hedgerow Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Well done Barnet, Oldham and Newport County. Hope they get a good pay day in the 4th Round TheolderIgetthebetterIwas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Yup, Spurs would be happy with anyone of those 3 in the next round. Tom Blewett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 The FA Cup is now rubbish!! Devalued by the greed of the FA by allowing fixtures to be timed accordingly for the TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, St Darren said: The FA Cup is now rubbish!! Devalued by the greed of the FA by allowing fixtures to be timed accordingly for the TV! All sport is now controlled by the ££££££££ they put in. Tom Blewett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 56 minutes ago, Keith B said: The Big Guns didn't help Liverpool last night though ! Beaten by a very under rated team imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerninja Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I'm fuming with teams that don't take the cup seriously. Leicester, for example, have nothing to play for really, they won't make the top 6 and they won't get relegated, yet they still don't make the cup a priority. I love a good cup final day out, and for me, the FA Cup is still a massive competition. If the FA want to improve its prestige, they should make the winners qualify for the Champions League rather than the team that finishes 4th TheolderIgetthebetterIwas and Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 On 08/01/2019 at 07:35, Keith B said: The Big Guns didn't help Liverpool last night though ! Liverpool had no interest in this game. On 07/01/2019 at 11:45, St Darren said: The FA Cup is now rubbish!! Devalued by the greed of the FA by allowing fixtures to be timed accordingly for the TV! Have to agree. Of all the games in the 4th Round 8 of them are in the BBC & BT Sport On 07/01/2019 at 11:45, St Darren said: The FA Cup is now rubbish!! Devalued by the greed of the FA by allowing fixtures to be timed accordingly for the TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerninja Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 On 11/01/2019 at 21:13, hedgerow said: Liverpool had no interest in this game Why not? The biggest cup competition in the country and Liverpool think they're bigger than anyone else and don't show any interest? Pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenman Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 I think many people do a disservice to Wolves by saying that this was a shock defeat .Klopp gave a few players the opportunity prove themselves against a very good footballing opposition . . Unfortunately , for whatever reason , some of the players , including regular first teamers didn't play well . Wolves gave the opportunity to Ruddy and Dedonker to put themselves in the frame but they both seized their opportunity . Klopps strategy was common sense in a way , Liverpool are fighting , or were , on 3 fronts Europe , F.A. cup and league .It is extremely unlikely that all of his normal first team will be fit or suspension free for all the games , so some of the players who played in his " weak " F.A. cup team will have to step up to the crease ( how I hate the American version , the plate baseball is a minority sport over here ) probably in an important league game . At least he now knows that some of them lack a bit of desire for a big game so from his point of view although they lost the game he learnt a valuable lesson . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Wolves are a decent team, underestimated by many. gingerninja 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted January 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Let's see tonight when Wolves play Man City. I predicted Liverpool would lose to Wolves when the drawn was made. I reckon they will take a point tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Wolves not to lose odds are 4-1. How much have you got on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 13 hours ago, gingerninja said: Why not? The biggest cup competition in the country and Liverpool think they're bigger than anyone else and don't show any interest? Pathetic Haha. How on earth have you got Liverpool think they’re bigger than anyone else out of that. Were Liverpool the only side to play a weakened team?? The fa cup could be improved by changing the scheduling. The game comes straight after a busy period of fixtures, Liverpool are top of the League and still in the European Cup. The FA Cup is least of the priorities. Woukd have been nice to have won but no major worries about not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted January 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 And it's not as though they lost to a lower division team, unlike Leicester, Fulham etc. Liverpool have no worries about replays etc. They can now concentrate on the CL and hopefully winning the league. But I am quite confident if there was a CL spot for he winner, then that would be a different ball game, excuse the pun 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerninja Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 11 hours ago, St Darren said: Haha. How on earth have you got Liverpool think they’re bigger than anyone else out of that. Were Liverpool the only side to play a weakened team?? The fa cup could be improved by changing the scheduling. The game comes straight after a busy period of fixtures, Liverpool are top of the League and still in the European Cup. The FA Cup is least of the priorities. Woukd have been nice to have won but no major worries about not When the season ends, and Liverpool end up with nothing then you'll be sorry. Still the biggest and dry cup competition around. Why should they change the FA Cup schedule that has been the same for decades, because the Premier League want to ruin the whole schedule by putting as many games on TV as possible? Pathetic....again 11 hours ago, hedgerow said: And it's not as though they lost to a lower division team, unlike Leicester, Fulham etc. Liverpool have no worries about replays etc. They can now concentrate on the CL and hopefully winning the league. But I am quite confident