Ram Girl Is Excited by the Majesty of the FA Cup!
Well, well looks like yet more FA Cup this weekend. You know what that means, right?
Yup, EPL teams putting forth their reserves against Championship sides. And to think, this is the only competition that Portsmouth actually has a chance at winning!
Oh I know, I know. Nothing wrong with the FA Cup. After all, it’s the oldest trophy competition in the universe. It presents magical moments, like seeing an Exeter City player nutmeg C-Ron. And hey, today gives me an excuse to run a photo of the Derby Ram Girl of the Week (god bless the 1970s, when bras were optional) in honor of Derby’s fixture against Birmingham.
Fixtures and your comments after the hop.
(All times EST)
FA Cup Round 5
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7:00 Chelsea vs Cardiff City (Setanta)
7:30 Southampton vs Portsmouth (FSC)
10:00 Derby County vs Birmingham City (FSC)
10:00 Reading vs West Bromwich Albion (Setanta)
12:15 Manchester City vs Stoke City (Setanta)
Rest of the World
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7:30 Aberdeen vs Celtic (ü75′s House)
7:45 Swansea City vs Newcastle United
9:30 Bayer Leverkusen vs VfL Wolfsburg (ESPN360.com)
10:00 Brighton vs Norwich City (Ned’s House)
10:00 Dirty Millwall vs Exeter City (Spectator’s House)
12:00 Sporting Gijón vs Valencia (ESPN360.com)
12:00 Roma vs Palermo (FSC, ESPN360.com)
12:30 Bayern München vs Borussia Dortmund (ESPN360.com)
2:00 Xerez vs Real Madrid (Gol)
2:45 Sampdoria vs Fiorentina (FSC, ESPN360.com)
3:00 Olympique Lyon vs Lens (Setanta)
4:00 Villarreal vs Athletic Bilbao (Gol)
Didier Drogba will have none of this “Reserve Side” business.
Jeez. Aberdeen-Celtic 1-1 already, and Darren Mackie just got a yellow.
“If we win, massages are on me!” – Avram
I like her; she looks smart.
Tottenham fans will be happy to note that Robbie Keane has been receiving the ball in wonderful, dangerous positions, but shoots slightly worse than the girl in the picture above.
That was the most contentious drop ball ever
I think best option for Arsenal’s title hunt (yes, I’m still delusional) would be a replay for Chelsea.
By the way, for the five or so of you who clicked the Inside Left link last night, that was head games. McGhee fields a full-strength squad today.
2-1 Celtic. Counter attack goal. Brown to Keane to Fortune against a stretched Aberdeen.
2-2! Darren Mackie! Absolutely unmarked on the back post. Easy.
Scotland is hogging all the goals this morning
David James is making a good case for getting his wages on time this week
Nice to see Michael Ballocks remembers where the back of the net is.
Yep.
HT. Celtic go up twice and both times concede almost immediately.
Another beauty from James
Southampton should be up 4-0 at this point if it wasn’t for David James getting in the way
This Lallana fellow is good
bewbs!
dude, you can totally see nipples in that picture.
FIFA double sub for Celtic
F**k Robbie Keane. Celtic up 2-3.
Goal for Pompey!
Pompey support is some top class. Credit to them
is top class
2-4. Stream lagged. No idea what happened.
And Southhampton equalise!
Game on!
James is hurt, for sure
Penalty for Aberdeen. Not over yet.
Converted. 3-4
Mon the Dons!
Play up Pompey! 2-1 from Dindane
This is a Cup tie
this match has descended into some shoddy defending
NY, great for the neutral
Celtic resorting to Hull levels of time wasting.
Aberdeen should have had 4.
indeed
the balloon held him onside!
Boruc and Langfield, despite giving up 7 between them, have made some really nice saves today.
With David James this tie is far from over
Celtic have made all 3 subs. Kamara, while taking a corner, looks to the sideline three times waiting for a Celtic sub. Really should have been a yellow.
@Harry – Hurt James no less
Belhadj!
Great ball by Ohara, great finish. Cool as you can be
Need a quick Soton goal to give us a grandstand finish
4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a match! 89th minute.
As Spurs through and through I have to say I am very happy for O’hara. Playing very well
can Spurs get Jamie O’Hara back? He’d be useful right about now
Get in, Dons!!
3 minutes stoppage.
James: I rate him. He plays harder than Jenas who I feel is all hype. He will show up for 1 match out of 10. To say he was dire at Wolves away is being kind
O’Dea sent off for a second yellow. Could have been a straight red. Last minute.
