Bowing to top club pressure

[Siderite]

The FA Cup loses more of its value in tradition and worth for lower league clubs, if they can hold a Premier League club to a replay in the 3rd round.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68844583

[Sanfran49]

Another sellout by the FA to appease the billionaires. Should have been left alone, if the divas don’t like the rules then resign from it.

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[Awaywego]

Could have at least adopted Stellings idea on a seeded 3rd round draw giving the lower teams a payday with an away draw. (Obviously with some exceptions)

[MK Iron]

The greedy bar stewards from the self proclaimed best league in the world put two fingers up once again to the rest of football.

Best in the world but not so good in Europe.

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Sanfran49

[Deereyme66]

It’s poor, really poor, but unsurprising. Demonstrating once again, they clearly don’t give a feck.

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Sanfran49

[TheJuryeffsOut]

I’ve seen statements from Grimsby Town, Tranmere Rovers, Chester City and Marc White the Dorking owner on tv strongly condemning this. Hopefully the rest of the clubs in the leagues come out and condemn this and with a strong enough backlash from fans maybe the decision to scrap replays can be changed.

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Sanfran49

[Deereyme66]

Hopefully one from SUFC. Seem to be good at getting decisions overturned.

[MK Iron]

The FA come out of this particularly badly. Sold out their member football clubs for a £33m bribe from the entitled few.

Cost of a back up midfielder.

[Sanfran49]

All clubs from championship downwards should withdraw from the FA Cup leaves them with 20 clubs !
As everything removed from the tradition it is now a shell so nothing lost.

The billionaires have now won and the Euro Super League will start.

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[TheJuryeffsOut]

I think you’re probably right about the billionaires and Super League. Wouldn’t surprise me if this is their new direction where instead of the big clubs leaving they piss everyone else off so they leave.
They are actually destroying themselves through greed, the whole financial fairplay and points deduction is a farce where nobody knows whose going to be on what points and when and even if next year there might be a different system.

[Deereyme66]

Exactly. And Man City’s case is being heard when???

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Just Iron

[Deereyme66]

‘Wouldn’t surprise me if this is their new direction where instead of the big clubs leaving they piss everyone else off so they leave.’

Sounds conspiratorial but not beyond the realms of possibility. If not a direction at least an understanding to make life difficult

[Deereyme66]

Hold the front page – the big boys have arrived…

https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2024/april/club-statement-fa-cup/

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TheJuryeffsOut

[64]

To paraphrase Brian Clough slightly ,”we’ve listened and we’ll contact you to tell you why you’re wrong”
<br />26 sided dice<br />

[Northumbiron]

lol! Was this written by a Tory minister?

We’re doing it for player welfare so here’s a few quid extra to stay schtum!

[Cliff Byrne’s Right Peg]

A statement released by the EFL countering claims they were not part of the decision making process.

With regards to their statement, if player welfare is high on the agenda then they’ll be placing on record their opposition to the expanded champions league schedule and pre-season tours of America and Asia.

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[64]

Will anyone have the guts to boycott?

[Sanfran49]

Could you imagine the Busby’s, Shankly’s, Cloughie and all the others sitting quiet and accepting this !

[Awaywego]

No 64. Individually it wont happen would have to be a national league decision there’s an Agm soon. The really small clubs start the Fa cup in August so would need the backing of everyone behind them to start the boycott and then rely on the Efl clubs supporting it going forward.
Fans did sort the breakaway euro league out but will it happen in this case I doubt it, it should do far more an important situation for so many more clubs

[Siderite]

If this was ever to get into motion, I am sure the principled managers and owners of Premier League clubs would be up in arms because of the strain of extra games on their overworked players:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/18/premier-league-39th-game-chelsea-arsenal-manchester-united-america

[Iron Age]

The thing is that Premiership clubs,or even Championship clubs, rarely put out strong sides until the later stages of the FA cup. What’s their gripe?

[Deereyme66]

Darren Fletcher (the broadcaster) gave a very good argument against scrapping replays on R5 last night. Kevin Nolan, now coaching West Ham, offered a pitiful whinging support of scrapping them, mainly based on massively overpaid Premiership players feeling the strain. Feeble argument particularly as you say IA, field a weaker starting 11, as they tend to do anyway. Pathetic greedy I’m alright jack tossers.

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TheJuryeffsOut

[TheJuryeffsOut]

Unfortunately the noises from the likes of Lineker, Shearer (not that I personally care what they say) etc are clearly in favour of the changes. All the premier league clubs voted for it. It needs the majority of premier league fans and probably a fair number from the championship to dissent against the changes as they are the ones with the large social media presence that could force a rethink like when the Super League was proposed.
The EFL and National League clubs can kick off all they like, and I hope they do boycott or whatever extreme it takes, but the FA know the efl clubs need the money and the FA hold the cards.

[Siderite]

Sheffield Utd came out against it, so it’s not all.

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TheJuryeffsOut

[TheJuryeffsOut]

Good. Maybe there is hope.

[Northumbiron]

Wonder what Pep would have said had he been manager of Truro?

‘It’s not acceptable’ – Guardiola hits out at schedule

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68866853

[ironfromafar]

Siderite wrote:

Sheffield Utd came out against it, so it’s not all.

Possibly cos being a yoyo club whose string has broken they may well be in L1 within the next few seasons.

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Deereyme66

[Iron-awe]

We live in a greedy selfish world and the Premier League is a perfect example, it reflects a lot of human nature in the modern era, are we surprised?, no, do we want it to change?, yes, will it?, no, it is what it is the rich and powerful DGAF**k about anything but themselves.

[Siderite]

National League are really making some howlers:

https://twitter.com/tomhwilliams23/status/1782454242386591950

[Apollo11]

What if the rules were changed so that Premier League teams competing in Europe during a particular season were excluded from that season’s FA Cup competition?

Clubs could lobby for this, surely?

Or are we, essentially, talking about a handful of Premier League clubs (the usual European competition suspects) being so greedy that they won’t let the revenue from a handful of FA Cup matches go, at the expense of everyone else.

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