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Post by tarporleyblue on Apr 18, 2024 11:41:05 GMT 1
FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition.
In its current format, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards, but the FA says the move to eliminate them from an earlier stage has been made "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded UEFA competitions". www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68844583
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Post by chirkshrew on Apr 18, 2024 11:49:08 GMT 1
Shocking......it's been ruined a long time ago tho.... For the smaller clubs even worse🤦🤦
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Post by Worthingshrew on Apr 18, 2024 11:55:32 GMT 1
FA Cup. RIP
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Post by Dancin on Apr 18, 2024 11:55:54 GMT 1
FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition.
In its current format, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards, but the FA says the move to eliminate them from an earlier stage has been made "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded UEFA competitions". www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68844583 Don't see why the 1st & 2nd Round can't keep their replays?
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Post by Pilch on Apr 18, 2024 12:02:48 GMT 1
premier teams continue to ruin this cup and some boycott the wrong one lol
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Post by davycrockett on Apr 18, 2024 12:06:17 GMT 1
And after all the fuss they’ve also cancelled the premier league mid season break! How will they manage 😩
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Apr 18, 2024 12:09:39 GMT 1
As Colchester clawed it back to 3-2 at the Meadow earlier this season, I’m sure a few would’ve been delighted to know that there was no chance of having to go there midweek.
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Post by Mortgagehound on Apr 18, 2024 12:13:50 GMT 1
That's an extremely disappointing decision.
The opportunity for small clubs to get a draw at home and have a money spinning replay at a premiership club now gone.
The next change will be that only the Prem clubs enter the competition at the fifth round....just watch
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Post by MetaShrew on Apr 18, 2024 12:17:16 GMT 1
FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition.
In its current format, the FA Cup has no replays from the fifth round onwards, but the FA says the move to eliminate them from an earlier stage has been made "in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded UEFA competitions". www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68844583 Don't see why the 1st & 2nd Round can't keep their replays? Completely agree. You can see why for neatness' sake, they've said no replays from the first round proper, but League One and League Two clubs have got no problem with FA Cup replays in the first two rounds. Would much rather be involved in such matches than some of the other types of match League One and League Two clubs have to play.
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Post by MartinB on Apr 18, 2024 12:35:58 GMT 1
As Colchester clawed it back to 3-2 at the Meadow earlier this season, I’m sure a few would’ve been delighted to know that there was no chance of having to go there midweek. I would have been happy with the short trip😉
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Post by MartinB on Apr 18, 2024 12:37:08 GMT 1
Don't see why the 1st & 2nd Round can't keep their replays? Completely agree. You can see why for neatness' sake, they've said no replays from the first round proper, but League One and League Two clubs have got no problem with FA Cup replays in the first two rounds. Would much rather be involved in such matches than some of the other types of match League One and League Two clubs have to play. So since they want the competition the same from 1st round proper I assume VAR in all games ot none then? ?? Of course not
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Apr 18, 2024 12:56:10 GMT 1
And after all the fuss they’ve also cancelled the premier league mid season break! How will they manage 😩 They heard Klopp is leaving in the summer 😉
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Apr 18, 2024 12:57:47 GMT 1
If no replays maybe in the event of a draw between teams from different divisions the team from the lower division is declared the winner.
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Post by ssshrew on Apr 18, 2024 13:00:11 GMT 1
No they told him weeks ago and that’s why he’s going!
Horrible decision. A replay at a Premier Ground can be the making of a small club. It’s not like the premier clubs don’t have big squads.
The Money Boys strike again.
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Post by sheltonsalopian on Apr 18, 2024 13:38:23 GMT 1
I get the outrage but if you asked any League one or two manager whether they'd want to play an FA cup replay during an already manic schedule I bet they'd say no.
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Post by BlueTone on Apr 18, 2024 13:47:57 GMT 1
I bet any league one or two chairman would say yes.
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Post by tarporleyblue on Apr 18, 2024 13:48:09 GMT 1
I'm well and truly showing my age when I remember that the FA cup final was the showcase event at the end of the season.
That we had wall to wall coverage of the day on both BBC1 & ITV.
But that's all gone.
You only played at Wembley IF you got to the final, that too has gone.
And now they can't even wait until the big boys have finished their season.
Very sad indeed for an old timer like me.
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Post by shrewswolf on Apr 18, 2024 13:49:15 GMT 1
I get the outrage but if you asked any League one or two manager whether they'd want to play an FA cup replay during an already manic schedule I bet they'd say no. I agree but it’s not like they’re not in control of them. If they win the tie, they wouldn’t have the hassle. The same managers would still say they wanted to the chance to force money spinning replays. For example when we came from behind against Liverpool, in all likelihood they would’ve beaten us in extra time that day. Hardly the same memory is it?
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Post by Pilch on Apr 18, 2024 15:21:00 GMT 1
After the draw It would be fairer if they gave the option to the side lower in the table if they would like to play the tie and home or away , it will never happen but it would be interesting all the same
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Post by vladimir on Apr 18, 2024 15:33:10 GMT 1
So lower league clubs have their chances of a money producing replay eliminated all because Uefa have added 2 group games and another knock out round to their competitions. Failing to see why they couldnt be kept imo, isn't this why Premier league clubs have such big squads and players sat around doing nothing?
