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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Amsterdam Alty on April 18, 2024, 11:37:45 AM
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No more replays, all rounds on the weekends, final pushed in to the season rather then being the domestic curtain closer.
Who was in charge of these changes? Were they paid by the Premier League to ruin the competition for good?
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Decision taken between PL & FA.
No EFL or non-league input
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Another nail in football's coffin.
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Another nail in football's coffin.
Precisely what I said to my mate.
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Decision taken between PL & FA.
No EFL or non-league input
So in effect decision taken by PL.
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Realistically speaking, how many times in recent seasons have Premier League teams been burdened by a replay in the earlier stages of this competition?
Probably the best example from this season was Cray Valley Paper Mills - but that was Charlton's problem, not the Premier League's.
If they were that interested in the actual FA Cup itself and the integrity of the competition, surely they recognised the jeopardy associated with playing a weakened side?
On the plus side, it might send the odd underdog through on the night. Maybe.