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Thread: Removal of FA Cup Replays - Disgraceful

  1. #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nufcian View Post
    Not sure that’s right… yours etc happen outside of the season, the replays are crammed into the season.
    I think I read it somewhere that they scrap replays and remove winter break to start PL later.

    I dont believe a word when read that clubs care about players health, they would milk them 24/7 if they could.

    If not superleague, then some sort of world cup with 32 or 48 teams gonna be a thing sooner rather than later

  2. #12
    The FA cup is being devalued.
    If big clubs don't want replays then they should exit the competition as soon as they draw a game at 90 plus minutes.

  3. #13
    For me, this really does devalue the FA Cup.
    Part of the magic of the Cup has always been the possibility of giant-killing, and of small clubs visiting famous Premiership grounds where they never dreamed of playing.
    It might be a minority view, and it certainly ain't going to happen, but my personal view is that I'd rather scrap international football if you really need to free up player time. Back in the day, I used to love it - I watched loads of the 66 and 70 World Cups in particular. But, back then England was a side containing many of the best players in the First Division. Nowadays, I'm afraid that the England team would get hammered by a lot of top club teams. For me, this makes it a bit pointless. Taking cricket as a parallel, how many people would want to watch England play if they thought that the national side would be tonked by some of the counties?

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