The FA Cup is now a devalued cup competition
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with teams like united and liverpool sending out mickey mouse teams in the fa cup, the oldest cup competitions in the world is somewhat devalued. clearly the league title and the CL are the priorities where honours is concerned.
With Chelsea winning the last 2 Fa cups in the last 3 seasons, I think Chelsea would not give a damn if they do not win for the next 5 seasons.
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Forget about the romance of the FA cup nonsense, these days clubs are more practical, as players have also become...
Cos of the increased big money on offer from the Premier League and Champions League... And the bigger coverage from television, The FA cup will also start to go the way of the league cup...
The only way to bring the FA cup back into importance... Increase the prize money by a great deal, I mean a real great deal. From winner all the way to semi-finalist or perhaps even quarter-finalist... But it's not feasible cos it doesn't generate much income unlike the CL so can't pay out a lot.
It is bound to become a second rated competition... It started 10 yrs ago and it will only become less important as the years go by...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Forget about the romance of the FA cup nonsense, these days clubs are more practical, as players have also become...
Cos of the increased big money on offer from the Premier League and Champions League... And the bigger coverage from television, The FA cup will also start to go the way of the league cup...
The only way to bring the FA cup back into importance... Increase the prize money by a great deal, I mean a real great deal. From winner all the way to semi-finalist or perhaps even quarter-finalist... But it's not feasible cos it doesn't generate much income unlike the CL so can't pay out a lot.
It is bound to become a second rated competition... It started 10 yrs ago and it will only become less important as the years go by...
for once, i agree with you boss
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yes its true. clubs will go for competition that will generate a lot of money for them, esp the CL.
I dun think local cup competitions will generate a lot of cash, as compared to the lucrative CL. teams like villa gave up their chase of UEFA cup to concentrate on the chase for 4 position like last season. even united gave up on the fa cup last season semi finals against everton by fielding a reserve and youth side.
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with United, Liverpool and now Arsenal out of the FA cup, so only left for City and Chelsea to battle it out in the FA cup.
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with United, Liverpool and now Arsenal out of the FA cup, so only left for City and Chelsea to battle it out in the FA cup.
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when was the last time blues won FA cup?
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1976. were you born yet?