Season › 2016-17 › News Blues handed Leicester cup test at Goodison Lyndon Lloyd Monday, 5 December, 2016 24comments | Jump to most recent Everton will play Leicester City in the Third Round of the FA Cup next month. The Blues were handed a home tie against the struggling defending Premier League champions in this evening's draw. Ties will take place on the weekend of 6th January, 2017. Reader Comments (24) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Geoff Trenner 1 Posted 05/12/2016 at 19:31:12 At least it is a home tie. Mick Davies 2 Posted 05/12/2016 at 19:33:19 They get Plymouth or Newport, we get the Champions... there must be a gypsy's curse on Goodison. James Doran 3 Posted 05/12/2016 at 19:46:22 We could have got a worse draw, to be fair. Bolasie is going to be out for a while then. Does anybody know what Coleman's prognosis is yet? Jay Wood 4 Posted 05/12/2016 at 19:55:23 Nothing to fear in this draw, if we can get it together.Bad news about Bolasie. Cruciate knee ligaments. Out for the rest of the season... Sam Hoare 5 Posted 05/12/2016 at 20:05:44 This season is shaping up nicely... Brian Williams 6 Posted 05/12/2016 at 20:17:29 We'll win that. Joe O'Brien 7 Posted 05/12/2016 at 20:51:45 Happy enough with it. Could have been better but also a lot worse. A home tie gives us a huge advantage... we'll take them at Goodison Mark Rimmer 8 Posted 05/12/2016 at 21:03:08 Good while it lasted. James Marshall 9 Posted 05/12/2016 at 21:23:19 The way we're playing at the moment, I don't think it matters who the oppo is. We'd be just as hit & miss against Leicester as we would against Plymouth or Newport. Max Murphy 10 Posted 05/12/2016 at 21:49:36 Another exit from a cup competition gives us an ideal opportunity to concentrate on a top 4 finish. Shane Corcoran 11 Posted 05/12/2016 at 21:53:52 Mick, we've been so lucky and then so bad this season that I was amazed by the lack of bad luck stories.Good to see them back. Damian Wilde 12 Posted 05/12/2016 at 21:59:12 "Another exit from a cup competition gives us an ideal opportunity to concentrate on a top 4 finish."😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃 Good one. Ray Roche 13 Posted 05/12/2016 at 22:28:20 We owe those bastards big time from the two games last season. Liam Reilly 14 Posted 05/12/2016 at 22:34:01 Could've been worse. Could've been Norwich. Jack Cross 15 Posted 06/12/2016 at 01:04:43 Leicester, won't be a problem. They have bigger fish to fry as they say, in the Champions League. I think they think they can win it. That Ranieri... so low profile as a major coach, well who knows what he can pull off. And I wouldn't rule it out. Darren Hind 16 Posted 06/12/2016 at 06:07:16 Leicester are far worthier Champions than the have been given credit for. The have some fantastic players.They will not go the entire season without getting their act together; I would be very happy for us to knock them out of the cup before they do. Ian McDowell 17 Posted 06/12/2016 at 07:13:14 Can't complain about a home draw versus another team that are struggling. Jon Cox 20 Posted 06/12/2016 at 20:30:13 I think the bigger question is,Would you swap Lukaku for Vardy..? Ian McDowell 21 Posted 06/12/2016 at 20:34:51 Jon. No I wouldn't swap Lukaku for Vardy. Mark Andrews 22 Posted 07/12/2016 at 18:17:47 I hope it's not more of the same turgid football that we've been fed this season by Mogadon Ron. What's the plan? Eric Paul 23 Posted 07/12/2016 at 19:26:10 I'd swap Lukaku for a match ball. Nathan Cross 24 Posted 07/12/2016 at 21:07:14 Jon, I wouldn't swap him for Vardy, but I would swap him for Okazaki and a bag of Walker's. Patrick Murphy 26 Posted 08/12/2016 at 16:21:35 At least it hasn't got a stupid kick-off time, the game is to be played on Saturday 7th Jan 2017 with a 3pm Kick-Off. I assume the usual suspects have been chosen for the televised games. As for Everton in FA Cup games against top-flight opponents in the 3rd round, we haven't got a very good record in the last 25 years or so. Granted we've only played 4 ties against top-flight teams at the third round stage, during that period, West Ham (lost in a replay), Wimbledon (Lost in a replay), Newcastle (beat us at Goodison) and Blackburn Rovers who also won at Goodison. The last occasion we beat top-flight opponents at the third round stage was way back in 1988 after a marathon tie with Sheffield Wednesday when the Toffees eventually triumphed 5-0 at Hillsborough. Anthony Hanlon 27 Posted 08/12/2016 at 17:09:56 So Man Utd have been chosen for a live FA Cup tie for the 47th time on the run – spanning amazingly 13 years – and the Red Shite v Plymouth or Newport gets the live TV treatment yet Everton v the Premier League Champions is overlooked despite 6 games being shown live. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads