FA Cup 1st round

[The Reverend]

Draw happening now. Jobi doing the balls.

Personally would like a non-league team at home.

[PKM]

Carlisle at home
Could be worse

[The Reverend]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

[EliotNes]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

Ain't gonna be many glamour ties in the 1st round. Two home cup ties in 4 days with the EFL vs Pompey match on 7th Nov. Likewise glad that both are at home.

[Give it to Jabo]

Not much worse. Carlisle must be sick of us.

[Hedmans Header]

Can just see it going to a replay..

Tues night in Carlisle

[Real Al]

Ain't gonna be many glamour ties in the 1st round.

Try telling that to Cray Valley

[Proposition Joe]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

Ain't gonna be many glamour ties in the 1st round. Two home cup ties in 4 days with the EFL vs Pompey match on 7th Nov. Likewise glad that both are at home.

Not many 'classic FA Cup' ties at all, though as mentioned below, good day out for Cray at Charlton. Probably be Hereford v Gillingham and Chesterfield v Pompey on the box.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

Kevin Lisbie derby Charlton v cray

[The Reverend]

Kevin Lisbie derby Charlton v cray

Cray were the team which reached the FA Teapot trophy the same day we played Fylde in the FA Tinpot trophy, aren’t they?

Funny how some teams become cup specialists. I noticed that Marine FC club who played Spurs a few years back made it to the first round again even though they play in something like the 7th tier.

[Uncle Joe]

Nice to be at home, for a change.
Winnable tie too

[ChorizO]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

You have a strange definition of dull.

[The Reverend]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

You have a strange definition of dull.

You think a cup draw at home against a team in the same division as us, who we will have played only a couple of weeks previously is not dull?

I get that you’re coming after me because I called you out for claiming that some people on a Leyton Orient message board politely enquiring as to the situation of an abandoned game involving Leyton Orient is “hysteria” but you’re just making yourself look silly here.

They little personal vendettas some people on this board hold is really weird behaviour. It makes them say things that in isolation are just odd.

[EliotNes]

Some "localish" derbys in the draw: Oxford/Maidenhead, Swindon/Aldershot, Port Vale/Burton but I can't work out whether Wigan or Carlisle fans will have the longest distance to travel.

I doubt if there will be any movement of the time/date of our game as we have the EFL Cup match the following Tuesday.

[Adz]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

You have a strange definition of dull.

Pretty dull to me too. Always more fun playing against a non league team

[Orient_Man_And_Boy]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

You have a strange definition of dull.

Pretty dull to me too. Always more fun playing against a non league team

You mean losing so that we can ‘concentrate on the league’?

Seriously, it would be nice to have a game or two against much higher teams and have a good day out putting the s@@@s up ‘em.

[LittleMate]

Serious question.

In his time here has Ritchie won a knockout cup game? I'm not sure we have.

[Chief crazy horse]

Pretty dull tie. Glad it’s at home though.

You have a strange definition of dull.

Pretty dull to me too. Always more fun playing against a non league team

Agree too, it is a 'dull' cup draw.

[Proposition Joe]

Serious question.

In his time here has Ritchie won a knockout cup game? I'm not sure we have.

He's only had three of them.

[Stan1972]

Don’t quite understand why it’s a dull FA Cup 1st round draw?
We are at home and it’s a winnable game, so for me it’s a good draw, bring on Carlisle, let’s beat them and get in the draw for the 2nd round.

[LittleMate]

Serious question.

In his time here has Ritchie won a knockout cup game? I'm not sure we have.

He's only had three of them.

But we have lost them all?

Now is the time we change that. 2 or 3 home wins in the cup helps the budget....

[OyinbO]

Serious question.

In his time here has Ritchie won a knockout cup game? I'm not sure we have.

He's only had three of them.

I suppose that's what happens if you keep losing them.

[OyinbO]

You have a strange definition of dull.

Pretty dull to me too. Always more fun playing against a non league team

You mean losing so that we can ‘concentrate on the league’?

Seriously, it would be nice to have a game or two against much higher teams and have a good day out putting the s@@@s up ‘em.

a bit difficult in Round 1 when you're in League 1.

If we do get to the 3rd Round, there's a fair chance we'll end up getting another ropey draw.

2011 was a fine example, almost every single draw was disappointing, but we kept winning them and we eventually got our reward.