FA Cup 5th Round Draw (against Chelsea Home)

[Didsbury Dave]

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I made a tactical decision over Christmas. We had family/friends functions on boxing day and at the weekend, which is when we had the dippers and palace at home. Normally this involves a frank exchange of views about whether my presence is necessary but this year I traded those two games in in for some brownie points. there is just an outside chance we will be in two cup finals in May. I may need those brownie points :)

Haha - Total sympathy about the frank exchange of views as to whether your presence is neccessary. I've got three nippers, am a mad keen angler (including long-stay carp fishing) and have a busy social life, so I have to do some juggling, but my wife's really good.

After a few fallouts when the kids were babies, we have a deal. I'm honest about which games are "big" if there's a clash. At Christmas I traded off Liverpool for Palace and was happy with that. Cup finals, semis, home derbies etc I wouldn't miss and I'm very careful with booking holidays, trips etc these days. I assumed the 24th May was after the season when I booked it. When I realised I made a schoolboy error and said "Oh shit, it's the day of the champions league final" and started trying to negotiate. She was adamant "You can't let me fly with four kids (a friend is coming and they are 5-7). Promise me" and all this.

I took the strategic decision to agree rather than have a row over a 10% chance. IF by some miracle we do get there I have strategies up my sleeve, the main one being 'sadness and upset" rather than 'anger and indignation'. She probably won't be able to resist that. I even have a trump card as a last bastion of hope: her mum could go as it's a villa holiday, and I fly out straight from Lisbon on the Sunday.

Man City. Ruining families since 2008.

This is why I brainwashed my wife all those years ago mate!

I know how you did it, Scareye. Good work mate, but I've got no chance. She hates football.

Took her once to the match, Bolton Away, we won 1-0 and Barton scored. We sat in their end, at the front, it pissed it down and there was fighting around us after we scored.

She has no interest and will never go again, although it always touches me a bit that she keeps an eye on the score when I go and always knows it.

The only game she ever watched on telly was the QPR game, and it's a family legend that when Aguero scored she screamed "Yesss!" and was running around. Her Mum who was there always says "I would never have believed it if I hadnt seen it".

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

I'm juggling it well, so far. Still married and have only missed about two homes. But I've committed what could be the ultimate fuck up. My best mate did this one twice, once for the Gillingham game and once for the QPR game.

I've booked a week's holiday starting on May 24th. It was only afterwards I realised that that is the date of the Champions League final.

I made a tactical decision over Christmas. We had family/friends functions on boxing day and at the weekend, which is when we had the dippers and palace at home. Normally this involves a frank exchange of views about whether my presence is necessary but this year I traded those two games in in for some brownie points. there is just an outside chance we will be in two cup finals in May. I may need those brownie points :)

Haha - Total sympathy about the frank exchange of views as to whether your presence is neccessary. I've got three nippers, am a mad keen angler (including long-stay carp fishing) and have a busy social life, so I have to do some juggling, but my wife's really good.

After a few fallouts when the kids were babies, we have a deal. I'm honest about which games are "big" if there's a clash. At Christmas I traded off Liverpool for Palace and was happy with that. Cup finals, semis, home derbies etc I wouldn't miss and I'm very careful with booking holidays, trips etc these days. I assumed the 24th May was after the season when I booked it. When I realised I made a schoolboy error and said "Oh shit, it's the day of the champions league final" and started trying to negotiate. She was adamant "You can't let me fly with four kids (a friend is coming and they are 5-7). Promise me" and all this.

I took the strategic decision to agree rather than have a row over a 10% chance. IF by some miracle we do get there I have strategies up my sleeve, the main one being 'sadness and upset" rather than 'anger and indignation'. She probably won't be able to resist that. I even have a trump card as a last bastion of hope: her mum could go as it's a villa holiday, and I fly out straight from Lisbon on the Sunday.

Man City. Ruining families since 2008.

Maybe I'm being Selfish but City were in my life a long time before my wife so I will try to get to them all. We have 2 kids together...1 and 4...and I have my 13yr old.
I haven't missed a home game this yr but I fear Chelsea will be the one in the cup. I book all my time off in advance etc.. This may sound really sad but I have already booked most of the Saturday and Sunday afternoons off from August until January next yr. Take all my o-t for time etc.
We very rarely argue but even I have had "Are you at football again tonight,this week etc" recently.
Wait till she looks at Febs fixtures....I was contemplating coming out of the cup schemes but then I have the chance of not getting final tickets. After yrs of waiting I certainly won't be changing much.
My MRS hates football so no chance of her getting involved.I think it was when Millwall rioted at Wigan and she was in the middle of it getting twatted that finally turned her off!!!!

