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Its going to be a bit confusing for you guys, who to fight Chelsea supporters or yourselves
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Have to say, I'm enjoying a rare cup run this season (yes I am considering this a 'run' given we are normally out at the first hurdle haha).
Great result getting Preston at home too and avoiding PL opposition. Pretty exciting for us second tier clubs as well with quite a few PL vs PL clashes which will thin the herd going into the next round as well.
And as for omens, last time we beat Wolves in the cup, we went on to win it. Maybe Rafa is the man who'll finally end the trophy drought!
Great result getting Preston at home too and avoiding PL opposition. Pretty exciting for us second tier clubs as well with quite a few PL vs PL clashes which will thin the herd going into the next round as well.
And as for omens, last time we beat Wolves in the cup, we went on to win it. Maybe Rafa is the man who'll finally end the trophy drought!
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Arsenal get a dream draw again..... Something they've had for years in the FA Cup
Is the LC scripted? **** me
Is the LC scripted? **** me
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Good chance for someone like Newcastle to go to the semis.
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Yep, considering they will keep drawing minnows while the FA keeps popping PL opponents against one another....... Except Arse
Hilarious how the Toon never wanted to have cup runs when they were in the PL though, get relegated now they are
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Coming from the team who just played a League One team at home? You spuds like to pick and choose when to complain about the draw don't you
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And how many home FA Cup games did you lot get over the last couple of seasons? Face it, you guys have been blessed, though it is the Emirates FA Cup these daysComing from the team who just played a League One team at home? You spuds like to pick and choose when to complain about the draw don't you
In a week where the FA decides to script the LC and every other PL team left in the cup gets PL opposition except you lot.......... Coincidence?
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And how many home FA Cup games did you lot get over the last couple of seasons? Face it, you guys have been blessed, though it is the Emirates FA Cup these days
In a week where the FA decides to script the LC and every other PL team left in the cup gets PL opposition except you lot.......... Coincidence?
To be fair they did get you guys in the cup a few seasons ago at home. Can't remember the result.
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They played all their FA Cup games at home dude except when they beat Man Utd IIRC and some minnow.
Something like 10 out of 12 or 12 out of 14 or something were at home excluding Wembley ties
They were all over you for a lot of the game, and without their best player.
We don't decide the draw. We're told who to play and where. Like every other team.
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Clear favouritism though towards your mob
It's a view that I will not back away from also, with the Emirates deals flying around etc
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For a second time, we don't have pl opposition either.And how many home FA Cup games did you lot get over the last couple of seasons? Face it, you guys have been blessed, though it is the Emirates FA Cup these days
In a week where the FA decides to script the LC and every other PL team left in the cup gets PL opposition except you lot.......... Coincidence?
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Emirates doesn't sponsor the league cup though.
But yeah we have the raw side of the deal, I don't know how many away league cup games this is for us but it's 2 of the last 9 at home, not sure seasons before that.
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This discussion has been had before so I can't be bothered doing it again. Sure on the way to winning 2 b2b FA cups we had more home ties than away but faced plenty of PL opposition (including tottenham, liverpool, everton and man united).And how many home FA Cup games did you lot get over the last couple of seasons? Face it, you guys have been blessed, though it is the Emirates FA Cup these days
In a week where the FA decides to script the LC and every other PL team left in the cup gets PL opposition except you lot.......... Coincidence?
But whatever, go on believing its a conspiracy to support your fantasy that the only reason Spurs haven't won a major trophy in 25+ years is unlucky draws.
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They don't, but it wouldn't surprise me if some handshake agreement has gone on somewhere.
Imo Emirates, The FA Cup and Arsenal are all a massive conflict of interest, the sponsors would want the team they sponsor to do well in the competition they sponsor so Arsenal benefit from it imo, draw is rigged, Arsenal get an unhealthy amount of home fixtures to help them go deep in the competition regularly.
That's what I don't like about it. We've seen marketing/exposure examples in the AFL where they are biased towards high rating clubs getting good prime time exposure even when they don't deserve it such as Carlton in 2015 and what they've done with expansion, especially GWS turning them into an impending superpower onfield.
It's not a sporting competition these days it's just money making machines
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Yep, considering they will keep drawing minnows while the FA keeps popping PL opponents against one another....... Except Arse
Hilarious how the Toon never wanted to have cup runs when they were in the PL though, get relegated now they are
To be fair, that was the mandate under the previous direction of the club hierarchy. I think Rafa negotiated quite a lot of things in order to stay on. The club has done a lot of work to try and reconnect with the NE region and disillusioned supporters. The club's social media presence has gone up quite significantly, there were junior grassroots football tournaments in the preseason for local school kids and they've recently installed a statue of Shearer at the St James' Park (likeness is open for debate).
To be clear though, promotion is still definitely the key for us. The cups are just a bonus - we haven't played our best XI in any fixture yet. Lots of rotation under Rafa.
If you want to look at the business side of things, I think Sports Direct has taken a belting in the UK press in the last 12-18 months and I've read their share prices have fallen pretty noticeably. Cashley seems to be on a bit of a PR charm offensive doing breakfast shows and the like. Maybe keeping his football club out of the press might be part of that!
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What'd you think of Mason's goal go you pups?
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Fair enough
I just hope you guys dont turn into another Sheffield United where they prioritise doing well in cup competitions, yet never got themselves promoted those years even though they were clearly good enough.
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Nice Strawman you've got there.
Do I care you get an inordinate amount of home fixtures. Not particularly. Not exactly a trophy you've won for a while anyway.
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Wasn't/isn't a CM's arseh*le.
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Haha don't think that will happen for us mate. The club has invested a lot of money into going up this season and the noise has been all about getting promoted. Even a lot of the signings we convinced to drop down a level surely would have done so on the presumption it would be a 1 season absence from the PL. Someone like Rafa wouldn't hang around in the Championship on a long term basis either.
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