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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Fixture Tracker
Bigpopz
What if Arsenal lose vs Sutton?
(You can just see it…final nail in Wengers Coffin.)
They’ll have Leicester to play 28
Gunna wait and see before selling Sanchez TBH .
Mitro
Popz – I hope we smash the fuck out of Sutton tomorrow
Kop Warrior
I hope Arsenal hammer them!
Bigpopz
Kop
What happend to the beauty of the cup and rooting for the underdog ?
Mitro
The Sun supporting wankers deserve everything they get tomorrow
Kop Warrior
They’ve sold their souls to the devil!
Bigpopz
Oh yea soz
Dirty bastards having The Scum as their sponsors
Arsenal 5-0 Scumbags Utd
Mitro
5-0?? I want double digits! I want those supporters to feel how I felt walking in to the work the following day after the Bayern game. I want those Sutton players to be destroyed so they never play the game again……
Bigpopz
Mitro
Yea u should smash em to pieces…but.
Stranger things have happend
And u guys are all over the place at the mo.
Will Wenger be playing the kids?
Mitro
Sanchez was in training today – I would expect a strong squad tomorrow
Bigpopz
Mitro
Are u a Wengerboy
Or should he go?
Mitro
I’m a gooner popz! I have no agenda and will support the team no matter what!
#onearsenewenger
coys9
That would be brilliant! I still have Sanchez ?
captain-kingpin
Come on Sutton. True Sutton fans surely won’t be backing the Sun sponsorship and if they do shame on them. Lincoln, Millwall and Sutton in the Quarters – who says the cups lost its magic!?
Kop Warrior
I feel sorry for the Sutton fans but I hope Arsenal crucify them.
inittowinit
That was an error of judgement on the clubs part. The fans have been dead set against it so fair play to them. I’m happy to overlook it and root for them tomorrow in what could be one of the funniest nights of the season, perhaps ever
Kop Warrior
I’ll be borrowing one of Mitro’s Arsenal jerseys for the game!
Mitro
Init – god help my Twitter mentions if we screw this up!!
inittowinit
You may want to block Mito for a few days
Mitro
FFS!! I’m fucked! – probably best if I deactivate for a couple of years 😉
Cookie
FA q-final draw – matches to be played in GW28.
No replays from now on.
inittowinit
Updated Tracker on its way soon….
Pancho
Looks like North London got the good draw! Well, assuming Arsenal can pull it together huh Mitro?! :winktongue:
Mitro
Pancho
I still stand by this comment 😉
Bigpopz
Ok couldn’t resist it any longer
-4 hit
Sanchez > Mane done.
Now who we going with in goal
Heaton or Jaku
TBH both could get cs
Jaku (H) vs Heaton (A)
inittowinit
I’d side with the homer. Just makes sense on a probability level.
Bigpopz
Yea I know what ur saying if in doubt go home,
But Heaton tho..!
Cs
Saves
Bp magnet
Like Wots happening at Hull tho
New boss got them looking solid
I don’t know
Will see nearer the deadline
Which feels like a million miles away atm..!
inittowinit
Crap on the road though!
inittowinit
Updated Fixture Tracker. This is how we look so far for GW28…
ON –
Bournemouth vs West Ham
Everton vs West Brom
Hull vs Swansea
Liverpool vs Burnley
OFF –
‘Boro vs Sunderland
Chelsea vs Watford
Palace vs Spurs
Southampton vs Man Utd
IN LIMBO –
Man City vs Stoke
Arsenal vs Leicester
Bigpopz
Cheers init
banjomaker
Cracking work. Cheers Init.
inittowinit
I shall populate all the usual places on the site with it tomorrow night once it’s complete. Guy’s fixture article will be up just after the Arsenal game finishes and will have the full one on it.
Kop Warrior
Nice one Init.
I foresee some planning this week. Writing Tips this week will hopefully give me a clearer picture as to what I want to do!!
Cookie
Kop, just shout if I can be of assistance.
Thanks Init, top tracking!
Kop Warrior
Cheers Cookie
inittowinit
You usually ignore your own Tips and then wonder why you did!
Kop Warrior
At least I’ll be forced to do some research this week
Shane
Hey guys,What should i do with this squad??Have 2 ft and 1.3 mitb
inittowinit
I’d probably do Sanchez to Mane and then keep the other one back for 28. That’s assuming you’re ok with benching Zlatan this week. I would be with his fixture in 27.
Bigpopz
Shane
How about
Sanchez > Mane
Ibra > Kane
Next week swap Kane back to Ibra for B’mouth game.
Shane
Thanks guys.Sanchez-mane seems to be a no brainer.Was also thinking of getting siggy in for zaha.Or should i wait for the chelsea game before bringing him in??
Cookie
Let’s assume that Arsenal stumble past Sutton & City win their replay vs Huddersfield and we’re left with 4 fixtures in GW28, do we still think 7/8 players is the right number for that week?
banjomaker
I’d be interested to hear the general consensus in this one. Without too much stress I’ll have 8 or 9, and I don’t think I want to disrupt things any more than that just for 1 gameweek.
inittowinit
8 or 9 max given the 8 teams involved. You’d be cutting off your nose to spite yourself in the face of having an extra 2 or 3 who may well just get you 2 points anyway.
banjomaker
I think I agree. I’ve currently got 7 (8 if Holgate plays). I’m going to finally ditch Amat (probably for a Hull defender) and then maybe leave it at that. If I do leave it there I’ll have 2 FT’s for GW29.
Kop Warrior
Having 2FT’s for GW29 will come in very handy.
Kop Warrior
Cookie, I think 9 is the max. I’ve just had a quick look at Liverpool’s and Burnley’s fixtures for the 3 game-weeks after 28 and I don’t think you’d want more than 1 player from each team.
inittowinit
That’s the key for me. Check the fixtures of each team after it.
Cookie
Ken, I think you you make a superb point- and that’s to be very aware of GW29 & 30 where those points gained in 28 could be lost by hits or having the wrong players.
Bigpopz
Ken Warrior
Lol
inittowinit
Takes the edge off doesn’t it
Bigpopz
I’ve got 8 lined up
I think 8 of the best too.
Jaku
Baines
Mane / Siggy / Snoddy / Davis
Luka / Carroll
Prolly keep most depending on form
Jaku / Davis / bench fodder going forward.
Carroll will be dumped sooner or later.