| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. 18:04 - Apr 25 with 1195 views | TheBoyBlue |
Huge swathes of empty seats, Man City fans perhaps understandably apathetic about another trip there. Surely this game would be much better played at a packed out Villa Park or somewhere like that? I know it's all about money, but surely they can see the harm it's doing to the 'brand'? |  |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 18:05 - Apr 25 with 1175 views | pointofblue |
They don't care about the brand though. It's all about the money. | |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 18:13 - Apr 25 with 1126 views | Radlett_blue |
Chelsea have also struggled to get rid of their tickets for tomorrow so it's not just down to location, although I don't think the semi finals should be at Wembley. |  |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 18:48 - Apr 25 with 1002 views | TheBoyBlue |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 18:13 - Apr 25 by Radlett_blue |
Chelsea have also struggled to get rid of their tickets for tomorrow so it's not just down to location, although I don't think the semi finals should be at Wembley. |
Yep, you're absolutely right about location, especially as many Man City fans won't live anywhere near Manchester. There's just too many seats to fill for a fan base who have been there dozen of times in recent years and presumably see nothing special about going again. | |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 19:32 - Apr 25 with 948 views | carlo88 |
FA ties should be handicapped, might end the ridiculous scenario of Man City reaching four consecutive finals |  | | |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 19:43 - Apr 25 with 925 views | Rimsy |
Should never have happened in the first place. Trip to Wembley should be the prize for making the final. |  |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 19:43 - Apr 25 with 925 views | Mark |
It is so wrong to hold semi finals at Wembley, diminishing the FA Cup and the stadium itself. It should be for finals only to keep it special. |  | | |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 20:48 - Apr 25 with 834 views | Swansea_Blue |
I can see why they did it to help recoup the building costs, but it’s not good for the fans to continue using in for much longer. But then they don’t give a sh** about the fans. |  |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 20:52 - Apr 25 with 818 views | The_Major |
Yep, I always say the neutral ground could be somewhere roughly equidistant for the two teams.
Which would probably be fine for today as Villa Park would be an obvious contender.
Mind you, in that case that makes us playing West Ham in 75 at Chelmsford. |  | | |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 20:59 - Apr 25 with 808 views | redrickstuhaart |
It should never have become a thing, but they have to pay for Wembley apparently... | |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 22:23 - Apr 25 with 708 views | Radlett_blue |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 20:48 - Apr 25 by Swansea_Blue |
I can see why they did it to help recoup the building costs, but it’s not good for the fans to continue using in for much longer. But then they don’t give a sh** about the fans. |
the debt associated with Wembley was paid off by the FA 3 years ago so that is no longer a valid excuse. There latest excuse will be that they've sold another tranche of Club Wembley seats on the basis that the buyers will get 2 FA Cup semi finals every year. Then they will go on about the difficulty about getting neutral venues at short notice. all nonsense - it's down to the senseless greed of the FA. | |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 22:49 - Apr 25 with 656 views | iamatractorboy |
If NASA discovered 100,000 amoeba on Mars with a spare 100 quid each that liked football the FA would probably hold the semis there. | | | |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 23:55 - Apr 25 with 601 views | hoppy |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 22:49 - Apr 25 by iamatractorboy |
If NASA discovered 100,000 amoeba on Mars with a spare 100 quid each that liked football the FA would probably hold the semis there. |
No atmosphere though… |  |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 03:03 - Apr 26 with 546 views | Minneapolis_ITFC |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 19:43 - Apr 25 by Rimsy |
Should never have happened in the first place. Trip to Wembley should be the prize for making the final. |
Spurs and Arsenal are the reason the damn thing were ever moved to the national stadium in London. Back in the early 90's, something can still clearly recall, they faced off at the semi-final stage and no-one knew where to play the game for a neutral venue such were the size of the club names involved. They said at the time it were to be a unique one-off experience, not to be repeated, but the English FA continued on with it on and off for the time since.
Just devalues the competition or tarnishes the image but that's been done far and wide without need of venue since we won in '78. Wembley London stadium should be for Final showpiece events only, at least in regard to soccer, but as people have attested to already it's more about financial gain and commercial aspects over tradition and the true integrity of competition. Same goes with once they added sponsorship to the trophy itself. |  | | |
| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 07:44 - Apr 26 with 372 views | Chrisd |
Completely ruins the competition for me. Wembley should be for the final only. This country has got some fantastic stadiums now, yet I can’t see this arrangement changing now, it generates too much money for the FA. | |
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| Surely time to reconsider holding FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley. on 07:59 - Apr 26 with 341 views | OldFart71 |
The only time Wembley should be used for semi's is if both teams are London based or very close to. In an age where money is tight and we are constantly being reminded that the country is trying to be net zero it makes no sense two teams from say the midlands and north travelling the length of the country.
It is purely a money making ploy on behalf of the Wembley coffers. | | | |
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