FA Cup Replays

[summerisle]

Thought I'd start a specific thread.

The torrent of disgust expressed throughout the Football League, and Non League, regarding the proposed ditching of replays, notwithstanding the Final now not being the final game of the season, is wholly justified. To misquote Oscar Wilde : the Premier League knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. The oligarchy running football should just bugger off.

Just a couple of statements, amongst many made today.

Official Club Statement – Changes To Emirates FA Cup Format | Peterborough United - The Posh

www.theposh.com

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[toffee82]

FA cup third round is the best day in the football calendar for me and the competition is getting devalued every year.

I hope the league clubs really cause some headaches for the people that are stealing this game from us.

 

[Vedder]

Absolutely disgusting by the fa, pandering to the PL, I really hope we weren't one of the clubs lobbying for it.

 

[summerisle]

Absolutely disgusting by the fa, pandering to the PL, I really hope we weren't one of the clubs lobbying for it.

We need the money from replays. lol

 

[summerisle]

 

[toffee82]

BBC sport saying "this will split opinion."

No it won't. Decent football fans realise how important replays can be for lower league clubs.

Only glory hunters and entitled bells who support teams with huge squads anyway and are chasing the title will want this.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Not sure why they tinkered with it tbh. The first few rounds the CL clubs should breeze with their second strings if they perform to their levels. If they don't and need a replay at home against a minnow then that's down to them.

At least having the games at the weekend is a good thing, so they get a +1 for that. Still want the cup final to be the last game of the season, kick off at 3.00pm though and until that happens modern football is sh....

 

[sbbefc]

Going to turn my back on this sport fairly soon. More or less there anyway.

 

[detonator7]

Shocking decision. I am not surprised at all however

 

[Lobworm]

Horrible, horrible decision. I hope they all boycott it for this year.

 

[barneygumble]

Another nail in the coffin of "elite" football for me.

The joy of the FA Cup is seeing Maidstone, Marine, Burton, Lincoln make runs and transform their whole entire club.

The FA Cup for me isn't about the big 6, who are clearly the sides pushing for replays to be scrapped, Guardiola & Klopp both moaned repeatedly about this.

If they're so uninterested in replays due to congestion; perhaps they can refuse to play an extra 2 games in the CL from next season? Maybe they'd consider not entering the Cup so others who are interested can win it?

 

[paultheblue]

Another nail in the coffin of "elite" football for me.

The joy of the FA Cup is seeing Maidstone, Marine, Burton, Lincoln make runs and transform their whole entire club.

The FA Cup for me isn't about the big 6, who are clearly the sides pushing for replays to be scrapped, Guardiola & Klopp both moaned repeatedly about this.

If they're so uninterested in replays due to congestion; perhaps they can refuse to play an extra 2 games in the CL from next season? Maybe they'd consider not entering the Cup so others who are interested can win it?

As you say you would assume that it's the so called big six calling for it.
There has only been one big 6 club involved in a replay this season and that was Chelsea in the 3rd round .Chelsea haven't even been in Europe this season so it hasn't really effected them.
The greed at the top is disgusting .I for one was delighted to see 4 out 5 premier league clubs going out of Europe dispite it being the best league in the world.
It's not the best it's just the richest there is a difference.

 

[BlueStevie35]

Disgusting decision and a further devaluation of our premier cup competition that started back in 2000 by allowing United to pull out of defending the trophy so they could fly to Brazil to try (and fail) to win the Club World Cup

 

[barneygumble]

As you say you would assume that it's the so called big six calling for it.
There has only been one big 6 club involved in a replay this season and that was Chelsea in the 3rd round .Chelsea haven't even been in Europe this season so it hasn't really effected them.
The greed at the top is disgusting .I for one was delighted to see 4 out 5 premier league clubs going out of Europe dispite it being the best league in the world.
It's not the best it's just the richest there is a difference.

It's no coincidence, Paul, that from next season participants in both the Champions League and the Europa League will have two group games in January. Which means should they make the 5th round and had to play replays an extra 6 games in January would be played. I didn't see many objections to the expanded European Format though, what a shock.

Traditionally, you'd expect at least 5 of the so called "big 6", to at least make Europe, so it's going to directly affect them, whereas the remaining 86 sides won't be faced with the same issues.

 

[MercuryBlue88]

Horrific decision for smaller clubs, part of the magic of the FA cup is the underdogs forcing a replay and getting more money, to take that away to pander to the few is a joke.