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Chelsea probably.

Haven’t checked, but six PL sides going out in the third round feels like a lot? Five of the top six in the Championship also out, but maybe that’s more common?

TNT before the Liverpool game. Will also be on the FA YouTube channel I would have thought.

Think of the appearance fees Brexit Jim’s saving on though.

He tries hard and he’s not shite, I’ll give him that, but he really doesn’t look like he’s got the quality to make a significant difference for them.

This argy that’s now playing up front for West Ham looks as bang average as everyone expected.

Going off what he said in one of his pressers recently, no.

For all Leeds are getting beat at the minute, Derby away is a great draw for their travelling fans. 5k+ allocation and only about 90 mins away. Bit of a shame about the early ko (imagine the plod might have had an input there) but still.

I think that’s better than the average…

Fourth out of five. Palace (h) - won Blackburn (a) - won Chelsea (a) - lost Forest (a) - won Bournemouth (h) - won

Eddie said he is ‘very close’.

Wigan (A)

We can say we folded, but imagine we’d turned it down and then he’d produced this form (or worse cos he was in a massive sulk) here. We’d have been absolutely goosed.

I’d add the Man City 3-3. Disappointing to lose a 3-1 lead obviously, but the fact we genuinely competed with them for much of the game, showed how far we’d come from the years of having everyone behind the ball and hoping for the best against them. Also, Trippier’s free kick 😍

Yes

Yes Well, we hope so!

Neave, Sahar and Park not playing for the U23’s tonight. Not sure if they’re injured like?

https://youtu.be/fzw_k_Pjrws?si=VasfFHShbWNkXinM

Doesn’t change the fact Schar bumped him (a bit). I don’t particularly agree with keepers consistently getting this type of decision, but if it was the other way round, I’d definitely be expecting it to be disallowed, and would be be disappointed, from a consistency pov, if it wasn’t.

We’ve currently got Gillespie and Ashby in the squad, so one of them can get booted if need be.

I’ve a feeling he might be tbh

Watching the extended highlights back, he does clip him on the knee, fairly heavily. If it’s a defender going up to head it, it’s not even a discussion, but it is the kind of one keepers normally get, rightly or wrongly.