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Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Arsenal will be massively focussed on the league 

And the champions league. 
 

You’re going to need to beat a top side to get to the final. If you’re looking at Liverpool & Chelsea who may have fuck all else to play for by then, or Arsenal home in the one competition they’d sacrifice, I’d take Arsenal home over the others. 
 

Beat them, then Brentford West Ham or Leeds in the semi 

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Maggie May

Maggie May

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3 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Away to City, Chelsea, Arsenal or Liverpool 

Arsenal home or away is toughest fixture out of the lot. The best team in the country this season by far.

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Tom57

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If they win on 22/3 in the League Cup final they'll still be on for the quadruple which may give them reason to go for it even more 😬

LGTL

LGTL

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2 minutes ago, whelk said:

Oh fuck off you never think we will ever win

Years and years and years of mostly being right though. 

Bad day? 

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whelk

whelk

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Just now, LGTL said:

Years and years and years of mostly being right though. 

Bad day? 

Try enjoying something. I’m sure you thought Fulham would hammer us yesterday 

bpsaint

bpsaint

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1 minute ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

And the champions league. 
 

You’re going to need to beat a top side to get to the final. If you’re looking at Liverpool & Chelsea who may have fuck all else to play for by then, or Arsenal home in the one competition they’d sacrifice, I’d take Arsenal home over the others. 
 

Beat them, then Brentford West Ham or Leeds in the semi 

Indeed, Arsenal could have a massive Champions League match a few days after our cup match, whilst being balls deep in the hunt for the league title so if ever there’s a chance their minds are preoccupied it’s against us.

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Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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Fucking miserable twats, we beat Manchester City in a home quarter final, a side which then won the treble the same season. Let’s hope the players aren’t as negative as some of our nods…

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saintant

saintant

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We're at home so have a chance. It's a one off game so maybe the luck will go our way. Arsenal will take us lightly at their peril so I wonder how strong they'll go. Should be a good game. 

spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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1 minute ago, Maggie May said:

Arsenal home or away is toughest fixture out of the lot. The best team in the country this season by far.

But they had a bit of a challenge at Mansfield.

Suggest that the ground staff should destroy the pitch prior to the game and then be very aggressive in our performance.

I guess the tickets wont be cheap.

spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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1 minute ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Fucking miserable twats, we beat Manchester City in a home quarter final, a side which then won the treble the same season. Let’s hope the players aren’t as negative as some of our nods…

But we had the best Manager in the World for that game, didnt we.....as I have been told.!!

beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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8 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

The only worse fixture was Arsenal away 

Don’t be stupid - away to Man City, Liverpool or Arsenal, even Chelsea would have been worse.

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LGTL

LGTL

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3 minutes ago, whelk said:

Try enjoying something. I’m sure you thought Fulham would hammer us yesterday 

Predicting that the best team in Europe will beat us, even with a few changes, isn’t exactly outlandish. 

No idea why it bothers you so much though, why do you care what I think? 

Totton Saint

Totton Saint

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7 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Arsenal home or away is toughest fixture out of the lot. The best team in the country this season by far.

Not if they play a weakend side like Fulham did 

AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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1 minute ago, beatlesaint said:

Don’t be stupid - away to Man City, Liverpool or Arsenal, even Chelsea would have been worse.

Fair point.

Arsenal are away to Man City the weekend before 

No idea about champions league, assuming they get through

Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse

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International break the week before as well so most of their players will be away until a few days before.

Very likely our game is on the Saturday as well, Champions League draw won't be made in time, so Arsenal won't know if they have to play on Tuesday or Wednesday and therefore the Sunday is ruled out.

Jimmy_D

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Likely gonna need a weakened team from Arsenal, Arsenal to rediscover St Mary's as a bogey ground, and a hefty dose of luck to have a sliver of a chance.

Either that or the team just goes **** it and outplays their best team with no explanation whatsoever, like the time we stopped Man City doing the quadruple :lol: 

CB Fry

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I thought all 4 big teams were definitely going to be kept apart and definitely all at home?

It's almost like it's a random draw.

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SouSaint

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1 minute ago, Stud mark of doom said:

We’ve beat them all 3 times we’ve drawn them in the cups, since the 2003 final. 
 

COYR

They thumped us in the FA Cup in 2017. 

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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Just now, Stud mark of doom said:

We’ve beat them all 3 times we’ve drawn them in the cups, since the 2003 final. 
 

COYR

That's the spirit. It's not common to win the treble and Arsenal definitely won't this season. And we can help with that.

