In the driving seat but rocky road for cash-strapped fans

DRAWING Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-final, thereby missing out on an opportunity to put a spoke in Man Utd’s efforts to monopolise this season’s domestic silverware, won’t bother me nearly so much, if we get an opportunity to pour sugar in the Red Devils’ tank in the Champions’ League semis and trample over their dreams of European domination.

However this presupposes that the wheels don’t come off Fergie’s spluttering wagon sooner and that the Gunners will vanquish Villareal in the quarters, which is a task that I won’t be taking for granted.

On paper, Friday’s quarter-final draw has been kind to Arsenal and Man Utd, but I would’ve preferred for us to have pulled a bigger fish out of the hat and to be going into the first leg in a couple of weeks time as unfancied underdogs, rather than slight favourites.