Chelsea fa cup quarterfinals

[Mr Mister]

We can beat Chelsea. 

[smr]

why dont they have semi finals at grounds other than wembley ? kind of takes away from the final and the big day thing imo.

[norwichfox]

1 minute ago, smr said:

why dont they have semi finals at grounds other than wembley ? kind of takes away from the final and the big day thing imo.

money.....

[smr]

whats the capacity of the etihad though, for instance, not far off 80,000?

[HighPeakFox]

3 minutes ago, smr said:

whats the capacity of the etihad though, for instance, not far off 80,000?

Must be joking, right?

[Donut]

3 minutes ago, smr said:

whats the capacity of the etihad though, for instance, not far off 80,000?

Its nowhere near as big as that. No club ground holds 80,000 in england.

 

These decisions are logistical issues too probably, policing, getting people into the ground when all are away fans, corporate facilities and sponsors facilities etc

 

I very much enjoyed the old villa park old trafford semis days though

[Donut]

The chelsea game is tough, but winnable. 

[smr]

thought it was 65k or so. It's a shame though as Wembley should be reserved just for the final imo, half the magic is in getting there, if you've already been there not long before to the semis it kinda takes that magic away.

[lestajigs]

3 minutes ago, Donut said:

Its nowhere near as big as that. No club ground holds 80,000 in england.

 

These decisions are logistical issues too probably, policing, getting people into the ground when all are away fans, corporate facilities and sponsors facilities etc

 

I very much enjoyed the old villa park old trafford semis days though

Old Trafford will do before long, 

  

[Soar Fox]

7 minutes ago, smr said:

thought it was 65k or so. It's a shame though as Wembley should be reserved just for the final imo, half the magic is in getting there, if you've already been there not long before to the semis it kinda takes that magic away.

If spurs get to the final they would have played at Wembley a minimum of 5 times in the competition. 

 

If they beat Rochdale and draw their next tie they would have played every round at Wembley. 

 

Magic of the cup.

[justfoxes]

Play as well as we did when we played them last time but finding the Fooking net this time !!

Very Tough fixture but Very Winable got to go for a Leicester win 2-1 !!??

 

Really Hoping this new year is the year of the Fox and an FA cup final !!????

[BoyJones]

Hopefully Chelsea will place the fourth place fight with Spuds and Liverpool above the FA Cup. 

 

Whats more important to them, finishing 5th or getting to the Cup Final? 

[shailen_patel4]

29 minutes ago, BoyJones said:

Hopefully Chelsea will place the fourth place fight with Spuds and Liverpool above the FA Cup. 

 

Whats more important to them, finishing 5th or getting to the Cup Final? 

I’m guessing final 

[BoyJones]

Fair enough, should have been 4th! 

[shailen_patel4]

12 hours ago, BoyJones said:

Fair enough, should have been 4th! 

My mistake thought you put finishing 5th ?

[The Doctor]

16 hours ago, Donut said:

Its nowhere near as big as that. No club ground holds 80,000 in england.

 

These decisions are logistical issues too probably, policing, getting people into the ground when all are away fans, corporate facilities and sponsors facilities etc

 

I very much enjoyed the old villa park old trafford semis days though

Surely then that should depend on the teams involved. Let's say Man City get Swansea in the semis this year (quite possible), surely somewhere like Anfield would be better for both clubs and sets of fans than Wembley? Not as if Anfield will have poor facilities either.

 

Semis are at Wembley simply because the ground cost so much and they need it in use more to make the money out of it.

[isaidno]

Is there still replays in the quarter finals ?

[lestajigs]

28 minutes ago, isaidno said:

Is there still replays in the quarter finals ?

No, game is decided in first match 

[Chico1958]

More to the point................. Man City out.    

 

They'll all think they can win it now including us

 

 

[sylofox]

19 hours ago, The Doctor said:

Surely then that should depend on the teams involved. Let's say Man City get Swansea in the semis this year (quite possible), surely somewhere like Anfield would be better for both clubs and sets of fans than Wembley? Not as if Anfield will have poor facilities either.

 

Semis are at Wembley simply because the ground cost so much and they need it in use more to make the money out of it.

Also from a safety point of view wembley is designed to have a 50/50 split. No other ground is. Plus ticket allocation is far higher than at a league ground. At villa park we weold be looking at 12k tickets.

[Russell sprout]

13 hours ago, lestajigs said:

No, game is decided in first match 

Is it

you being sarcastic jigs or am I missing something 

[Dan]

Just now, Russell sprout said:

Is it

you being sarcastic jigs or am I missing something 

They changed the rules last season. No replays in the quarters. Just so happened last year not one of them ended in a draw.

[Russell sprout]

Just now, Dan LCFC said:

They changed the rules last season. No replays in the quarters. Just so happened last year not one of them ended in a draw.

Never knew that,makes it even better for us then knowing there’s no replay

[lestajigs]

2 hours ago, Russell sprout said:

Is it

you being sarcastic jigs or am I missing something 

No buddy, changed this season, tbf for the good, gives us a better chance against Chelsea 

[deep blue]

53 minutes ago, lestajigs said:

No buddy, changed this season, tbf for the good, gives us a better chance against Chelsea 

Yes, cos it might go to pens, and you know how good we are at them ...