while I'm sure stoke will be over the moon that they've reached the cup final but hasn't some of the gloss been taken off the tournament, having already played the semi final at wembley.
surely the whole f a cup, carling cup or any other major final fantasy is the journey to play at a prestige arena and hopefully lift that trophy, that's the pay off and in stokes' case it's particularly poignant, as it would have been their first trip to that hallowed arena.
is it just monetary greed that's switched the semis' to wembley and shouldn't there be a protest to revert back to the old days or am I myself just an " old fart "?%~{>
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I have my football crazy cousins from Paddock Wood staying, naturally one is Chelsea one is Arsenal. Sadly these kids are brainwashed beyond belief by the Big 4 mentality. They no nothing about the lower divisions as i found out while we watched the Football League show and nothing about the games history as i explained to them what a neutral venue for a semi used to mean. This is the future though.
Lovely kids but a real eye opener for me!
Replays should be on the Tuesday after the Saturday's draw. All ties should be played to a finish. All ties should be played on a Saturday (excluding replays) Only the final should be on TV and BBC only.
There should be a QofS special on the morning of the final between two teams of ex-players of the finalists. There should be an edition of It's A Knockout on the morning of the final between folk form the two teams towns. Old bill should be able to give scummy kids a clip round the ear. You should be able to leave your back door open. Pubs should close at 2pm on a Sunday. There should be TWO films on at the pictures when you go.........
Life in this country has changed, maybe not for the better, but forever.
Get over it.
Yep same for me. One thing that cannot be levelled against City fans is that they are glory boys, as their attendances durign their spell outside of the Premiership testified.
I also find myself drawing parallels at what's happened at Stoke and our own rise up the leagues. A case of the 'what if's?"
Obviously not the cup runs though ;-)
Stoke will batter Man City. I won't be pretty but I just cannot see Man City winning. Saturday was their Cup Final.
Hopefully the Cup final will distract them and they will finish in the bottom half (got a £50 bet with her old man that they would finish 11th or below)
Aww....... give it a rest mate - PLEEEEAAAASSSEEEE!!!
So you've said but you have constantly also said that we need a nasty manager so what is wrong with Pullis in your book.
Blimey he has been around long enough, if his true colours ain't come out by now then they must be black and white
bloody hell someone's grauchy!%-{> i'm not having sleepless nights over it chirpy?
you know what they say " if you haven't got anything good to say, then don't say anything at all "
i'm only asking peoples opinion if they think it devalues the competition to play the semi finals at wembley?
but interestingly those who did contribute took the thread totally in a new direction, which brings to mind, somebody else's post about taking threads off in another direction?%-{>
I made my point. I got fed up all weekend, all last week and ever since the semis were drawn that "It's madness to play at Wembley" What I'm saying is we are stuck with it. I know it's madness, we all do. BUT Wembley has to be paid for.
Get over it was directed at all those moaners who don't understand the world we live in today, not just you fella.
Like a lot of your posts! ;-)
Maybe it's the baseball cap that gets to you!
Stoke v Bolton, different kettle of fish, but the FA need to pay for the national stadium, and that's where we are at, as Chirpy rightly says...
You're clutching at straws now.
A lot of companies put a lot of money into the FA and deserve some allocation. It's the regional FA allocation that needs looking into.