Evening all, and welcome to AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal!

I think we should note how great it is to see Hector Bellerin back. He has the potential to become a really good player, and beyond that, we need more socially-conscious personalities prepared to speak out about important issues.

Great name.

There are some great-looking ties there. Chelsea-Liverpool/Shrewsbury is the pick, but there's the potential for a Wayne Rooney derby, a south-coast derby, and the holders going to Hillsbrough should also be decent.

Here's the draw in full, ties to be played on Wednesday 5 March. Yes, you read that correctly.

Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City

Reading or Cardiff City v Sheffield United

Chelsea v Shrewsbury Town or Liverpool

West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United or Oxford United

Leicester City v Coventry City or Birmingham City

Northampton Town or Derby County v Manchester United

Southampton or Tottenham Hotspur v Norwich City

Portsmouth v Bournemouth or Arsenal

The winner of this tie will play away to Portsmouth in the next round.

This is a strange shade of red, and not at all cherry-like.

As for Arsenal, I'm really looking forward to seeing Eddie Nketiah, who starts up front. He's a natural goalscorer, and alongside him has Martinelli, who's a serious talent, and Pepe, who is ... I don't know. It's also good to see Joe Willock back in from the start - he looked promising early in the season before slowing down in Unai Emery's mess. At his best, he offers running and penetration in the middle of the pitch which you're not getting from Xhaka or Guendouzi though, no doubt, both think they supply all of that to world-class standard.

It's a shame Ramsdale isn't playing - I was looking forward to seeing him. He looks a real talent, and so mature for a young keeper. I'm not entirely sure how Bournemouth plan to score tonight, because Solanke has a grand total of 0 goals from 23 matches this season, and he's on his own up front.

As noted above, Steve Cook returns for Bournemouth, replacing Simon Francis. Also dropping out are Rico, Billing, Lerma, Wilson C and Ramsdale; coming in are Simpson, Cook L, Surman, Gosling and Travers.

These shoes: an immediate sacking, in my opinion.

Let's have some teams...

By the time this game kicks off, the teams will know who they play in the next round - if they make it that far. Such is the modern way. In the meantime, both have semi-committed to getting there. Bournemouth have made six changes to their first XI, which is, in the end, understandable - they're third-bottom of the league, and will have noticed what happened to Watford in last season's final. Arsenal, meanwhile, go with youth, which is slightly odd - they should be doing all they can to win this, and have left themselves just a little short. We shall see.