Baaaarnsley

If it’s a fix, it’s a badly disguised one – Arsenal v Man Utd in the 5th round.  Who planned that?  To be honest if it a) acts as any kind of diversion or b) allows players from each side to take chunks out of each other, thereby letting teams below them to play catch up (though this is highly unlikely) then I’m all for it.

More likely it’ll be a 0-0 til 80 mins to go,   one controversial tackle, a sending off, a penalty and a 1-0 to who cares.  As long as the victor gets Chelsea or a difficult away tie at Ninians Park.  For us, we’ve a tricky (let’s be honest every game’s tricky at the mo) home time v Barnsley – stand out player Brian Howard, team captain, and top scorer with 10 league goals – a commendable 16th in the Coca Cola Championship. Got to be worth a 5iver on a replay and the tricky (that word again) return match at Oakwell.  Please God no…. Liverpool could steal unnoticed into the quarters and a further tricky tie against – well pick ‘em – banana skins of Coventry, or Bristol Rovers..

I’ll take either.