FA Cup 5th Round - who do you want?

[SWLR]

Can't believe TV will be interested - so a 3pm Sat KO...Hurrah!

[andrew1957]

Any home draw is a good draw in my opinion - would have preferred Derby or Southampton but WBA will also have an eye on automatic promotion and may be a bit worried about a lengthy cup run so we have every chance of winning this tie.

Just hope we are out of the relegation zone by the time we play them.

[Silver Fox]

Sheff Utd (a) ZERO POINTS
Barnsley (h) 1 POINT
Donny (a) ZERO POINTS
Plymouth (h) 1 POINT

But I say quit with the negativity and see what happens on he day.

Nah.

Oh well, fortunately the players won't care what you think anyway.

Wow, them too?

[Compo's Hat]

of course it's winnable.

WBA will only be 75% up for it. They've got other priorities.

I'm far more worried about Sheff U away on Tuesday. With Plymouth at home to Derby and Scunny v Sheff Wed this midweek, the table could look truly desperate come Wednesday night. We are four points adrift and Plymouth are 2 behind us with a game in hand. That's before Tuesday.

Sorry to be prosaic but I think either most of you have given up on us staying up, or are just going OTT.

I listened to the texts being read out on BBC Berkshire yesterday and was amazed by the "Mcdermott's turned the corner for us" general mood.


ps I'll be at Wembley, natch.

This is of course the same West Brom that put four past Newcastle and had a semi final while chasing promotion not too long ago. Brian has got some work to do before turning the corner most certainly.

[Mr Angry]

Bearing in mind that, of the teams definately through, only Southampton were below us in the League, pretty well anyone we got was going to be a tough game. That having been said, a home tie is a bonus and frankly, we have nothing to lose here - win, we get a lucrative QF game; draw and we get some more dosh; lose and we can concentrate on staying up.

Simples.

[Maguire]

Bearing in mind that, of the teams definately through, only Southampton were below us in the League, pretty well anyone we got was going to be a tough game. That having been said, a home tie is a bonus and frankly, we have nothing to lose here - win, we get a lucrative QF game; draw and we get some more dosh; lose and we can concentrate on staying up.

Simples.

Nice outlook and I agree - it's all good.

[Royal With Cheese]

Don't know what people are moaning about. It's a winnable game, at home, against a team that have promotion squarely in their sights. Only Southampton or Derby at home in my mind would have been potentially less tricky so it's a great opportunity to get through to the 6th round for the first time in over 80 years.

[Mr Angry]

Don't know what people are moaning about. It's a winnable game, at home, against a team that have promotion squarely in their sights. Only Southampton or Derby at home in my mind would have been potentially less tricky so it's a great opportunity to get through to the 6th round for the first time in over 80 years.

RwC - surely you must know by now that there are some posters on here who will moan at anything, and who will always be able to see the negatives about a situation (and voice those negatives) rather than even try to see the positives.

[Ian Herring]

I don't mind playing the Baggies. Great chance to progress to the quarters.

I wonder a little about the really depressed psyche of some Reading fans.

Plus, it's always good to have some comedy accents in town for a day.

[Royal_Delight]

Don't know what people are moaning about. It's a winnable game, at home, against a team that have promotion squarely in their sights. Only Southampton or Derby at home in my mind would have been potentially less tricky so it's a great opportunity to get through to the 6th round for the first time in over 80 years.

RwC - surely you must know by now that there are some posters on here who will moan at anything, and who will always be able to see the negatives about a situation (and voice those negatives) rather than even try to see the positives.

Its a gift given to us by God/

[readingFTW]

Initially I was thinking Notts County, but Reading seem to perform badly against the worse teams-like we got oxf*red off of Plymouth 4-1, then two weeks later we win against liverpool, and beat another premiership team: Burnley.
I would probably go with Saints away tbh

[Franchise FC]

Obviously getting WBA at home is a great tie and one which we could definately set out to win... but when we got drawn out and i saw who was left, i definately wanted WBA the least out of them, Pompey and Soton. Ahh well, COME ON URZ!

Like you I wanted one of those two home or away.
Never mind we can play them in the quarters and knock out a previous winner of the competition having knocked out a previous winner in WBA.

Which will make four in a row previous winners - I believe the Scousers have done it a couple of times and I'm pretty sure Burnley have too (1913/14)

[URZZZZZZZZ]

Initially I was thinking Notts County, but Reading seem to perform badly against the worse teams-like we got oxf*red off of Plymouth 4-1, then two weeks later we win against liverpool, and beat another premiership team: Burnley.
I would probably go with Saints away tbh

Is this some kind of a sick joke?

[readingFTW]

Initially I was thinking Notts County, but Reading seem to perform badly against the worse teams-like we got oxf*red off of Plymouth 4-1, then two weeks later we win against liverpool, and beat another premiership team: Burnley.
I would probably go with Saints away tbh

Is this some kind of a sick joke?

Sh*t i ment to say i probably WOULDN'T go with Southhampton away . It's very true though- we perform good against teams like Liverpool, and Burnley,and we even put up an tremendous fight against CHELSEA in a 2-2 draw(pre-season), yet we loose to Kettering (pre-season). Evidence does suggest we can perform better against bigger clubs. Which is why I would go with Fulham, NOT SAINTS!
Once again - appologize for my mistake in the last post:(

[Ian Royal]

How did we do against Newcastle, West Brom, M'boro & Sheffield Utd?

And Barnsley (league) Burton Albion & Blackpool