F.A. Cup 3rd Round Weekend a few quick thoughts
Dan Tracey
January 11, 2016
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- All the big names are in the hat for Tonight’s 4th Round Draw, although Liverpool and Tottenham will have to overcome a replay before they find out who their 4th Round opponents
- Tottenham had a stroke of luck with a slightly debatable penalty call while Adam Bogdan is probably the most unpopular man on Merseyside right now
- Routine wins for Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City.
- Sunderland and Norwich definitely had one if not both eyes on Premier League action this Midweek
- As for Manchester United they made the 4th Round, but it really wasn’t pretty. Sarcastic cheers were the order of the day as Wayne Rooney keeps Louis Van Gaal in a job for at least another week
- It was a miserable weekend for Welsh interests as Cardiff were knocked out to Shrewsbury and Swansea were arguably victims of the biggest Giant Killing of the Weekend as they lost 3-2 to Oxford. Not the best start for Alan Curtis’ permanent reign as Swansea coach
- You could argue that Wycombe holding Aston Villa was an upset but they were Remi Garde’s side have been playing as of late how much of a surprise was that draw on Saturday
- Eastleigh were minutes away from beating Bolton but Darren Pratley managed to secure a replay next week, although a big shout out to the pitch invader if he had scored that would have been the greatest moment in F.A. Cup history
- Another invader at Goodison Park, this time of the feline variety as a Cat on the pitch was probably the highlight of Everton’s comfortable win over Dagenham & Redbridge
- Ronald Koeman gets angrier with each week as Southampton crash out to Crystal Palace, while West Ham, Watford and Bournemouth are safely through to the next round
- West Brom left to very late to break Bristol City hearts with a 95th Minute equaliser to save their cup blushes
- But the moment of the 3rd Round has to be Mark Lawrenson saying “Mirallas…Penis…Pienaar” on Match Of The Day
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