'Breaking: Arsenal knock Boro out of FA Cup. Congrats on a great run' - Twitter reacts to the FA Cup draw

 

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Confident: Some Arsenal fans think the club are already through to the last eight
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Standard Sport26 January 2015

It seems some Arsenal fans are already looking ahead to the draw for the quarter-finals after they were drawn to face Championship Middlesbrough in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The Gunners edged past second tier Brighton in the last round and face a visit from Middlesbrough, who put paid to Manchester City's FA Cup hopes on Saturday.

Monday evening's draw also saw Crystal Palace paired with Bolton or Liverpool and supporters of the south London club are relishing a possible tie with Brendan Rodgers' men.

Eagles manager Alan Pardew headed the winner against the Reds as Palace advanced to the 1990 FA Cup final and some at Selhurst Park feel the club could reach Wembley once more.

Meanwhile, West Ham were handed a third consecutive draw away from home, prompting the Hammers chairman David Gold to take to social media and tell fans 'We are going to have do this the hard way'.

The trip to the Hawthorns conjured memories for some West Ham fans, who pointed out that the club beat West Brom away when they last lifted the trophy.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Arsenal definately through to the last 8...<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFC?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/AFC?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#AFC</a>— quofi (@OpokuAgyare) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/OpokuAgyare/status/559794129056858113" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/OpokuAgyare/status/559794129056858113" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">BREAKING NEWS: Middlesbrough knocked out of FA Cup. Congrats on a great run. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/afc?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/afc?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#afc</a>— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/559796884814852097" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/559796884814852097" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Another Easy away day for the boroooo boys hahaha can't wait !! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/utb?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/utb?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#utb</a>— Adam Clayton (@Clayts15) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Clayts15/status/559797135886270466" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/Clayts15/status/559797135886270466" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Alan Pardew hears it could be Liverpool in round 5 of the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACup?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACup?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#FACup</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cpfc?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/cpfc?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#cpfc</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/5hKengcl4U" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-http://t.co/5hKengcl4U" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/5hKengcl4U</a>— Jonathan C Hinton (@HintonJonny) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/HintonJonny/status/559801189274251265" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/HintonJonny/status/559801189274251265" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Brendan Rodgers has just found out who they'll face in the 5th Round (if they first beat Bolton). <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#LFC</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cpfc?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/cpfc?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#cpfc</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACup?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/FACup?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#FACup</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/29FwTsgz20" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-http://t.co/29FwTsgz20" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/29FwTsgz20</a>— Mikko Kuronen (@mikkokuronen) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/mikkokuronen/status/559810149175787520" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/mikkokuronen/status/559810149175787520" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">Palace managed by Pulis - Nightmare Any team managed by Pardew - beatable. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#LFC</a> — Danny Barnett (@DannyBarnett77) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DannyBarnett77/status/559796095807922176" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/DannyBarnett77/status/559796095807922176" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">West Brom v WHU we are away from home again. We are going to have do this the hard way. But when the going gets tough the tough get going.dg— David Gold (@davidgold) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/davidgold/status/559799121343954948" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/davidgold/status/559799121343954948" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">The last time <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/whufc_official" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/whufc_official" data-vars-event-id="c23">@whufc_official</a> won the cup 35 years ago, we beat <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/WBAFCofficial" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/WBAFCofficial" data-vars-event-id="c23">@WBAFCofficial</a> away along the way!— Indian Hammers (@indianhammers) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/indianhammers/status/559795827376275457" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-109151-https://twitter.com/indianhammers/status/559795827376275457" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 26, 2015</a>

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