⚽ [POLL] ENGLISH FA CUP 2023/24 TOURNAMENT - Discussion Thread

[JollyGood]

RESULT:

Derby County 0-2 West Ham United

West Ham United have beaten Derby County in which was potentially a difficult game, congratulations to them. They will play Manchester United at Old Trafford in the 5th Round. The next 4th Round game being played is this evening: Birmingham City vs Blackburn Rovers

[JollyGood]

Now that all 4th Round ties have been settled, here is the full fixture list for the 5th Round of the FA Cup:

Tuesday 28th February 2023
Stoke City vs Brighton and Hove Albion   
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers   
Fulham vs Leeds United   
Bristol City vs Manchester City

Wednesday 1st March 2023
Southampton vs Grimsby Town   
Burnley vs Fleetwood Town   
Manchester United vs West Ham United   
Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur

From the top half of the draw Manchester City have to be favourites to life the trophy and from the bottom half of the draw Manchester United and Tottenham are probably favourites.

[Agbe]

Now that all 4th Round ties have been settled, here is the full fixture list for the 5th Round of the FA Cup:

Tuesday 28th February 2023
Stoke City vs Brighton and Hove Albion   
Leicester City vs Blackburn Rovers   
Fulham vs Leeds United   
Bristol City vs Manchester City

Wednesday 1st March 2023
Southampton vs Grimsby Town   
Burnley vs Fleetwood Town   
Manchester United vs West Ham United   
Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur

From the top half of the draw Manchester City have to be favourites to life the trophy and from the bottom half of the draw Manchester United and Tottenham are probably favourites.

Manchester City and Manchester United are strong teams and as a football you can call it a favourite but they are merited to be there. The fixtures of this month end is nice, that means this month end will be a time of fun. Fulham vs Leeds United is another strong pair. For the Bristol vs Manchester City, it will be a work over for Manchester City, Stoke  City vs Brighton and Hove Albion, Brighton will lead the game. Leicester City will control Blackburn Rovers.
Coming to the down, Southampton vs Grimsby Town will be a thug of war, Burnley vs Fleetwood Town might have the same fate. Manchester United vs West Ham United, it will be also a work over for Man U. Tottenham will win Sheffield United. This is my prediction

[JollyGood]

Here are the results from the 5th round games played today Tuesday 28th February 2023:

Stoke City 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion   
Leicester City 1-2 Blackburn Rovers   
Fulham 2-0 Leeds United   
Bristol City 0-3 Manchester City

Congratulations to Brighton, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham and Manchester City for making it to the quarter-finals.

The next set of games take place tomorrow. Manchester City are still in contention to win a treble which is the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions  League this season.

Manchester United are in contention to win a quadruple which is the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League which they will try to add to the Carabao Cup they won over the weekend.

[Freeveto]

Leeds United was so unfortunate on today’s game, they played good football and couldn’t convert many chances to either equalize on time to keep the game on a stable fate or lead the game in the first half. It was a lucky game on the side of Fulham city.

[Juggy777]

Here are the results from the 5th round games played today Tuesday 28th February 2023:

Stoke City 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion   
Leicester City 1-2 Blackburn Rovers   
Fulham 2-0 Leeds United   
Bristol City 0-3 Manchester City

Congratulations to Brighton, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham and Manchester City for making it to the quarter-finals.

The next set of games take place tomorrow. Manchester City are still in contention to win a treble which is the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions  League this season.

Manchester United are in contention to win a quadruple which is the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League which they will try to add to the Carabao Cup they won over the weekend.

@JollyGood Leicester played really bad and deserved to be knocked out, and honestly they really need to introspect as to why they’re underperforming so bad that too against such easy opponents. Furthermore Manchester City was always guaranteed to win, hence I was not surprised to see them progress to the next round.

[slackovic]

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Manchester United are in contention to win a quadruple which is the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League which they will try to add to the Carabao Cup they won over the weekend.

They still may have a chance to win all four competitions, but it's highly unlikely. At least I don't think that they have what it takes to win the title in the Premier League. I think that the biggest fight for the title will be between Arsenal and Man. City.

As for the FA cup, if they win today against West Ham, they will face Blackburn in the next round so that title is still pretty much in place.

