Paul Merson

[Helmet Cole]

Coke and booze can do terrible things to mental health over time. Tragic.

 

[chaddblue]

It isn't an open draw and is already seeded. That's why prem and league 1 clubs don't join until r3

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Make me lol that he says united can win it and basically dismisses City's chance even though we are in front of them

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

He doesn't even know what he says. He just opens his mouth and the words fall out with zero consideration. A bit like Robbie Savage.

Maybe we're underestimating him a bit? He actually makes Savage sound considered which, if you think about it, is a hugely difficult feat to accomplish. Hidden depths has Mr Merson, hidden depths........

 

[Paladin]

Presumably he thinks we are better without the FA Cup because we are competing for the PL and CL. I wonder what he'll say about Arsenal then, given that they are in exactly the same competitions as us, and also below us in the league.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Coke and booze can do terrible things to mental health over time. Tragic.

Especially when starting from a low base initially .

 

[Ric]

This made me laugh:

 

[warringtonblue]

This made me laugh:

And I wonder why he's spunked all his cash at the bookies

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It should be an open draw, but I think there's an argument for the 'lower' team being drawn at home by right, irrespective of the order they're drawn out at, up to the semi-final.

Presumably people who say you shouldn't ever tinker with the format in any way whatsoever want a return to the endless replays of yesteryear.

Ah those were the days G. Who was it who had God knows how many replays? Think it went to the fourth or fifth.

Edit: Alvechurch and Oxford took 66 days to complete it. Fantastic. Fifth replay. '62-63

 

[The perfect fumble]

He doesn't even know what he says. He just opens his mouth and the words fall out with zero consideration. A bit like Robbie Savage.

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”
-Bertrand Russell