FA Cup Fourth Round Draw (the Welsh bits) Part 3

Scunthorpe United v Manchester City
I never thought I’d ever see a match I actually wanted Scunthorpe to win but it looks like I was wrong about that. Scunthorpe can probably deal with Robinho but they’d better hope Craig Bellamy is out of harm’s way on the bench.

West Bromwich Albion v Plymouth Argyle or Newcastle United
Plymouth getting past Newcastle, never mind West Brom, sounds like a tall order but you never know with Carl Fletcher in the team. And if Cardiff get knocked out in their third-round game, they might let Darcy Blake play for Plymouth in this one. Small problem: I don’t want Cardiff knocked out

Everton v Nottingham Forest or Birmingham
This is a game you’d usually expect Everton to win (unless you’re really romantic of course) but considering the current form of the three teams involved, you do have to wonder. However this match is ages away and by the time it happens, the form of all three teams could be very different. Forest’s Chris Gunter and Robert Earnshaw are the only Welsh players likely to be on show unless Everton and Birmingham do some serious buying (which Birmingham probably will do and Everton probably should).

Accrington Stanley or Gillingham v Fulham
This might make a nice run-out for Fulham’s Simon Davies if he’s ready to come back from injury. Although this match won’t be until 23rd January so ideally he’ll have recovered a long time before that.

Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield United or Queen’s Park Rangers
Sam Ricketts doesn’t seem to have inspired the confidence of either Gary Megson or caretaker manager Chris Evans. Let’s hope Owen Coyle is more of a fan (if/when he takes the Bolton job).
Rhys Taylor has returned to Chelsea as new QPR manager Paul Hart doesn’t want him (to be fair he has been managing Portsmouth so it would be understandable if he was a little bit mad) but if Sheffield United win the replay, Bolton could find themselves facing striker Ched Evans, who did come scarily close to scoring yesterday…

Portsmouth or Coventry v Sunderland
With a fit Freddy Eastwood, Coventry are potential giant-killers. And I’m not just talking about when they play Portsmouth.