In truth, it's a decent enough tie given that Saints have more important priorities in the league and it should be good to watch a game with the pressure off given the stressful experience that is watching Saints! We are also spared a potential TV giant killing where you can't win, even if you do.
While we can dream of another '76, these days the F.A. Cup is boringly predictable with the big clubs monopolising things as they do with every other part of football - you have to go all the way back to Everton in 1995 to see anyone but the big four winning the trophy.
Maybe we should show some innovation and force clubs to play at least six home grown players in the Cup to even things up a little. As if.