I would gladly take them. Time to shrug off the voodoo and give southampton the D.
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When was the last time we beat them down on the South Coast ? Answer your question about the negativity ?
Well I can only speak for myself, but when we have a poor record at a particular side I quite naturally (imo) consider that to be a fairly shit draw for us.
Not unwinnable by any stretch, but definitely a tough one.
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Southampton arenât the same side we have struggled with in the past. Weâll go through.
Iâm relying on this thread for news of the draw so considering you guys have been pretty silent in here Iâm going to assume all the big clubs got easy draws?
Since theyâve returned to the PL in 2012 weâve only played them down there 4 times - all PL games, 2 draws and 2 losses. I donât know if thatâs enough to decide weâre obviously going to lose in the FA Cup to them.
You know you are talking to Aussie right?
It doesnt matter if we draw Bayern or Bristol. We are going to lose.
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Phoebica is right about their fixture pile up though, theyâre going to be prioritising League + League Cup over the Fa Cup at this stage of the competition.
That 4-0 was shambolic though, I think at that point we were all actually shocked by that result, whereas at the moment weâre just expecting a performance like that to crop up every few games or so, or whenever we are âsurprised by the intensityâ of the opposition I guess.
I reckon weâll get a replay at worst in the cup, probably then go on to lose comfortably in the league fixture.
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FA Cup fourth-round draw in full:
Tottenham v Wycombe Wanderers
Derby County v Leicester City
Oxford United v Birmingham City/Newcastle United
Sutton United/AFC Wimbledon v Cambridge United/Leeds United
Liverpool/Plymouth Argyle v Wolves
Norwich City/Southampton v Arsenal
Ipswich Town/Lincoln City v Brighton and Hove Albion
Chelsea v Brentford
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic
Millwall v Watford
Rochdale v Huddersfield Town
Sunderland/Burnley v Bristol City/Fleetwood Town
Blackburn Rovers v Blackpool/Barnsley
Fulham v Hull City
Middlesbrough v Accrington Stanley
Bolton Wanderers/Crystal Palace v Manchester City
Looks like we got the hardest draw of any of the big teams⌠no real glamor ties at all in that round. Can see City, ManU, Chelsea, 'Pool, Spurs, and Arsenal all going to the 5th round.
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We are a better side player for player than them so we are not defiantly going to lose but its a harder than your average draw is what Im saying.
Meh. Bit of a shit + boring draw for us.
Finally got to watch the highlights to our Preston game - was away at my own tournament and couldnât watch⌠FFS we absolutely were unbelievably lucky not to be down 2-0⌠not quite sure how their player missed that pass - would have been easiest tap in ever. Obviously only highlights and we looked better in second half, but were we really that bad in first half???
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Yes.
No. We were a lot worse! 
Probably the worst half weâve played all season, even worse than Bournemouth!
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So bad. I was more laughing than mad! 
You say 2-0 it could have easily been 4-0 they missed two sitters and got another goal harshly ruled out.
PNE did turn into Barcelona tbh. Credit where its due.
But yeah our football was comical. I even text my chelsea mate and told him to watch, it was just an absolute train wreck of a half.
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Need a full team out to beat saints. Has to be treated as a priorty game.
Rest players in the league game week before if need be.
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I see Bournemouth and Eddie Howe are getting a bit of a kicking for the whole making 11 changes thing.
Ok 11 changes might be a bit OTT but the moaners canât seem to accept that itâs a squad game. You have a lot of money, you have a big squad (all 20 Prem clubs can now be considered ârichâ), you use the squad. Simple.
At Arsenal these âsquad matchesâ are also now priced appropriately (e.g. ÂŁ10 vs Reading in the League Cup) and Iâm sure itâs the same at all other Prem clubs. Canât see what all the fuss is about.
Liverpool pulverised Plymouth for 90 minutes with a young team and just got unlucky in not being able to get the 1 goal they most likely needed. Doesnât mean he was wrong to use his squad that way for a 3rd round Fa Cup tie at home to lower league opposition.
The FA Cup just doesnât hold much value to squads these days. You earn more money from the league and qualifying for Europe so itâs further down on the priority list. Clubs like Bournemouth and stuff realistically know they havenât got too big a chance of winning the cup so opt to throw second teams out and inevitably get eliminated early.
The cup will continue to be won by whichever big team decides to use the strongest squad.
Take the point on the squad thing but what have Bournemouth got to be scared of.
Their not getting relegated and not making the top 4, so I dont get the logic.
Obviously sticking round the prem for a few years is good but in the long run as a supporter its a bit lacking in interest for me.
Look at the crowds at west brom this season, outside the really big games the grounds not full.
You see it at other grounds too. Portsmouth and Wigan have gone but a section of their fans will always have a great day to remember and talk about.
Id take that than 6 years or so of 16, 17 placed finishes and the then inevitable relegation.
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