no_loyalty
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If we get past Blues in the replay, the 5th round of the FA Cup is scheduled for midweek (4th March), no idea why?
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For any particular reason or just to keep the big clubs happy? They do this sort of thing and then wonder why people don't hold the cup in same regard they did years ago.I was reading about this last night. Midweek and no replays from this stage onwards. ‘The magic of the FA Cup’.
And I’ll add if they’d share some of the money and call out clubs like wolves then you wouldn’t have as many Bolton’s or burysAnd it’s the big teams whinging with the most money and biggest squads!!
pisses me off
You're fucking kidding. What a joke!I was reading about this last night. Midweek and no replays from this stage onwards. ‘The magic of the FA Cup’.
The draw is on Monday evening, but I can't find it in the TV listings. Isn't it being televised?
Usually on either as part of the One Show or the Monday night game
It's on the one showThe draw is on Monday evening, but I can't find it in the TV listings. Isn't it being televised?
It's on the one show
They’re still winning and will probably win. Who cares what team the biggest clubs put out, I’d rather the biggest clubs don’t win every trophy every yearSee how much Liverpool think of the cup with the team they have put out
See how much Liverpool think of the cup with the team they have put out
I really want the words to the opening song of The One Show. I never watch it so I keep missing the lyrics!It's on the one show
Some really good ideas there email the faThe whole system needs to be revamped to ensure this cup doesn’t get scrapped in the future. It’s already being devalued way to much.
I’d make the tin pot cup a “development cup” so for reserve teams and kids with the final at old Trafford, not Wembley..
Make the league cup exactly that, for teams in the football league (no prem teams)
That would free up several games for both prem and non prem teams.
All of this only if prem hand down some more tv deal money to lower leagues
You missed it. It was yesterdayWhat time is the draw ?
Like our game against Leeds at “neutral” SheffieldAnd the FA will then wonder why the Cup has lost its appeal, unbelievable revert to the timeslots and format we all loved, the teams moaning have all the money and the largest squad. The FA cup creates great memories that last a lifetime, stop messing with the format and get the semi finals back to neutral grounds as it was.
This would be fantastic, I think the only complaint would be with the tinpot trophy. Firstly, the level 1 academy teams want their kids to play against senior teams (although the L1 and L2 teams play a lot of kids especially in the early stages of that cup), and isn’t there already an academy knockout cup (FA youth cup or something?).The whole system needs to be revamped to ensure this cup doesn’t get scrapped in the future. It’s already being devalued way to much.
I’d make the tin pot cup a “development cup” so for reserve teams and kids with the final at old Trafford, not Wembley..
Make the league cup exactly that, for teams in the football league (no prem teams)
That would free up several games for both prem and non prem teams.
All of this only if prem hand down some more tv deal money to lower leagues
Some really good ideas there email the fa
Yeah rant away. Couldn’t agree more. Liverpool have won the premier league what would they be Resting players for todayI still get annoyed when these big clubs with 100+ contracted pro players complain of too many games. With that many players you could play every day and with squad rotation and not overplay people. Some of them have more players out on loan than some teams lower down the pyramid have in their actual squads.
Personally I'm still of the opinion that if they think they're playing too many games because they're in Europe then one option is to tell them they can choose between Europe and the Domestic Cups, opting out of whichever they prefer. Opens the competition up for other less fashionable teams to win it. Only proviso for me would be cup winners get European spots next year to make them think carefully.
Another option is having a 25-33 person squad for each cup competition they have to choose from and unless a player is permanently sold cannot be replaced. If they choose to loan out a squad member that's their choice. If they fill the squad with first teamers then if they burnout that's their choice. If they fill it with youngsters that's also their choice if they go out.
What annoys me is when they use those bit part players in the early rounds and then replace them with the first team in later rounds and then complain of fixture congestion and overplaying players. They want their cake, to eat it, go back for seconds, eat that too and then take as much of other people's serving as well. Well tough shit. If you want to be a manager at the top level make these fucking decisions and earn your salary. If you can win all those competitions utilising your whole squad fair play to you, if not stop fucking whinging.
FA etc will never go for that because they fear lost revenue from the big clubs and TV money (largely from abroad).
Football can be shit sometimes.
Yes, why is 'neutral' in quotation marks?Like our game against Leeds at “neutral” Sheffield
This would be fantastic, I think the only complaint would be with the tinpot trophy. Firstly, the level 1 academy teams want their kids to play against senior teams (although the L1 and L2 teams play a lot of kids especially in the early stages of that cup), and isn’t there already an academy knockout cup (FA youth cup or something?).
Because it’s about as neutral as Wembley was for spurs. Apart from our third round game we might as well have played every game awayYes, why is 'neutral' in quotation marks?
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