Pamplemousse

He claims a rival curler who wasn't selected for the Russian team spiked his drink. The drug in question is completely useless for curling so it does seem a bit odd that he would dope.

Leicester v Stoke Bournemouth v Newcastle Brighton v Swansea Liverpool v West Ham West Brom v Huddersfield Watford v Everton Crystal Palace v Tottenham Man Utd v Chelsea Want wins for Leicester, Liverpool, West Brom and Spurs, draws in the other games.

He could have retired here and been a legend. Ultimately he thought he was bigger than the club. Shame that he turned out to be a bit of a tit.

Others have also said logistically it could be an issue as Portsmouth play at Oldham on the same time. The police might not be too keen on Saints, Pompey and Brighton fans travelling to the same area on the same day. I’m fairly certain the BBC are wrong (it may or may not be Saturday) but the official FA announcement said the date was still TBC.

Not confident at all. I think two wins over a very poor West Brom team have papered over the cracks somewhat. We really do need the win, but I can only see us getting a draw at best. 0-0 or 1-1.

The BBC article is wrong, the date is still TBC. Earlier it had the time as 3pm on Saturday, which definitely won’t be the case. I don’t think there will be another game on Saturday because it would clash with the Six Nations coverage, and as it’s the final round, would probably get more viewers. I’m convinced that one game will be on the Friday and the other Sunday early afternoon.

The Under Armour logo was a different colour I believe

That BBC article isn't correct, the date is still TBC

No other time have the Quarter-finals been played over 4 days. Two days or three days maximum. There will definitely be an earlier game on the Sunday. Also, as far as I'm aware, I cannot find another country's league or cup which has games scheduled on Monday 18th. All the games end by Sunday night. Pretty sure the Monday is off limits.

I did see that too when looking it up. I've seen a few people mention FIFA regulations prohibiting a Monday game, but that might only apply to competitive games and with friendly matches, it might be more flexible. I still think it'll cause a bit of a headache for the FA, I'm sure they will want their players available to link up (OK it's only Bertrand involved) at the earliest possible opportunity. Not sure about other countries like Portugal etc.

It is very, very unlikely there is going to be a Monday game because of the international break. All of the countries for all of our players would have to agree to our players turning up late. The FA would only try and do that if there was literally no other date available. The scheduling of the Leicester v Chelsea game (4.30pm as opposed to the usual 4pm) indicates that there will be a game on the Sunday at 1.30pm, with a bit of time given to ensure that the games won't overlap. That's the most likely time. Someone on the Wigan forum has suggested that it will on Sunday, no idea if they are ITK or merely speculating like we are.

They always put that though. Doesn't actually mean that there will necessarily be a game on all of those dates. http://www.thefa.com/news/2016/feb/21/sixth-round-proper-draw-180216 From 2016. They put 'across the weekend from 11-14 March' (11th being the Friday, 14th being the Monday) and games were played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

:lol:

I might be wrong on this, but I believe there won't be any VAR because it can only be used at Premier League grounds (for the time being anyway). Shame because I was looking forward to seeing it in one of our matches.

The only issue will be the shorts, which can be resolved pretty easily. There’s no need for a fourth kit. Maybe next season we should just avoid using black...

It can’t be Monday because of FIFA regulations. The Sunday game already announced is at 4.30pm, so I think our match will be Sunday at 1.30pm - three hours would be enough time to cover possible extra time and penalties to ensure there is no overlap.

I’ve just noticed that there are 4 weeks between the 5th Round and 6th Round ties being played, as opposed to the usual 3 weeks. That’s probably why the FA have said it’s OK for BT to wait before they choose their match. Unacceptable though in my opinion. This is a very slippery slope...

.............

That is really, really poor. Presumably BT will go for Spurs (if they go through) and that will be the Friday night game, leaving either Saturday or Sunday lunchtime for us.

Bloody hell, Yoshida out for 5 weeks! What happens if one of Stephens or Hoedt gets injured????? The decision to not sign a centre back has backfired massively. Well done Les.

Brighton forum ITK is saying that their game at Man Utd is on the Saturday at 7.45pm

Is MoPo getting enough credit??? WE ARE EIGHTEENTH IN THE LEAGUE TABLE. End of discussion.

Cedric gets into decent attacking positions but his final ball is really, really poor. 0 assists this season, very poor for an attacking right back. Pied has more than him ffs and he's barely played. I guess that's why he plays for us and not one of the big teams. Lemina is a quality player, there's no doubt about it.

Last year it was announced on a Thursday. But the draw was done on the Monday. Should be announced tomorrow at the absolute latest you'd have thought. It's possible that they have to rearrange other games in other leagues to accommodate every match, maybe that is the reason for the delay.

Odd, games don't normally kick off at that time. It's normally 1.30pm.