Lambert please shut your gob in the future.All it did even if his comments were out of context was create negative headlines for the club and worse put the thought into the players mind that they had an excuse to lose today.Yet another embarrassing loss for the club under this manager, we've had a few in his 18 months here.
Quote from: Legion on January 04, 2014, 08:53:36 PMHe's neither. Even though he's upset me with an earlier post he's joking here. Yes, the FA cup is the number one.Fair enough. It is so very sad though when fans belittle the FA Cup, and so many younger fans do. I remember when the Final was the showcase for every season. Twenty years ago today's game would probably have attracted nearer 40,000. When romance and dreams of winning THE cup die, I think a little of what I love most in the game will die with it. God I hate Sky and all that Champions League crap.
He's neither. Even though he's upset me with an earlier post he's joking here. Yes, the FA cup is the number one.
Quote from: SoccerHQ on January 04, 2014, 06:12:19 PMLambert please shut your gob in the future.All it did even if his comments were out of context was create negative headlines for the club and worse put the thought into the players mind that they had an excuse to lose today.Yet another embarrassing loss for the club under this manager, we've had a few in his 18 months here.Watching them today I honestly think they came out to play because they were obliged to do so. They had no idea and no wish to do much more than run around for 90 minutes and take a shower and be on their Saturday night out. It was truly a disgraceful day in the history of our club.
Quote from: Legion on January 04, 2014, 08:53:36 PMHe's neither. Even though he's upset me with an earlier post he's joking here. Yes, the FA cup is the number one.Sorry if I caused upset with that earlier post, it wasn't a barb in anyway.
Quote from: bill on January 04, 2014, 09:06:03 PMQuote from: Legion on January 04, 2014, 08:53:36 PMHe's neither. Even though he's upset me with an earlier post he's joking here. Yes, the FA cup is the number one.Fair enough. It is so very sad though when fans belittle the FA Cup, and so many younger fans do. I remember when the Final was the showcase for every season. Twenty years ago today's game would probably have attracted nearer 40,000. When romance and dreams of winning THE cup die, I think a little of what I love most in the game will die with it. God I hate Sky and all that Champions League crap.Too late though I think Bill, the pendulum has swung too far. Money is everything, the Premier League is everything, the FA Cup is a mere sideshow and there is nothing us old traditionalists can do about it.Let's face it, we've been predicting that the Sky bubble will burst for over 20 years now and it just gets bigger and stronger.We're out of touch now Bill, sorry old pal!
Quote from: Plumbutt Cooper on January 05, 2014, 08:45:29 AMQuote from: bill on January 04, 2014, 09:06:03 PMQuote from: Legion on January 04, 2014, 08:53:36 PMHe's neither. Even though he's upset me with an earlier post he's joking here. Yes, the FA cup is the number one.Fair enough. It is so very sad though when fans belittle the FA Cup, and so many younger fans do. I remember when the Final was the showcase for every season. Twenty years ago today's game would probably have attracted nearer 40,000. When romance and dreams of winning THE cup die, I think a little of what I love most in the game will die with it. God I hate Sky and all that Champions League crap.Too late though I think Bill, the pendulum has swung too far. Money is everything, the Premier League is everything, the FA Cup is a mere sideshow and there is nothing us old traditionalists can do about it.Let's face it, we've been predicting that the Sky bubble will burst for over 20 years now and it just gets bigger and stronger.We're out of touch now Bill, sorry old pal!I will go further. I give the FA Cup 5 years and then, it will be a different competition altogether because the top 6-8 clubs won't participate as they'll be in a more formal European competition. Money has indeed changed everything. Including sadly, Villas ability to compete for anything other than the 2nd tier of the league. Is there any wonder I now watch rugby and American Football more than I do football. The diving, prima donnas, oligarchs who don't give a shit about history and tradition, and I suspect corruption because of the complete ineptitude of both FA and FIFA. Frightening really. So sad
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on January 04, 2014, 09:22:07 PMMaybe the cup has been slowly dying longer than we thought? I'd just like us to chalk up an 8th then they can bury it.
Maybe the cup has been slowly dying longer than we thought?
Quote from: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on January 04, 2014, 10:22:51 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on January 04, 2014, 09:22:07 PMMaybe the cup has been slowly dying longer than we thought? I'd just like us to chalk up an 8th then they can bury it.No no no no absolutely fucking NO!, if they do that, what will there be left for clubs like most of us to win ??, NOTHING Whatsoever the league is pretty much permanently out of reach, we broke the club for the forseeable future trying to get in to the Champions League - to no avail, all thats left for the Villas of this world is a cup run and maybe occasionaly winning it, get rid of the cups and you nowdays effectively get rid of the reason for clubs like us to carry on existing.
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