[JollyGood]

@JollyGood Leicester played really bad and deserved to be knocked out, and honestly they really need to introspect as to why they’re underperforming so bad that too against such easy opponents. Furthermore Manchester City was always guaranteed to win, hence I was not surprised to see them progress to the next round.

It was not that long ago that Leicester City surprised everybody with their Premier League title win but since then they have been far too inconsistent in all competitions to be taken seriously. They did well to climb out of the relegation zone and will no be relegated at least not this season and they could have gone far in cup competitions if they were focused but even that did not work for them. Well done to Blackburn Rovers.

Bristol City made life difficult for Manchester City and the scoreline flattered 0-3 scoreline flattered them a little but they were favourites to go through to the next round.

They still may have a chance to win all four competitions, but it's highly unlikely. At least I don't think that they have what it takes to win the title in the Premier League. I think that the biggest fight for the title will be between Arsenal and Man. City.

As for the FA cup, if they win today against West Ham, they will face Blackburn in the next round so that title is still pretty much in place.

The Premier League is probably beyond them but they will try to stay in contention until it is mathematically impossible to win it. As for the FA Cup and Europa League, they are in a knockout competition. If they won just one more cup and ended the season in the Premier League top three it would be classed as a successful season for them considering they were at the bottom of the table after back to back defeats in August at the start of the season.

At this stage, Manchester City have to be favourites to life the FA Cup.

[Frankolala]

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Manchester United are in contention to win a quadruple which is the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League which they will try to add to the Carabao Cup they won over the weekend.

They still may have a chance to win all four competitions, but it's highly unlikely. At least I don't think that they have what it takes to win the title in the Premier League. I think that the biggest fight for the title will be between Arsenal and Man. City.

As for the FA cup, if they win today against West Ham, they will face Blackburn in the next round so that title is still pretty much in place.

Manchester united might be able to win the English FA cup because their team is unstoppable at the moment. They still have the opportunity to win two more cups this seaan which is this cup and Europa cup. This will be a great achievement for them and Eric Hag. I don't see them win EPL since the points differences is much.

Manchester city is good and capable to winning both English FA and EPL,since they are second on the table and might just overtake Arsenal,if Arsenal loss any of their game. Manchester united will win tonight's match against West Ham because they will be playing at old Trafford, which is hard for them to be defeated at home. It will be an interesting match and I hope it doesn't end up a draw.

[JollyGood]

West Ham United will probably be well above the relegation zone when the season ends and they will be safe in the Premier League for next season as they are far too good a team to be relegated therefore it is possible they could cause an upset at Old Trafford

Manchester united will win tonight's match against West Ham because they will be playing at old Trafford, which is hard for them to be defeated at home. It will be an interesting match and I hope it doesn't end up a draw.

Here are the other 5th round games that will be played this evening:

Southampton vs Grimsby Town   
Burnley vs Fleetwood Town   
Manchester United vs West Ham United   
Sheffield United vs Tottenham Hotspur

[Rruchi man]

Manchester United vs West Ham United   

West Ham were looking like they were going to stop the Carabao cup champions as they scored first, but trust their coach and their comeback spirit. Manchester are on fire right now and if they had started with this sort of form this season, winning the EPL would have also been very possible. Erik Ten Hag knows the exact players to put in each game , and even if he doesn't start them...he can make effective changes. Manchester United can still go ahead to win this competition, everything is possible with this team.

[JollyGood]

RESULTS:

Southampton 1-2 Grimsby Town   
Burnley 1-0 Fleetwood Town   
Manchester United 3-1 West Ham United   
Sheffield United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Southampton and Tottenham are out of the competition therefore congratulations are in order for Grimsby Town and Sheffield United for their wins over Premier League teams.

This is the quarter-final draw, the games will take place on Saturday 18th March 2023:

Brighton and Hove Albion vs Grimsby Town
Manchester City vs Burnley
Manchester United vs Fulham
Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers

Congratulations to the four non-Premier League teams to get this far in the competition.

West Ham were looking like they were going to stop the Carabao cup champions as they scored first, but trust their coach and their comeback spirit. Manchester are on fire right now and if they had started with this sort of form this season, winning the EPL would have also been very possible. Erik Ten Hag knows the exact players to put in each game , and even if he doesn't start them...he can make effective changes. Manchester United can still go ahead to win this competition, everything is possible with this team.

