On Monday, Wrexham will get to know their FA Cup 5th round opponents after beating Ipswich Town 1-0. Meanwhile, Wrexham fans aren’t afraid of drawing Arsenal in the FA Cup.
Wrexham have put numerous big game performance doubts to bed with the 1-0 FA Cup win over Ipswich Town. The Reds restricted Kieran McKenna’s automatic promotion eyeing Blues to only two shots on target throughout the night, and could have scored more themselves.
Overall, this 1-0 win was a breath of fresh air for Wrexham fans ahead of a tough February with Bristol City and Ipswich Town outings. Unfortunately, Phil Parkinson’s men don’t have enough time to properly soak this FA Cup 4th round win. The Ashton Gate visit is just around the corner, and who can forget the FA Cup 5th round draw falling on Monday night.
By then, the tournament will narrow down to 16 teams. Unlike the third round, there doesn’t seem to be much room for FA Cup upsets on this weekend. Premier League giants Chelsea walked past Hull City with a 4-0 win, West Ham also got through and Manchester City, Liverpool as well as Arsenal also don’t seem to be failing here.
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Connecting the dots, there is a massive chance of Wrexham drawing any of these Premier League outfits 48 hours later. As far as the Reds fanbase is concerned, they have one team in mind whom they will wish to face in the fifth round of the FA Cup in March.
Wrexham fans aren’t afraid of drawing Arsenal in the FA Cup
One Wrexham fan named three Premier League showdowns he wants for Wrexham. He added: “Arsenal (h) Liverpool (a) Winner of Villa/Newcastle away.”
Now, Aston Villa and Newcastle United frequently keep playing in the Champions League every other season. Drawing any of them, and then Wrexham pulling an FA Cup upset over them feels a stunning success story in itself.
Liverpool just won the Premier League last year with Arne Slot at the helm. This year, they have been a shadow of their former selves, which again gives Wrexham a strong opportunity to inflict FA Cup misery on them. Most often, Liverpool get a home draw in Cup competitions.
As such, silencing the Anfield on an FA Cup night will arguably go down as Phil Parkinson’s best Cup performance surpassing his Bradford City 4-2 win over Chelsea in 2014. Likewise, knocking runaway Premier League leaders Arsenal off their perch will also be music to the ears of Wrexham fans.
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Another fan expressed his Arsenal draw wish: “I’ll take Arsenal just so Parky can teach Arteta how to play decent football.”
Lowkey, Arsenal play one of the most frustrating corner-kick tactics in the country. The Gunners have enough firepower to score goals for fun, still they keep fancying their chances from corners itself.
Fair enough, that gets them Premier League wins so they keep doing it over and over. What works for Wrexham is showing up in big games as the underdogs. Boss Phil Parkinson has already eliminated 2014/15 Premier League Champions Chelsea, a few months before they were crowned English Champions.
Delivering the same humiliation to Arsenal will go down in Wrexham’s history books, more for the fact that the Reds defeated the future Premier League winners. Getting a home FA Cup tie will again suit Phil Parkinson and the Reds. However, a significant portion of the fanbase won’t mind an away day against a Big Premier League team like Arsenal.
A third Wrexham fan said: “Arsenal away 100%.” As usual, hopes are high for the FA Cup 5th round draw. Let’s see what the football gods have kept in store for Wrexham.
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