FA Round 5 Round-up ... sort of

Not for Wenger...again! 

'Sup footie nuts.

First off, Apologies for the intermittent posts. I'm Really struggling to juggle, blogs, home life and day job all in all (Insert Indian Accent for effect)

So this weekends Round 5 of the FA Cup threw up 2 REAL surprise results.

UPSET NO. 1 Norwich 1 - 2 Leicester

To be honest, I was hoping that Leicester would win this game for two reasons:

1. After all the money The Foxes have spent in the UK summer and FINALLY getting rid of the the utterly USELESS Sven as a coach/manager/money spender. I really do feel for them. I have always had a soft spot for them, since MON brought them up to the Premier league. They have been improving over the last few weeks and getting some good results. And some really tough results too. This result, must give them a HUGE boost and I hope that it could start a run that could see them end up in the play off places come the end of the season. 
2. I like the Canaries style of football. And more than that, I like that there is a team nick named "The Canaries" in the premier league. So why would I want them to relegated? This loss means that The Canaries now ONLY have the EPL to focus on. I'm sure it would have been nice for them to be in the quarters, but it will be a hell of a lot nicer for The Canaries to be in the Premier league draw next season. 

UPSET NO. 2 Chelsea 1 - 1 Birmingham

A late Second half  Daniel Sturridge strike saved AVB's blushes at The Bridge against a resilient Chris Houghton managed Birmingham City. Whatever Chelsea seemed to throw at them, they countered...and effectively. From the first corner, Chelsea looked uneasy. I'm not to sure where the problem lies at the moment for Chelsea. Is it AVB's tactics? Or has he lost the dressing room? One thing we do know about Chelsea's middled aged stars is this: If they don't believe in you, they won't play for you. Another huge problem could be that, more than half of Chelsea's squad is about the same age as AVB...respect, elders and all that. A replay at St Andrews (not the Golf course stupids) is not what they need right now. 

PS. Fernando who?

So I hear you asking, is the Sunderland 2 - 0 Arsenal result not an upset? Well, my answer is...NO! Under Martin O'Neil, Sunderland have become somewhat of a decent Football team. And we've seen the The Gunners usually fire blanks (See what I did there) against any decent team. With all due respect Gunners fans out there, I saw this coming. Sunderland are on the up, and after the AC Milan mauling the group of youngsters that Arsenal have at the moment, just wouldn't be able to show the metal needed to bounce back. Hate me now...I don't care. 

And to The Spurs fans:

Stevenage 0 - 0 Spurs

I don't care...so there

Other results that caught the eye:

Blackpool came unstuck at the Toffees (Intended pun)

Everton 2 - 0 Blackpool

A game where the blue half of Liverpool dominated from start to finish. Nothing special to report except for maybe Kevin Phillips' penalty miss. Other than that....a yawner. 

Liverpool 6 - 1 Brighton Hove and Albion

This one get's the mention for 2 reasons

1. I am a Liverpool fan
2. 3 own goals

Another strange thing to come out of this one was Stewart Downing's assist. No misprint, Downing FINALLY gets an assist! 

FA Cup Quarter Final draw as follows:

Liverpool vs Stoke

Chelsea/Birmingham vs Leicester

Spurs/Stevenage vs Bolton

Everton vs Sunderland

As an added bonus, please see below for some of the goals of this last round FA Cup goals.

Enjoy! 

Unrelated Football story:

Richard Levi...that is all.