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FA CUP 3rd Round

Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:21 pm

Intriguing this conundrum, Sheffield utd going all out for the premier league, City fighting for their championship lives. UTD will almost definitely play a weakened team, do City follow suit or go for it with the strongest team possible to boost confidence and appease the fans. Be interesting to see ! Obviously Coventry to take care of first. :bluebird: :ayatollah: :bluebird:

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Mon Dec 30, 2024 1:35 pm

Two more games until we have to worry about that.

But I expect we'll play a weakened team, can't risk more injuries.

Stupid kick off day/time doesn't help.

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Mon Dec 30, 2024 2:48 pm

Can’t risk any injuries before the jacks. Play the reserves

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:07 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Two more games until we have to worry about that.

But I expect we'll play a weakened team, can't risk more injuries.

Stupid kick off day/time doesn't help.

Interesting, you can obviously get injured in any game, even training. Opinions differ, I am all for go for it personally try and get dome excitement in what is our 125th year :bluescarf: :old: also you never know a great run could generate some funds that might be spent on actual players rather than loans etc :laughing5:

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:09 pm

lordllanbradach@icloud.com wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Two more games until we have to worry about that.

But I expect we'll play a weakened team, can't risk more injuries.

Stupid kick off day/time doesn't help.

Interesting, you can obviously get injured in any game, even training. Opinions differ, I am all for go for it personally try and get dome excitement in what is our 125th year :bluescarf: :old: also you never know a great run could generate some funds that might be spent on actual players rather than loans etc :laughing5:


If we were safe in mid table, I'd agree.

But if you're threatened with relegation or fighting for promotion, then the league has to take priority.

If we go down, not many people will celebrate the fact that we got to the fifth round of the FA Cup or something.

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Tue Dec 31, 2024 1:56 pm

Play youngsters they done alright v Southampton even though it was 5...3

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Thu Jan 02, 2025 2:52 pm

We should play a strong team and try and get a win and give us fans something to look forward to if we got a home draw or a big club away it just could spark a revival and get points in the league to keep us up

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Thu Jan 02, 2025 4:31 pm

cardiff 74 wrote:We should play a strong team and try and get a win and give us fans something to look forward to if we got a home draw or a big club away it just could spark a revival and get points in the league to keep us up

There will be many differing opinions, however I agree, go for it :bluescarf: success breeds success :bluebird:

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Thu Jan 02, 2025 5:25 pm

The club should have special medals struck for the brave souls who travel to Sheffield to watch our youngsters play their reserves on a Thursday night in the middle of winter with the game on the telly.

Fair play to them - I salute you all!

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Thu Jan 02, 2025 6:06 pm

This isn’t the year for a cup run, with so many injuries and a relegation fight on our hands.

Play the U21s.

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:03 am

Roath_Blue wrote:This isn’t the year for a cup run, with so many injuries and a relegation fight on our hands.

Play the U21s.


Agree.

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Sun Jan 05, 2025 12:19 pm

Even if we had a decent cup run we would only generate funds from the 3rd and 4th round, which isn't going to be much to spend by the end of January, so I say play most of the U21's and maybe a few who have come back from injury or who have been regularly warming the bench

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:27 pm

lordllanbradach@icloud.com wrote:
cardiff 74 wrote:We should play a strong team and try and get a win and give us fans something to look forward to if we got a home draw or a big club away it just could spark a revival and get points in the league to keep us up

There will be many differing opinions, however I agree, go for it :bluescarf: success breeds success :bluebird:

If we drew one of the big clubs everybody would want tickets to go would you the fans on here still want to play the under21s

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Tue Jan 07, 2025 5:28 pm

cardiff 74 wrote:
lordllanbradach@icloud.com wrote:
cardiff 74 wrote:We should play a strong team and try and get a win and give us fans something to look forward to if we got a home draw or a big club away it just could spark a revival and get points in the league to keep us up

There will be many differing opinions, however I agree, go for it :bluescarf: success breeds success :bluebird:

If we drew one of the big clubs everybody would want tickets to go would you the fans on here still want to play the under21s


Yes I would.

We wouldn't win it anyway but I would rather avoid relegation than win the FA Cup.

Re: FA CUP 3rd Round

Fri Jan 10, 2025 10:57 am

lordllanbradach@icloud.com wrote:Intriguing this conundrum, Sheffield utd going all out for the premier league, City fighting for their championship lives. UTD will almost definitely play a weakened team, do City follow suit or go for it with the strongest team possible to boost confidence and appease the fans. Be interesting to see ! Obviously Coventry to take care of first. :bluebird: :ayatollah: :bluebird:

Great win, had a nice bet on city last night. Looking forward to the draw for 4th round :bluebird: