FA Cup Final

[the other bob wilson]

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Bbc 1 is wall to wall fa Cup all day. What are people asking for? It's top class football on free to air.

Strange how people say they don't want to watch Liverpool Chelsea and all the top teams playing each other again with the top teams dominating the Cup.
However you can be sure if milwall were in the final today people would be saying the top teams don't take it seriously anymore. They can't win.

Today is 2 of the 3 best teams around playing each other on free to air. OK if you have sky and bt etc it may be boring but fact is most people don't. Enjoy it. :thumbup:

For me, it’s akin to watching a Wales rugby autumn international against one of New Zealand, Australia or South Africa. Games against those three used to be events to look forward to, but down the years they’ve become stale and I tend to give them a miss now. Leicester winning it last year was good, but it’s same old, same old - there was a time I’d know this without having to look it up, but I find myself wondering if our Final fourteen years ago was the last time at least one of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man City were not in the Final?

Just looked it up, there’s been one - Man United v Palace in 15/16.

[lardy]

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For me, it’s akin to watching a Wales rugby autumn international against one of New Zealand, Australia or South Africa. Games against those three used to be events to look forward to, but down the years they’ve become stale and I tend to give them a miss now. Leicester winning it last year was good, but it’s same old, same old - there was a time I’d know this without having to look it up, but I find myself wondering if our Final fourteen years ago was the last time at least one of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man City were not in the Final?

If you add Man Utd to the list, then ours was the only one without at least one of the five since Spurs v Forest in 91.

[MacAdder]

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I agree with you on this. Wow, that’s a first.

Me too! Feckin hell :hehe:

[Father Dougal]

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For me, it’s akin to watching a Wales rugby autumn international against one of New Zealand, Australia or South Africa. Games against those three used to be events to look forward to, but down the years they’ve become stale and I tend to give them a miss now. Leicester winning it last year was good, but it’s same old, same old - there was a time I’d know this without having to look it up, but I find myself wondering if our Final fourteen years ago was the last time at least one of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man City were not in the Final?

Just looked it up, there’s been one - Man United v Palace in 15/16.

Yes the best teams do tend to do the best in the cup as well as the league. Im not sure what the issue is with that though?

Do you see the point im making? Imagine if the likes of Liverpool and man City exited the cup meakly in round 3 every year i guarantee nobody would say how great the cup now is everyone would say the cup is worthless now. And it woulrd be.

They cant win.

[Father Dougal]

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For me, it’s akin to watching a Wales rugby autumn international against one of New Zealand, Australia or South Africa. Games against those three used to be events to look forward to, but down the years they’ve become stale and I tend to give them a miss now. Leicester winning it last year was good, but it’s same old, same old - there was a time I’d know this without having to look it up, but I find myself wondering if our Final fourteen years ago was the last time at least one of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Man City were not in the Final?

Just looked it up, there’s been one - Man United v Palace in 15/16.

Also do you not think that shows how special our cup run was? While it is good fun it would devalue the competition if a lower half championship side got to the final every year. Its only good when it happens as its so rare.

While it may be annoying to some teams like Liverpool and man city try and win the cup as well as the league the alternative would be them not giving a crap about the Cup. We should celebrate the fact the FA Cup lives on and the big teams do care. If they stopped doing so that would be the end of it.

[bigjoe]

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Exhume Saint and Greavsie.

Etc

Made me think of Sam Leitch. His career at that desk probably because it was easier to keep him on than move him.

[Bluebirdman Of Alcathays]

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The only problem with the FA Cup is its relation to the Premier League. Like many others, we rotated the team when we had a sniff of promotion and only put out our strongest team against Mansfield in 2018 cos we had a chance of Man City in the next round. All the marketing of the "magic of the cup" feels a little desperate in the circumstances. The biggest clubs can rotate and still work their way through to the later stages cos of their strength in depth.

[delmbox]

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Scrap the league cup, that would give it a boost

[BLUETIT]

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Wish Chelsea would have worn blue, their players disappear if Liverpool play the ball forward quickly

[Des Parrot]

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Scrap the league cup, that would give it a boost

Or exclude all sides who’ve qualified for Europe from the FA cup & League Cup, & give a European place to the winners

[Des Parrot]

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Wish Chelsea would have worn blue, their players disappear if Liverpool play the ball forward quickly

You’re not alone ….

[Cleve van Leef]

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Is anyone enjoying the game?

[Des Parrot]

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Is anyone enjoying the game?

I’ve just received my first Twitter block for saying Blades v Forest was more entertaining. So I’ve achieved something!

Answer to your question. No

[Canton Kev]

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Certainly hasn’t been a game for the neutrals

[The Bloop]

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I've seen worse nil nils