FA Cup 2015

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · 15-02-2015, 02:03

While acknowledging that the Europa League is often more trouble than it's worth, and financially it costs participating clubs far more than they can recoup from it, can any Albion fan honestly say they wouldn't enjoy a European awayday, or playing a continental side at the Hawthorns for the first time in thirty-five years?

Our chances of winning would be as slim as they come, but it'll be a sad day for football when fans don't even want to have a go at these kind of competitions.

Dingle-Dingle · 15-02-2015, 03:30

(15-02-2015, 02:03)Ska Wrote: While acknowledging that the Europa League is often more trouble than it's worth, and financially it costs participating clubs far more than they can recoup from it, can any Albion fan honestly say they wouldn't enjoy a European awayday, or playing a continental side at the Hawthorns for the first time in thirty-five years?

Our chances of winning would be as slim as they come, but it'll be a sad day for football when fans don't even want to have a go at these kind of competitions.

Hear Hear. DD Thumb up

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · (This post was last modified: 15-02-2015, 18:27 by Ska'dForLife-WBA.)

Villa through, and it currently looks like Bradford will be joining them!

All over at Valley Parade, Bradford win 2-0! What an absolute shocker from the BBC to televise the piss-poor Villa match rather than give Bradford their moment in the limelight, but congratulations to them! (Bit nervous about drawing them, to be honest!)

BBB · 15-02-2015, 19:06

THIS COULD BE THE LAST EIGHT.

SO IDEALLY

ARSENAL V LIVERPOOL/ MAN UTD
WBA V BRADFORD
VILLA V LIVERPOOL/ ARSENAL
BLACKBURN V READING

1 LIVERPOOL

2 ARSENAL

3 ASTON VILLA

4 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

5 BRADFORD CITY

6 BLACKBURN ROVERS

7 READING

8 PRESTON NORTH END OR MANCHESTER UNITED

WHO AGREES WITH THIS, OR OTHER SUGGESTIONS PLEASE.

aries22 · (This post was last modified: 15-02-2015, 19:25 by aries22.)

(15-02-2015, 02:03)Ska Wrote: While acknowledging that the Europa League is often more trouble than it's worth, and financially it costs participating clubs far more than they can recoup from it, can any Albion fan honestly say they wouldn't enjoy a European awayday, or playing a continental side at the Hawthorns for the first time in thirty-five years?

I'd like European football, but not through the Europa League. The two finalists will each play about 18 games, which is about 10 games too many and causes fixture congestion. Uefa is too obsessed with mini leagues to stop teams being eliminated straight away and keep interest going but which only end up become knock-out competitions anyway. I'm all for inclusivity, but half the teams playing in Europe just aren't worth paying to watch. Re-name the Europa League the Uefa Cup again, choose 32 of Europe's best second-rate teams and make all rounds two-legged and the final a one-off game, making 9 games in all to win it. And why not revive the old European Cup Winners' Cup? That could take another 32 teams, same format. Let's have the Champions League, the Uefa Cup and the ECWC instead of trying to shoe-horn everyone into two crowded competitions. Then I'd be interested.

**Ska'dForLife-WBA** · 15-02-2015, 19:36

That would be ideal, but unless UEFA start listening to fans, that's not what we'll get. It's Europa League or nothing, and even if it's not what it used to be, I'd still welcome a foray into the competition.

BBB · (This post was last modified: 15-02-2015, 19:45 by BBB.)

Who you think you would INITIALLY play that are any better than a prem team? Don't you have go thru leagues?

betterthanbaird · 15-02-2015, 20:30

Order of preference:

Blackburn

Reading

Bradford

Villa

Utd (assuming they beat Preston)

Liverpool

Arsenal.

West Brom Strollers 1878 · 15-02-2015, 22:25

Agree with betterthanbaird apart from reading before Blackburn

Bournemouth Baggie · 15-02-2015, 22:45

Blackburn fan in the office, exiles-in-arms so no thanks