 

[Scareye]

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Haha - Total sympathy about the frank exchange of views as to whether your presence is neccessary. I've got three nippers, am a mad keen angler (including long-stay carp fishing) and have a busy social life, so I have to do some juggling, but my wife's really good.

After a few fallouts when the kids were babies, we have a deal. I'm honest about which games are "big" if there's a clash. At Christmas I traded off Liverpool for Palace and was happy with that. Cup finals, semis, home derbies etc I wouldn't miss and I'm very careful with booking holidays, trips etc these days. I assumed the 24th May was after the season when I booked it. When I realised I made a schoolboy error and said "Oh shit, it's the day of the champions league final" and started trying to negotiate. She was adamant "You can't let me fly with four kids (a friend is coming and they are 5-7). Promise me" and all this.

I took the strategic decision to agree rather than have a row over a 10% chance. IF by some miracle we do get there I have strategies up my sleeve, the main one being 'sadness and upset" rather than 'anger and indignation'. She probably won't be able to resist that. I even have a trump card as a last bastion of hope: her mum could go as it's a villa holiday, and I fly out straight from Lisbon on the Sunday.

Man City. Ruining families since 2008.

This is why I brainwashed my wife all those years ago mate!

I know how you did it, Scareye. Good work mate, but I've got no chance. She hates football.

Took her once to the match, Bolton Away, we won 1-0 and Barton scored. We sat in their end, at the front, it pissed it down and there was fighting around us after we scored.

She has no interest and will never go again, although it always touches me a bit that she keeps an eye on the score when I go and always knows it.

The only game she ever watched on telly was the QPR game, and it's a family legend that when Aguero scored she screamed "Yesss!" and was running around. Her Mum who was there always says "I would never have believed it if I hadnt seen it".

It can be a double edged sword mate. When City lose our house isn't a fun place to be!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

ITV twitter say ties to be confirmed this afternoon.

 

[levets]

I'm juggling it well, so far. Still married and have only missed about two homes. But I've committed what could be the ultimate fuck up. My best mate did this one twice, once for the Gillingham game and once for the QPR game.

I've booked a week's holiday starting on May 24th. It was only afterwards I realised that that is the date of the Champions League final.

I made a tactical decision over Christmas. We had family/friends functions on boxing day and at the weekend, which is when we had the dippers and palace at home. Normally this involves a frank exchange of views about whether my presence is necessary but this year I traded those two games in in for some brownie points. there is just an outside chance we will be in two cup finals in May. I may need those brownie points :)

Haha - Total sympathy about the frank exchange of views as to whether your presence is neccessary. I've got three nippers, am a mad keen angler (including long-stay carp fishing) and have a busy social life, so I have to do some juggling, but my wife's really good.

After a few fallouts when the kids were babies, we have a deal. I'm honest about which games are "big" if there's a clash. At Christmas I traded off Liverpool for Palace and was happy with that. Cup finals, semis, home derbies etc I wouldn't miss and I'm very careful with booking holidays, trips etc these days. I assumed the 24th May was after the season when I booked it. When I realised I made a schoolboy error and said "Oh shit, it's the day of the champions league final" and started trying to negotiate. She was adamant "You can't let me fly with four kids (a friend is coming and they are 5-7). Promise me" and all this.

I took the strategic decision to agree rather than have a row over a 10% chance. IF by some miracle we do get there I have strategies up my sleeve, the main one being 'sadness and upset" rather than 'anger and indignation'. She probably won't be able to resist that. I even have a trump card as a last bastion of hope: her mum could go as it's a villa holiday, and I fly out straight from Lisbon on the Sunday.

Man City. Ruining families since 2008.

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You like 'fishing'.... Hmmmm. Do enough on here mate :-)

 

[buzzer1]

I made a tactical decision over Christmas. We had family/friends functions on boxing day and at the weekend, which is when we had the dippers and palace at home. Normally this involves a frank exchange of views about whether my presence is necessary but this year I traded those two games in in for some brownie points. there is just an outside chance we will be in two cup finals in May. I may need those brownie points :)

Haha - Total sympathy about the frank exchange of views as to whether your presence is neccessary. I've got three nippers, am a mad keen angler (including long-stay carp fishing) and have a busy social life, so I have to do some juggling, but my wife's really good.

