Third round draw

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22664

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Pools are ball number 52

Barriewardrobe2 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:56 pm

We'll (potentially) get Ipswich Town.

thedno · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:17 pm

Shite draw

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22664

Could be better financially but Oxford are doable.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Shocking draw absolutely awful.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37426

Underwhelmed, but are they beatable?

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Could be better financially but Oxford are doable.

They are a very good side this season especially at home. They destroyed West Ham in the League Cup which they have reached the Quarter Final of. It’s shit in every possibly way.

Miles away, tick
Financially crap, tick
Very difficult game, tick.

Barriewardrobe2 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:26 pm

Not had a decent cup draw since Sunderland away.

thedno · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:26 pm

That's got to be one of the worst draws ever that, the amount of prem clubs that have drawn championship clubs, unreal.

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

Barriewardrobe2 wrote:

Not had a decent cup draw since Sunderland away.

Stoke home?

West Ham home?

Those were still over ten years ago though!! Derby at home a few years ago wasn’t too bad. Amazing compared to this draw.

Another crap aspect is that it was us or Boston v Rochdale to be on the box depending on the draw, they got Newcastle at home..... Two pay days missed out on.

The highlight was Tony Adams mentioning the last time he did the draw 27 years ago he was blind drunk.

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:37 pm

Gate money if get through is poor, but on the flip side if we do and beat them then the prize money is £135 K. Then it last 32.

Jamie1952 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:56 pm **Posts:** 7416

[quote="PJPoolie"]Shocking draw absolutely awful.[/quote
Better than being annihilated by a team from the Premier League or the Championship, we proved on Saturday we can compete against teams in the League.

Johnjo1 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:52 pm **Posts:** 1625

Boy was I lucky, Burnley,Chelsey, Man untd, Stoke, Notts Forest, and only Stoke hammered us. Oh for Newton,Moore and Stamper.

Barriewardrobe2 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:13 pm

Stoke home?

Oh yeah, that game was quite good ! :-o

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37426

PJPoolie wrote:

They are a very good side this season especially at home. They destroyed West Ham in the League Cup which they have reached the Quarter Final of. It’s shit in every possibly way.

Miles away, tick
Financially crap, tick
Very difficult game, tick.

Every time I think of Oxford I think of the A34 ringroad and the fecking traffic jams.

Hartleblue · **Posted:** Mon Dec 02, 2019 9:59 pm

It's fixed, anti Pools! banghead

Johnjo1 · **Joined:** Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:52 pm **Posts:** 1625

Stoke city away we got beat 6 - 2 1953-4 season.

horden · **Posted:** Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:42 am

Worst away day out of the whole 92, FACT ! The ground is the equivalent of Pools playing at Dalton Piercy

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

I wonder if that bizarre pub with the thatched roof near the ground is still open, a very strange hostelry that was!

Oxford itself is a very nice place to be fair for anyone making a weekend of it, the ground is in the middle of nowhere though.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19717

[quote="Snow

Miles away, tick
Financially crap, tick
Very difficult game, tick.[/quote]
Every time I think of Oxford I think of the A34 ringroad and the fecking traffic jams.[/quote]
yes. for some reason they are one club where if they are in your league you do not mind if you miss it home or away.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:11 am

To be fair I imagine Oxford aren't seeing this draw as the Golden Ticket either.

RemotePoolie · **Joined:** Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:34 am **Posts:** 597

Could of been worse considering Portsmouth and Plymouth are still in the cup.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:20 am

Montpoolier wrote:

To be fair I imagine Oxford aren't seeing this draw as the Golden Ticket either.

No, but a home draw against a team from one or two divisions below isn't a bad thing in the third round - gives you a good chance of a better draw next time.

If we beat Exeter, which won't be easy, we've got an even tougher task ahead of us and there isn't any great financial reward or excitement involved unless we at least bring them back to the Vic.

