Baggies out of the FA Cup bag for Toon – West Brom away!
Posted on January 3rd, 2010 | 12 Comments |
Assuming we can beat Plymouth next week to make it through to the next round, we face a difficult trip to the Hawthorns just days after we’ll have played West Brom in our Championship crunch encounter at St James’. Frank Skinner, a big West Brom supporter pulled their ball our first to hand them home advantage, and despite both teams having more focus on promotion, there were easier ties to get.
Most Newcastle fans seem keen to drop out of this competition to allow us to concentrate on regaining Premiership status. However, I’m with Hughton on this one, and there’s nothing quite like a good cup run. I’m even fairly confident we could do quite well, and though we have to beat Plymouth first, I don’t see why we can’t go and win at the Hawthorns. And the last time my old man went to watch the Mags there in the cup, he always tells me it was like half the ground was full of Mags and it was a great day out as we marched on to the ’74 Cup Final. Mind you, the colours are quite similar…
The replay isn’t a mere formality though and I’d like to think Hughton will respect Argyle enough to put out a decent side, and would hope we can progress. I wonder if we’ll have any cup-tied players by that point?
Tuff away test if we get past Argyle at home both winnable games,glad we avoided Leeds as they would murder us :)