Kevin Blackwell admits his side face an "ideal quarter-final draw" if they can overcome Middlesbrough in their FA Cup replay.The Blades or Middlesbrough have been drawn to play Cardiff at home in the last eight but Blackwell, installed as Bryan Robson's successor until the end of the season last Thursday, warned of a tough task at The Riverside.

Blackwell said: "To get a home draw and avoid the big guns in the quarter-final is ideal, that's for sure.

"But Gareth Southgate and I both know that we've got to get past each other first and it goes without saying that's not going to be easy.

"But certainly in the quarter-finals you want to be drawn at home and we can't ask for more than that."

The fifth-round replay with Middlesbrough will take place a week on Wednesday February 27.

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