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Tamworth - FA cup
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I’ll probably get some stick for sympathetic views towards our neighbours and rivals.
But FA cup replays being scrapped is a disgrace.
They are 4 minutes away from getting a deserved replay at Spurs, but instead (if it stays 0-0) will have to play extra time instead of having a trip to Spurs ground.
Big club favouritism coming to the fore.
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Football is Transient
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On 22 Feb 2022 I attended a level 7 game that was abandoned due to crowd trouble.
One team looked odds on for promoted to level 6 whilst the other held (unrealistic) hopes of the same.
Less than 2 years later.
1 club is at level 5 and keeping a level 1 club to a draw in a competitive fixture at the same venue. The other is at level 10 with out a ground.
as for replays. I would like to see more changes that would help interest (not everyone would agree).
1 - Seeding, so the top clubs are always away.
2 - Penalties after 90 mins.
Rational
1 - People want upsets; surely more chance with bigger clubs playing away.
2 - Would smaller clubs like the prize money and the chance of another big pay out?
Remember - there is a 50/50 chance of being away, but or about 30% being away at a top flight club (less that against a glamour club)
I am probably in the minority.
>>>> Former Nuneaton Boro fan <<<<
Edited by VS Boro at 17:02:36 on 12th January 2025
Edited by VS Boro at 17:05:23 on 12th January 2025
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Re: Football is Transient
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If the Premier teams don’t want replays then a rule stating that they field at least 8 players in the team who played in their last Premiership game should be made rather than them sending out a weakened side against a team from a lower division. To stop them claiming they couldn’t do this due to injuries picked up in the last Premiership game, then those injured are unable to play in their next Premiership game.
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How do you do that if players pick up an injury in the previous game or pick up a suspension ?
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Be rare for a team to not play at least 13 players in the previous game. Doubt out of that 5 would get injured or suspended. And the idea of injured players not playing in their last Premiership next league game after the cup game would stop teams claiming players are injured. Alternatively if no replays then straight to penalties to counter the fitness of the Premier players.
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Given size and strength of premier clubs it’s arguable what would be a wakened team.
I don’t believe and premier club lost to a lower league club this weekend (spurs probably the closest). The managers did what they are paid to do.
City didn’t do bad against a team going well in league 2 with Haaland, de brune, foden and De silver on the bench and walker/stones not in the squad.
Also easy for Liverpool and Chelsea of the big clubs.
Would Tamworth have minded if they had beaten a weak spurs (and it was a pretty strong line up) or lost easily to a stronger spurs side.
Like it or not - this is football now.
>>>> Former Nuneaton Boro fan <<<<
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Spurs picked a very strong side to be fair.
New keeper.
Porro- first choice right back
Reguillon- left back whilst Udogie is injured
Gray- centre back whilst Van der Ven is injured
Dragusin- centre back whilst Romero is injured
Maddison- regular
Sarr - regular
Bissouma- regular
Johnson- their top scorer this season
Moore - young kid
Werner- champions league winning goal scorer, Germany international
Solanke, Kulusevski, Son all coming on.
Postecoglu and Maddison both very respectful of Tamworth players and ground and the competition etc
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Re: Football is Transient
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New keeper.
Porro - over rated
Reguillon- crap
Gray- out of position
Dragusin- crap
Maddison- over rated
Sarr - having a bad season
Bissouma- crap
Johnson- crap and over rated
Moore - young kid
Werner - awful / dire
Solanke, Kulusevski, Son all coming on - jury still out / best player / past it 3 years ago
Fixed it for you 😂
Retired Boro fan
Tottenham and Austin FC sufferer
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Re: Football is Transient
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These wholesale changes to the FA Cup have been designed to accommodate the half dozen Premier League sides that qualify for the UEFA Competitions. Besides that being done,those clubs still fail to put out their strongest sides and treat the FA with contempt. I would like to see qualification for the EUFA at the expense of FA Cup participation and the rest of us can revert back to how things were.
As one door closes,another one opens.
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Re: Tamworth - FA cup
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Very true.
But on the flip side, if the rules were that way in 2006, another 30 minutes at Manor Park could well have led to the "game of all games" away at Coventry City.
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True.
But on the flip side of that, another 30 minutes at Manor Park with our players dead on their feet could have seen us lose heavily in extra time and never get the game at The Riverside…
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Re: Tamworth - FA cup
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That's football for you.
But on balance, given the choice at that moment, I would have taken extra time over a replay..
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Re: Tamworth - FA cup
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Each to their own.
Trip to an elite stadium to see your team play a deserved replay all day long for me.
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Manor Park over the Riverside for me.
And I don’t begrudge Tamworth anything. I’m old enough to remember when we didn’t regard them as rivals at all. West Midlands League and FA Vase etc.
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Re: Tamworth - FA cup
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Tbf, the nights at Tiverton and Histon were both better than the night at The Riverside.
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I wasn’t at Tiverton but certainly enjoyed Histon and the equivalent game at Stevenage a few years before!
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Re: Tamworth - FA cup
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Tiverton was good. Journey back from Stevenage was good.(Coloured by their fans' swagger beforehand/during most of game and a visit to a Spurs pub afterwards). Truro was epic. (BoroPig?) Barrow-memorable. (Late win? ATWFN?)
But I also loved Stoke, Swansea and The Riverside. Went to both Bournemouths but sadder,sobering memories.
I think one of the away grounds I liked most was Gresley. (Probably get stick for that?).
As for Tamworth: like the Town. LOVE the pubs. Meh about the Club. Been chased, threatened, sworn at and insulted in or around The Lamb. A few times. Inevitably such memories colour one's viewpoint.
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I love Gresley's ground too.
It was great going back there pre-season
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As a treasurer, you should be wanting the replay! ;)
https://x.com/KieranMaguire/status/1878451938754241023
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As expected
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Spurs score in extra time
Tamworth should be looking forward to a replay. Disgraceful
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