the club actually not only say, but show, that they are taking the cup seriously.
Like many other supporters, I am now seriously p***ed off by our lack of success in the Cups. It's stopped being funny a long time ago. I know many supporters couldn't care less about this cup (and the FA Cup) but to me a run in this cup represents one of our few real chances of success.
So this year it's time the club took this cup seriously. In my opinion, unless they say they are going to do so - and Chris Powell backs that up by playing the first team (and I shall scream if anyone says we need to rest players after only one game) - then I think we should all respond by boycotting the game. If the club can't take the cup seriously, why should we?
OK, stand by to be slaughtered but my patience is rapidly running out by the lack of commitment we show to the cups each year.
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Firstly it would lose money for Charlton if we boycott
Secondly i couldn't care less how we do in the cups, it would be nice for a good run but i would be happy for us to take a mixture of experiance + u21's as it would be perfect for them
The COC will be used by teams in the PL and Champ as an opportunity to mix up the U21's and 1st team. If Powell gets the balance right and the team put in the effort then we should be beating teams like Oxford.
I see this being about as successful as the attempt to 'boycott' the kiosks at the Palace game!
We have no real different approach to the vast majority of other teams. We're are just no good at them.
As for support, there has always been a lack of committment in cups where that is concerned.
The likes of Sam Ajai,Ade Azzez,Joe Piggot,Jordan Cousins,Michael Smith,Morgan Fox and Kevin Feely need to get their chance this season if they are going to be in and around the first team.When would be a better opportunity?If any of these were to be loaned out I would hope it would be to a club in L1 or L2 so Oxford would be a good test for them.
Cup runs are sooo last century!
CPs on a bit of a hiding to nothing on this one, what if he puts out a strong team of first teamers and one of them gets injured.
Remember how we struggled to come to terms with Wiggins loss when he was injured last season.
Players being played out of position etc and results taking a tumble.
Cup games should be a chance for CP to blood promising youngsters, I'd still have rather had our season last season than Millwalls one day in the sun, if the season had gone on any longer they'd have slid into League 1, I think with limited resources smaller clubs can't have it both ways.
Put it another way, Arsenal have got used to not winning trophies, so were in good company.
I'm fed up of this attitude that somehow clubs can't 'focus on the league' if they go on a cup run. It's a poor excuse which has been trotted out by managers who have lost cup games in the past, and it somehow seems to have stuck. In a season of 46 league games, an extra half-dozen or so cup games *shouldn't* make that much difference to supposedly 'professional' footballers.
I honestly don't see the point in cup football at all anymore - and it's not just Charlton, everyone is at it.
Clubs want to concentrate on the league because that's where the money is (Premier League, European qualification, etc.), whereas cup football is more for the fans. The sad thing is that clubs have managed to convince fans that finishing in mid-table is more important than winning silverware as well (just look at Arsenal...)
I've faced the fact that Charlton are never going to win the Premier League in my lifetime. They could, however, reach a cup final and even perhaps win if they put their mind to it. Smaller teams have done it. I find it so frustrating that we don't even try.