FA Cup Third Round Draw this weekend

[SheepRanger]

Good money earner and a winnable game. Can't fault that draw.

[Abseits]

New ground , and a good day out

Possibly. Big fly in the ointment now is seeing where the TV shunt the game to. It could be (deep breath):

Thursday night
Friday night
Saturday lunch
Saturday teatime
Saturday night
Sunday lunch
Sunday afternoon
Sunday teatime
Sunday night
Monday night

Plus 1000/1 outsider Saturday 3pm!

Dunno how soon we'll get confirmation?

[72bus]

Possibly. Big fly in the ointment now is seeing where the TV shunt the game to. It could be (deep breath):

Thursday night
Friday night
Saturday lunch
Saturday teatime
Saturday night
Sunday lunch
Sunday afternoon
Sunday teatime
Sunday night
Monday night

Plus 1000/1 outsider Saturday 3pm!

Dunno how soon we'll get confirmation?

Hopefully the powers that be will leave it alone , don't want it too early .

[Abseits]

Hopefully the powers that be will leave it alone , don't want it too early .

Literally every other game will get on telly. Has to be an absolute turd of a game to not get shown - it just ain't gonna be Saturday at 3pm. I've got a nasty feeling it's gonna be Sunday at 5ish or 7ish. Just have to wait and see.

Last season 17 games were NOT on Saturday (three were on the Thursday night)

[supahupa10101]

A great draw. Sick of going out in the 3rd round to some lower team and we barely try. At least we get eliminated to a Prem team. I used to want easy teams so we can make 5th round or quarters but since the easy teams stuff us in 3rd round, I just want a Prem team now in 3rd round

[Abseits]

There are midweek Prem games before the cup "weekend".

West Ham play the Tuesday night (there are no midweek EFL games, we are home to Wednesday on the Sunday before so we get more rest than them).

I'm guessing that the midweek Prem programme will preclude ties involving Prem clubs moving to the Thursday (and maybe even the Friday).

I think this game is nailed on for the Sunday - is just a case of what time beween 12pm and 8pm it kicks off.

[daveshads]

I worry about Bowen. He is an excellent player. Even in a struggling team he has given it everything. Hope they rest him.

[Jeffqpr]

I worry about Bowen. He is an excellent player. Even in a struggling team he has given it everything. Hope they rest him.

Good player & he always used to score against us

[Acton Stations]

Last season we were unceremoniously dumped out of the FA Cup by a Prem team in the bottom three. Let's hope it's not a case of deja vu and we can raise our performance level a bit more this time, particularly as it's a London derby.

[LoftusRoadLad]

This will be the 8th time we have them in the FA cup. W4 L3. last 3 we W 1-0 (95), W 3-1 (88), W 6-1 (78)

[Qpstranger]

Do we know what the ticket allocation will be, we'll sell out our section I'm sure.

[Abseits]

West Ham have announced prices.

https://www.whufc.com/en/tickets/home-matches/queens-park-rangers-h

Looks dirt cheap, £20 at most but possibly just a tenner? Kids a quid too.

If you read bit about moving ST holders to accommodate QPR fans it would seem we are potentially getting the whole of Trevor Brooking stand -12500 seats.

Now there might be segregated empty areas and I'm not familair with their lay out but it would seem we WILL get at least 9000 tickets.

[SheepRanger]

If there's 50,000 there at £20 average then we'll bag £500k. Hopefully any TV money will cover the costs of the stadium and policing.

But £500k would be every welcome and it's a very winnable game. They will almost certainly be concentrating their efforts on premiership survival.

For a local derby its a shame the tickets have been priced so cheaply.

[Abseits]

If there's 50,000 there at £20 average then we'll bag £500k. Hopefully any TV money will cover the costs of the stadium and policing.

But £500k would be every welcome and it's a very winnable game. They will almost certainly be concentrating their efforts on premiership survival.

For a local derby its a shame the tickets have been priced so cheaply.

There is massive rail engineering works that whole weekend - game will be a ball-ache to get to for any non-London based Hammers or Rs. If it's an early or late KO there would be a lot of empty seats if prices weren't discounted.

In any case, a club can only discount tickets at the agreement of the visiting club. We must have sanctioned the prices ourselves (which is very sensible I think).

[3London]

Not one of the televised games