The Gardeners' World Blog

We're at the halfway stage of the new Ski Sunday and it seems a good time to take stock.

The new format was never going to be everyone's cup of tea and I understand why a few people have complained.

We've reached that stage of the three-weekly cycle which accompanies the FA Cup here in Match of the Day blogland: I appear online to explain the rationale behind our choice of live FA Cup ties, and then receive brickbats for our having picked all the wrong games!

We've already received one rant by post about our opting for Manchester United v Arsenal as our Saturday teatime live game. A tie between the two leading teams in this season's Premier League, the most successful duo in Premier League and FA Cup history, with the country's two top goalscorers, longest serving managers and leading contenders for player of the season did rather jump out of the draw at us, it's true.