O/T : FA CUP DRAW (5th ROUND)

[Geordie Ahmed]

Bolton v Derby or Fulham
West Bromwich Albion or Tottenham v Nottingham Forest
Everton v Manchester United
Charlton Athletic v Leicester City
Burnley v Blackburn
Southampton v Brentford or Hartlepool
Newcastle v Chelsea
Arsenal v West Ham or Sheffield United


Ties to be played on 19/20 February
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Im glad we have a home tie BUT Chelski :o^ :o^

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

man utd's only chance of silverware like i pointed out a while back

Go Everton!
Got Magpies!

The gossip column
All the latest gossip from Monday's newspapers.

Sunday's gossip
Arsenal vow to keep hold of Ashley Cole in the wake of allegations that the England full-back was tapped up by Chelsea, (Daily Express), and are ready to demand the Blues are docked points. (The Sun)

Meanwhile, Chelsea fail to end speculation that they made an illegal approach for the player. (Various)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger defends the Gunners' discipline record ahead of Tuesday's Premiership clash with bitter rivals Manchester United. (The Independent, The Sun)

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has started house-hunting in Surrey as he prepares for a £30m summer move to Chelsea. (The Sun)

Newcastle reject Craig Bellamy has turned down a £6m move to Birmingham. (Daily Mirror)

Former Rangers midfielder Mikel Arteta, now at Real Sociedad, is close to securing a loan deal with Everton, (The Sun, Daily Mirror), although the deal is already done according to The Guardian.

Southampton boss Harry Redknapp has offered Lazio striker Paolo Di Canio the chance to return to the Premiership on a six-month contract. (Daily Mirror)

Meanwhile, Redknapp warns Saints he could quit if the club are relegated. (Daily Mirror)

Celtic want Babo Balde to stay on until the end of the season, even if he signs a pre-contract agreement with Middlesbrough on Monday. (The Independent)

Arsenal centre-back Sol Campbell says he expects to be playing football abroad in Italy or Spain by his 35th birthday, in five years time, and is also interested in pursuing an acting career when he hangs up his boots. (The Guardian)

Tottenham aim to complete the signing of Nottingham Forest pair Andy Reid and Michael Dawson on Monday. (The Mail, Daily Express)

Everton have failed in a £5m attempt to snatch Blackburn midfielder Barry Ferguson from under the noses of Rangers, who are waiting to see if Rovers backtrack and accept a £4m offer. (Daily Record)

Celtic fail to sign Hearts' £1.2m-rated midfielder Paul Hartley after upping their offer to £300,000. (Daily Record)


:o^

[Rob H]

Does anyone konw which games are on the TV?
BBc or Sky?

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

rh - bbc get first pick, sky get second,bbc third and sky for fourth

[Amjid Javed]

come on newcastle & everton

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

cmmon barca!!!! i mean in cl!!!

[dan hudson]

Burnley v Blackburn is bound to be on the TV.

[Rob H]

Come on Villa!!!!!!
We have made a signing at last!
Eric Djemba Djemba

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

burnley - boooooooooooooooooo

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by RH Does anyone konw which games are on the TV? BBc or Sky?

like wiy mentioned they both share them!

the newcastle game is most likely to be on TV and its highly likely it will be on the sunday because we play a uefa cup game on the thursday!


Our best hope of getting through is that after our game Chelski play Barca so i hope they rest Robben and one or two others! in the League Cup we held chelski for 90 mins until Robben came on!

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

robben vs puyol will be a great battle.


newcastle have a chance - ameobi should be given a run - i like the look of him - very useful player

[Geordie Ahmed]

Shola has been helped by the Bellamy situation (looks like he is off to celtic on loan) AND we have no time to get a striker in (hopefully Yakubu in the summer) so Shola will get a decent run in the side providing he stears clear of injuries. he has shown a lot of promise but hasnt quite delivered but im hoping with a run in the side he will do

blackburn and burnley will be a mad match

come on ROVERS