Live Match Chat FA Cup Special FPL News
Welcome to Live Match Chat FA Cup Special FPL News. This weekend sees the 5th round ties for the FA Cup, meaning that it is a FPL-free weekend. However, FPL-free does not signify FPL-irrelevant far from it. If you scan through the fixtures listed below you will see eight Premier League teams are left in the competition and bizarrely all eight have been kept apart in the draw. Now a closer scan of those fixtures will show that all eight top tier teams are firm favourites to win their tie – possibly Leicester being the less obvious. We have banged on about GW28 for weeks now – and this is when we get to find out exactly how disrupted GW28 will be as that is when the 6th round of the FA Cup will be played. At present only three fixtures are guaranteed for GW28 and if results go as expected in the Cup, then those three fixtures will be our sole game-week interest.
Therefore, keep a close eye on this weekend’s games to see how GW28 will pan out and also to keep an eye on potential transfers and injuries etc.
We talk about about things going as expected, but of course life doesn’t always turn out like that does it? Look at Brexit, President Trump, Arsenal losing to Bayern in the round of 16…….
….the FA Cup really can produce some upsets and maybe, just maybe some Premier League teams may get beaten by lower level opposition. Who would ever have predicted lowly Bournemouth humbling holders Man Utd in 1984, reigning league champions Arsenal losing to Wrexham who were bottom of the the old fourth division in 1992, non-league Sutton knocking out Coventry in 1989, Ronnie Radford’s famous goal leading Hereford to upsetting Newcastle or indeed Wimbledon beating the then mighty Liverpool on the biggest stage of all at Wembley in 1988?
See below this weekend’s fixtures and to the right of each fixture the GW28 match which is at risk if the Premier League team win this weekend.
FPL carnage! Love it.
Saturday 18th February
12:30pm
Burnley vs Lincoln – Game at risk – LIV vs BUR
3:00pm
Millwall vs Leicester – Game at risk – ARS vs LEI
Huddersfield vs Man City – Game at risk – MCY vs STO
Middlesbrough vs Oxford – Game at risk – MID vs SUN
5:30pm
Wolves vs Chelsea – Game at risk – CHE vs WAT
Sunday 19th February
2:00pm
Fulham vs Tottenham – Game at risk – CRY vs TOT
4:15pm
Blackburn vs Man United – Game at risk – MUN vs SOU
Monday 20th February
7:55pm
Sutton vs Arsenal – Game at risk – ARS vs LEI
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to absolutely everyone for GW26 from all at FF247!
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Good luck this week ever…. Oh, hang on.
Oh well, let’s see how the cup games pan out and then we can get back to it.
Anyone watching any? Or going to any?
Thanks
Burnley need to pull their finger out!
Currently watching the end of this Burnley game but probably won’t watch any of the others, maybe just flicking between them and the rugby. Anybody else watching them?
Did you see the scuffle Flanagan kicked off Kop?
Watched the Burnley game…
Gonna watch City and Chelsea later on…
So, yeah – footy all day long…
Man City team if anyone cares
And Leicester and ‘Boro ones
Humm as it stands, the Burnley-Liverpool game is on. Humm
Plus three other games.
Three other games?
Bournemouth vs West ham
Hull vs Swansea
Everton vs West Brom and now Liverpool vs Burnley
Aaaah okay, yeah, got 7 from those already.
8 even
Off the top of my head I’ve about 6 but still have my FTs so will add to that number.
Suddenly Mane is a very interesting option again.
Aren’t Liverpool supposed to play?
I think he’s the one Liverpool player that is always am option.
Lincoln win! Wow!!
Just need Leicester to lose and I’m sorted
#mane!!
Lincoln are quickly becoming one of my new favourite teams!!!
I think they have a greater shot at winning the EPL than Liverpool, in the upcoming ten to twenty years. :p
:finger:
Hahah what the Doc said!!!!
Good Matt. Even in tough times, you never walk alone.
Lincoln!
Hah
What a start of the day.
First of many surprises today ?!
Afternoon all
Afternoon Doc. Hoping for a few shocks today and tomorrow
Oi oi HL!
Out of curiosity, are people planning on getting the full 15 players for GW28 or just 11 players?
Full 15? What are you talking about? That messes your team up. 11 is much already.
Hey mate
I only get a full 15 for a DGW
So, no…
Many will struggle to get 8…
And fixtures are not tasty enough to risk more than usual…
You don’t wanna get stuck with some players you don’t need long term…
Many reasons for not going “all in”…
Cheers lads. I’m only aiming for 11 maybe 12 at most. Was just trying to see what others were thinking.