One of the reasons for this winter break is to give teams in the Champions League more time to prepare for the knockout stage but the FA in their wisdom, decided they would forgo replays AFTER the winter break.For the 5th round of the FA cup ties will be decided on the day, extra time and penalties..if needed.
They kept the possibility of replays for the 4th round knowing full well any replay involving Premier league teams would clash with the winter break. Spurs, who are still in the C/L have to play a replay on Wed 5th Feb.
But the Premier league, when the winter break was agreed, writes to all the Premier League teams and tells them to respect the winter break......pity the FA didn't.
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