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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2014, 04:33:28 PM »
Why would anyone be annoyed by him saying the truth?

Cups are for playing the kids/reserves. If you get something then great, but the league is all that matters.
I beg to differ..following football is about having great memories of going to cup finals and great days out..not finishing 15th every year.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2014, 04:33:42 PM »
Every year we get upset when there are weakened teams picked in the cups. And every year our lowest gates are in the cups.

Maybe the crowds are low because of the weakened teams? I'm not going because i'm fed up of watching our stiffs in cup games. If you remember I said that to you after the Spurs LC game. If the club don't take it seriously then they can't expect me to spend my hard earned.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2014, 04:35:52 PM »
Every year we get upset when there are weakened teams picked in the cups. And every year our lowest gates are in the cups.

We'd sell Wembley out 3 times if we got to the final again though.

Same in the Champs' League. The best chance of getting a ticket to Old Trafford or Stamford Bridge these days is for a Champions League group game.


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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2014, 04:36:19 PM »

How can a side that has no other cup distractions not successfully manage to play 5 or so extra games (if we went all the way) ON SATURDAY'S ?. It's not even like they have to be squeezed into a schedule

I've never understood how people can claim trying to win matches in just two competitions is distracting. Scandalous

What about teams who are in 3/4/5 competitions ?






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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2014, 04:36:52 PM »
Part and parcel of modern-day football, unfortunately.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2014, 04:36:58 PM »
Every year we get upset when there are weakened teams picked in the cups. And every year our lowest gates are in the cups.

Maybe the crowds are low because of the weakened teams? I'm not going because i'm fed up of watching our stiffs in cup games. If you remember I said that to you after the Spurs LC game. If the club don't take it seriously then don't expect me to spend my hard earned.

It's a vicious circle but we also have to accept that even with a full-strength team we'd get low gates because the new breed of fan thinks the Premier League is the only game in town.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #36 on: January 02, 2014, 04:37:15 PM »
Every year we get upset when there are weakened teams picked in the cups. And every year our lowest gates are in the cups.
How many did we get for Bradford last year?

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #37 on: January 02, 2014, 04:38:11 PM »
Every year we get upset when there are weakened teams picked in the cups. And every year our lowest gates are in the cups.

Maybe the crowds are low because of the weakened teams? I'm not going because i'm fed up of watching our stiffs in cup games. If you remember I said that to you after the Spurs LC game. If the club don't take it seriously then they can't expect me to spend my hard earned.

Obviously this. I'm not paying my hard earned to watch a hot potch side that clearly aren't bothered

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #38 on: January 02, 2014, 04:40:49 PM »
So our new aspiration is as quick an exit as possible from all competitions involving winning silverware and finishing 15th in the Premier League.  My cup runneth over.  I cannot contain my excitement at what the 2nd half of the season has in store for us lucky fans.  Lescott will surely sign tonight.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #39 on: January 02, 2014, 04:50:06 PM »
Well I've got a £10 seat in with the North Stand ultras so I'm very much up for the cup.  Who cares what Lambert thinks?

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #40 on: January 02, 2014, 04:50:55 PM »
After listening to the interview, I don't think Lambert said anything that any other Manager hasn't said or thought about in recent years. He is just being realistic.


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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #41 on: January 02, 2014, 04:51:35 PM »
I just listened to it. So it was a leading question and Lambert was talking about every team in the league.

The local sports journos are really awful.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #42 on: January 02, 2014, 04:52:05 PM »
So our new aspiration is as quick an exit as possible from all competitions involving winning silverware and finishing 15th in the Premier League.  My cup runneth over.  I cannot contain my excitement at what the 2nd half of the season has in store for us lucky fans.  Lescott will surely sign tonight.

No, you appear to be reading your own miserablist thoughts into what was said.

Lambert said that cups are something Premier League managers could do without, which is almost certainly true given the enormous pressures put on them to remain in the PL and finish as high as possible to maximise revenue.
He hasn't said he will give up on the FA Cup, and experience and previous teams he has put out should tell you that he will play a strong (well, as strong as he can given our squad!) team against Sheff Utd, maybe resting those that are carrying knocks or have just returned from injuries.

And obviously our aspirations aren't to finish 15th because he has already said that cups are something he could do without because they distract from getting results in the league.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #43 on: January 02, 2014, 04:52:11 PM »
Thanks for the info.

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Re: The FA Cup.
« Reply #44 on: January 02, 2014, 04:54:31 PM »
So Mark Regan was shit-stirring? Blimey, there's a turn up and no mistake.

 


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