[Albion] FA Cup Fifth Round

oldboyroy · 2025-03-04T05:05:09+0000

Home advantage swings it in our favour. I'm not overly confident we'll beat them but not worried about it either. They are good and efficient but we are good too. That 7 nil flattered them and the point they got at the Amex we gave them too. If we had drawn Bournemouth I'd be concerned more!

Uh_huh_him · 2025-03-04T06:23:29+0000

pigmanovich said:
Excluding us and Southampton, Forest have not beaten anyone in normal time since January 11. And they have lost three and drawn one - in normal time - of their four away games in that time.

We can do this.

They don't need to beat us in Normal time.

Deadly Danson · 2025-03-04T06:45:00+0000

Shaktarman said:
Do we know if it’s 2 on the Sat, 2 on the Sunday like last year? As before that I think it was 1 Sat 3 Sun…

No one knows yet.

Jim in the West · 2025-03-04T06:51:15+0000

One Love said:
Yes quite a few of our players travel long distances and Fab is reluctant to play them.

That is a very valid point - we will be far more disadvantaged than them by the timing of this fixture. Let's hope the match is on the Sunday.

HeaviestTed · 2025-03-04T06:53:47+0000

Jim in the West said:
That is a very valid point - we will be far more disadvantaged than them by the timing of this fixture. Let's hope the match is on the Sunday.

Does us playing on Tuesday already affect that or could that be moved?

Simster · 2025-03-04T07:47:53+0000

I was just thinking, of the 8 teams left I would say we've got the second best draw. In terms of who is happiest with the draw, I reckon it goes something like this:

Villa - they got a championship side
BHA - home draw, we can beat anyone. Not ideal to play Forest but at least they're out of form and redemption is a major motivator.
Preston - of the 14 possible outcomes, I reckon this is their 3rd or 4th choice. Villa are wobbling a bit, so they have a puncher's chance at home.
Fulham - not ideal to be playing a form team, but at least they're at home.
Palace - not ideal to be playing away at a similar standard club, but they're in form and have just won there.
Forest - very tough looking away trip, but from their POV, they haven't lost to us this season, and well, 7-0.
Bournemouth - cup favourites is the last team their fans would have wanted, but they are at home where they have beaten City this season already. (The result that kick-started the horror run)
Man City - the worst draw they could have got was a trip to one of the south coast clubs. But Bournemouth was probably the absolute worst as they'll get about 63 tickets in that shoebox, and not even behind the goal.

oldboyroy · 2025-03-04T13:35:39+0000

1 things for certain. The players won't need firing up for this 1! Just a simple 7-0 newspaper headline should suffice just in case they do!

Redinpeace · 2025-03-04T14:04:58+0000

dazzer6666 · 2025-03-04T14:06:51+0000

Highest-placed PL team left are 7th favourites out of 8…….

US Seagull · 2025-03-04T14:25:25+0000

Should be a good tie. I could have sworn we played them back at the start of last month, but it seems I can't remember it. Weird that.

SpongebobSquarepants · 2025-03-04T15:52:42+0000

HeaviestTed said:
Does us playing on Tuesday already affect that or could that be moved?

Forest are on TV on the Tuesday, and also Notts County have moved their game to the Wednesday already to avoid a clash.
Therefore I would expect our game to be on the Saturday

RM-Taylor · 2025-03-04T19:09:52+0000

HeaviestTed said:
Does us playing on Tuesday already affect that or could that be moved?

Villa home (looks very likely) to be moved to Weds evening, as Preston v Villa is (almost certainly) on Sunday lunchtime

Suggested schedule online is:
Fulham v Palace - Sat lunchtime
Brighton v Notts Forest - Sat early evening
Preston v Villa - Sunday lunchtime
Bournemouth v Man City - Sunday afternoon

METALMICKY · 2025-03-04T21:25:17+0000

RM-Taylor said:
Villa home (looks very likely) to be moved to Weds evening, as Preston v Villa is (almost certainly) on Sunday lunchtime

Suggested schedule online is:
Fulham v Palace - Sat lunchtime
Brighton v Notts Forest - Sat early evening
Preston v Villa - Sunday lunchtime
Bournemouth v Man City - Sunday afternoon

No thanks. Sat early evening is my problem one!

kevo · 2025-03-04T22:23:47+0000

oldboyroy said:
1 things for certain. The players won't need firing up for this 1! Just a simple 7-0 newspaper headline should suffice just in case they do!

This has surely got to be in our favour. If just being in the quarter final isn't enough, it's a huge motivation.

Milano · 2025-03-04T22:46:55+0000

Can they move Villa this late? I would think they’ve started selling tickets already? Whereas no tickets sold for the cup games yet. I have a horrible feeling we might end up on Friday night.

SeagullsoverLondon · 2025-03-04T22:59:18+0000

Milano said:
Can they move Villa this late? I would think they’ve started selling tickets already? Whereas no tickets sold for the cup games yet. I have a horrible feeling we might end up on Friday night.

um bongo molongo · 2025-03-04T23:15:21+0000

BevBHA said:
All in our starting 11? Really?

Bournemouth and Newcastle have several players that would definitely be in our starting 11. Forest? Nah

Yep. Something like the below.

Sels

Aina
JPVH
Murillo
Pervis or Hinsh

Baleba
Anderson

Mitoma
MGW or Rutter
Pedro

Wood

Like I said, pretty evenly matched first XIs. But we have much more strength in depth.

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