My erse, looks like there's only a couple of hundred folk at the Cardiff V Fulham game.
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Thread: Magic of the FA Cup
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08-01-2017 12:29 PM #1
Magic of the FA Cup
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08-01-2017 12:35 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-01-2017 12:47 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuotePM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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08-01-2017 12:54 PM #9
Whatever happened to rip roaring cup ties? I watched Fulham v Cardiff and now have Liverpool v Plymouth on. Both are it have been played like a training game. I've no seen a tackle yet. Disappointing.
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08-01-2017 12:57 PM #10
I too hope that the Scousers take a barrowload off Plymouth. Their manager looks familiar.
Nearly 9,000 Plymouth fans have made the journey and up to now they haven't had anything to get off their seats for. I reckon 6-0.
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08-01-2017 01:08 PM #15
I watched the last 25 mins or so of the Cardiff game and tbh it was an embarrassment. The amount of times the Fulham defence or midfield were passing it amongst themselves with no pressing or aggression from a team getting beat at home in the cup was pathetic
Money has become so pivotal to the game down their it wouldn't surprise me if a team like Cardiff cared more winning their next league fixture than they do about progressing in the cup. Sad
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08-01-2017 01:11 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-01-2017 01:25 PM #17This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Growing up playing, we wanted to win every cup and every league game. Simple as that. If we went out the cup to a league rival the way Cardiff did today this place would be in meltdown
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08-01-2017 01:35 PM #20
Three things have contributed to the FA cup losing its mystique:
1) The year Man Utd bumped it to play in the club world cup thing, the FA scored a huge own goal by not allowing them to play a weakened team. It had a lasting effect on the tournaments prestige.
2) The loss of the old Wembley. The stadium's place in the tournaments history was as important as the trophy itself and even though it did have to be replaced and the new stadium is awesome, for some reason its just not the same. For those of us who watch on the telly the rubbish camera angle doesn't help.
3) The Champions league ..... back in the day if you couldn't win the league the FA cup was a more than acceptable 2nd prize. Now all the big clubs care about is finishing in the top 4 of the EPL and the FA cup is very much an afterthought to them.
Bless em, the BBC have done their best to polish the turd that the FA cup has become, but the truth is that all you have to do is look at the attendances. For a lot of clubs back in the day a decent draw in the FA cup would guarantee you one of your biggest crowds of the season ... not any more and that says it all .... here's a selection:
Sunderland v Burnley ....................... 17,632
Birmingham v Newcastle .................. 13,172
Bolton v Crystal Palace ..................... 11,683
Norwich v Southampton .................... 12,479
QPR v Blackburn .............................. 7,482
Hull v Swansea ................................ 6,608
Preston bucked the trend with an excellent 22,000 against Arsenal .... but I think the point is made.
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08-01-2017 01:38 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
2 young lives lost and a family ripped apart all because of that arrogant, thought-less moron.Last edited by 21.05.2016; 08-01-2017 at 01:41 PM.
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08-01-2017 01:43 PM #22
I find it sad to see how teams treat the FA Cup.
A great tournament that the clubs treat as a pain in the ar**.
When Norwich equalised against Southampton the commentator said right away that this was the result neither side wanted. Why, so they could get back to mid table mediocrity in their respective Leagues?
As a laddie and even until relatively recently I loved the FA Cup but now it has lost it's appeal.
Apart from anything else it was a competition years ago where you could get decent accumulators up in the fixed odds.
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08-01-2017 01:45 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
F***ing detest Plymouth for the backing they gave to that ****bag in goals, piece of s*** that he is.
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08-01-2017 01:47 PM #24This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
What a wonderful role model!
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08-01-2017 01:50 PM #25
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In fact, Hibs Cup win in May 2016 was probably the last Great Moment in cup history, North or South of the Border
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08-01-2017 01:59 PM #27
Liverpool making heavy weather of it. Every time Liverpool have a shot blocked they claim handball. A bit desperate is it not.....
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08-01-2017 02:36 PM #29
I hate the decline of the FA Cup.
It was/ should be one of the world's best sporting competitions.
The money money money obsession South of the border has pretty much turned me off it altogether.
The highest level of football there is just a disgusting big festival of greed.
There is still a little bit of soul that remains unsold, but you've got to drop at least 2 divisions to find it.
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08-01-2017 02:54 PM #30
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Bournemouth made 11 changes yesterday and were promptly emptied by Millwall
League survival even for a team that size more important than a trophy.Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, vodka in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, "WOO HOO what a ride!"
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