Happinesstan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Yorkie said: More than 700 teams compete in the FA Cup. You'd need about ten rounds! Mind you West Didsbury & Chorlton (a) sounds canny. If 700 teams enter the first round, 350 are eliminated. How many are currently eliminated in the first qualifying round? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Conjo said: If a PL team wins both League & FA cup they'll play either 11 or 12 games depending on which round of the League Cup they enter. PL clubs currently [not this fucked up season] play 5 rounds in the LC before entering the FA cup in the 3rd round, so there are 12 games at the moment. If your idea is to replace the League Cup then the games will probably be similar. I do think it will limit te opportunities for lower league clubs to progress though, so it's probably a bad idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: At some point the other clubs need to grow some bollocks and mount a legal challenge. And I include our own in that - fuck playing their stupid FFP games. The whole thing has become a racket. It's been a racket for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 hours ago, madras said: I'd be happy if we won it but I'd also get rid of it. Never really saw the point if it in the first place, even less so now. TBF we haven't reached the final since 76, so it naturally feels irrelevant to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Howay with the four posts in a row. use the multi quote function. Anyway, the qualifying rounds are surely a good thing because it provides revenue opportunities for teams in the 8th/9th/10th tier to play several games; rather then being immediately disposed of in some dead rubber tie, by someone from the National League system and upwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Howay with the four posts in a row. use the multi quote function. That would require me to know what I'm going to say in reply to posts I've yet to read. Sounds like a facility for the contrived. 3 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Anyway, the qualifying rounds are surely a good thing because it provides revenue opportunities for teams in the 8th/9th/10th tier to play several games; rather then being immediately disposed of in some dead rubber tie, by someone from the National League system and upwards. I did acknowledge this, in my second, and longest, post of the four. Yet you appear to have missed it. Who knows what you might have missed if they'd all been in one post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 (edited) I suppose it would be too much to ask for the sake of easy content to make the Europa/Confrence Leagues - cups like the UEFA/Cup Winners. Cuts down the number of games and number of uninteresting games massively. Added bonus would be people might actually care about those competitions again and differentiating it from the Champions League instead of just being a D and F version of it. There's a reason why those competetions get infinitely more interesting in the latter stages - use it. Edited September 20, 2022 by Wolfcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Having read the full Ziegler article now, there's not much about the 'new deal' to like, inevitably. I suppose I wouldn't hate the idea of teams competing in Europe being given the option to not participate in the League Cup, in order to ease congestion. It would be degrading to the competition of course but not as degrading as insisting they only played the stiffs. It's impossible not to be totally cynical about the league-based alterations. Whatever is proposed you know it's entirely motivated by the idea of pulling up the drawbridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Having read the full Ziegler article now, there's not much about the 'new deal' to like, inevitably. I suppose I wouldn't hate the idea of teams competing in Europe being given the option to not participate in the League Cup, in order to ease congestion. It would be degrading to the competition of course but not as degrading as insisting they only played the stiffs. It's impossible not to be totally cynical about the league-based alterations. Whatever is proposed you know it's entirely motivated by the idea of pulling up the drawbridge. You can see legal battles in the not to distant future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Yorkie said: Howay with the four posts in a row. use the multi quote function. Anyway, the qualifying rounds are surely a good thing because it provides revenue opportunities for teams in the 8th/9th/10th tier to play several games; rather then being immediately disposed of in some dead rubber tie, by someone from the National League system and upwards. If teams at that level get drawn away will they make a profit or loss from it ? Also by getting the league teams involved earlier, though I agree with them not being in from the start, those lower teams have a better chance of getting larger teams in the draw thus getting a real pay day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Imagine an all-in no qualifiers FA Cup man. Man City going full strength against fat Al's Dog and Duck side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Happinesstan said: PL clubs currently [not this fucked up season] play 5 rounds in the LC before entering the FA cup in the 3rd round, so there are 12 games at the moment. If your idea is to replace the League Cup then the games will probably be similar. I do think it will limit te opportunities for lower league clubs to progress though, so it's probably a bad idea. Some years yes, some years no. I'd also want to increase the price pool to be bigger in the starting rounds so that smaller clubs get more than before, and that the ultimate price isn't monetary as such, but CL participation. It would also become a proper cup worth paying attention to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSelecta Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Wolfcastle said: I suppose it would be too much to ask for the sake of easy content to make the Europa/Confrence Leagues - cups like the UEFA/Cup Winners. Cuts down the number of games and number of uninteresting games massively. Added bonus would be people might actually care about those competitions again and differentiating it from the Champions League instead of just being a D and F version of it. There's a reason why those competetions get infinitely more interesting in the latter stages - use it. Tin foil hat time…the lesser European competitions help maintain the status quo for the Champions League clubs. The teams which are closest to challenging for CL spots are playing mid week in the arse end of Russia then back in their domestic leagues at the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 On 20/09/2022 at 22:53, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: Imagine an all-in no qualifiers FA Cup man. Man City going full strength against fat Al's Dog and Duck side Would look great on the teleprinter mind. Man City 72 (SEVENTY-TWO) - Fat Al’s Dog and Duck 0 Always loved the caps lock YES WE FUCKING MEAN THIS MANY GOALS on Grandstand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Bassong, there’s a player you don’t hear much about in relation to NUFC these days. Glad he’s still got a positive connection to the club Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teohgk Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 38 minutes ago, gbandit said: Bassong, there’s a player you don’t hear much about in relation to NUFC these days. Glad he’s still got a positive connection to the club The current regime probably why all these ex-players having positive connection with the club, unlike our shitty owner previously, they actually reach out to all the ex-players Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) Would probably need to go pretty far down the list of players to get back in contact with before Amanda thinks 'hang on, what's Sebastien Bassong doing on Saturday?' Edited September 22, 2022 by KDT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 5 minutes ago, KDT said: Would probably need to go pretty far down the list of players to get back in contact with before Amanda thinks 'hang on, what's Sebastien Bassong doing on Saturday?' Aye thought that was a random one. I love players like that still having an affinity to us as much as the home grown and legends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 10 hours ago, Johnny said: Jellied Eales need to change his handle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Fuck Bassong. One season with us after coming here on trial and he was refusing to play in order to force a move. All for ex players having an affinity and getting involved now that we're actually worth getting involved with, but certainly not players who showed us nothing but contempt before. Should be nowhere near the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Yup. PIF, PCP, and RB Sports & Media have gone down in my estimation bringing Seb on board. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Unless football is a small community where the influence of ex-players could count for something at some point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 57 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said: Fuck Bassong. One season with us after coming here on trial and he was refusing to play in order to force a move. All for ex players having an affinity and getting involved now that we're actually worth getting involved with, but certainly not players who showed us nothing but contempt before. Should be nowhere near the club. Exactly there's dozens of other ex one season wonders who have a better affinity with the club. Bassong could not wait to get away as i recall. Sibierski would be more welcome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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