Games to be played around the weekend, instead of over the weekend, it really is shit, no replays, they play too much, then cross the globe to play a friendly.
With replays I would love it to be a system that if both teams agree to a one off game before kick off then its ET & penalties. But if one or both of the teams want a replay if needed, then it will be a replay. That way your Preston vs Charlton for example would likely be a one-off tie, but Spurs vs Tamworth would've been a replay. In practical terms its probably a can of worms but seems good on paper.
Genuinely a good draw. Problem is beating Preston. If we can manage that though, Wycombe at home is a decent draw.
We have played Wycombe 8 times at home, if you don't include the disgraceful cupset we have won 5 of those 7 league meetings.
I wasn't that impressed by what I saw when they came here, so at least it's a winnable tie. Something like Birmingham, Blackburn, Leeds at home etc would have been worse imo.
And the pundits on BBC (Lineker, Micah Richards and Walcott) were saying that the Arsenal / Man U game should have gone straight to pens without the 30 mins extra time.
My dad, a big Arsenal fan decided last minute to go to the third replay at Filbert St and I went along with him. We drove down from Stockport with no tickets because the attendance for the first replay at Leicester was 25k ish and the second replay attracted under 20k.
We were walking to the ground a good 40 minutes before ko and was wondering why so many fans were walking in the opposite direction. We started hearing rumours that the gates had been shut but carried on anyway as we thought it unlikely but we actually could not get anywhere near the ground, there were thousands locked out.
The attendance was just over 30k which was Filbert Streets capacity back then and I swear the same number were locked out. I never did get my head round why every man and his dog decided to turn up for what was the 5th game between the clubs in such a short space of time.
Man Utd have to be one of my favourite FA Cup teams . Really pleased they made the wasp chewing prick cnuteta suffer that defeat yesterday but more importantly they have stopped palace in the final twice and even more important than that stopped the scum in the final too to preserve our lone presence of South East London’s only major trophy winners !
Man Utd have to be one of my favourite FA Cup teams . Really pleased they made the wasp chewing prick cnuteta suffer that defeat yesterday but more importantly they have stopped palace in the final twice and even more important than that stopped the scum in the final too to preserve our lone presence of South East London’s only major trophy winners !
Don't mind Man United at all. Out of all the 'big 6' they're the ones I don't mind alongside City as well for stopping the insufferable Liverpool and Arsenal on a number of occasions in the Prem.
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R1 - Southend
R2 - Walsall
R3 - Preston
R4 - Wycombe
R5 - Wigan
R6 - Coventry
Semi - Southampton
Final - Bournemouth
For the first time ever there would be no coverage of the final anywhere.
https://x.com/johnmcmah0n/status/1878500337239097781?s=48&t=Q9DyY2tizl4ZBSVIHxH8qQ
Feel for Southend they didn't get their replay at the Valley. Could of seen Macauley Bonne return.
We avoid injuries and fixture backlogs.
We have played Wycombe 8 times at home, if you don't include the disgraceful cupset we have won 5 of those 7 league meetings.
I wasn't that impressed by what I saw when they came here, so at least it's a winnable tie. Something like Birmingham, Blackburn, Leeds at home etc would have been worse imo.
RIP : The Replay
https://www.theguardian.com/football/that-1980s-sports-blog/2020/feb/04/arsenal-won-fa-cup-four-replays-sheffield-wednesday
We were walking to the ground a good 40 minutes before ko and was wondering why so many fans were walking in the opposite direction. We started hearing rumours that the gates had been shut but carried on anyway as we thought it unlikely but we actually could not get anywhere near the ground, there were thousands locked out.
The attendance was just over 30k which was Filbert Streets capacity back then and I swear the same number were locked out. I never did get my head round why every man and his dog decided to turn up for what was the 5th game between the clubs in such a short space of time.
Really pleased they made the wasp chewing prick cnuteta suffer that defeat yesterday but more importantly they have stopped palace in the final twice and even more important than that stopped the scum in the final too to preserve our lone presence of South East London’s only major trophy winners !