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Abdul19
May 19, 2018, 10:23pm

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Although Portsmouth, Stoke, Wigan, Hull, Palace and Villa have all made the final in the last decade


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May 19, 2018, 10:27pm

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Quoted from Abdul19
Although Portsmouth, Stoke, Wigan, Hull, Palace and Villa have all made the final in the last decade


And Town under Jolley next season  



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I lost count the amount of times the BBC kept talking about how the FA Cup 'still matters' to teams.

They're trying to convince themselves when they know deep down the magic has gone.

It might not have gone for some fans, and maybe some clubs like Wigan (or lower league teams in the early rounds) but it's said to see a showpiece final whose boringness was seen an absolute mile off.

I'd love to cherish and protect the FA Cup but when the Champions League semi finals are giving you 20+ goals across four games, you can't really compare the two for entertainment.

I'm getting a bit tired of there being so much talent on the pitch but it cancelling each other out. I fear the world cup will be the same. Plenty of 0-0s, 1-0s, 1-1s (2-1s if we're lucky) as everyone tries to play like Greece in 2004 or Portugal in 2016 and defend their way to winning the thing.

It seems too much is at stake and no one is willing to play attacking, expansive, cavalier football any more. Teams play with fear - if not the opposition then the media backlash if/when they lose/go out.


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May 20, 2018, 7:18am

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Quoted from denni266
Did not watch it as i hate prem football... nearly the same teams every year in the final.. not a chance of anyone else getting a look in . lucky if you get a bit of a run in it , but thats it


Little old Lincoln had a decent stab at it last season.


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Personally I've got to the stage with the premiership that I'd rather not bother watching prima donnas and watch the championship and below. The playoff semi finals have been very successful as both Scunthorpe and Lincoln failed......and you all thought this wouldn't be a gloating post.
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The premiership is killing the game from within , until the big wigs realise lower league clubs and grass roots should get more of the pot of gold it will carry on until it implodes.  
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It's 9:45 on the day after the FA Cup Final and I still have no idea of who won. That tells you about the 'Magic of the Cup'.


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Quoted from KingstonMariner
It's 9:45 on the day after the FA Cup Final and I still have no idea of who won. That tells you about the 'Magic of the Cup'.

A team wearing blue, beat a team wearing red 1-0. That's all you need to know  

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Two teams with a paper value of half a billion or so played out a boring, turgid game even after a relatively early goal.

Needed an Arsenal or Liverpool type of team (not great in defence much of the time) rather than two trying to cancel each other out
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Well neither team turned up and if it was not for the pen it could have gone on all night,



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