Wow.
It’s a point. Could have been three, could’ve been zero. Now, it’s time to play in the snow.
Yeah, you should try and get Jamie back. I have no clue why you let him go so easily… in that midfield, he was always one of the better MFs on that squad
JT: He’s only on loan to Pompey until the end of the season, so if ‘Arry wants him, he’ll be back.
While I’d surely rather have O’Hara than the timid, stupid, and perptually disappointing Jenas, there’s a couple reasons why Jamie never stuck at Spurs. While he’s an industrious lad, to be sure, he doesn’t track back particularly well, and is prone to lapses in judgment. He’s not particularly quick nor particularly crafty. And his three-touch brand of football doesn’t seem to pique ‘Arry’s interest much. But he’s a great guy to have on the bench and he was a popular guy in the dressing room. Personally, I’d have him back in a minute, but only as a bench player. As a starter, well, not so much. Unless it meant that Jenas was gone forever.
A little FA Cup humor for you, since I likely won’t be able to joke about it in a few hours:
So Mancini, Wenger, Ferguson, and Benitez all go down to the pub on Friday night. Mancini orders a round, they all drink. Fergie orders a round, they all drink. same with Wenger and Benitez. Having a great time, Mancini goes up to the bartender and orders another beer. The bartender asks “What? Just for you? What about your mates?”
Mancini says, “This is the 5th round, none of them are in it.”
Pretty good Ryan lol
Reading score within the first 15 seconds of their game with West Brom. Jimmy Kebe of all people! Shocking!
So did the site go down for a while or what?
Red for Reading…..not sure if it was a straight red for me
Wow, Derby go up on Brum.
Nevermind. I see why no one is commenting. It’s the games.
@u75 – I was in the bathroom
@u75: looks like the early games had all the excitement. Nice job by Dons, though!
Hmm, Reading-WBA goes to 10 v 10
Laughable 2nd sending off there……he touched his back, the guy fell over like Betty White
Kevin Phillips is still alive?
Federici does his best Ronaldo…..god i hate soccer sometimes
@u75
scored twice against Wolves last weekend.
courtesy of BBC, just realized FSC is on delay
where’s Ned? Canaries go up 1-2 at Brighton
and WBA tie it up at Reading
But it says “live”. Or are you talking about the usual 2-3 minute “we have to get Proactiv commercials in before the game starts” delay FSC has?
poor Derby, giving up a goal at the death
JC. Kevin Phillips is older than I am. And Brummies score.
@u75: exactly. Was watching Derby threaten Hart’s goal, and see BBC.com post “Goal: Birmingham (Dann)”.
Raymond Domenech has opened his mouth again, says Vieira will captain France this summer if he keeps appearing regularly for City.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/low/football/world_cup_2010/8513918.stm
@Ryan – I actually wouldn’t mind that decision. As much as I love Titi, he’s not enough of a true captain on the pitch for Les Bleus.
Oh, I’m sure Vieira is fantastic in the leadership department. It just seems odd to hand a guaranteed spot in the first team to a guy who wasn’t even in the squad for the playoff v. France.
Wish Kevin Phillips was older than me :/
Hmm, Roma-Palermo in HD w/whisper-scream guy, or Citeh-Stoke in SD…
City trots out:
Given
Zabaleta Toure Lescott Bridge
SWP de Jong Barry Petrov
Ireland Adebayor
Lescott starts for the first time since December.
Bridge starts with Fabio in the crowd watching.
Tevez had to fly home to Argentina to attend to a family situation.
@Ryan – France played France in the play-off? Thats how they got through?
Ha, you got me. I didn’t even realize that’s what I had typed.
Announcer declares “Mancini must win the FA Cup to save his job”
Way to start the match with fantastically blatant speculation buddy.
Im watching the game on the BBC. Bridge playing very well. Wright-Phillips gets a lucky break, after a s**tty bit of defending from Shawcross.
@jjf3
Ned is here and happy, we turned game in 4 minutes and Leeds drew so we are 4 clear now and 9 clear of third.
Stokes right side seems jinxed. 2 subs for the right mid in the first half.
Bad luck for Stoke
Rory Delap you long-throwing son of a bitch
Fabio Cappello looks absolutely disgusted that’s he’s being made to watch this display.
Literally no-one was defending. 11 men, all staring at the magnificently thrown sphere as it bounced, delicately off the crown of Ricardo Fuller and into the net.
It’s a replay. City has
Tuesday away to Stoke
Saturday Liverpool at home
Tuesday away again to Stoke
Saturday away to Chelsea.