I feel like that was the perfect blend of everything going right with the wrong man in charge that year.

If you think about what Pep and Jose will bring to the Manchester squads this summer, plus Chelsea's strength already, plus Arsenal being in the final 3 of the last 4 and you wonder when a little clubs gonna get another chance.

Last year Chelsea were shocking, City not far behind them, Leicester upsetting everybody and Arsenal having a rare early exit from the cup was a great chance that might not be repeated.

Coupled with us 'only' having to beat Spurs as true top class opposition on the way to the final we really looked a gift horse in the mouth last year.

1-0 up against an unsettled Man Utd, LVG's last game no matter what and a red car...where's our Manager? Oh, doing the Macarana down the touch line.

If that's Big Sam he throws on another defender and sits everyone back. A fat Rooney can't penetrate our defense and starts to kick out and scream before eventually the final whistle.

So in answer to original question, our squad (and Manager) a year ago would have won the cup. I just don't see how we get this squad and Manager into a FA Cup final over the next few years unfortunately.

Yeah that would have been me. To be fair though I started doing that long before the goal went in, in fact probably before kick off!

Why on earth was he on the bench, what did he ever do at Palace, what has he done since. The only time he tried in a match was the last match at Southampton.. Good riddance!! Upset the dressing room with high wages and no commitment!!