Note a normal L1/L2 or national club league plays more games per season than a premier league club not in Europe or fails to go on a Cup run.
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Post by ProudSalopian on Apr 18, 2024 15:37:11 GMT 1
I get the outrage but if you asked any League one or two manager whether they'd want to play an FA cup replay during an already manic schedule I bet they'd say no. I agree but it’s not like they’re not in control of them. If they win the tie, they wouldn’t have the hassle. The same managers would still say they wanted to the chance to force money spinning replays. For example when we came from behind against Liverpool, in all likelihood they would’ve beaten us in extra time that day. Hardly the same memory is it? Yeah just had a similar conversation with a work colleague and used that Liverpool game. The history book will show we got a famous draw against Liverpool and the players & supporters had the opportunity to be at a packed out Anfield. Had it gone to extra time then we would have probably lost as Liverpool brought on some of the big guns and then the history books would show a defeat (albeit after extra time). But I do take the point that whilst a replay against Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City, etc. is going to appeal, if Colchester had got a equaliser against us, then most people from both clubs would see the relay as an inconvenience. The reality is lower league clubs/fans can be hypocrites when it comes to the cups, we moan about the attitude of the PL clubs towards them but we can treat them with disrespect. In the early rounds we expect lower ticket prices, suggest the squad is rotated, the management should prioritise league games and then normally crowds are down compared to league games. I'm as disappointed as the anyone with the way it's gone but I'm not sure the format of the cups should be based on the odd big team v little team match (and the even rarer time when it ends up a draw).
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Post by jamo on Apr 18, 2024 15:55:04 GMT 1
Don't see why the 1st & 2nd Round can't keep their replays? Because I’m the main that is just pointless. If we don’t have them throughout the competition then we shouldn’t have them at all. The attraction of a lower league club being able to scratch a draw against a so called big club, with a chance of a lucrative payday as a result doesn’t apply in rounds1&2. More often than not a replay is a pain for both clubs. The aim for clubs like us is to get to round 3 and then see what happens. Us drawing Liverpool at home and getting a draw was us getting as close to winning the cup as we will get. And if it hadn’t been for that gutless manager at the time we could have had Chelsea away- another cup final. This is a s**t decision but now it’s been made to t has to apply throughout
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Post by DiglisShrew on Apr 18, 2024 15:57:31 GMT 1
FA Sold out again !! Start the protests !!
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Post by tarporleyblue on Apr 18, 2024 16:02:19 GMT 1
FA Sold out again !! Start the protests !! The FA will put a spin on it...they always do.
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Post by chirkshrew on Apr 18, 2024 16:08:14 GMT 1
The trouble is..... If they introduce a world cup club competition.... They'll all no doubt want to play in it......you wait and see🤷🤷😡
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Post by Dancin on Apr 18, 2024 16:11:54 GMT 1
Don't see why the 1st & 2nd Round can't keep their replays?
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Post by mahoney on Apr 18, 2024 16:15:04 GMT 1
Don't see why the 1st & 2nd Round can't keep their replays? Because I’m the main that is just pointless. If we don’t have them throughout the competition then we shouldn’t have them at all. The attraction of a lower league club being able to scratch a draw against a so called big club, with a chance of a lucrative payday as a result doesn’t apply in rounds1&2. More often than not a replay is a pain for both clubs. The aim for clubs like us is to get to round 3 and then see what happens. Us drawing Liverpool at home and getting a draw was us getting as close to winning the cup as we will get. And if it hadn’t been for that gutless manager at the time we could have had Chelsea away- another cup final. This is a s**t decision but now it’s been made to t has to apply throughout But it does apply to teams further down the pyramid for who getting a reply at somewhere like Derby, or even us, is a big deal.
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Apr 18, 2024 16:17:15 GMT 1
The trouble is..... If they introduce a world cup club competition.... They'll all no doubt want to play in it......you wait and see🤷🤷😡 Wish they would all sod off and set it up. The sooner the better
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Apr 18, 2024 16:23:14 GMT 1
Awful decision. Would have cost us very memorable and financially positive trips to Wolves and Liverpool.
On the plus side we might have beaten one of them on penalties!
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Post by jamo on Apr 18, 2024 16:23:33 GMT 1
Because I’m the main that is just pointless. If we don’t have them throughout the competition then we shouldn’t have them at all. The attraction of a lower league club being able to scratch a draw against a so called big club, with a chance of a lucrative payday as a result doesn’t apply in rounds1&2. More often than not a replay is a pain for both clubs. The aim for clubs like us is to get to round 3 and then see what happens. Us drawing Liverpool at home and getting a draw was us getting as close to winning the cup as we will get. And if it hadn’t been for that gutless manager at the time we could have had Chelsea away- another cup final. This is a s**t decision but now it’s been made to t has to apply throughout But it does apply to teams further down the pyramid for who getting a reply at somewhere like Derby, or even us, is a big deal. Maybe, but nearly always not the case. If we drew Derby at home in round 1 would we sell out? No. If we drew that match, would Pride Park sell out for the replay? No.
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