. Thommo with that last minute shot at our goal. What a great player he was for Rovers

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Tbf I'd take our back four now over that one. Horrendous.

No wonder we went down.

Jeff Kenna was a good player, agreed about the other three.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

our team 

Filan,

Kenna, Dailly, Peacock, Davidson,

Johnson, Frandsen, Carsley, Duff,

Blake, Ostenstad.

Subs: Kelly, Jansen, Gillespie, Dunn, Grayson.

Some good player in that team. Imagine having Dunn and Jansen on the bench now L 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

40 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

You think the current iteration of Rovers can beat Liverpool?

That’s taking positivity to a whole new level.

The game has moved on massively since that win at Anfield. They could probably field a reserve 11 that would beat us easily.

[wilsdenrover]

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

The game has moved on massively since that win at Anfield. They could probably field a reserve 11 that would beat us easily.

Sadly I think you’re right.

[Ferrit]

This is Dragovics level, he’s already been roasted by a lad who works at Zara

[RevidgeBlue]

Tamworth have been superb the first 20 mins - presumably the pace might get to them in the later stages though.

[Darrenbot]

Gloves on outfield footballers should be banned,quite a few of the Spurs players wearing them,stop being soft cunts,maybe they should be allowed to wear pants instead of shorts to keep their little legs warm too.