FA Cup 24-25

[SkidsFox]

5 minutes ago, The Bear said:

I'd love a non-league standard team in the draw. 

 

Someone like Spurs would do. 

Close (for us Foxes). ManUre. We can do this! RvN will be happy.

[Nalis]

Great draw for the neutral, lots of premier leagues away to championship or league 1 teams.

[Fox92]

Some big draws so shame we will be going out too  
 

Villa v Spurs

Brighton v Chelsea

[StanSP]

Aside from our draw, for the competition it's quite a good round. Some good ties including lots of PL teams away:

 

Plymouth vs Liverpool
Leeds vs Millwall (?)
Orient/Derby vs Man City
Exeter vs Nottm Forest
Doncaster vs Palace
Coventry vs Ipswich

Blackburn vs Wolves
Birmingham vs Newcastle
Mansfield/Wigan vs Fulham

 

Only 4 all PL ties.

[purpleronnie]

27 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Why?

 

Personally prefer the gradual suspense to potential penalty shoot-outs.

Short attention span.

[Bert]

Liverpool and Spurs games will likely be the Sunday terrestrial tv games. Both play in the league cup on the Thursday before. 

[Corky]

Much better draw. Thought with most PL teams going through it would lead to less interesting ties. Enough have been drawn away to make it intriguing.

[Stuntman_Mike]

All those part time Tamworth/Villa fans will have a quick chance of getting one back over Spurs.

[Super_horns]

Seemed to be a good draw this time with a few interesting ties. 

Nice home ties for the Devon teams and Doncaster plus some all PL ties. which will be good to watch.

[Deeg67]

Harry: "I asked him if he was going to swim in the Olympics, because that was a ****ng great dive."

Edited 13 January by Deeg67

[purpleronnie]

14 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Why?

 

Personally prefer the gradual suspense to potential penalty shoot-outs.

Problem is the suspense usually ends when the higher league team wins in ET.  Smaller teams would have a much better chance if it went straight to pens.

[davieG]

[Wymsey]

11 minutes ago, davieG said:

Why can't the clubs in League 1, 2, the National League all come together to air their financial concerns for the future - urging more support from the FA/top-flight management?

 

The thing is, to be fair to those playing in European competitions, they have a point in saying any potential replays in an already-tight fixture schedule could be difficult in terms of player recovery etc.

Edited 13 January by Wymsey

[grobyfox1990]

11 minutes ago, davieG said:

Spurs should just give them £1m if that is the concern, it is a completely immaterial amount of money to Spurs. There's no point in a replay. 

[Super_horns]

18 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Why can't the clubs in League 1, 2, the National League all come together to air their financial concerns for the future - urging more support from the FA/top-flight management?

 

The thing is, to be fair to those playing in European competitions, they have a point in saying any potential replays in an already-tight fixture schedule could be difficult in terms of player recovery etc.

Apparently some non league clubs wanted to scrap replays too ?

 

Talk of no extra time and straight to penalties now .

[Corky]

Replays have gone because the schedule has been cramped by extra European games. Nothing to do with workloads, player welfare, the space has been taken by extra matches involving six teams.

[boots60]

48 minutes ago, Corky said:

Replays have gone because the schedule has been cramped by extra European games. Nothing to do with workloads, player welfare, the space has been taken by extra matches involving six teams.

Money to money

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, Wymsey said:

Why can't the clubs in League 1, 2, the National League all come together to air their financial concerns for the future - urging more support from the FA/top-flight management?

 

The thing is, to be fair to those playing in European competitions, they have a point in saying any potential replays in an already-tight fixture schedule could be difficult in terms of player recovery etc.

National League were as good bribed themselves - they got a tidy sum of money to take part in some nonsense National League Cup feature U21s PL teams. 

 

Think League 1/2 teams were partly glad they didn't have host replays in Round 1+2 which lost them money 

[Tommy Fresh]

Finish by the Millwall lad

[Raj]

Leeds millwall will defo be on tv 

[grobyfox1990]

Millwall v West Ham lite in round 3

Millwall away to Leeds in round 4

 

Millwall's first visit to the Olympic Bowl coming next year?? Police would love the overtime after Xmas.

[Leicesterpool]

21 hours ago, Super_horns said:

Apparently some non league clubs wanted to scrap replays too ?

 

Talk of no extra time and straight to penalties now .

Extra time does give premier league clubs an advantage. Tamworth for example were dead for them extra 30 minutes. Pens... you never know. Even prem clubs may back that.

Edited 14 January by Leicesterpool

[goose2010]

7 hours ago, Raj said:

Leeds millwall will defo be on tv 

likely to be the Monday night slot or the early Sunday kick off. 

[Leicesterpool]

2 minutes ago, goose2010 said:

likely to be the Monday night slot or the early Sunday kick off. 

Sunday 12pm agree

[Leicesterpool]

What would be a good will gesture by Tottenham is to offer a pre-season friendly down the lamb ground in the summer, help bring some extra revenue to the club. Cardiff for example invited Chasetown to play at the Cardiff City stadium just after it opened.