Hopefully that unwanted extra game could help Arsenal this week, as three of the clubs just above and below us in the Premier League table do have to
play cup replays this week before their EPL games at the weekend.
Not exact matches
Secondly, Arsenal's defeat to Nottingham Forest in the FA
Cup could work in our favour as we are now out of the
Cup we won last year, whereas the Spuds have to
play Newport tonight (Wednesday) in an FA
Cup replay, while our players can have a whole week to recuperate (and celebrate) after the destruction of Everton on Saturday.
But the other FA
Cup Fourth Round
replay is today and you absolutely should be watching Peterborough United
play West Bromwich Albion.
We are
playing a
replay in the FA
Cup because we didn't beat Hull at Home.
AW commented on Ozils poor form by
replaying that (Ozil) still has «post World
Cup blues» AW went on to say that some of Ozils international coligues who
play for Bayern Munich are still not in the first eleven because of the» World
Cup syndrome» if this is so why the hell is Ozil starting every game for us?
It's a shame that some of the Gunners who
played tonight might not get too many more chances in the first team, which these
cup games are great for, but they also throw up more games and possible
replays in a hectic schedule.
BUT he has been training well of late and is in contention to
play against Exeter City in tonight's FA
Cup replay at Anfield.
Danny Welbeck may have missed a glorious late chance to level the scores and earn Arsenal an FA
cup replay at Watford but he did score one goal and was still our best player on the day even though he only
played for about 25 minutes.
However, I fear that the Gunners could possibly have lost any advantage by having to face yet another game after we failed to beat Hull City and will have to
play an FA
cup replay.
Some West Ham fans moaned and groaned when we drew Liverpool in the FA
Cup fourth round draw and further still at the thought of having to
replay them after yesterday's Nil - Nil bore draw, but we need to remember the financial rewards of
playing Liverpool twice in the FA
Cup are substantial!
With England doing the same with matches hasn't San Marino and Montenegro with Wayne Rooney, Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck and Michael Carrick all
playing a part it will be interesting to see if Sir Alex rotates his team selection to give his international players a rest especially with an FA
Cup Quarter Final
replay at Stamford Bridge on Monday afternoon.
Barkley, 24, was registered too late to
play a part in Wednesday's dramatic FA
Cup third round
replay win over Norwich City following his # 15 million move from Everton, but has been training with the first - team squad at Cobham and scored twice in a behind - closed - doors friendly against QPR on Thursday.
Both teams have had a disappointing FA
Cup weekend as holders Arsenal were knocked out by Nottingham Forest where as Chelsea have to
play a
replay after they drew with Norwich.
They
played out a 2 - 2 draw at Carrow Road against Norwich at the first attempt and now have the distraction of this
replay in a busy month for them because of the the EFL
Cup semi finals.
Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have
played 187 matches in the history of both clubs — the first match was
played on the 28th January 1899; a 1 - 1 draw in the FA
Cup, the
replay resulting in a 5 - 3 defeat for Newton Heath.
A Polish Under - 19 international, he is clearly of some pedigree, and, after
playing a bit - part role last year, has really established himself in the Dragons» first team this season, scoring the equaliser to earn his club an FA
Cup third - round
replay against Brighton earlier this year.
Chelsea face - off against Norwich City in the third - round FA
Cup replay on Wednesday, and should they progress, they could face the prospect of
playing 19 matches in the next 70 days.
After
replays and matches yet to be
played, Arsenal will be one of 32 clubs remaining in the FA
Cup.
Everton will have to go to Sunderland for a
replay after the two sides
played out an entertaining 1 - 1 draw in their FA
Cup sixth - round tie.
The experienced front man, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on Monday, rattled in a 12 - minute hat - trick at the start of the second half to kill off the plucky League One side in a controversial FA
Cup fifth round
replay,
played out in heavy snowfall.
What we didn't know was that throughout the rest of September, and the first half of October we would
play seven league games without winning a single one (although we did draw five of them), and also get dumped out of the League
Cup by Coventry after a
replay.
Liverpool will
play their FA
Cup 3rd round
replay against Exeter City at Anfield on Wednesday 20th January.
Instead of red plastic
cups on the floor, beer stains on the carpet, a random person passed out on the sofa and the IT song of the moment
playing in the background, I have half empty sippy
cups all over the house, milk stains on the carpets, a baby passed out on the playroom floor and Kidz Bop on
replay.
There are 150 levels to
play through so there is definitely some
replay - ability built into the title when trying to earn all the gold
cups.