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by **NANNY RED** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:59 pm

its a

nightmare

by **NANNY RED** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:50 pm

MANCS V BITTERS
cHAVS V GOONERS / HULL

by **bigmick** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:28 pm

It's funny how even though the big clubs rarely play their strongest teams in it, they absolutely dominate the FA Cup these days. There's an inevitability about it which is hard to fathom, and my own personal opinion is it's down to attitude in terms of the opposition. I mean, did anybody seriously believe that Coventry had any chance at all against Chelsea, or Fulham against the Mancs? I remember teams like Bournemouth beating the Mancs in years gone by, and I wonder if the change really is because the big clubs are so much stronger, or whether it's just a lack of fight and belief in their opponents.

In years gone by, Coventry would have watered the pitch for three days before Chelsea arrived, you'd have needed to strap a paddle to your erse to avoid disappearing down holes in the goal mouth. Football focus would have done a feature on Ted Baxter, lifelong fan, season ticket holder and the last remaining custodian of the famous Coventry Chicken and bacon Pie recipe. There'd have been some grainy footage of the 1949 game where they overcame Wolves at this very stage, Ronnie Radford would have smashed in his goal against Newcastle for Hereford before revealing the fact his shirt had shrunk in the rain, and everyone would have believed.

These days fans go to cup games to "catch a glimpse" of stars rather than to see an upset it seems to me. I remember when I was a kid goign to watch Scarborough from the Northern Premier League beat Preston 2-0 at Home in the Cup. The pitch was like a quagmire (with steam coming off it) and Scarboroughs game plan was to kick seven shades of sh!t out of their league opponents. Subtle it wasn't but effective it was. The Cups lost something in recent years.

It seems the big four clubs can just waltz into the semi finals without breaking sweat these days.

by **Madmax** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:42 pm

would have been cool if we had beaten everton would have faced mannure now.. Anyways want bitters to beat mannure in the semis

by **bigmick** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:10 am

Anybody beating Man Utd in anything would be a touch at the moment. Feck me if they do that five timer thing we will never, ever, hear the last of it. I'm 42 now and I guess just past half way fingers crossed, and I fully expect to be still hearing about that until mthe day I fecking die. That World Club Cup thing is b0ll0cks anyhow, as is the Carling Cup. Someones gotta stop em in the FA Cup though (even if it is everton) and hoepfully if they get past Inter, we can stop em in the Champions League please God.

by **Dundalk** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:36 am

To win the lot is going to be very hard for them. In the FA Cup they will have to get past a tough to beat Everton side and then either Chelsea or Arsenal and in the CL they still have Inter to get out of the way and possibly Barcelona and of course a little club called Liverpool.

How sweet would it be if having already won everything in front of them they had to beat us in Rome to win the lot and Nando put it to bed with a brace

Please God

by **Madmax** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 4:33 am

thats would be feckin sweet like heaven

by **Greavesie** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:31 am

as good as it sounds I'd rather we put the final nail in them winnin fack all :angry:

by **Madmax** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:17 pm

Would be interesting if mannure and arsenal go through today.. Top four again the the quatres! If that does happen then high posibilty of them pairing

by **Dundalk** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:50 pm

That didnt take long did it

by **tubby** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:51 pm

Can someone turn on 5live and see if they get the mancs game? It was on and then switched to some message saying due to rights restrictions this programme cannot be delivered ect....They are leading anyway its game over.

by **NANNY RED** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:51 pm

mANCS 1-0 UP:(

by **Kash_Mountain** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:52 pm

Dundalk wrote:That didnt take long did it

my sentiments exactly.

by **GYBS** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:52 pm

1 nil up already

- think the mancs may gave them a stuffing if they have scored that early

by **Kash_Mountain** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:53 pm

3-1 to Inter final result

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