Liverpool away - SUNDAY 19th / 4.30pm / ESPN - CONFIRMED!!

[clippedgull]

No way I would put Crawley v Stoke as 2nd choice. Can't imagine that would go down a storm worldwide. Liverpool v Brighton would go into 2nd spot for me. Liverpool as we know are one of the worlds best supported clubs so that means £££ for the TV rights holders.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Liverpool are the only team left in Worlds top 5 supported clubs, so it's them v anyone 1st

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

I guess we won't know until Tuesday lunchtime??

 

[SK1NT]

Stevenage v Tottenham 1st
Crawley Town v Stoke 2nd
Liverpool v Brighton 3rd
Sunderland or Middlesbrough v Arsenal 4th
Chelsea v Birmingham 5th
Everton v Blackpool or Sheffield Wednesday 6th
Millwall or Southampton v Bolton 7th
Norwich v Leicester 8th

 

[Lethargic]

Sunderland or Middlesbrough v Arsenal - Chance of a surprise and possibly only all prem tie
Liverpool v Brighton - Everyone in the world loves Liverpool and already had one good telly tie against us
Chelsea v Birmingham - Chelsea are loved by the media and capital vs second city so potential large audience.
Everton v Blackpool or Sheffield Wednesday - Dull but possible upset.
Stevenage v Tottenham - Spurs win therefore no real neutral interest
Crawley Town v Stoke - will be a dire match to watch
Millwall or Southampton v Bolton - Who cares?
Norwich v Leicester - Only interest in this game is whether Norwich will be the Albion's next round opponents

I reckon the TV companies hated this draw.

 

[Deleted member 22389]

According to the FA site we are a 3pm click off on Saturday
The FA Cup | Fixtures

 

[perseus]

Five Live First Games

My forecast/thinking:

1. Everton v Sheff Wed
2. Chelsea v Birmingham
3. Sunderland v Arsenal
4. Norwich v Leicester
5. Stevenage v Tottenham
6. Liverpool v Brighton
7. Crawley v Stoke
8. Southampton v Bolton

Not what I would have chosen. What I think they would think. So maybe the Liverpool game will miss out However, that selection excludes the three southern clubs. All three London clubs are included.

I suspect Southampton will field a below strength side and possibly Tottenham and Bolton as well. Maybe even Norwich. Liverpool will be a full strength. If the TV gets a wind of below strength sides they may exclude them.

Liverpool as possible Cup winners may rate higher.

2 on ITV, 3 on ESPN.

 

[Woodchip]

According to the FA site we are a 3pm click off on Saturday
The FA Cup | Fixtures

Sent by the power of 1000 turtles

 

[sydney]

i reckon it will be a goalfest , 5+ you heard it here first. us vs the scummers that is. 4-2. (to them)

 

[Simster]

Sunderland or Middlesbrough v Arsenal - either all Premiership or a real cup upset possibility
Stevenage v Tottenham - poor venue, but Tottenham are a glamour side and Stevenage are going well in league one
Liverpool v Brighton - if it had been at the Amex it would have ranked top
Chelsea v Birmingham - big club against form Championship side and the stadium will be full = good telly
Crawley Town v Stoke - their crap venue won't come across well on telly, plus Stoke won't interest anyone
Everton v Blackpool or Sheffield Wednesday - bit of a nothing match, this.
Millwall or Southampton v Bolton - yawn, although Southampton will be favourites so a Championship side in the last 8 I think
Norwich v Leicester - zzzzzzzz

 

[darters74]

According to the FA site we are a 3pm click off on Saturday
The FA Cup | Fixtures

watch out sherlock, your job's on the line!

 

[nomoremithras4me]

Anything but Sunday t time for me

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Liverpool are the only team left in Worlds top 5 supported clubs, so it's them v anyone 1st

Armchair footy fan sitting behind me on the bus this morning talking to another bloke "See that Liverpool are playing either Brighton OR Hove Albion in the 5th round"

 

[Nathan]

Naylor seems to think it is a dead cert for TV. Hope is right. Club should get confirmation tomorrow...

 

[Simster]

According to the FA site we are a 3pm click off on Saturday
The FA Cup | Fixtures

Yes but there is NOTHING in the TV column because nothing is decided yet!

 

[saafend_seagull]

According to the FA site we are a 3pm click off on Saturday
The FA Cup | Fixtures

LOL

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Yes but there is NOTHING in the TV column because nothing is decided yet!

Maybe they've decided that, since neither of the Manchester clubs are involved any more, it's not worth pretending that any TV companies will be interested?

 

[Simster]

Maybe they've decided that, since neither of the Manchester clubs are involved any more, it's not worth pretending that any TV companies will be interested?

That's definitely it.

For the same reason, Portsmouth's cup win in 2008 DOESN'T COUNT.

 

[Nathan]

So are we on TV?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

I think that Crawleys game will be one of the games chosen for TV as they are the lowest ranked club left in the competition and they are also at home which means its a harder game for the Premier league club

I think Southamptons game would have been likely to be picked if they had already won through as they are going well in the league and could provide a shock but as the tie won't be decided by then will the TV companies wait for the outcome before picking? - i don't think so and think that they will probably avoid selecting this fixture incase.

The rest are pretty close but my guess to go along with the Crawley game would be:
Sunderland / Middlesbrough vs Arsenal
Stevenage vs Spurs (as lower league team at home)
Maybe us next but it could easily be the Chelsea vs Birmingham game (2 well supported clubs, 1 ex-premier league) or Norwich vs Leicester (as there is a chance of an upset)

I think that they all have their merits to be picked for TV coverage so its not straightforward choice