Fa Cup Worth the effort?

[Macky]

Thats the beauty of the competition just ask Wycombe

How very dare you mention them, an infraction is in order

 

[SJN-Fox]

One of the reasons the FA Cup (or any domestic (cup) competition for that matter) has lost its magic is because, like much of football, it is no longer about the fans, about the spectacle, about creating an upset.

How many little clubs want to draw a Prem side because of the day out for the fans? No, it's all about it being a payday for the club. The smaller clubs want a cup run to bring more money into the club. They look to have a televised match so that it will bring more money into the club, not so that more of their fans get to see the game.

The bigger clubs regard it as an inconvenient diversion from a bigger prize.

The most important competition in English football is the Champions League.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Sadly its a more or less meaningless competition - destroyed by the disproportionate financial importance of clubs wanting to win, qualify for the European Championship, stay in or get in the Premiership.

Agree entirely. I would point out, though, that the European Championship is a competition featuring only national sides.

Years ago - many supporters would prefer their team to win the FA Cup rather than the league - these days many football fans wouldn't be able to recall who beat whom in last year's final.

Again, I agree - apart from 2008 I couldn't confidently tell you off the top of my head the finalists in any final since about 1997. It's usually a safe bet to guess though: Chelsea/Liverpool/Manyoo beat Manyoo/Chelsea/Liverpool.

What's even sadder is when ITV tries to pretend that there is any particular significance to the competition.

Few things are sadder or more tragic than ITV's football coverage.

The only way of possibly half reviving the competition would be to allocate one of the four European Championship places to the winners - and that's not going to happen.

If by 'European Championship' you actually mean 'Champions League', it's already been said :icon_wink

I can't imagine that it will retain a Saturday slot for many more seasons.

:icon_conf Why not?

If Leicester city get to the quarter final stage..would it still be meaningless?

Yes.

And even more Kings Lynns go to the wall, so that the can't-be-arsed-to-get-out-of-my-armchair fan can watch their ManYoo on the telly.

All because of greed.

What have we let them do with our game?

I don't think 'we' have had any choice in the matter. Whatever FIFA or Sky or the Premier League or the big clubs say, goes.

This. The magic has gone for me. :icon_sad:

For me too.

One of the reasons the FA Cup (or any domestic (cup) competition for that matter) has lost its magic is because, like much of football, it is no longer about the fans, about the spectacle, about creating an upset.

How many little clubs want to draw a Prem side because of the day out for the fans? No, it's all about it being a payday for the club. The smaller clubs want a cup run to bring more money into the club. They look to have a televised match so that it will bring more money into the club, not so that more of their fans get to see the game.

How often do you hear of lower division sides getting drawn with Premier League sides and hoping for a replay? It's not about the game any more, it's about raking the pennies in - as many as possible.

 

[Redditch Fox]

And even more Kings Lynns go to the wall, so that the can't-be-arsed-to-get-out-of-my-armchair fan can watch their ManYoo on the telly.

What have we let them do with our game?

That is precisely the tragedy.

So much of the game has been taken away from ordinary supporters including the destruction of the FA Cup; the end of the primacy of the Saturday afternooon kick off to suit Sky schedules.

Unfortunately, there is no way back from these developments and as a 'product' the premiership is massively successful.

 

[fitz]

not worth a thing, put out a bunch of kids and aim to lose.

 

[FantasyFox]

If we won the FA cup then I for one would be willing to make the effort. If we failed to win it then I would most definitely not make the effort. If it was a draw then I would make half the effort. Sometimes in life you just have to do a bit of the old compromise. A little bit of effort from me and a little bit of effort from you. That's what makes the world go round. Compromise and physics. Mostly physics but as with all things, sometimes a little bit of the old compromise is required.

A lesson there for our Iranian friends. A bloody nose indeed. Shocking. Tolerance. Tolerance, compromise and physics. That's what makes the world go round. That and massive hooters shaped like over full water balloons, drooping and hanging, bouncing and swaying. Dripping, like an old tap.

 

[SJN-Fox]

massive hooters shaped like over full water balloons, drooping and hanging, bouncing and swaying. Dripping, like an old tap.

You've met my ex-wife then!

 

[FantasyFox]

I'm one of her best customers. :icon_redf

 

[fitz]

You've met my ex-wife then!

I'd like to :icon_razz

 

[Kingy_85]

Blue Maniac vs Bocadillo I...I...I...I

I think the world may collaspse on itself if you two kicked off. You would be correcting each others corrections.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Blue Maniac vs Bocadillo I...I...I...I

I think the world may collaspse on itself if you two kicked off. You would be correcting each others corrections.

:icon_lol: I'm pretty sure that on several occasions Boc and I have corrected each other.

 

[bocadillo]

Blue Maniac vs Bocadillo I...I...I...I

I think the world may collaspse on itself if you two kicked off. You would be correcting each others corrections.

I think you will find that he and I disagree on very little that is of any consequence. What we do disagree on is down to his youth and relative beauty and my insistence that I do not look good draped in a flag.

 

[bocadillo]

:icon_lol: I'm pretty sure that on several occasions Boc and I have corrected each other.

Oh no - it's more than several!

 

[Blue Maniac]

I think you will find that he and I disagree on very little that is of any consequence. What we do disagree on is down to his youth and relative beauty and my insistence that I do not look good draped in a flag.

By the way, have you seen my flag? It hasn't been to a game since QPR, I'm starting to think it might've died or something.

 

[Macky]

Blue Maniac vs Bocadillo I...I...I...I

I think the world may collaspse on itself if you two kicked off. You would be correcting each others corrections.

eeem... have I missed something? What has this got to do with the price of duck eggs?

 

[fitz]

By the way, have you seen my flag? It hasn't been to a game since QPR, I'm starting to think it might've died or something.

my flag had its last outing at Sports Direct Sid James Park in August, it was looking forward to Donny a couple of days ago :icon_cry: its very gutted at being stuck in a drawer for so long

 

[Kingy_85]

eeem... have I missed something? What has this got to do with the price of duck eggs?

I was reading a few pages back and it looked like these two would go head to head in a battle of the ages !

 

[Macky]

I was reading a few pages back and it looked like these two would go head to head in a battle of the ages !

Oh.

(It really helps if you use the quote function more consistently)

 

[Blue Maniac]

I was reading a few pages back and it looked like these two would go head to head in a battle of the ages !

No contest, Boc's age wins hands down. It's like a cricket score.

 

[camberwell fox]

No contest, Boc's age wins hands down. It's like a cricket score.

...But not like Old Blightey (sp) as he would be for nought...