FA Cup 3rd Round interest

I know it frustrates me every year that we can't ever get near a decent money-making tie.

Or more importantly a decent day out for Gasheads!

What is this FA cup 3rd round you speak of ?

Yeah, nobody even questions it anymore either. We accept that part of the baggage of having DC as a manager is that every year we are going to get beat by a team at least two leagues beneath us. 

I'm not sure whether it's good enough anymore really: the recruitment, the poor starts, the lack of any sort of cup run...yet we are convinced that we couldn't possibly do any better.

Ah,if there's one thing that sums up how the culture of football has changed (not for the better)its the way the big boys treat the cup with contempt! back in the day 3erd round draw day was one of the days of the year, glued to radio at 12.30 (ish)and dream of that magic tie aka v Man UTD in the 50s, Liverpool at Twerton, and the thing was , you would play there first team not second or youth teams, the Utd team we beat was Busby babes and all, same with scousers at Twerton!now a days it aint the same ,you get to play 'a representative ' team of said clubs(bit like checkatrade!)only excitement is if you get plum draw away at old trafford, Emirates and the like.enough of this nostalgia trip,we truly missed out this year ,only way to get to 3erd round is get promoted to championship!as for draw Tran/southport v spurs,Solly/Blackpool v Arsenal, Woking v Watford (Woking lucky ,had the mighty Bristol Rovers not long ago!)and as have a soft spot for Newport , great chance they have of playing Leicester, had a good couple of years in cup, Spurs at Wembley an all!Gas always had good following in south Wales and Rovers had great success with recruitment there back in the day(there i'm off again!)for shocks i would look to Preston v Donny,Derby v Saints, Stanley v Ipswich, and sorry! City v a Huddersfield eleven .As for us well we do have a Swans eleven to morrow in the you know what, see you there , i will be the other one in blue and white , we could start a Mexican wave!