Cup Replays Scrapped

Quoted from Hagrid

Thats on utter bellends like Jurgen Klopp, Crying about fixture congestion.

Spineless decision from the FA, bending over for the girl privates at the very top

And still taking the squad away to a lucrative winter break somewhere... the game as we know it/knew it has long gone...

Quoted from Yossarian

I think its a good idea.  Mainly because if a lower league club has managed to hold (for example) a Premier League club to a draw over 90 minutes, they are more likely to get a result on the night than allow the bigger club to "regroup" for the replay.

How often do we see a plucky draw then smashed by a big score in the replay?

Nah travesty of a decision. Pretend you're Nowhere FC and you've miraculously got to the third round of the FA cup and drawn Man U at home. A replay away at Old Trafford would likely fund your club for the foreseeable future or allow big infrastructure investment that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. You'd take that every day over winning the first game on penalties and getting to the fourth round where you could quite as easily be drawn against another non league or lower division side and miss out on a big pay day.

The FA Cup has been dead for years. Ironically the only way they could revive it would be to offer a champions league place to the winner.

Frankly it’s about time the EFL clubs - by which I mean the owners and the boards - grew some collective bøllocks and made a proper stand. In other words, they need to threaten a mass boycott of next year’s FA Cup.

Time after time after time the onus has fallen on fans to make a stand but ultimately we are replaceable because we amount to little more than £400 on a spreadsheet each year. The decisions taken by the FA, at the behest of the Premier League, have seen a gradual chipping away at the ability of small to medium-sized clubs to exist sustainably, let alone compete.

In the grand scheme of things maybe this is just a small change, but symbolically it’s huge and cumulatively it’s got to be the tipping point.

And for what? So a handful of individuals can make even more money on top of the tens of millions they pocket each year? The premier league is drowning in its own filth and the supposed guardians of the game just keep pouring more money their way to try and stem the insatiable greed of, what, 6 clubs?

Rick Parry needs removing from his position at the EFL as soon as is humanly possibly. All the other Premier League agents in EFL positions need jettisoning too.

B-teams, TV deals, EPPP, and now this - just what will it actually take for clubs to stand up for themselves for once?

Quoted from Maringer

Scandalous.

The F.A. are such a useless bunch of SHITS and they quite literally don't give a excrement about lower division clubs. The fact that we have such a thriving professional game at numerous levels is a good thing for most observers, but the bigwigs would no doubt prefer just to profit from a Premier League 1 and 2 with a nod towards the grassroots level.

Owners - foreign shits  Managers - foreign shits  Most players - foreign shits .  The shits don't give a toss about English football - the shits will move to whatever country they can make the most money.  10 years these shits will have THEIR Premiership in Saudi Arabia or somewhere similar.

Quoted from Parkooo

I can see what Yossarian is saying....

If it's a case of extra time and penaties, and managing to win via penalties, they forfeit the reply (that they may well lose anyway), but on the flip side would get more money going into the next round, plus the chance of playing another bigger team.

I would prefer the replays for obvious reasons, but it may not be all bad, especially if you draw a big prem team in the next round.

But you don't need to get past extra time to win a replay, just 90 mins. Extra time hugely favours the prem teams with their better fitness and huge squad depth for subs.

If there are no replays then there should be no extra time either

The solution was obvious: no replays between clubs in the same division and no replays if agreed by both clubs. The PL clubs involved in European competitions have big enough squads that they could put out two teams (and subs) with ease. Lower league clubs and their supporters need to take affirmative action on this. Starting with banners and chants at Saturday's game. If anyone can make a proper 'intercourse the FA' banner for Saturday, i'll.chip in gladly

The only silver cloud is your are more likely to win in one game than two. Otherwise very disappointing.

FA Cup replays are often televised generating a large income for many smaller clubs.

Quoted from toontown

But you don't need to get past extra time to win a replay, just 90 mins. Extra time hugely favours the prem teams with their better fitness and huge squad depth for subs.

If there are no replays then there should be no extra time either

Why on earth would Premier League clubs expose themselves to the risk of penalties after 90mins…I wouldn’t be surprised if in the small print they increase the number of subs allowed as well to further reduce any risks of an upset.

I also note that there is a longer summer break on the grounds of player welfare - ie 3 weeks off before an arduous tour of the Far East.

It’s a total pile of sh!te. I wish they’d feck off and just form the European Super League…

Be interesting to see if JS comments in his Guardian column, I suspect he may not want to stick his head too far above the parapet though, we’ll see.