Fa cup pre match thread - Oldham
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I don't get it. You say :-
and then put out a team which is more or less what others have said (i.e. resting senior players), to which I agree wholeheartedly BTW (and like that team).
As far as the quoted comment goes though, which would you prefer ? An FAC (but losing out on the Top 4 and losing Suarez) or a Top 4 slot and keeping Suarez and being able to add to the squad from a position of strength in the Summer ?
Read my later post, I wasn't taking issue with playing youngsters, I was taking issue with the "it's just a nothing cup" attitude of some people when it comes to the domestic trophies, that 4th place is of major importance over silverware - we've spent enough money and have a decent enough squad to compete in both and whatever team we put out should be capable of achieving the first hurdle against Oldham.
I know it's the romance of the cup and all that, but if for the second year running we fuck up because our fringe players aren't good enough, then the next time Rodgers asks if he can spunk £5m-£10m on an unknown, we should tell him to do one. As it is, we should play a team like the one I've mentioned and take the competition seriously, while obviously having "some" leeway depending on who we draw.
no way pls we are already so thin. i dont want any risk with the first team players and i dont give a fuck about FA cup, we might face aonther Wigan in the final. So keep playing the balance of reserves and few senior faces but we must rest players.
I had a better fucking day in Cardiff in 2006 than I've ever had for a finishing 4th party. I love winning cups, they are the best days out ever.
Rest Suarez and Henderson, that's it. If pros can't play two games in a week then there's something wrong. How many games did we play in 2001 when we won all 3 cups? I'd say we used a core of about 7 or 8 players in the majority of games. Sami must have played about 70 games that season.
Rest Suarez and Henderson, that's it. If pros can't play two games in a week then there's something wrong. How many games did we play in 2001 when we won all 3 cups? I'd say we used a core of about 7 or 8 players in the majority of games. Sami must have played about 70 games that season.
That's pretty daft. The FA cup is one of the oldest and most cherished cup competitions in world football.
I understand that we have a few players who are in desperate need of a rest but we can't just fold and let Oldham beat us.
I think we have the capacity to field a semi-strong team capable of winning and at the same time allow players like Lucas, Henderson, Coutinho and Suarez to rest.
Agreed. The FA Cup means something.
I want us to win it and get CL footy. Jesus if we can't compete in the FA Cup when all great teams are competing in that, Europe, AND the league, how can we be expected to compete at all in Europe? It's barmy talk is what it is.
Have we really sunk to this?
I want us to win it and get CL footy. Jesus if we can't compete in the FA Cup when all great teams are competing in that, Europe, AND the league, how can we be expected to compete at all in Europe? It's barmy talk is what it is.
Have we really sunk to this?
I want us to win the FA cup
We don't know of course, but if we are strengthening with a few top players in January, then I wouldn't mind playing a few big boys, but if not, it's too much of a risk. I know the cups are important, but to four is a must. If we miss out on that because of more injuries or tired players etc, we will probably still lose Suarez and with the funds, struggle to bring in big name replacements. Bit doom and gloom, sure, but it's a risk I'd rather not take.
The further we go, the more congestion we get too. Being back in the cl for even one season makes all the difference. For obvious reasons.
The further we go, the more congestion we get too. Being back in the cl for even one season makes all the difference. For obvious reasons.
The majority of our first team wilted under their gaze last year.
Precisely. We might as well send out the youngsters since they couldn't be worse.
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i remember the days when winning the FA cup was a close second to winning the league . Now even the likes of Aston fucking villa couldn't give a shite . Does the modern day kid dream of avoiding relegation and getting top 4 ? fuck me .
we don't have the distraction of big knock out european games , cup games are usually played on their own weekends . We shouldn't have a fixtures pile up. I demand a good cup run if the draw goes our way .
If it was only about winning the league, you'll have gotten no enjoyment at all in the past 25 years.
Are you saying you didn't celebrate Istanbul and Cardiff? Yeah, the league is the big one for us at the minute, but winning the cups is also important and we should do our best to continue to win silverware in any form.
Didn't you end up knobbing a welsh bird that night ?
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1 welsh girl , 1 cup . Starring Piedro .
I want to win the FA Cup.
When I see a photo of footballers celebrating at the end of a match it should feature a cup with the lid on someone's head and NOT because they've finished 4th and will get to play a qualifying match in some far flung place in fucking July.
What the fucks going on?
When I see a photo of footballers celebrating at the end of a match it should feature a cup with the lid on someone's head and NOT because they've finished 4th and will get to play a qualifying match in some far flung place in fucking July.
What the fucks going on?
Too fucking right I did, with my brother asleep in the bed next to me.
Think he was asleep anyway
I think one of the sources is Lusseys dad who posts on RAWK.
In it to win it.
It's feared so but nothing definitive has been decided yet. It looks bleak though. Horrible shame.
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