Football Focus

[malumbu]

Is this thread for football talk or some Fifa 13 prediction competition. I assume the former so why don't you lot start a new thread where you can act like 13 year olds (I time when I used to get the occasional pools win, and before my balls dropped).

So for anyone with serious interest in football, where has the romance and crowds gone from the FA Cup?

Only ten years ago 3rd round used to attract big crowds. I see that only 7500 QPR fans turned up yesterday, marginally better than Mansfield where ever they may be. Grounds that are only 60% empty must add to the lack of atmosphere.

Did the loss of the Cup winners Cup start the decline (a proper knockout tournament, playing amongst some of the best in Europe)?

Does this add to the case for binning that pointless League Cup?

What do we reckon wil be the scores in the replays?

[????]

Alternatively malumbu why don't you start your own thread away from us little kids, your very own place where you can take your ball away whenever it goes in a direction you don't like

[bon3yard]

Malumbu is Undisputedtruth innit.

[malumbu]

Oh dear have I ruffled some feathers? I had hoped for a quality response.

Anyway back to my original question, it appears that this afternoon has answered it. Get rid of the cheats and hand football back to the fans.

Sadly I can't find the excellent Viz paradody when Fulchester United featuring Billy the Fish play against a team with a cheating Maradona look alike (and I am sure this would to be too un-PC for you sensitive lot)

[Jah Lush]

Raised a good point about empty grounds though. I was quite shocked watching the highlights on what has to be said piss poor coverage on ITV. Treble dip recession I suppose.

[StraferJack]

There is merit in having the weekly predictions in a separate thread. In the past they never quite caught fire but they seem well popular now. If I wasn't so lazy I'd want to take part

It's not as if the standard of dialogue in here is so amazing it shouldn't be interrupted but to these eyes the two things (football chat & spreadsheet talk) would be better served in separate threads

[Atticus]

No harm in a homogenous existence here, Quite like perusing the predictions.

[Jah Lush]

I like 'em just where they are thanks.

[Otta]

Bloke raises a good point, but does so like an aggressive arrogant cunt to the people he's trying to discuss stuff with. Twat.

[Huguenot]

Yes Otta - I can't work out why malumbu wants to have a conversation with people he thinks are acting like 13 year olds, nor why he thinks football should be handed back to the fans if they do such terrible things like play score predictions.

[Otta]

malumbu Wrote:

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> Is this thread for football talk or some Fifa 13

> prediction competition. I assume the former so

> why don't you lot start a new thread where you can

> act like 13 year olds (I time when I used to get

> the occasional pools win, and before my balls

> dropped).

>

>

> What do we reckon wil be the scores in the

> replays?

Is this irony?

[red devil]

FA Cup 3rd round scores...

LG - 3 Correct Results + 2 Correct Scores = 9 pts

EP - 5 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 8 pts

Mx - 4 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 7 pts

OT - 3 Correct Results + 1 Correct Score = 6 pts

AM - 5 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 5 pts

JL - 5 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 5 pts

RD - 5 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 5 pts

SC - 5 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 5 pts

MM - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

PD - 4 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 4 pts

?? - 3 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 3 pts

RC - 3 Correct Results + 0 Correct Scores = 3 pts

On current standings MM, PD, ?? and RC would be knocked-out at QF stage...

[Mick Mac]

I have to confess to copying Quids selections. I changed 2 results but I should have changed the whole bloody lot!

[red devil]

Last week I noticed someone else adopting that strategy, but only changing one score...which they got wrong :)

[malumbu]

Infamy infamy they've all got it in for me

Now that is amusing

[maxxi]

A real cup competition in that the bottom three in the EDF predictor league are the current top three in the cup prediction stakes -

- obviously (and a prime example of how little respect the poor old FA Cup gets these days) the big names in the EDFPL were resting their best guesses for the resumption of Premiership games.

Poor results may see a change of tactics for the 4th round. B)

[Rhinestone Cowboy]

errrr

concentrating on the league squire.

[red devil]

I'm looking forward to the 'head to head' stage, could get personal... :)

[El Pibe]

classically west hamesqe, early promise in the cup run whilst being shit in the league.

Except in the real world where we'll bomb out of that too in the replay.....frickin van frickin percy.

[El Pibe]

and proof positive that malumbu isn't UDT, as UDT had no idea what I was talking about when I used that Kenneth Williams quote!

[red devil]

Double bluffing?..we could have our first sleeper troll

[Parkdrive]

Let's all laugh at Chavski, let's all laugh at Chavski, la la la la, la la la la. 2 - 2 at their place doesn't seem so bad after all.

[malumbu]

Who is UDT prey tell?

[maxxi]

Don't you mean 'Who is UDT, prey? Tell!'

[El Pibe]

someone who considers 4-0 a tight game if memeory serves.