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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 19, 2018 17:57:20 GMT
Re champions league totally unfair, when a team is knocked out, they go straight into the Europa League It’s EUFA ploy to greatly reduce the chances of the likes of an Aberdeen vs Austria Wien final attracting 25000 crowd in front of a world audience. Weren’t Valencia a drop out from the CL when they knocked us out of the Europa Cup in the knock out stages? Little Stoke City would never be allowed at such a gala event on the world stage would they?
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Post by TrentValePotter96 on Dec 21, 2018 10:41:23 GMT
I think it's a decent enough decision. Overall it would be better to give clubs the choice of a replay, both can agree to not have one for example. Not many lower league clubs make the 5th round anyway, Premier League clubs don't need the replays and neither do Championship ones. But a few do Jon and quite rightly see it as a lifeline from replay and TV coverage revenue. Isn’t this partly what the FA Cup is all about? Ask Exeter who have played Man Utd a couple of times this century. I am really surprised there has been no reaction from the lower league clubs tbh. Your idea of giving the clubs a choice would not work because it would need both clubs in agreement and that would never happen if a PL team was involved. As I said earlier, for this to be remotely fair then a compensation scheme must be available for lower league teams in the 5th round if the score is level after the 1st game or the revenue loss would be astronomical for a small club earning a replay at Old Trafford. I’m very surprised there is such little opposition to it on here as well. Tbf Exeter played Man United in the 3rd Round. The point about the choice is if two Premier League teams draw each other and don't want a replay there would be a choice of not having one. If one or both of the teams wanted a replay, A replay would take place (if needed) The problem is no lower league teams budget on the assumption they will make the 5th Round of the FA Cup. It's a added bonus, so in effect they are just losing out on money that there is only a small chance they would make in the first place anyway.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 21, 2018 12:51:32 GMT
But a few do Jon and quite rightly see it as a lifeline from replay and TV coverage revenue. Isn’t this partly what the FA Cup is all about? Ask Exeter who have played Man Utd a couple of times this century. I am really surprised there has been no reaction from the lower league clubs tbh. Your idea of giving the clubs a choice would not work because it would need both clubs in agreement and that would never happen if a PL team was involved. As I said earlier, for this to be remotely fair then a compensation scheme must be available for lower league teams in the 5th round if the score is level after the 1st game or the revenue loss would be astronomical for a small club earning a replay at Old Trafford. I’m very surprised there is such little opposition to it on here as well. Tbf Exeter played Man United in the 3rd Round. The point about the choice is if two Premier League teams draw each other and don't want a replay there would be a choice of not having one. If one or both of the teams wanted a replay, A replay would take place (if needed) The problem is no lower league teams budget on the assumption they will make the 5th Round of the FA Cup. It's a added bonus, so in effect they are just losing out on money that there is only a small chance they would make in the first place anyway. Fair enough on the PL 5th round scenario and you’re right that lower league clubs don’t budget in hope of a lucrative replay I understand that point. But it’s that Cinderella moment for minnow clubs to earn a large amount of money that helps make the FA Cup what it is particularly in this day and age of a privileged 20 clubs hogging the confetti money as they do.
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Post by wrighter on Dec 21, 2018 22:03:01 GMT
unfair to a smaller club getting a draw away at a prem team
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Post by BuzzB on Dec 22, 2018 0:00:30 GMT
Why can't they just leave it alone for fucks sake. Englands prestige Cup once upon a time. Money money money, spare the poor rich darlings legs! Too many games. Bullshit. 3rd and 4th replays were the norm back in the day, see our semi v West Ham for one. All boils down to looking after the Premier League and they are the be all and end all of footall. Games gone sadly.
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Post by Scrotnig on Dec 22, 2018 1:12:44 GMT
Won't affect us, we will be long out of it by then, dumped out by some lower league club that hasn't won for 20 games.
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Post by lordb on Dec 22, 2018 10:01:52 GMT
Won't affect us, we will be long out of it by then, dumped out by some lower league club that hasn't won for 20 games. How would they have got to play us if they haven't won for twenty games?
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Post by knowingeye on Dec 22, 2018 10:20:38 GMT
¥€$
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Post by lawrieleslie on Dec 22, 2018 11:19:52 GMT
Why can't they just leave it alone for fucks sake. Englands prestige Cup once upon a time. Money money money, spare the poor rich darlings legs! Too many games. Bullshit. 3rd and 4th replays were the norm back in the day, see our semi v West Ham for one. All boils down to looking after the Premier League and they are the be all and end all of footall. Games gone sadly. In 71-72 we played 71 competitive games including 3 FA Cup replays against Tranmere, Man Utd and Arseholes then 5 replays in League Cup against Oxford, Man Utd x2 and West Ham x2. Didn’t hear anybody complaining then.
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