FA Cup replays a remnant of the good old days

DID alright last night, did we? Writing this on a Monday, all I see is this when I look at Lille: a mundane opposition, well off the pace in a poor league, who have only won 10 games all season and who have only scored 30 goals, without key players lost to injury and suspension.

So if we haven’t given them a bit of a hiding, I ought still to be cross enough about it all to have a quick rant about it next week...

In the meantime, glory be to the old FA Cup and its traditions. Which today encompasses unexpected tricky replays at nasty little “minnow” grounds, and that comedy perennial of Manchester City ramping the Giddyometer up to eleven.