Now, usually I wouldn't bother with this FA Cup malarkey betting wise, but I've had a request for some views! I would warn you that these are not the sort of tips to be robbing your Nan's pension for, they're strictly what I'd do if I were betting on the matches, which I wont. At least I hope I wont. Who am I kidding? I'll be all over them like like an XL coat on Lionel Messi. Music wise I'll go for something leftfield for me...let's go with Dead Prez and their seminal rap BANGER Hip Hop.
Chelsea v Everton, 1230 Saturday
The weekend kicks off with a 4th Round replay between 2 teams hopelessly struggling for form. So far Fernando Torres big move has looked about as much of a success as the Sinclair C5, that is to say, utter dogshit. He's been making Wayne Rooney look good he's been that poor in his 2 matches so far, being hauled off before the finish in both. A sad state for the once just below World Class striker. However comma he is cup tied for this match so we will see the return of The Drog. The beast of a man is renowned for his epic strops when not the main man, so expect the Marseille move to be back in the papers come the summer, yawn. He should be keen to score points against Carlo Ancelotti in this though and has a good record against Everton. The Toffees themselves are forcing any pundits to bring out the old 'too good to go down' line at present. With every passing week they seem to be edging closer to the basement and are unable to follow one decent performance with another of late. Whilst they held Chelsea to a draw at home I don't see them getting much change at all in the one tournament Chelsea have a decent chance at winning. Bet365 go out on a limb at 2.6 on the inventively nicknamed Blues winning to nil and I'll be keen to test that out.
Man Utd v Crawley, 1730 Saturday
I'm sure by now those regular readers will have cottoned on to my thinly veiled disgust at Man Utd's current team and particularly midfield. If I were to say I honestly don't think it's much better than the midfield at Brum I would not be lieing to you. Workmanlike is the best description of the middle of the park. Fletcher, Gibson (Jesus bleeding wept) and Scholes as well as that fat lad Anderson are a shower, an absolute shower. I was a huge fan of the way United played around 3 or 4 years ago and to see them reduced to this saddens me a little, only a little mind. I'll not even go in to Wayne 'Wazza' Rooney's, truly horrific derby game last week before he shinned one in whilst falling on his fat arse. All this being said they are not even on the same sub-human level of scum Crawley are. The Conference big spenders have yet to reveal who is actually funding the club despite numerous questions being posed. And at the helm have World Class dickhead Steve 'Bent' Evans. A man previously convicted of fraud whilst masking his players real wages to get out of tax. Sub-human scum. I really hope they get their arses handed to them and that utter bastard Evans is struck down. Thankfully they should be. United are nothing if not consistent in thrashing the shit at home and Berbatov should get another chance to inflate his goal-tally against sub-standard opposition here. Skybet are 3.25 on the Bulgarian hitman to score 2 or more and he should oblige. I would also suggest boycotting The Sun as they are sponsoring Crawley, but I'd hope none of you read that godawful rag anyway.
Man City v Notts County, 1400 Sunday
Another replay sees Man City hosting Notts County who got a creditable draw at their home ground a few weeks back. City have struggled to break down teams, and the players coming off the bench are sadly lacking in motivation. This is the problem with signing modern day Winston Bogarde's like Emanuel Adebayor as they will happily sit like lemons picking up fat pay cheques as long as the club let them. They're not fussed about putting the effort in when given a chance as they genuinely don''t care about playing in the side. The men from Nottingham's best chance of progress should have been in the home leg and I would expect them to bow out with a scrap in the replay. It's a lot of players chance to put themselves in the shop window and they should make a game of it. Lord knows why but I expect the midget son of Ian Wright to grab one here. Extrabet go 3.75 on that eventuality.
Leyton Orient v Arsenal, 1600 Sunday
The lst match of the weekend proper sees The O's hosting this week's biggest winners Arsenal. For all those shrewdies like myself who spotted they looked excellent value at around 4.0-4.5, congratulations. You know who you are. They were always going to have a chance against Barcelona at home, they might be the best team ever, but they're not quite that good. They looked good for the first 25 minutes, but as has been pointed out elsewhere, they are used to the opposition giving up around then if they're behind in La Liga. I'm not stupid enough to call it the SPL, teams as good as Valencia and Villarreal don't deserve that, but they do have things their own way more often than not. Whether this played in their minds and they slacked off we'll never know, but the loudest roar ever heard in the Emirates gave the home side a boost that Barca seemed ill prepared for. Leyton Orient have been up and down this season in League 1 and will have to put in a superhuman effort to get anything except a fat cheque for TV rights. Arsenal's bench, reserve and youth players are all keen to impress, unlike at Citeh, and will be too good. Saying that, they're still leakier than a leaky thing at the back so Skybet's 2.0 on Both teams To Score looks reasonable for an away tie.
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