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Spudders

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Draw is tonight.

 

Who do we want?

 

In my opinion save the skates for a later round once we're back to full form :)

 

Teams in the draw already from games over last two days (plus additional teams coming into the second round added by Steve below).

 

Watford

Rochdale

Bradford

Brentford

Huddersfield

Middlesbrough

Crewe

Accrington Stanley (who are they!)

Ipswich

Colchester

Leeds

Leicester

MK Dons

Morecombe

Northampton

Norwich

Oxford Utd

Peterborough

Notts County

Port Vale

S****horpe

Sheff Wed

Shrewsbury

Saints

Southend

Preston

Swansea

Leyton Orient

Tranmere

Millwall

Crystal Palace

Skatesmuff

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stevegrant

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Assuming tonight's three ties go the way of the favourites, the list of seeded teams who we could play is:

 

Everton

Birmingham

Blackburn

Stoke

Fulham

Sunderland

Bolton

Wolves

Wigan

West Ham

Burnley

Hull

Portsmouth

Newcastle

West Brom

Cardiff

Leicester

Blackpool

Swansea

Sheffield United

Reading

Middlesbrough

Ipswich

Watford

 

If Cardiff, Sheffield United or Reading go out tonight, Preston, Scúnthorpe and Crystal Palace (in that order) stand by to move into the pot of seeded teams.

 

I'd probably take anyone at home or a London/surrounding area away game or Wigan away as it would be a new ground for me.

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Personally I'd like Blackpool at home. I reckon it would be quite winnable as a cup run is the last thing they'll be wanting in the face of a season long battle against relegation and it'll be a nice Premiership scalp for us.

 

Then we can get one of the big boys in the next round (Arsenal at the Emirates please!) and be knocked out by a last minute fluke goal after dominating most of the match ;)

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I never understand those who, when a cup draw is being made, want Saints to be away to a big team (so that they get to see THEIR stadium, THEIR stars, and us knocked out).

 

I also don't understand those who always wish for us to get the Skates, especially when they are in higher leagues.

 

Personally, I ALWAYS want us to be drawn at home against the weakest possible opposition.

 

So in this case, Skates it is then.

 

;)

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SaintDonkey

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I never understand those who, when a cup draw is being made, want Saints to be away to a big team (so that they get to see THEIR stadium, THEIR stars, and us knocked out).

 

I want Saints to be concerntrating on a promotion push this season, the league cup is an unnecessary distraction. Going to out to one of the big boys - particulary if it's a close thing - means we can depart the competition with our heads held high. And I'd like it to be Arsenal at the Emirates because it's just round the corner for me and I'm lazy ;)

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Personally I'd like Blackpool at home. I reckon it would be quite winnable as a cup run is the last thing they'll be wanting in the face of a season long battle against relegation and it'll be a nice Premiership scalp for us.

 

Then we can get one of the big boys in the next round (Arsenal at the Emirates please!) and be knocked out by a last minute fluke goal after dominating most of the match ;)

 

With Wotton running rings around Fabregas?

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Pancake

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why do we want to play Pompey????? They are on a no lose situation.

We fill their coffers again, and they still have a squad that could beat us.

Let them lose to a L2 club with an attendance of 2500

 

So they have a squad that could beat the team tipped to dominate League One, but you think they will lose to a League Two club? Intertesing logic....

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tartanowl

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But the Met Police don't qualify for the League Cup?? Think they'll be in the FA cup tho, if they get far enough ;)

 

Haha we probably still wouldn't beat them! We haven't won a 3rd round FA Cup tie in nearly 10 years!

 

Any idea what time the draw will be tonight?

 

After tonights matches I believe. Live on Sky Sports News.

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So they have a squad that could beat the team tipped to dominate League One, but you think they will lose to a League Two club? Intertesing logic....

 

I'm not so sure Pancake, by the time the 2nd Round ties would come around, quite a few of their key players will have left. Utaka and Boateng are just two of them. Not sure they'd be bringing anyone in of note either.

We could 'ave them!

 

FWIW i'd quite like to play Oxford, would be a great match after their slaughtering of Brizzle Rovers and they'd be well up for a cup run after not playing in the LC since 2005!

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I'm not so sure Pancake, by the time the 2nd Round ties would come around, quite a few of their key players will have left. Utaka and Boateng are just two of them. Not sure they'd be bringing anyone in of note either.

We could 'ave them!

QUOTE]

 

TBF I think so too. I was quoting someone else....

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View From The Top

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Errr no. We called them Pigs first. See post 5 in that thread.

 

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?24407-Hypothetical-Premier-League&p=808334#post808334

 

The blades I know have always called you pigs due to you playing on an old piggery.

 

The Wednesday football club was formed on 4th September 1867. The football club first played its games at the Olive Grove Sports Ground in Heeley before moving to a new stadium in the Owlerton district of Sheffield.

The first Ordnance Survey maps (1850's) mark a building close to where the stadium now stands as 'Swine Cottage'. They also show another farm on Penistone Road, south of where the North Stand is situated, which was also believed to be a large piggery. Pork farming is thought to have been practised in the area since the early 1800's, and did not cease until around 1900 when the city's rapid expansion put an end to livestock production in the area. At its height the "Owlerton Piggery," as it was known, provided work for some 50 employees.

Initial discussions about a nickname began soon after the Wednesday arrived at Owlerton. In reference to their new home, most club officials were in favour of "The Owls." However, another suggestion was also popular. In view of the area's strong tradition of pork farming, a popular grass-roots alternative was "The Pigs."

Although the name "Owls" prevailed, many working class supporters continued to refer to their team as "t'pigs." A popular song of the time "They may be t'Owls to some, (but they'll always be pigs to me)" was performed in music halls across South Yorkshire. As late as the 1920's, fans used to welcome their team onto the field with the characteristic grunting sound we still associate with the club. This peculiarity was once referred to by BBC commentator Edward Milburn, who famously described Hillsborough as a "sea of grunts" moments after The Wednesday won the First Division title in 1932.

 

;)

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tartanowl

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The blades I know have always called you pigs due to you playing on an old piggery.

 

:lol: That fabrication comes from a Sheffield United messageboard.

 

There were no buildings on the land where the Wednesday ground is. In maps from 1850 the land from the point of Leppings Lane to Broughton Lane including all Hillsborough Park belonged to James Dixon a silver smith.

 

James Dixon sold the park to the corporation soon after when Sheffield expanded the city boundaries for what was said to be a quite considerable amount, And around 1898/9 sold 10 acres of land to The Wednesday for £10,000, said to be “meadow land covered in dandelions”.

 

Herries Road did not exist and was marked as a footpath. Opposite what would be the ground where the fair is, that is marked as “new dam” on the map, and at the side of that Wardsend Steel Works. Hillsborough was a very industrial area full of Foundries, Steelmaking, Brickyards, but no Farms The nearest were in Wadsley Lane and Longley.

 

 

;) Tell your piggy friends to jog on and get REAL FACTS.

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tartanowl

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I'd love the Pigs at home.

 

Hahaha that won't be happening then! Hartlepool 2-0 Pigs. Their manager Chris Turner is a Wednesday fan too and was a member of our League Cup winning side in 91.

 

so?

 

The draw is after the games have finished. Live on Sky Sports News.

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