if there was a CL spot for he winner, then that would be a different ball game, excuse the pun 😂 I've been saying for years the winner of the FA Cup should get a Champions League spot over the 4th placed team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Unfortunately live games has ruined the game. Cannot wait for the bubble to burst and then clubs will be begging for supporters to come back as the have no TV money. But then they may have to put ticket price up to cover the shortfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm just waiting for the TV companies to start pushing for shorter games and smaller teams and multi team events at one venue and no draws allowed. Then it will be ruined, just like cricket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheolderIgetthebetterIwas Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 51 minutes ago, baldy said: I'm just waiting for the TV companies to start pushing for shorter games and smaller teams and multi team events at one venue and no draws allowed. Then it will be ruined, just like cricket! More likely to be extended like an American football game, 1 hour takes 4 hours to complete! Just wait until VAR gets started, the game will be reffed from a room somewhere in the stand. It'll be replayed on a big screen and we will all be referee's then. Better make our football 6 hours long in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerninja Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, hedgerow said: Unfortunately live games has ruined the game. Cannot wait for the bubble to burst and then clubs will be begging for supporters to come back as the have no TV money. But then they may have to put ticket price up to cover the shortfall. I hope not, already costs me £52 a ticket to watch my team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, gingerninja said: I hope not, already costs me £52 a ticket to watch my team £58 new stand at Anfield. The owners wanted £75 a ticket for all areas of the ground season before last. It won't be long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 In order for Liverpool to have a better chance of competing for the League and European Cup bring out of the FA Cup is a major advantage in my opinion. Spurs have 5/6 games left in January, Liverpool have 2/3. That’s a big difference for 2 clubs that don’t have the squad depth that Man City have. If Liverpool win the league then going out of the cup will have been a massive advantage. But like I said, I wouldn’t have minded winning it! The FA cup should never be a champs league spot. It’s up to the FA to sort it out in order to get the ‘cup fever’ back. Changing the schedule in my opinion would help that. As well as get rid of the Wembley semi finals!! 36 minutes ago, hedgerow said: £58 new stand at Anfield. The owners wanted £75 a ticket for all areas of the ground season before last. It won't be long Luckily Liverpool have very vocal fan groups to prevent things happening like that. And having Tony Barrett in place will only help that further. Away fans now pay a maximum of £30 I believe, that campaign was mainly led by Spirit of Shsnkly supporters group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgerow Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Yes Liverpool fans were very vocal, hence why the high price was not implemented. Fingers cross it may never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 Amazing that the hardest tickets to obtain (away at a Premiership ground) are sold at a cut price. Whatever happened to supply and demand pricing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 3 minutes ago, baldy said: Amazing that the hardest tickets to obtain (away at a Premiership ground) are sold at a cut price. Whatever happened to supply and demand pricing? It was initially set out as £20 is plenty because of travel costs, potential hotel costs for travelling support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 I’m sure the corporates and touts are eternally grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, baldy said: I’m sure the corporates and touts are eternally grateful. How do you stop touts though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, St Darren said: How do you stop touts though? You sell the tickets at a sufficiently high price that the only people who buy them are the ones who will use them, thereby eliminating the market. The complete opposite of what happens now. Not fair on the cash-strapped real fan, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Darren Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 7 hours ago, baldy said: You sell the tickets at a sufficiently high price that the only people who buy them are the ones who will use them, thereby eliminating the market. The complete opposite of what happens now. Not fair on the cash-strapped real fan, of course. Blimey!! Whats a high price though? The demand to watch the top clubs is so high that it won’t make a difference. You’ll always get persona willing to pay over a ton. But why should that hurt the ones that buy tickets for themselves? I can cope with touts outside the ground as as you get closer to kick off the prices go down. It’s the packages that are sold online that get me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, St Darren said: Blimey!! Whats a high price though? The demand to watch the top clubs is so high that it won’t make a difference. You’ll always get persona willing to pay over a ton. But why should that hurt the ones that buy tickets for themselves? I can cope with touts outside the ground as as you get closer to kick off the prices go down. It’s the packages that are sold online that get me It would hurt the real fans cos they would have to pay a higher price. Where do you think the touts get their tickets from? Corporates, S/T holders and "members" (many of whom are just there to buy tickets as/for touts). Imagine selling tickets for a PL game as a free for all. Seats start at £5000 and are reduced gradually until all sold. Do you think the touts would get their hands on any tickets then? The solutions are there but would not be popular for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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