The Emirates FA Cup 2015/2016

[McNamara That Ghost...]

About time.

Although I bet that idiot will be on MNF.

[Marc Overmars]

Bye.

[GP]

[Letters]

Pretty much.

[IBK]

This is like the Cold War now. Managers huddled over computers, can't play him, he can play, he can play for 38.9 minutes provided the pitch rating is 7.3 or lower. All this energy stuff is insane now that everyone is doing it. You can gain an advantage when you're the only one doing it, but when everyone is doing it then it descends into the shite we're looking at, 22 players haring around at 100mph in The Best League in the World™

I reckon the first manager to chuck all that stuff in the bin and instead go for a settled squad that learns how to play together, knows who is cover for who and plays the preferred first eleven as much as possible will surge ahead of the pack in time. Focus on football rather than athleticism. We made 9 changes for our cup game. Crazy to expect the team to play with any sort of consistency when you wreck it like that.

Like Ranieiri, for instance...

[McNamara That Ghost...]

West Ham - Liverpool on at the moment, still 0-0.



West Ham: Randolph, O'Brien, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Obiang, Antonio, Valencia, Payet.
Subs: Carroll, Adrian, Collins, Moses, Oxford, Cullen, Parfitt-Williams.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Flanagan, Stewart, Tiago Ilori, Smith, Teixeira, Lucas, Chirivella, Ibe, Benteke, Coutinho.
Subs: Jose Enrique, Milner, Henderson, Sturridge, Origi, Ward, Randall.

Referee: Roger East (Wiltshire)

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers 1-0 Liverpool, Antonio.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

1-1 Coutinho!

[McNamara That Ghost...]

'Ammers appealing for a pelanty, not given.

Roger East.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Obiang went for glory, drags the shot wide.