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Post by Bally on Apr 20, 2024 9:48:42 GMT
Agree with the solidarity of clubs being important and would love the club to put out a post, but to cast aspersions about he club's motivation is ridiculous. I though the Burgess Hill post was excellent and we're behind the curve on this one but I trust it's because are a bit busy!
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Post by rebellious on Apr 20, 2024 10:07:37 GMT
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Post by dutchboy74 on Apr 20, 2024 10:20:26 GMT
You got your wish! Can we now concentrate on something we really can influence? Winning a match this afternoon.
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Post by findonrebel on Apr 20, 2024 10:29:13 GMT
Ultimately that's all the statement it needed, let's be honest right now the FA Cup isn't going to bring us a win today or generate revenue from a well attended last regular home game of the season!! I fully understand why the club want to maximise an opportunity on a relatively nice spring day, where as a lengthy statement purely repeating what 250 other teams have said isn't a priority right now.
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Post by Keithsson on Apr 20, 2024 11:54:32 GMT
Ultimately that's all the statement it needed, let's be honest right now the FA Cup isn't going to bring us a win today or generate revenue from a well attended last regular home game of the season!! I fully understand why the club want to maximise an opportunity on a relatively nice spring day, where as a lengthy statement purely repeating what 250 other teams have said isn't a priority right now. "Isn't a priority" though is precisely the attitude the EPL has towards the FA Cup... precisely the driver behind this decision and precisely why the EPL's 'lackies' have done what the EPL wants. There is no bigger 'priority' though than unity in the game, unity between the oppressed against their oppressor. It takes seconds to make a club statement and I'm glad our club has added its voice to the chorus of others ππ» Yes we have a big game on ourselves today... but it is only today. A big pay-day in the FA Cup can sustain a clubs for years. The denial of opportunity to take a big club to a replay is decision that detrimentally effects every club below the EPL for every season to come, forever.
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Post by pp on Apr 20, 2024 19:18:31 GMT
I think Worthing's priorities could have waited until tomorrow on this particular subject. Agreed the FA's priorities make a mockery of the competition, and agreed that Worthing could have sung and danced about this 48 hours ago, but today was the key thing... Generating a buzz to get bums on seats (or feet in ground) was the priority for the club, and I was delighted to see the sort of numbers we did.
Whatever our views, our (the club's) voice on this issue is 'softer' than clubs that got replays round 1 or operate at a higher level... I'm pleased with our clubs prioritisation for this... Days delay in our response do not move the air for the FA, but may have made a difference for the 2.5k attending today.
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Post by Keithsson on Apr 20, 2024 20:26:24 GMT
Discussed at half time in the City/Chelsea game.
Unsurprisingly neither the host nor the pundits made the case for lower league teams.
What particularly gripped my π© was serial 'establishment basher' and 'keyboard socialist' Gary Lineker sitting on his hands on the subject.
On any other subject he'd be the first to stick up for 'the little guy'. But criticising or questioning the hand that (indirectly) feeds him though?...
...π€
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Post by pauld on Apr 20, 2024 20:34:17 GMT
Unfortunately, when a club enters the FA competitions it agrees to abide by the rules (one of which is that the FA can change the rules at any time!). And the FA have cannily announced this change after the entry date for next season's competition, not that it would have made any difference. What are clubs going to do, boycott the competition? Even as an FA member we cannot influence decisions made by the FA's committees: the most we can do is decide who gets elected as our FA representative and hope that that person is on the respective committee and has some influence over its decisions. We can turn up at the AGM and complain, but we can only vote on FA procedural matters.
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Post by broadwaterred82 on Apr 20, 2024 21:32:23 GMT
This has left a very sour taste and emphasis everything that is wrong with football imo.
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Post by newtoworthing on Apr 20, 2024 21:39:14 GMT
Unfortunately, when a club enters the FA competitions it agrees to abide by the rules (one of which is that the FA can change the rules at any time!). And the FA have cannily announced this change after the entry date for next season's competition, not that it would have made any difference. What are clubs going to do, boycott the competition? Even as an FA member we cannot influence decisions made by the FA's committees: the most we can do is decide who gets elected as our FA representative and hope that that person is on the respective committee and has some influence over its decisions. We can turn up at the AGM and complain, but we can only vote on FA procedural matters. I take what you say, but at very least itβs embarrassing for the FA if every club registers their strong disapproval.
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Post by rebellious on Apr 21, 2024 10:10:02 GMT
Being a community club requires some awareness of your responsibilities to your immediate football community.
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Post by pauld on Apr 21, 2024 18:48:43 GMT
Of course, on the other hand, how many times has it been said that the underdogs only get one chance at a giant-killing? Although not a perfect example, because of the ineligible player fiasco, Horsham played excellently at Barnsley this season to get a draw but were outplayed in the replay; if the first match had gone to the lottery of penalties, who knows what would have happened.
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Post by Keithsson on Apr 21, 2024 19:04:38 GMT
Of course, on the other hand, how many times has it been said that the underdogs only get one chance at a giant-killing? Although not a perfect example, because of the ineligible player fiasco, Horsham played excellently at Barnsley this season to get a draw but were outplayed in the replay; if the first match had gone to the lottery of penalties, who knows what would have happened. From a sporting perspective, yes. But from a net gain perspective they would observe that the flip-side to that flip-side (must be a triangular coin π€π) is they gained a full house of gate receipts and the money from a live game they wouldn't have otherwise got.
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Post by broadwaterred82 on Apr 21, 2024 20:26:18 GMT
Now you got Pep moaning about to many fixtures that Man C have to play.
Yeah what ever mate you got it easy with all your players on over 100k a week.. My heart bleeds for you.... Not..
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Post by Kenty in Weardale on Apr 21, 2024 20:41:05 GMT
Now you got Pep moaning about to many fixtures that Man C have to play. Yeah what ever mate you got it easy with all your players on over 100k a week.. My heart bleeds for you.... Not.. And you just have to play those PSFs and mid season games 12 hours flight away as well don't you? Prem League muppets
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