Bit of rotation but still expecting a side good enough to beat these

2-1 

 

On 10/01/2023 at 22:37, captainmed said:

Final is the Sunday at the start of the Easter school holidays.

Just had a quick look & lets just say that hotels in London are rather expensive.

no trains coming up yet 

was looking at staying in Watford 

2 hours ago, little whitt said:

no trains coming up yet 

was looking at staying in Watford 

We may do the same….

2 hours ago, little whitt said:

no trains coming up yet 

was looking at staying in Watford 

No trans coming up for next week let alone April 

3 hours ago, little whitt said:

no trains coming up yet 

was looking at staying in Watford 

I've booked the Premier Inn next to Wembley and can cancel if we don't make it.

I'll look at trains and hotels if we get there. Not doing a thing about it this side of the draw

4 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

I'll look at trains and hotels if we get there. Not doing a thing about it this side of the semi

 

Wonder if clubs will let teams know the draw half hour before big league games on Saturday?

1 hour ago, green genie said:

Wonder if clubs will let teams know the draw half hour before big league games on Saturday?

It’s not until 2.45 I don’t think so I’d have thought they’ll steer well clear 

Typical trample over lower league teams and have draw being done just as teams are coming out

To be honest, I don’t think the draw will have any impact on Saturday.

Yes I’m sure we all want to get to Wembley but it’s only the pizza cup. It won’t devastate me getting beat like losing at Brum in the quarters of the FA Cup would have done

40 minutes ago, Biggish Dave said:

To be honest, I don’t think the draw will have any impact on Saturday.

Yes I’m sure we all want to get to Wembley but it’s only the pizza cup. It won’t devastate me getting beat like losing at Brum in the quarters of the FA Cup would have done

Id love us to get there for my boys.

...but could really do without the time off work and expense

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Id love us to get there for my boys.

...but could really do without the time off work and expense

That’s the issue expense

and a chance back month after 

1 hour ago, radcliffe white said:

That’s the issue expense

and a chance back month after 

This is the conundrum. I'd love to be able to take Junior for a first visit to Wembley, but I'd prefer it to be in the play-offs.

I believe that all cup finals should take place in May after the season ends.

29 minutes ago, Traf said:

This is the conundrum. I'd love to be able to take Junior for a first visit to Wembley, but I'd prefer it to be in the play-offs.

I believe that all cup finals should take place in May after the season ends.

Good point that.

Hills had us at 16/1 after the DMB game so I figured it was worth an investment. Get to the final and lose and it’ll pay out enough to have paid for my match ticket. Win the thing and it should cover the whole trip (or at least gives me enough to set aside for a potential play off final)

7 hours ago, Traf said:

I believe that all cup finals should take place in May after the season ends.

I believe Wembley should be for proper finals only. Not that anyone's going to listen, but I hate the lowering of access.

Plenty of premier league grounds could be used for this cup 

6 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Plenty of premier league grounds could be used for this cup 

That really would kill it off.

No issue at all with this (or the FA Trophy/FA Vase Finals) being played at Wembley as has always been the case.

Conference play-off finals and particularly FA Cup Semi Finals can get in the bin though.

10 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

Plenty of premier league grounds could be used for this cup 

Isn't part of the point of the tournament to give teams a chance to play at Wembley when otherwise they might not 

It would be more of an insult being told you're playing at Molyneux

6 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

That really would kill it off.

No issue at all with this (or the FA Trophy/FA Vase Finals) being played at Wembley as has always been the case.

Conference play-off finals and particularly FA Cup Semi Finals can get in the bin though.

IIRC the Fa cup semis at Wembley started when Arsenal and Spurs were drawn against one another 

Usually it would have probably meant a trip to Villa Park but they argued with Wembley on their doorstep and the size of the ground made sense to play it there 

Both Sheffield clubs were in the other semi final and complained it wasn't fair as either Spurs or Arsenal would have had the advantage of playing at Wembley before the final, so they moved their game there as well

The FA saw the pound signs and the rest is history 

1 hour ago, DirtySanchez said:

IIRC the Fa cup semis at Wembley started when Arsenal and Spurs were drawn against one another 

Usually it would have probably meant a trip to Villa Park but they argued with Wembley on their doorstep and the size of the ground made sense to play it there 

Both Sheffield clubs were in the other semi final and complained it wasn't fair as either Spurs or Arsenal would have had the advantage of playing at Wembley before the final, so they moved their game there as well

The FA saw the pound signs and the rest is history 

It was all a bit inconsistent around that time really. Think DMBs v Oldham was at Wembley but the replay at Maine Road. From 95ish it was back to the club grounds - Everton v Spurs at Leeds springs to mind along with obviously a good few at Villa - until the final year at the old Wembley which did of course give us one final visit.

Since the new one has been built then obviously it’s been a case of whoring themselves out for as many games as possible. 

On 12/01/2023 at 10:49, radcliffe white said:

No trans coming up for next week let alone April 

Plenty available in Scotland now.

Running London Landmarks Half Marathon on 02/04 so already down in the big smoke anyway. Going to be one busy day so better get around sharpish if we get there. I thought I had made the biggest mistake ever as going to Rome 16/03-20/03. Sure I checked a month or so back and the final was supposed to be 19/03 so would have missed it so chuffed to bits it is 02/04 so can go if we get there. Does anyone know when the date changed and why ?

1 hour ago, kevsta69 said:

Running London Landmarks Half Marathon on 02/04 so already down in the big smoke anyway. Going to be one busy day so better get around sharpish if we get there. I thought I had made the biggest mistake ever as going to Rome 16/03-20/03. Sure I checked a month or so back and the final was supposed to be 19/03 so would have missed it so chuffed to bits it is 02/04 so can go if we get there. Does anyone know when the date changed and why ?

I changed the date so you could go👍