pat blondeau Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 16 minutes ago, JimmyMaC said: Great competion,where else could you beat man utd 7-2 away...... The prem sides should be forced into playing their strongest sides or face punishment or expulsion.for every round,lets bring value back to the competition and pay it the respect it deserves and play in front of full houses again Who decides what their strongest side is? And do they have to play their best players in every league game, FA cup game, league cup game and champions league game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, nilsson said: We’re the last club from the second tier to win a cup. It’s one record we’ll probably never lose... can’t see a second tier club winning one again Apart from us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flo Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, JimmyMaC said: Great competion,where else could you beat man utd 7-2 away...... The prem sides should be forced into playing their strongest sides or face punishment or expulsion.for every round,lets bring value back to the competition and pay it the respect it deserves and play in front of full houses again Why would you want them to play their best teams. Surely you would rather want them to play worse players so we can win the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat blondeau Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 14 minutes ago, JimmyMaC said: Its for the FA to decide,in recent years weve had the likes of wigan,millwall cardiff portsmouth as suprise winners or finalists,that devalues the competition,while its fun,it does make the cup look a tad tinnny in relation to what it used to be before the prem formed. Good luck to the FA telling Pep Guardiola who he has to pick. Since the prem was formed Arsenal and Chelsea have won the FA cup 7 times each and Man U have won it 5 times. In the years before the prem Coventry and Wimbledon won it. You’ve not thought this one through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, JimmyMaC said: Its for the FA to decide,in recent years weve had the likes of wigan,millwall cardiff portsmouth as suprise winners or finalists,that devalues the competition,while its fun,it does make the cup look a tad tinnny in relation to what it used to be before the prem formed. I'm the other way corky. Upsets in the final adds value to my enjoyment of the fine old competition. And I'd love it if we added our name to the roll call of honour. Wouldn't bother me a jot if we played someone's U23s in a cup final. Seeing our skipper lift that magnificent historical pot would be all I cared about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Owl 2 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 2 hours ago, nilsson said: Good luck to the FA telling Pep Guardiola who he has to pick. Since the prem was formed Arsenal and Chelsea have won the FA cup 7 times each and Man U have won it 5 times. In the years before the prem Coventry and Wimbledon won it. You’ve not thought this one through And non prem teams play weakened sides as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adelphi1867 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) We cannot lose tomorrow. We will come away with 600k from the cup, win or lose, the pressure is on Chelsea not us seeing as only Wed's fans expect owt from the game. Edited January 26, 2019 by adelphi1867 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 5 hours ago, JimmyMaC said: Its for the FA to decide,in recent years weve had the likes of wigan,millwall cardiff portsmouth as suprise winners or finalists,that devalues the competition,while its fun,it does make the cup look a tad tinnny in relation to what it used to be before the prem formed. With all due respect mate, that's probably the daftest post I've seen on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 18 hours ago, nilsson said: We’re the last club from the second tier to win a cup. It’s one record we’ll probably never lose... can’t see a second tier club winning one again I think it'll happen sooner or later, with the PL teams resting players to save them for the battle for 14th. Seems like only the Manchester clubs, Chelsea Arsenal and maybe Spurs take it seriously these days and they still rotate players but have the advantage of their second strings still being far stronger than most first teams. It only takes them to be drawn against each other or have an off day and a smaller club is going to get to the final, which has happened a few times, and win it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) Definitely some magic in cup this evening, Millwall knocked Everton out with an injury time winner and now Wimbledon are deservedly beating West Ham 2-0 at half time. Edited January 26, 2019 by bradowl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bukta Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 20 hours ago, nilsson said: We’re the last club from the second tier to win a cup. It’s one record we’ll probably never lose... can’t see a second tier club winning one again That’s incredible I had no idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 8 hours ago, JimmyMaC said: Its for the FA to decide,in recent years weve had the likes of wigan,millwall cardiff portsmouth as suprise winners or finalists,that devalues the competition,while its fun,it does make the cup look a tad tinnny in relation to what it used to be before the prem formed. Thats exactly the reason why the FA Cup does still have some magic though. Who wants to see the big teams winning all the time? The smaller less fancied teams winning or getting to the final certainly does not devalue it. Were you around in 1993??? And it isn't just since the premier league. We've had Wimbledon Coventry and Southampton winning in my lifetime and also the likes of Fulham, Brighton (boo) and QPR in finals too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Just watched the Wimbledon v West Ham highlights. Massive shock. I would bloody love us to cause an upset tomorrow. Please please lads don’t embarrass yourselves and the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legendaryswan Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 9 hours ago, JimmyMaC said: Its for the FA to decide,in recent years weve had the likes of wigan,millwall cardiff portsmouth as suprise winners or finalists,that devalues the competition,while its fun,it does make the cup look a tad tinnny in relation to what it used to be before the prem formed. thats the beauty of the FA cup,the fact that someone like millwall or wigan could win it,its all about giant killings thats why its magic,the cup is steeped in historical giant killings. If the prem clubs want to field weekend sides let em,more chance for clubs like us to advance to a special day out at wembley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myHero Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 24/01/2019 at 01:43, jomaco said: If the big prem teams aren't bothered about the cup, we'll gladly take it Absolutely. This is definitely a season to concentrate on the Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 23/01/2019 at 07:24, pgmetcalf said: It’s not as exciting as it once was and is no longer the finale of the football season. Add to that you can generally predict which 6 teams has a chance of winning it and that rarely changes year upon year sadly we're playing one of 'the six'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorian gray Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 23/01/2019 at 00:19, Lord Snooty said: Love the cup. questions as a kid, when the fixtures came out 'who have we got first game?, on boxing day?, and easter?' finally when the third round draw was made (at lunchtime) who've we got in the cup? are we at home?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaco Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 22 hours ago, Lord Snooty said: I'm the other way corky. Upsets in the final adds value to my enjoyment of the fine old competition. And I'd love it if we added our name to the roll call of honour. Wouldn't bother me a jot if we played someone's U23s in a cup final. Seeing our skipper lift that magnificent historical pot would be all I cared about! Exactly, the FA cup is prestigious and if the big teams don't want it we'll have it (as would every other team in the country). If we win against their U23s doesn't matter we still beat them, they represent the club and we beat what is in front of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaco Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 16 hours ago, WalthamOwl said: Just watched the Wimbledon v West Ham highlights. Massive shock. I would bloody love us to cause an upset tomorrow. Please please lads don’t embarrass yourselves and the fans. No doubt they'll give it everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myHero Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 On 26/01/2019 at 01:09, nilsson said: We’re the last club from the second tier to win a cup. It’s one record we’ll probably never lose... can’t see a second tier club winning one again Well, there's only one who could win it again as a second division club and that's Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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