They want to play all ties mid-week & no replays.Do we have to guess what's happened today?
They want to play all ties mid-week & no replays.
Honestly don't know, they treat the competition as a distraction now, the country used to come to aWhat difference does it make to the big teams? They play all their kids anyway.
Just let the Premier teams opt out of it if they want and keep it exactly as it is.
To tuck it away mid-week and have no replays cheapens the whole competition.
But it's just the latest action in a long list of actions that have belittled the competition.Just let the Premier teams opt out of it if they want and keep it exactly as it is.
To tuck it away mid-week and have no replays cheapens the whole competition.
Did I say no Premier teams? I said the option to opt out.Is it any cheaper that way than with no prem teams? You've just made another JPT but with championship teams.
Trouble is i think the first nail in the coffin was when Man Utd pulled outDid I say no Premier teams? I said the option to opt out.
You think all Premier teams would opt out then? Interesting.
I would say at least half would remain and it would only be your big 4 or 6 that would chose perhaps not to.
Did I say no Premier teams? I said the option to opt out.
You think all Premier teams would opt out then? Interesting.
I would say at least half would remain and it would only be your big 4 or 6 that would chose perhaps not to.
I'm old enough to remember when the FA Cup Final was the only game ever on TV.
I can see why those teams in the European competitions are distracted by the FA Cup, although I don't agree with their attitude, but I have never understood why the mid-table teams take that attitude when it's only the FA Cup and the League Cup that they have a chance of winning,
This is rank. I think the 3rd round of the fa cup - when we used to be involved - was my favourite day of the calendar
This is rank. I think the 3rd round of the fa cup - when we used to be involved - was my favourite day of the calendar
Because of the chance of a European place!I'd say it's more likely to be the other way round. Why would anyone choose to play another half a dozen games more than their rivals, all in the 2nd half of the season?
After today's revelations about the (big boys) latest plans to further demean
the grand old competition. I cant tell you how pleased I am, that we managed
to win it when it really was the seasons grand finale.
The anticipation of a semi-final with 20,000 + fans from each club heading
off to a neutral ground in another provincial city (not London).
The weeks of trepidation, sleepless nights, and excitement leading up to the
big day, the whole city as one,in a state of unbridled support for their team.
Then the day, off to London for the FA CUP FINAL to watch our team in the
grandest old stadium of them all. The swing of emotions as the game
two & frowed, then the tears of joy and outburst of total euphoria.
Just so glad we did it when we did.
Having lived in the USA I noted that the teams there cared very little about winning their divisions <snip>
Having lived in the USA I noted that the teams there cared very little about winning their divisions, all that mattered was getting into the play-offs.
I see the similarity here now, the European Competitions being the European play-offs
The Fa should give the 4th Champions league place to the Cup winner. That'd stop the bigger teams demeaning the competition.
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Yes but they are still the teams that worldwide audiences want to watch.I'm amazed that UEFA still grant the 4th spot to the English league......haven't English clubs been pretty shit in Europe recently?
Lets face it....on the whole, football these days is shit....(I sound just like me dad used to)
Its awash with cash, yet many clubs are on the brink, ticket prices are too high but atmospheres are generally sterile, fixtures & KO times are pissed about on the whim of the TV schedule etc. & post SKY & the Premier league, many fans have been slowly brainwashed into thinking finishing 4th bottom in the top flight is better than winning the league cup or even the FA cup....
....still 100 times better than that egg-chasing shite though....and always will be!
Yeah, they use some sort of shitty points system. Apparently the Italians are catching up the premier league and could nick the 4th spot in the next couple of seasons. I think they take into account Europa league performance as well.I'm amazed that UEFA still grant the 4th spot to the English league......haven't English clubs been pretty shit in Europe recently?
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