Disrespecting the cups

[sirlordbaltimore]

I think the only way you disrespect the cup is by fielding a side that's woefully sub par compared to the opposition it will be playing.

We didn't do that in any shape or form IMHO. I thought the line up was fair and should have easily had enough to do the job in hand.

Hence why it's not bothered me.

[Toronto Villa]

Bristol City are at this moment drawing with Man City in the semi final of the league cup and up until a week ago we’re above us in the league. While they got knocked out at the weekend from the FA Cup they’ve played more games than us this season. We went out meekly vs Boro in round 3. So it is possible to have a cup run and still maintain focus on getting promoted.

[ciggiesnbeer]

And they lose the leg.

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Alan Green
BBC Radio 5 live at Etihad Stadium
Every neutral in the country will be hoping that Bristol City can hang on..."

LOL. No. Some of us are delighted to see them fall flat on their face.

[Pete3206]

I hope Bristol City get through, after extra time and penalties.

[adrenachrome]

And they lose the leg.

"
Alan Green
BBC Radio 5 live at Etihad Stadium
Every neutral in the country will be hoping that Bristol City can hang on..."

LOL. No. Some of us are delighted to see them fall flat on their face.

We are not neutral in the context.

[adrenachrome]

JUST WIN A FCKN TROPHY, ESPECIALLY THE FA FCKN CUP. YOU USELESS SHOWER OF MONEY-GRABBING, STATUS-CRAVING, HALF-ARSED, CRAVEN BAG OF CU

I've never used all caps before. It's quite satisfying. Makes you type harder though.

DID WE DISS IT TO THE MAX?!???

[Pat McMahon]

I hope Bristol City get through, after extra time and penalties.

That’s where I stand too. Losing the final in 1971 knocked the stuffing out of us.

But even without our interest I wanted them to win anyway. Am bored of the same old faces in finals.

[Ads]

We're Aston Villa and we have traditions that people envy in this cup...despite not having won it in 61 years, getting on for half our history.

The Cuban Missle Crisis went down
Kennedy has been shot
Vietnam War happened
Man went to the moon (oh yes he did)
Concorde was invented
Concorde was mothballed
We joined the EU (as became)
We left the EU
The Soviet Union collapsed
Thatcher got elected. And again. And again.
New Labour came
New Labour went
We had Black Monday, Blue Monday and now Black Friday
Mao had a glorious Cultural Revolution
China became a Capitalist state
The Beatles released their first album
They released their last
Man United were just another club
The Munich Air Disaster happened
Hillsborough got covered up
A generation later justice started to happen
The Provisional IRA were born
The Provisional IRA laid down their weapons
Peace in Nothern Ireland
We won the league
We won the European Cup
We got relegated a handful of times. It happened again.
Genocide in Europe again
We went to war with Iraq. And again.
A handful of Saudis changed the world one late summer morning in New York

Nobody but us remember our traditions in this cup. 2000 and 2015 are two of the blackest days on the club's history with the two most feeble displays in the final I can recall. Nobody who didnt qualify for Saga Membership 15 years ago is envious of anything.

[TheTimVilla]

This year, we use our promotion aims as reason for playing non-regulars. Next season, we'll be using staying up (if we are up!) as an excuse.

[ColinMac]

It was 71 years between league titles, so i reckon that 2028 will defintely be our year for the FA Cup.

[SoccerHQ]

Throwing the cup game dosen't seem that bad a call now.

[Simon Page]

Cause and effect? Would we have lost yesterday if we'd beaten Peterborough? Or did we win because we were humiliated again? Or impossible to know?

[SoccerHQ]

Cause and effect? Would we have lost yesterday if we'd beaten Peterborough? Or did we win because we were humiliated again? Or impossible to know?

We might have struggled to win yesterday if we'd have the runaround from Leicester on the previous Saturday I'd tentatively suggest.

Extra rest compared to Sheffield.

[wittonwarrior]

It can work Both ways I totally agree but to let Peterborough beat us in our fa cup.

[Simon Page]

We might have struggled to win yesterday if we'd have the runaround from Leicester on the previous Saturday I'd tentatively suggest.

Extra rest compared to Sheffield.

Yep, that was what did it. You could tell from the 90 minutes our keeper spent leaning against his post that United were dead on their feet. It was no struggle to win on Tuesday.