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Post by lostinspace on May 26, 2016 19:14:07 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36393608 more appeasement to the Premier league, hey lets just have a raffle for who gets to the final,, save their poor little legs from carrying their big fat wallets!!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 21:49:41 GMT
"Adds excitement" my arse.
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Post by irishrover on May 27, 2016 0:59:09 GMT
Down with this sort of thing.
How about they borrow an idea from Cricket - 20/20 football. That'll reduce stress on players. 20 minutes a half - powerplays for the first 5 minutes of each in which the game is played 8 v 8, goals could be renamed 'Coca Cola Life Moments' etc. |
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Post by csssmooth on May 27, 2016 14:42:11 GMT
I don't agree with any of you posting here, I think this favors the likes of Rovers, we have a much better chance of beating premier league opposition over one game, regardless whether it was home or away, and then extra time and penalties than we would with a replay. Last time out we were pretty damn hot at penalties.
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Post by crater on May 28, 2016 15:46:37 GMT
Not FA Cup related...
Why still have a 2 leg league cup semi final if they want to play less?
Makes no sense as all other ties are just a single match.
Last 4 in the league cup are usually premier league clubs so it just shows its not about playing less but generating extra cash from an extra game.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Jun 4, 2016 18:13:52 GMT
For me. the cup lost any integrity with the advent of semi finals at Wembley. The entire ethos and pay off was ALL about getting to the final, at Wembley. I know I am now 52 and am rapidly becoming that old fart that I used to always grumble about but the cup lost its magic for me
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Post by irishrover on Jun 6, 2016 16:12:51 GMT
For me. the cup lost any integrity with the advent of semi finals at Wembley. The entire ethos and pay off was ALL about getting to the final, at Wembley. I know I am now 52 and am rapidly becoming that old fart that I used to always grumble about but the cup lost its magic for me But that happened originally in the early 90s right? |
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Post by Rex on Jun 6, 2016 16:50:00 GMT
For me. the cup lost any integrity with the advent of semi finals at Wembley. The entire ethos and pay off was ALL about getting to the final, at Wembley. I know I am now 52 and am rapidly becoming that old fart that I used to always grumble about but the cup lost its magic for me I think it was Arsenal /Spurs and the two Sheffield clubs, and at the time was a 'one off' to allow more fans to get in. Of course once they had done it once, it made it far easier to do it all the time when they needed to make more money from Wembley. I agree with KP, it was the start of a slippery slope. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 19:10:20 GMT
Arsenal v Spurs (1991 and 1993), Sheffield derby (1993).
I'm fairly sure if Old Trafford had been as big then as it is now then it would've hosted the Sheffield game.
I don't think it was intended as a precedent, it was the result of specific fixtures and logical to have it there.
Routine semi finals at Wembley is absolutely s**t though, and wholly unnecessary.
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