LGTL

LGTL

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1 minute ago, Stud mark of doom said:

We’ve beat them all 3 times we’ve drawn them in the cups, since the 2003 final. 
 

COYR

I’m sure I remember them beating us 0-5 at St Mary’s in a FA Cup fourth round just before the League Cup Final?

Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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2 minutes ago, LGTL said:

I’m sure I remember them beating us 0-5 at St Mary’s in a FA Cup fourth round just before the League Cup Final?

Wasn’t that 6-1 away before fa cup final

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Stud mark of doom

Stud mark of doom

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1 minute ago, LGTL said:

I’m sure I remember them beating us 0-5 at St Mary’s in a FA Cup fourth round just before the League Cup Final?

Oops - I could only remember the wins. 
 

I did check with AI but we know how accurate that is…. 

CB Fry

CB Fry

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Surely we can play Arsenal on Easter Monday so we can keep the Ipswich game in place. Arsenal don't have a midweek game that week.

Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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2 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Surely we can play Arsenal on Easter Monday so we can keep the Ipswich game in place. Arsenal don't have a midweek game that week.

I was wondering about this. You’d imagine they’d only want to postpone 1 of our league fixtures if they can help it. So we’d either play on Friday or Monday surely? With the other league fixture being unaffected. If the fa cup games are detailed as being 4-6 April, that leaves the Ipswich game as the game that will remain, I’d imagine.

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Paul Chuckle

Paul Chuckle

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2 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Surely we can play Arsenal on Easter Monday so we can keep the Ipswich game in place. Arsenal don't have a midweek game that week.

Champions League 1/4 final that week if they get through. So more likely to be Friday than the Monday.

Paul Chuckle

Paul Chuckle

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4 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Surely we can play Arsenal on Easter Monday so we can keep the Ipswich game in place. Arsenal don't have a midweek game that week.

Port Vale will also be in the same position as us with 2 games over that weekend already planned.

LGTL

LGTL

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6 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Wasn’t that 6-1 away before fa cup final

We’re both correct, unfortunately!

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RedArmy

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Hopefully Arsenal have one of those Arsenal weeks where their entire season crumbles and they’re left with nothing to win 

LGTL

LGTL

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Seems logical to play Arsenal Good Friday and keep the Wrexham game Easter Monday.

Assume they also have to take into account the possibility that we win, which would mean the Blackburn game needing another midweek date of which they are quickly running out. 

Pamplemousse

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Because the international break is the week before, with players likely not back at teams until Wednesday at the earliest, I think the Friday will be off limits.

Obviously it would be ideal for us, but Arsenal would probably kick up a fuss. Unless of course they would prefer the additional period over the weekend to prepare for their Champions League QF tie.

Broadcasters as well probably would prefer it to be on the Saturday rather than clash with EFL on Friday.

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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3 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Because the international break is the week before, with players likely not back at teams until Wednesday at the earliest, I think the Friday will be off limits.

Obviously it would be ideal for us, but Arsenal would probably kick up a fuss. Unless of course they would prefer the additional period over the weekend to prepare for their Champions League QF tie.

Broadcasters as well probably would prefer it to be on the Saturday rather than clash with EFL on Friday.

5:30 on the Friday to replace our Ipswich game would still not clash with all the 3pm EFL games though? So that’s a possibility for tv purposes

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Appy

Appy

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9 minutes ago, saintstowin said:

I'm still annoyed at that terrible team Puel put out against them years ago. It even had Jack Stephens in it.

Harry Lewis in goal too. 

Lighthouse

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19 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

I thought all 4 big teams were definitely going to be kept apart and definitely all at home?

It's almost like it's a random draw.

One day the work experience kid is going to stick the balls in the microwave for a bit too long and it’ll be like that bit in Home Alone where he grabs the door knob.

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Football Special

Football Special

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43 minutes ago, LGTL said:

Feels like we’ve been first out the hat for pretty much every draw this year. 

I thought that as well, always seems to be. 

Arsenal struggled at Mansfield on Saturday so there's always a bit of hope 

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Football Special

Football Special

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44 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Indeed, Arsenal could have a massive Champions League match a few days after our cup match, whilst being balls deep in the hunt for the league title so if ever there’s a chance their minds are preoccupied it’s against us.

What's the story there? If Arsenal get through against Leverkusen are they guaranteed to be away first leg next round? Which would be a few days after this cup tie

Plus most of their squad will be away for the international break 

Everything falling into place nicely 

YELLOWS 

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