I quite agree with this. Plymouth were extremely lucky to get nil on Saturday, and by all accounts their best player was their goalkeeper. That absolutely doesn't justify the chanting directed at him. Give him the same respect as any other manager.
Not quite PL but Leeds United v Harrogate Town should also be included here, the proximity of the clubs adding a little extra spice.
It might add spice for the media and the Harrogate fans but I doubt Leeds fans see it as anything more than a minor inconvenience.
Secure in the knowledge that they won't be in the fourth round onwards.
Last season, they were matched with Liverpool in the semi-final and Manchester City in the final. Strange results occur in the FA Cup.Secure in the knowledge that they won't be in the fourth round onwards.
Are you saying the club are forcing the TV schedulers to do this?
Commercial TV companies receive advertising revenue in order to exist, so the word "unduly" does not apply. If these companies took a stand against their advertisers, how do you feel the outcome may look?
They are commercial companies and advertising is critical revenue. What do you expect them to do other than maximise revenue?
They might get more viewers! There is no romance of the FA cup in Manchester United. It is unduly dull to televise them yet again. Unduly dull.
Do you really think such a noble ambition would be taken by the commercial T V companies that could have a sizeable financial drop in advertising revenue that most certainly would happen. They are not charitable institutions with altruistic motives.
no - but my view is they could get just as good an audience share by showing a much more romantic tie.
I take your point, but the views of football fans do not fare well financially when compared to the annual financial turnover of TV commercial companies....or football clubs for that matter.
Fully comfortable with the commercial side - I just think that it is lazy/easy to pick Manchester Untied. Are they still as big a draw? I am not so sure
Do the FA have any control over what matches are shown on TV, for if so, noting the point that was raised, the FA have to share in the responsibility.
I know of an old lady, now in her 90s, who would be absolutely delighted with such a TV scheduling....
I was a fan of Ian Rush as a kid. And whenever I hear the words "Accrington Stanley" I always think "Who are they?".
Has the matter in discussion on this thread ever been actually a matter of discussion with the FA, as what seems a good idea to supporters of football clubs, has no bearing whatsoever on the decision-making of the FA.
Well said. In that case, would the matter of supporters deciding to totally ignore any FA cup matches have any real bearing, when considering the actual gate receipts against the advertising revenue generated on each match that was televised.
Since there are two teams playing in each of those matches, how many of the other teams have been involved in those 98 matches?
Yes, because there’s far more people wanting them to lose than win (some are really easy to find as they use terms like Man Ure and support nonentity clubs with no rivalry to them).
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