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Stig
Stig Posts: 29,021
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Well, that creeped up on me unawares. The 'U's playing at Old Trafford in a league cup quarter final.

It really does beg the question, when are Charlton going to have a cup run? I'm sick of us putting out second rate teams in cup competitions, capitulating to all competition and burying supporters' dreams. This is an area that I really do hope the new owners prioritise - hopefully, that'll be the thing that Bows thinks is strange.

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  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Drives me crazy.
    A couple of years ago, if we had beaten Wimbledon, we would have got Spurs at Wembley in next round , and people on here were still saying 'good we are out of the useless comp' and that was even after the draw.!
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Couldnt give a f@ck
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,560
    We dont do cups!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    For a club that has been in the top two flights for all bar ten of the 72 seasons since we won the Cup, it is rather pathetic that we have only appeared five times in the QFs (and no further to boot) from 130 "campaigns" in the FA and League Cups.

    In fact, I would struggle to name a club of a similar standing who has a worse record!
  • Mortimerwasgod
    Mortimerwasgod Posts: 551
    Went to Colchester in September. Lovely place, steeped in roman history, official capital of England back in the day. Well impressed. Give it a whirl, but yes we're shit in cup games.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,620
    To balance the arguement somewhat, we have in the last 25 years been prioritising other things......like promotion to either The Premier League or (more recently) to The Championship. Some more mediocre teams prioritise a cup run & a day out against one of the "big boys" to keep them solvent. Oxford & Colchester are 2 such teams. Neither will be threatening the Premier League anytime soon I would imagine. 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    The worst result was the Carling Cup Quarter-Final defeat to Wycombe, while we were in the Premier League and they were League Two. Not only did they beat us but they played us off the park.
    If memory serves me right I went to the bar before half-time and didn't bother returning for the second half, as it was clear that there was nothing in that team that was going to turn it round. 
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,560
    superclive98 said:
    The worst result was the Carling Cup Quarter-Final defeat to Wycombe, while we were in the Premier League and they were League Two. Not only did they beat us but they played us off the park.
    If memory serves me right I went to the bar before half-time and didn't bother returning for the second half, as it was clear that there was nothing in that team that was going to turn it round. 
    Only decent player that night was Scott Carson and he was a loanee! Wasnt it Les Reeds last game?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,761
    golfaddick said:
    To balance the arguement somewhat, we have in the last 25 years been prioritising other things......like promotion to either The Premier League or (more recently) to The Championship. Some more mediocre teams prioritise a cup run & a day out against one of the "big boys" to keep them solvent. Oxford & Colchester are 2 such teams. Neither will be threatening the Premier League anytime soon I would imagine. 
    There aren't many sides who have absolutely nothing to play for when the 3rd or 4th round of a League or FA Cup comes round and that is historically when we've gone out.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,808
    The_President said:
    Drives me crazy.
    A couple of years ago, if we had beaten Wimbledon, we would have got Spurs at Wembley in next round , and people on here were still saying 'good we are out of the useless comp' and that was even after the draw.!
    I'm still annoyed about that.....so are my kids
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  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    Kap10 said:
    superclive98 said:
    The worst result was the Carling Cup Quarter-Final defeat to Wycombe, while we were in the Premier League and they were League Two. Not only did they beat us but they played us off the park.
    If memory serves me right I went to the bar before half-time and didn't bother returning for the second half, as it was clear that there was nothing in that team that was going to turn it round. 
    Only decent player that night was Scott Carson and he was a loanee! Wasnt it Les Reeds last game?
    I think that it was his last home game in charge but I don't think that he was sacked until after the away defeat at 'boro. 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    Mortimerwasgod said:
    Went to Colchester in September. Lovely place, steeped in roman history, official capital of England back in the day. Well impressed. Give it a whirl, but yes we're shit in cup games.
    And so is their stadium!
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295

    Quarter finals in 1994 at Man Utd. Great day out despite the result including a Saturday night in Manchester.

    Quarter finals in 2014 at Sheffield Utd. Not such a great day, i'm sure, though I wasn't there. We all know what happened just after that.

    So, it's a wait until 2034, when we will be drawn away to another United. Be patient everyone.


  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,374
    Bangkokaddick said:

    Quarter finals in 1994 at Man Utd. Great day out despite the result including a Saturday night in Manchester.

    Quarter finals in 2014 at Sheffield Utd. Not such a great day, i'm sure, though I wasn't there. We all know what happened just after that.

    So, it's a wait until 2034, when we will be drawn away to another United. Be patient everyone.


    We also got to the FA Cup quarter final in 99/00 and 05/06 plus the League Cup quarter final in 06/07.
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    Scoham said:
    Bangkokaddick said:

    Quarter finals in 1994 at Man Utd. Great day out despite the result including a Saturday night in Manchester.

    Quarter finals in 2014 at Sheffield Utd. Not such a great day, i'm sure, though I wasn't there. We all know what happened just after that.

    So, it's a wait until 2034, when we will be drawn away to another United. Be patient everyone.


    We also got to the FA Cup quarter final in 99/00 and 05/06 plus the League Cup quarter final in 06/07.

    Yes. Of course. Selective memory! Remember the Bolton game quite well, though I was out in Thailand for the 2006 games and they weren't shown on TV.

    We're better in Cups than I thought................just!

    But we'll still get a United away in 2034!
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,161
    Stig said:
    Well, that crept up on me unawares. The 'U's playing at Old Trafford in a league cup quarter final.

    It really does beg the question, when are Charlton going to have a cup run? I'm sick of us putting out second rate teams in cup competitions, capitulating to all competition and burying supporters' dreams. This is an area that I really do hope the new owners prioritise - hopefully, that'll be the thing that Bows thinks is strange.
    Fixed it for you but apart from that totally agree.

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