Fancy allowing Shearer to do the draw FFS. Anyway, be that as it may, we are off to the Etihad and this is is not just the free hit some may suggest. For VK this will be a special occasion taking his Burnley team to the stadium where he had so many triumphs as a player. VK will want, nay demand, a performance to match that occasion so he will want to put out his strongest side. Hopefully we will have Maatsen, Zaroury and Benson available for selection. What a bonus if THB is also fit. As we are unlikely to dominate possession in the way we have so many Championship games I am trusting VK will keep his Cup goalkeeper BPF in the nets.

As for the other ties hopefully the Blades and the B*stards will knock seven bells out of each other and scupper their respective chances in the League. Grimsby. Didn’t we just need the Haddocks after disposing of the Cod Army but Brighton really ought to be too much for them. Finally Manchester United with yet another HOME draw should have the beating of the Cottagers. Wout goes marching on.