West Ham were in contention to win the game but in the end when your opponents bring on Rashford, Casemiro, Martinez and Fred as substitutes then there is always a chance they will end up scoring. I think Garnacho was superb for Manchester United, it is difficult to believe he is just 18 years old. West Ham have only themselves to blame for the loss, they were in a winning position being ahead at 0-1 but ended up losing 3-1.

[JollyGood]

This is the quarter-final draw for the FA Cup:

Saturday 18th March
Manchester City vs Burnley

Sunday 19th March
Sheffield United vs Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion vs Grimsby Town
Manchester United vs Fulham

The smart money would be on Manchester City or Manchester United to win the FA Cup but as is always mentioned about the history and magic of the FA Cup, anything is possible including huge upsets. What are the chances Burnley beat Manchester City and then Fulham beat Manchester United?

Brighton are playing brilliant football and are flying high in the Premier League table as per their usual standards, maybe they will reach the semi-final then final.

Grimsby Town, what a story they have and can they continue their dream?

[JollyGood]

Results of the quarter-final games:

Manchester City 6-0 Burnley
Sheffield United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion 5-0 Grimsby Town
Manchester United 3-1 Fulham

These are the semi-final fixtures:

Saturday 22nd April
Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester United
Manchester City vs Sheffield United

There has never been an all Manchester FA Cup final before, this year it might happen. Brighton and Sheffield United have done well to get this far, it would be a spectacular moment if they managed to be the finalists.

[JollyGood]

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[Juggy777]

Results of the quarter-final games:

Manchester City 6-0 Burnley
Sheffield United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion 5-0 Grimsby Town
Manchester United 3-1 Fulham

These are the semi-final fixtures:

Saturday 22nd April
Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester United
Manchester City vs Sheffield United

There has never been an all Manchester FA Cup final before, this year it might happen. Brighton and Sheffield United have done well to get this far, it would be a spectacular moment if they managed to be the finalists.

@JollyGood it’ll be a boring finale if both or either of the Manchester team’s crash out, and while I understand that Brighton and Sheffield would have earned their right to play in the finals yet it would not be as exciting as a Manchester finale. Also I’m hearing news of Rashford and Haaland both being injured, but I think that they should recover in time for the semis as their injury doesn’t looks serious as of now.

[JollyGood]

I understand what you mean but as this is the FA Cup and many smaller teams have beaten giants before. Most neutrals would probably be supporting the underdogs and for that reason I would not be surprised if both Manchester teams lost their semi-finals and Brighton played Sheffield United in the final. The more probable outcome appears to be the first ever all-Manchester FA Cup final.

@JollyGood it’ll be a boring finale if both or either of the Manchester team’s crash out, and while I understand that Brighton and Sheffield would have earned their right to play in the finals yet it would not be as exciting as a Manchester finale. Also I’m hearing news of Rashford and Haaland both being injured, but I think that they should recover in time for the semis as their injury doesn’t looks serious as of now.

[Frankolala]

I understand what you mean but as this is the FA Cup and many smaller teams have beaten giants before. Most neutrals would probably be supporting the underdogs and for that reason I would not be surprised if both Manchester teams lost their semi-finals and Brighton played Sheffield United in the final. The more probable outcome appears to be the first ever all-Manchester FA Cup final.

@JollyGood it’ll be a boring finale if both or either of the Manchester team’s crash out, and while I understand that Brighton and Sheffield would have earned their right to play in the finals yet it would not be as exciting as a Manchester finale. Also I’m hearing news of Rashford and Haaland both being injured, but I think that they should recover in time for the semis as their injury doesn’t looks serious as of now.

The winner of this league is not determined by the club,sometimes those small clubs do perform better than the big teams in this league and that is why Manchester city and Manchester united should be focused on qualifying to the final,if not it will be a surprise that this small clubs will defeat them to the finals.

I thinks that not the two Manchesters will qualify to the finals but I don't know who will be out of the finals,since this small teams has seen this as an opportunity for them to win a trophy. It is unpredictable to me but let's see how it goes.

[JollyGood]

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[JollyGood]

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