[Arcane Astral Aeons]

apparently it`s now called The Emirates F.A Cup
sorry but i`m old school
and the F.A Cup should be just that
hope this next sentence gets passed by the mods on here
bollocks to the sponsors
when i were a lad the old FA cup was just that
teams wouldn`t play weakened sides
it wasn`t heard of

now what do we have?
having watched the Exeter/Liverpool game earlier
apart from Benteke i had never heard of the rest of the Liverpool side
and the Exeter fans really must feel cheated cos i daresare the ticket prices for the game were
expensive

if these so called big clubs are going to field weakened sides then surely if they progress then they should be forced to stick with the same team they fielded in rd3/4 etc
not suddenly decide to field a stronger side should they be drawn against another premier league big side


just my opinion

[drewks]

Well, it's unfortunately all about money now, and the huge payments of the PL make the FA Cup a mere distraction for most PL clubs.
IMO the easiest solution isn't new - to give the winners a Champions League place.

Simples

[tidy]

apparently it`s now called The Emirates F.A Cup
sorry but i`m old school
and the F.A Cup should be just that
hope this next sentence gets passed by the mods on here
bollocks to the sponsors
when i were a lad the old FA cup was just that
teams wouldn`t play weakened sides
it wasn`t heard of

now what do we have?
having watched the Exeter/Liverpool game earlier
apart from Benteke i had never heard of the rest of the Liverpool side
and the Exeter fans really must feel cheated cos i daresare the ticket prices for the game were
expensive

if these so called big clubs are going to field weakened sides then surely if they progress then they should be forced to stick with the same team they fielded in rd3/4 etc
not suddenly decide to field a stronger side should they be drawn against another premier league big side


just my opinion

I think you will find that most clubs fielded a pretty strong starting line up yesterday. 

We certainly did....