After a few fallouts when the kids were babies, we have a deal. I'm honest about which games are "big" if there's a clash. At Christmas I traded off Liverpool for Palace and was happy with that. Cup finals, semis, home derbies etc I wouldn't miss and I'm very careful with booking holidays, trips etc these days. I assumed the 24th May was after the season when I booked it. When I realised I made a schoolboy error and said "Oh shit, it's the day of the champions league final" and started trying to negotiate. She was adamant "You can't let me fly with four kids (a friend is coming and they are 5-7). Promise me" and all this.

I took the strategic decision to agree rather than have a row over a 10% chance. IF by some miracle we do get there I have strategies up my sleeve, the main one being 'sadness and upset" rather than 'anger and indignation'. She probably won't be able to resist that. I even have a trump card as a last bastion of hope: her mum could go as it's a villa holiday, and I fly out straight from Lisbon on the Sunday.

Man City. Ruining families since 2008.

Maybe I'm being Selfish but City were in my life a long time before my wife so I will try to get to them all. We have 2 kids together...1 and 4...and I have my 13yr old.
I haven't missed a home game this yr but I fear Chelsea will be the one in the cup. I book all my time off in advance etc.. This may sound really sad but I have already booked most of the Saturday and Sunday afternoons off from August until January next yr. Take all my o-t for time etc.
We very rarely argue but even I have had "Are you at football again tonight,this week etc" recently.
Wait till she looks at Febs fixtures....I was contemplating coming out of the cup schemes but then I have the chance of not getting final tickets. After yrs of waiting I certainly won't be changing much.
My MRS hates football so no chance of her getting involved.I think it was when Millwall rioted at Wigan and she was in the middle of it getting twatted that finally turned her off!!!!

I was at that game if it was the one around '98/99, just after or before the Blackburn away promotion... Total bedlam.

 

[Damocles]

I'm juggling it well, so far. Still married and have only missed about two homes. But I've committed what could be the ultimate fuck up. My best mate did this one twice, once for the Gillingham game and once for the QPR game.

I've booked a week's holiday starting on May 24th. It was only afterwards I realised that that is the date of the Champions League final.

I made a tactical decision over Christmas. We had family/friends functions on boxing day and at the weekend, which is when we had the dippers and palace at home. Normally this involves a frank exchange of views about whether my presence is necessary but this year I traded those two games in in for some brownie points. there is just an outside chance we will be in two cup finals in May. I may need those brownie points :)

Haha - Total sympathy about the frank exchange of views as to whether your presence is neccessary. I've got three nippers, am a mad keen angler (including long-stay carp fishing) and have a busy social life, so I have to do some juggling, but my wife's really good.

After a few fallouts when the kids were babies, we have a deal. I'm honest about which games are "big" if there's a clash. At Christmas I traded off Liverpool for Palace and was happy with that. Cup finals, semis, home derbies etc I wouldn't miss and I'm very careful with booking holidays, trips etc these days. I assumed the 24th May was after the season when I booked it. When I realised I made a schoolboy error and said "Oh shit, it's the day of the champions league final" and started trying to negotiate. She was adamant "You can't let me fly with four kids (a friend is coming and they are 5-7). Promise me" and all this.

I took the strategic decision to agree rather than have a row over a 10% chance. IF by some miracle we do get there I have strategies up my sleeve, the main one being 'sadness and upset" rather than 'anger and indignation'. She probably won't be able to resist that. I even have a trump card as a last bastion of hope: her mum could go as it's a villa holiday, and I fly out straight from Lisbon on the Sunday.

Man City. Ruining families since 2008.

That is masterful. I fell like I should be taking notes.

 

[TTTCITYBHOY]

Struggling with my social life?? I'm moving into a tent next month!

Tent....luxury...
I'm in a shoe box in middle t road ;)

 

[moomba]

Cup games always get me. You can look at league games on the fixture list but cup games arent on until you reach that stage. Cup semi derby and the final last year I had to do a runner from holidays.

Chelsea just waiting for the date.

 

[Chris in London]

Struggling with my social life?? I'm moving into a tent next month!

Tent....luxury...
I'm in a shoe box in middle t road ;)

Shoe box?

Don't know you're born.

We've been living in a hole in the ground since Munich away.