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Well with VAR never know what they might give !

Bet Martinez won’t be time wasting now .

Which they have been doing .

Makes me think it’s actually an excuse by the FA to say the Premier league asked for this ?!

Fair point but seems strange to scrap the replays that don't even affect the Premier league clubs And it seems it's to help those in Europe so not even all 20 teams in the league.

Funny thing is these top teams get to the final stages generally so surely they aren’t that bothered about extra games . Just play a load of kids in the 3rd round which is what some in the lower PL and Championship do. I guess managers will prefer the risk of their team playing 120 minutes plus penalties once before a mid week game than a replay . It will free up an extra week too from their point of view . All down to money though of course.

Yes how does scrapping them in rounds one and two benefit PL teams?

Yes that makes sense .

Even in Round 1 and 2 though where such clubs don’t play .

No home finalist at Wembley then . Bayern Dortmund final as in 2013? Unlikely I feel but ..

More dropped points for Rangers .

There goes 5th for a Champions league spot ?

No normal ET and penalties.

Trouble for both English teams now

Congratulations to JJ. Tough on Robinson though. Any debutants this year ?

Neil Robinson in danger of missing out . In a last frame decider .

Big price hikes at Forest which naturally hasn’t gone down well. https://twitter.com/TheAthleticFC/status/1780261115827478888 https://nffctrust.org/statement-on-season-card-pricing-2024-25/ Is it down to all those players they need to pay for ? Guess Forest are expecting to stay up .

Arsenal will be hoping these 2 are fit . https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68830100

Lost 4-1 in the end . Congratulations to Pompey on their promotion. Well deserved .

Red card really changed the game. Silly tackle for the penalty too .

Will this law hold and work ? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68824493 Is this the start of other unhealthy things being banned ..

Good win for Jak Jones. Few close games . Remember Mark King and Dominic Dale playing when I was a kid almost !

Rory going to LIV or not ? Seems to be conflicting reports on the issue . Having been an arch critic of it noticed he soften his attitude towards LIV the other month .

Well if you believe some pundits this is a one off and Alonso’s name will be off the radar of big clubs by next season ..

It will Rice and another in that central role but probably depend on how Southgate views the opposition.