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19717

Montpoolier wrote:

To be fair I imagine Oxford aren't seeing this draw as the Golden Ticket either.

i imagine their fans will be delighted with a home draw against a mid table side two divisions below them. they,ll see it as the next best thing to a bye into round 4.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Tue Dec 03, 2019 11:27 am

On an aesthetic note I've never liked Oxford's new badge. Used to be a nice biddable ox above a ford but now it is basically an aggressive bull. Our stag looks dainty by comparison, a proper representation of a peaceful woodland creature. If we'd used their graphic designer we'd have something like a giant moose shagging a Land Rover.

Bramstein · **Joined:** Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 pm **Posts:** 1526

accrington fan wrote:

I imagine their fans will be delighted with a home draw against a mid table side two divisions below them. they,ll see it as the next best thing to a bye into round 4.

You never know. I thought the same when we drew Vauxhall Motors in the cup a few years back. We were in League 1 at the time and I think they might have been Conference North?

However I'm not as confident of getting past Exeter now. A better draw might have spurred us on but the prospect of another away day to the best team we've played so far in a match that isn't particularly lucrative might convince the powers that be that it's not worth jeopardising the league campaign.

Monkeybutt · **Joined:** Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:22 pm **Posts:** 2428

Cant see anybody convincing Raj that cash in the bank is a bad idea!

pooliecrab · **Joined:** Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:31 pm **Posts:** 6028

Monkeybutt wrote:

Cant see anybody convincing Raj that cash in the bank is a bad idea!

Hignett and Stelling managed it no so long ago and I'm sure his wife and kids give it a good go.

poolie · **Joined:** Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:31 pm **Posts:** 879

Replays live

Boston v Rochdale

Bristol Rovers v Plymouth

What have pools ever done to Bt ?

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

We’d have been on instead of Plymouth v Bristol Rovers if we hadn’t have got such a bad draw. It’s cost the club a lot of potential we will have to win the replay and round three to make up for it :laugh:

poolie · **Joined:** Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:31 pm **Posts:** 879

Come on PJ, Plymouh if they win will play Ipswich or Coventry which is not an eye watering tie either

I allways thought Non league teams are the ones the FACup is all about unless they see us beating Exeter as not a surprise/upset

As i see it that is a shocking decision by Bt

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19717

plenty of replays to pick from. doubt a west country derby between two league clubs has much of the magic of the cup written all over it unless you live in that area.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37426

Let’s be honest it’s crap. So crap that even if we beat Exeter and won 12-0 it would still be crap. Maybe I just hate the A34.

horden · **Posted:** Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:43 pm

We will now have to play Dover away now midweek ☹️

horden · **Posted:** Wed Dec 04, 2019 3:44 pm

We will now have to play Dover away now midweek ☹️

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12362

Aye it's a shame but due to our "cup run" there'll be a few more quid in the pot but not as much as I'd hoped.
On the plus side all we have to do is beat them both and we could still get a pay day...........I'll get me coat !!!

Monkeybutt · **Joined:** Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:22 pm **Posts:** 2428

horden wrote:

We will now have to play Dover away now midweek ☹️

Once is bad enough, was gonna go as well!

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37426

derwent wrote:

Aye it's a shame but due to our "cup run" there'll be a few more quid in the pot but not as much as I'd hoped.
On the plus side all we have to do is beat them both and we could still get a pay day.........I'll get me coat !!!

You stand before the court Mr Derwent accused of blind optimism........

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12362

At least Snowy

charco · **Joined:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:24 am **Posts:** 885

Potential oppos Oxford have just lost to current oppos Exeter 0-0 (0-3) on pens in the EFL trophy

Oxford are also due to play Manchester City in the EFL cup quarters on the 18th December

Make of that what you will ...

accrington fan · **Joined:** Wed Jan 20, 2016 3:22 pm **Posts:** 19717

Snowy wrote:

Let’s be honest it’s crap. So crap that even if we beat Exeter and won 12-0 it would still be crap. Maybe I just hate the A34.

wonder how many will give the exeter game a miss because of the crapness of the draw.

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