FA Cup weekend grades: Ray Wilkins' verdict

Did your team live up to expectations with their FA Cup performance at the weekend?

We asked former England midfielder and Sky Sports Now guest Ray Wilkins to grade each side based on their 90-minute FA Cup performances.

So how did your team fare? Did they get an 'A' or an 'F', or somewhere in between? Read on to see how each side has been ranked...

Reading - A+

Results like this are what the romance of the FA Cup are all about, it's incredible. We've still got two teams left in the competition from outside the Premier League in Shrewsbury, who host Manchester United on Monday, and Reading. Brian McDermott's side put in a brilliant performance and deserve their A+.

West Ham - A+

People would have said Sunday's game may have been a really difficult test for West Ham. I was one of them because the pitch is not the greatest at Ewood Park and I worried whether West ham would fancy the challenge. They certainly did and for that they deserve an A+.

I'm really enjoying what Slaven Bilic is doing at West Ham. In Dimitri Payet they have a world class footballer, Mark Noble is performing consistently in the middle of the pitch and they look a very good side.

Chelsea - A

You'll find Guus Hiddink will not be tinkering with his side too much in the coming weeks. He'll be consistent with his selections and stick with the side that's playing well. The same team played in Paris in midweek and many people thought there would be changes, but knowing Guus there was no way he was going to make changes. He wants to win this competition big time. Chelsea put in a superb performance which deserves an A. 

Crystal Palace - A

Alan Pardew's side have been under par in the last couple months and considering that form it's a brilliant result for Palace at White Hart Lane. Yannick Bolasie's stock has certainly gone up since he's been out of the side and all of a sudden he's back, and they win. He must be their lucky omen. I didn't expect them to win because of their league form, but they proved me wrong to get an A.

Everton - A

I have to give Everton a good A for their performance on Saturday. Bournemouth is not an easy place to go. Everton were under a bit of pressure early on but stuck at it and scored a couple of good goals.

It doesn't matter that they've got a tough quarter-final tie against Chelsea. In the league meeting earlier this season they hammered Chelsea at Goodison Park. There is no reason they can't do it again.

Manchester City - B

As much as people will say Chelsea were only playing Manchester City's second team, the group of men Manuel Pellegrini put out did very well for 45 minutes. The killer goal was the second goal. You could see them slump and go a little bit out of shape. However, up until then they put in a good performance and get a B, but it's only because of the showing of their young guys.

In terms of team selection, I'm not a great fan of resting players. As a player myself I would want to play in every game so I do not get this need to rest players. These fixtures are the games you want to be involved in. It's the FA Cup, it's fantastic. Get out there and put in a performance. Players are quite happy to be rotated but I just cannot get to grips with it. It's not for me.

Watford - B

Watford got the job done and that's the most important thing in the cup. Quique Sanchez Flores managed to rest Odion Ighalo but stuck with Troy Deeney, who I really like as a player. I saw Watford at Chelsea and I was very impressed. They are well organised and have a great work ethic in the squad. For getting through against Leeds they get a solid B.

Hull - B

The extra game is not a positive for Hull as they have an extremely busy Championship schedule ahead of them and some massive games as they look for automatic promotion. However, the draw at Arsenal just goes to show the strength of Steve Bruce's squad after he made a host of changes. He'll be hoping his side can push on now and secure automatic promotion. As far as Saturday's concerned, it's no mean feat to get a draw at the Emirates so I'm giving them a B.

Leeds - B

They may have been knocked out but for me, Leeds get the same grade as Watford. It's never easy to go to a Premier League side in the FA Cup. You are always up against it. It was a really tough ask for Steve Evans' side but once again they had great support at Vicarage Road. It was marvellous travelling support from a great club. In the coming years let's hope they can get back to where we'd like to see them.

Tottenham - C

To be totally honest I thought this was the nap of the day. I thought Tottenham would win and win comfortably. That did not have what was required on the day so they get a C.

Bournemouth - C

It's a C for Bournemouth. Eddie Howe would have wanted a bit more from his side in front of their own fans. Bournemouth play some excellent stuff and they missed a penalty early in the game on Saturday. Who knows what might have been? But they would have expected a bit better from the game. The further you can go in the cup it gives you momentum and that would have helped as they look to stay in the Premier League.

Arsenal - D

The extra game is certainly something Arsenal could do without. For me, I would always prefer to go for the strongest available team first, get the job done if you possibly can and then bring the players you want to off midway through the second-half or even at half-time if things are going really well.

Arsene Wenger knows more about his squad than I do but I've been saying it for a long time, had they bought an out-an-out finisher in the window, I'm sure Arsenal would have won Saturday's game. It's all ifs and buts but I just felt they needed a top quality finisher. In terms of their performance on Saturday, I'm giving the Gunners a D.

Blackburn - E

It was always going to be a big ask for Blackburn against a good West Ham side. However, playing at home and going a goal up you would have expected Paul Lambert's side to put up a bit more of a fight. It's an E for Blackburn.

West Brom - F

It's a disappointing result for West Brom. It was a good opportunity for Tony Pulis to lead his side into the last eight against Championship opposition, but they came up short. What's the lowest we can go? F? F it is!

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