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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by bobby1413 » 04 Jan 2015 13:25

Royal_jimmy I want Rochdale away but we will get West Brom at home or Derby away



Please god not Derby - I can see us getting them now.

West brom away wouldn't be too bad but obviously there are far juicier draws

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by Loyal royal 247 » 04 Jan 2015 23:13

Arsenal away would be great

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by The Real Sandhurst Royal » 05 Jan 2015 07:45

Any premier league club at home

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by punkindrublic » 05 Jan 2015 11:46

As always we will get West Brom.... :(

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by Snowball » 05 Jan 2015 12:12

Like in the 3rd Round


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by floyd__streete » 05 Jan 2015 12:59

Yes please:

Crystal Palace
AFC Wimbledon or Liverpool
Manchester City
Millwall or Bradford City
Aston Villa
Scunthorpe United or Chesterfield
Cambridge United
Everton or West Ham United
Sheffield United
Manchester United
Preston North End
Doncaster Rovers or Bristol City
Arsenal

No thanks:

Blackburn Rovers
Birmingham City
AFC Bournemouth
Cardiff City
Bolton Wanderers
Derby County
Brighton & Hove Albion
Fulham or Wolverhampton Wanderers
Middlesbrough

Meh:

Southampton or Ipswich Town
Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion
Swansea City
Burnley or Tottenham Hotspur
Sunderland
Leicester City
Chelsea

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by handbags_harris » 05 Jan 2015 13:03

Loyal royal 247 Arsenal away would be great


In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal? Surely you'd want to progress through the competition as far as you can go? Why say you'd want to draw a club that will 999/1000 beat us? I couldn't think of anything worse!!

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by floyd__streete » 05 Jan 2015 13:04

Oops, forgot Rochdale.....who would very much be top of the YES PLEASE list. We haven't played them since 1983/84. And there is a lovely chippie opposite the away end.

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by floyd__streete » 05 Jan 2015 13:08

Handbags In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal?


I kind of agree in some ways, but it'll be a good day on the sauce in London if we draw them away. Home or away to Arsenal is infinitely better to drawing most of the teams in our division. Assuming Millwall and Ipswich win replays, there is an 11 in 31 chance of drawing a team from our own divison, a 35.5% chznce. Lets be honest, given our consistently dire luck in draws it'll be another stinker won't it.....

IN for you driving to Rochdale though, m8 :wink:


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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by No Fixed Abode » 05 Jan 2015 13:12

Preston away.

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by handbags_harris » 05 Jan 2015 13:15

floyd__streete IN for you driving to Rochdale though, m8 :wink:


IN.

No Fixed Abode Preston away.


I'll take that too :)

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by LWJ » 05 Jan 2015 13:39

Preston, Rochdale, Chesterfield, Southampton or Palace away please :D

Or Bradford/Wimbledon if they get through

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by P!ssed Off » 05 Jan 2015 14:13

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Loyal royal 247 Arsenal away would be great


In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal? Surely you'd want to progress through the competition as far as you can go? Why say you'd want to draw a club that will 999/1000 beat us? I couldn't think of anything worse!!


Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.


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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by Christof » 05 Jan 2015 15:09

P!ssed Off Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.

Don't think we'd net that much (45% of receipts would mean that the average ticket price would have to be north of £50 if 60,000 turn up), but it would be a significant amount. Anyway, Chesterfield, Rochdale or Cambridge Utd please, failing that Sheff U, Palace or West Brom for the shant.

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by No Fixed Abode » 05 Jan 2015 15:13

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Loyal royal 247 Arsenal away would be great


In what possible way can drawing a team we have never even managed to draw against in our history be considered "great"? Why do you want Arsenal? Surely you'd want to progress through the competition as far as you can go? Why say you'd want to draw a club that will 999/1000 beat us? I couldn't think of anything worse!!


Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.


Would you sell out though? A half empty away end at Brighton a few weeks back would suggest not.

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by Pepe the Horseman » 05 Jan 2015 15:20

Agreed. Didn't sell out at Huddersfield either. If we can't sell out for those games, got no chance against teams like Arsenal.

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by P!ssed Off » 05 Jan 2015 15:24

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P!ssed Off Arsenal away would net Reading £1.5million in gate receipts. It's the most lucrative FA cup tie for 'minnows' like us.

That said I'd rather go through a few rounds against weak opposition before coming up against someone big.

Don't think we'd net that much (45% of receipts would mean that the average ticket price would have to be north of £50 if 60,000 turn up), but it would be a significant amount. Anyway, Chesterfield, Rochdale or Cambridge Utd please, failing that Sheff U, Palace or West Brom for the shant.


Heard the figure of £3 million ticket revenue for an Emirates game on Five Live yesterday. Obviously 45% of £3m is slightly lower than £1.5m.

It does seem pretty high. That figure's probably for a Cat A game: http://www.arsenal.com/tickets/non-member-ticket-prices

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by No Fixed Abode » 05 Jan 2015 15:26

Pepe the Horseman Agreed. Didn't sell out at Huddersfield either. If we can't sell out for those games, got no chance against teams like Arsenal.


Yep. Especially when the general consensus amongst Reading fans is, smaller clubs are more appealing in the cup these days.

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by Ian Royal » 05 Jan 2015 15:37

They're by far the biggest and best local team though. That's always a draw.

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Re: FA Cup 4th Round

by Brum Royal » 05 Jan 2015 15:46

Anyone not in our division, first and foremost. Let's at least have a draw that's vaguely interesting!

Here's the ball numbers for anyone who's not seen it yet:

1 ARSENAL
2 SOUTHAMPTON OR IPSWICH TOWN
3 STOKE CITY
4 BLACKBURN ROVERS
5 CRYSTAL PALACE
6 AFC WIMBLEDON OR LIVERPOOL
7 MANCHESTER CITY
8 ROCHDALE
9 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
10 BIRMINGHAM CITY
11 ASTON VILLA
12 AFC BOURNEMOUTH
13 READING
14 SWANSEA CITY
15 CARDIFF CITY
16 BOLTON WANDERERS
17 SUNDERLAND
18 BURNLEY OR TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
19 MILLWALL OR BRADFORD CITY
20 DERBY COUNTY
21 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION
22 FULHAM OR WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS
23 LEICESTER CITY
24 SCUNTHORPE UNITED OR CHESTERFIELD
25 EVERTON OR WEST HAM UNITED
26 CAMBRIDGE UNITED
27 CHELSEA
28 MIDDLESBROUGH
29 SHEFFIELD UNITED
30 MANCHESTER UNITED
31 PRESTON NORTH END
32 DONCASTER ROVERS OR BRISTOL CITY

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