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craigwend

Grimpeur des terrains plats
What has happened to Everton???
They looked a half decent team early season but seem to be really struggling. Lost 0.1 at home to Leicester today.
The Marco Silva effect?
 

ozboz

Guru
Location
Richmond ,Surrey
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Done it , 2-1
Good omen tonight
SWP turned up ,
our kid took this pic just before game ,
 

gavgav

Legendary Member
BBC's Football Focus is from Accy's ground today,acording to reports.
One of only 10 FA Cup Third Round games kicking off at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon! The game has gone bonkers.

We’ve got a 12:30 kick off (the most annoying time of all) shortly, against Stoke, for overseas TV coverage in places like Serbia, Montenegro, Singapore, Sweden, Denmark, etc.......
 

postman

Squire
Location
,Leeds
Messing about with kick off times.For me has ruined the feel of the FA Cup.3-00pm Saturday afternoon is all it should be.Cup draw Monday lunchtime on the radio.And i 'ope Stan wins his Cup medal at the third time of asking,Mind you Bolton are a good team.
 

Vapin' Joe

Formerly known as Smokin Joe
Messing about with kick off times.For me has ruined the feel of the FA Cup.3-00pm Saturday afternoon is all it should be.Cup draw Monday lunchtime on the radio.And i 'ope Stan wins his Cup medal at the third time of asking,Mind you Bolton are a good team.
It should be a midweek evening tournament now to reflect it's status. Things change, the FA Cup doesn't matter very much now apart from to lower league sides hoping for a bit of glory and some cash. Most Premier League clubs and their supporters regard it as a bit of a nuisance.
 

Accy cyclist

Legendary Member
Most Premier League clubs and their supporters regard it as a bit of a nuisance.

A nuisance that most,if not all Premier League clubs would love to win! Listening to the local radio yesterday ahead of the Newcastle v Blackburn game,we kept getting told how 'massive a club' Newcastle is/are blah blah,but like most Premiership clubs they've won zilch over the decades. I suppose it is a nuisance in terms of revenue,as progressing in the competition will affect their Prem' League survival chances and the Premiership means lots of money,unlike the FA Cup.
 

Vapin' Joe

Formerly known as Smokin Joe
Most Premier League clubs would indeed like to win the cup if they could be transported straight into the semi or quarter finals. But the earlier rounds and replays, often against lower league opposition who are going to give them a physical game are something they would rather do without. That's why very few of them field full strength sides.

Cup success or failure has no bearing on a managers job anymore, unlike in Fergie's early days when it stopped the club from sacking him. Winning it now means nothing if the team's league position isn't satisfactory.

West Ham beat Birmingham yesterday. I'd swap that for a point against Arsenal next week and another from Liverpool in early February.
 
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