The third round of the FA Cup is like Christmas to me. There's always a surprise or two that you
never expect. Plus, I usually get up early in anticipation of the matches that are before me. And
this year, it was great to see the added touch of snow across England to make the games more
festive.
Mini match report: This was one of only two Prem matches to survive the cold
weather, and what a fine match it was, with plenty of entertaining, end-to-end play. The only
predictable thing about it was that Arsenal would somehow get out of jail with a late equaliser.
And so it proved, with Tomas Rosicky firing in off Lucas Neill, their second deflected goal of the
game.
A minor plug for occasional Unfortunates commentator Gerschenkron, whose Edible XI was read out a
week last Saturday on 5 Live's the Danny Baker Show. I hadn't been this excited about the radio
since I was 11 years old when Plymouth Sound awarded me with a week-long residential football
course after correctly predicting that Argyle would hold York to a 1-1 draw at Bootham Crescent.
By Ollie Irish
So Tony Mowbray, rubbish or what? (That's the sort of incisive football
analysis you get at Pies.) And the answer is... half-hearted drum roll... yes, he is a bit rubbish,
and obviously out of his depth at a big club like Celtic.
