FAT 3rd Round - Who Do You Want ?

[porkystone]

Draw for the 3rd Round on Monday 15th. Gets interesting now as Wemberleee comes into view.

Remaining teams listed by current League position are as follows ( ** subject to replay, on 16 Jan ):

Vanarama National League:

Sutton United ( 3rd )
Boreham Wood ( 6th ) **
Dover ( 7th )
Bromley ( 9th )
Ebbsfleet ( 10th ) **
Maidenhead United ( 11th )
Maidstone United ( 12th )
Gateshead ( 18th ) **
Leyton Orient ( 19th )
Barrow ( 20th ) **

Vanarama North:

Harrogate Town ( 2nd ) **
Brackley Town ( 3rd ) **
Spennymoor Town ( 4th )
Kidderminster ( 7th ) **
Stockport County ( 10th ) **

Vanarama South:

St Albans City ( 8th ) **
Weston super Mare ( 9th ) **
East Thurrock Utd ( 12th )
Wealdstone ( 13th )

EvoStick Premier ( Northern Premier League ):

Warrington Town ( 3rd ) **
Workington ( 5th ) **

Bostick League Premier ( Ryman ):

Billericay Town ( 2nd )

Some great potential away days there, at old Football League clubs ( Stockport, Workington ), joint lowest team remaining - Billericay , away there would be interesting.

Not surprising that teams getting through from Van North / South & lower are all doing well in their respective leagues. So although National League teams might not take the FAT seriously, other good teams lower down do, and win through.

[porkystone]

Next Round on Saturday 3rd Feb, so Macclesfield ( Home ) will be rearranged .

[hammerstone]

Billericay away would be good. Maybe Wealdstone too.

[Benny]

Anyone but Billericay or a Kent side.

Quite like the idea of a northern side we don't normally play, at home of course. So maybe Workington or Stockport.

Brackley and Gillingham have history.

[philosopherstone]

Unless it is something like the FA Cup where you want a big payday i'll always want the weakest opponent we can draw to give us the best chance of progressing further.

I've never understood the argument so many footballers and ex-footballers trot out that you have to play the best eventually. Maybe you do, but also maybe they get beaten in a tie against a weak team because they had an off day or their opponent flukes an undeserved win before you can be drawn against them.

Also, if you keep fluking the easier teams in the draw, rather than having to beat the best in every round, it gives you a much better chance to progress because simple logic dictates that the harder your opponent the lower your chance of progressing becomes, a simple game of percentages where you want to avoid the stongest teams in every tie in your journey through the tournament so that you have to produce your very best form the fewest amount of times.

[nws]

If I can go then Workington away. If I can't then it doesn't really matter to me.

[skydweller]

Reds away for me too.

[Ragstone cowboy]

We will draw a Kent side I just know it!

[headstone]

Please not East Thurrock away!

[Deleted]

Wsm, Brackley, St Albans or Wealdstone away please.

[61666]

Nobody going for a home tie then!

[madeinstone70]

Jan 14, 2018 20:27:48 GMT 61666 said:

Nobody going for a home tie then!

I'll go for the shittiest team at home then.

[toonarmy]

Jan 14, 2018 21:33:51 GMT madeinstone70 said:

Jan 14, 2018 20:27:48 GMT 61666 said:

Nobody going for a home tie then!

I'll go for the shittiest team at home then.

Isn’t that us or am I missing something

[bendubz]

Sutton away, to be settled on the day. The home team has yet to win a match in "El Plastico" (0W, 1D, 2L for Sutton at Gander Green Lane, 0W, 1D, 1L for us at the Gallagher)

[porkystone]

Draw from 1 PM Live on TalkSport 2. MUFC are ball # 9

www.thefa.com/news/2018/jan/12/buildbase-fa-trophy-third-round-draw-live-talksport-ray-stubbs-show-120118