no one cares about the FA Cup.

[@chrisgoblin4857]

Nahhh, I love the FA Cup. Feels like the only place you get David vs Goliath games. Makes it special to me. I'm a Toon fan and we've not done well in it since the 90s but I still wouldn't want it to go away.

[@GamingBlomp]

Just wanted to say hello from a Hereford fan 😂

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

@@GamingBlompI refuse to ever even set foot in Hereford because of that game and I wasn’t even born yet😂

[@GamingBlomp]

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 neither was I 🤣🤣 Most famous moment in our history by far. Goes both ways though I saw us lose to Newport Isle of Wight in the early 2000s 🤣

[@francisugboko]

I think the most clubs care about the FA cup but the Carabao cup is not care about in the least especially the big clubs

[@Vizeh]

It’s definitely took a massive decrease since 2000’s, attendance stats have only gone down

[@samelmudir]

Why does the caribou cup even exist?

[@Mark-uh3un]

League cup is a pointless cash grab

[@fredbloggs8072]

There was a time when the league was very bread-and-butter, and the FA Cup was glamorous by comparison. But the rise of the Premier League changed the dynamic. Prem footballers are multi-millionaire celebrates and, as a result, the league has far more appeal and the Cup's has diminished. I wouldn't say Man U pulling out of the FA Cup to go play in some meaningless (but lucrative) competition overseas killed the Cup, but IMHO it did have an effect on the way clubs and fans viewed it from then on. It's not really been the same since.

[@janoycresva919]

League Cup Stop using the sponsor names

[@Flared]

Maidstone United's run in last season's FA cup is the reason why the tournament is so special. I may be biased as they are a local side to me, but seeing them beating teams they really shouldn't was brilliant to watch.

[@RespecTheLevYT]

Yeah. Watching random EFL and non-league teams battle it out against teams from a bigger league and make deep runs is what makes watching FA cup replays so good. Guilty pleasure of mine too!

[@parker-ii7fg]

Lincoln's run in 2017 was great to watch too.

[@DynoKea]

Honestly gutted as a Wolves fan they got knocked out one round before facing us, particularly since their manager used to play for us in the Prem

[@kyriakos02]

Didn't expect this take but sure

[@seanfranklin8679]

Struggler?

[@Vizeh]

Respect

[@wiovelli]

If you ask someone what they think about the cup the answer will depend on what club they support if they are a smaller club that has won it like Pompey or Wigan they will say “It’s the best competition in the world” but if you ask a United or Liverpool fan who has seen multiple victories and it’s not as special they will say “It’s alright” it means a lot more to clubs and their fans who know that the cup is one of their only chances to be in the spotlight

[@FalseNi9e]

Exactly

[@Scotty2303]

Think scrapping replays was the final straw for a lot of people. Replays always gave smaller clubs a better chance to cause upsets, in some cases, replays saved smaller clubs. It was stories like that which were a big reason why it was quite special, but now they're scrapped those moments probably won't happen. Think that's been a big turn off, especially for fans of smaller teams.

[@luitom8801]

Ridiculous for replays in First and Second round w/o Premier League Clubs also scrapped…

[@Chambo1990]

not being funny but i think small clubs have better chance of an upset over one match the two and it's all well and good when you get a replay against a big club but do you really think sheff or Cardiff would have been happy with a replay.

[@jamespallister2031]

I was a big fan of replays until 2010 where when Carlisle were level against Everton and a Carlisle player hit the bar and there were quite a few going don’t score. Although I would like to see a‘giant killer’ bonus

[@elliotwilliams3726]

Can confirm every EFL club cares about the fa cup, but having certain games on tv like prem Vs prem or champ Vs champ is awful

[@Vizeh]

The attendance figures have only got worse and worse each year mate, factually people don’t turn up in the same way most times

[@elliotwilliams3726]

@Vizeh Well certain teams are protesting against owners, like my own Swindon Town, and we care so much about the fa cup but have boycotted like most fans have this year

[@MrMarmite5164]

@@Vizeh People can't afford FA cup tickets, life in England is very very grim for the vast majority of us! And there are far too many games every season, teams don't play their best sides, they favour the league and CL! The whole thing is ducked! The money junkies ruined everything!

[@masonsnakes4721]

nonsense. Sniff of top 6, or in danger of going down and they're rotating, and half the crowd doesn't go.

[@TheeSuperJazzer]

Not Every EFL team doesn't just look at the 2nd Round attendances...

[@AllOfFootbalPod]

I am at Cardiff and I was aware of the low attendance, but it was the Thursday night on the coldest night of the year and Cardiff and have to make a four hour drive but for the home and do not sell over 10,000 tickets when you leave that is truly atrocious

[@LiamK1998]

As a Newcastle fan I never cared about it mainly because most of my lifetime been under Mike Ashley and the aim was always to finish 17th anything above was a bonus to Mike Ashley

[@JulioJordio100]

41 year old here. Great memories of watching all the build up for hours on telly before the game. Final day was a whole day event, if you were a fan back then, you didn’t miss it, even if your team wasn’t in it.

[@Jackgritty28]

Don't get excited about the fa cup,if it's not entertaining⁉️

[@scottcrowder22]

I disagree. For people/players at non-league and even lower EFL league sides, this is a massive opportunity for revenue and to grow their club.

[@christophermallon9419]

Exactly…….as a Bromley FC fan, Sundays match at Newcastle is the first time ever in the 3rd round and the gate receipts will be a massive boost for the club

[@EliteReq]

The 07/08 FA Cup was weird as the 4 team that reach the Semi-Final were Portsmouth, West Brom, Cardiff and Barnsley. 3 of those team was in the Championship that season.

[@FoggyD]

Wait till you find out the quarter-finalists of the Coupe de France in 2000...

[@lizzimba]

Should award a guarentee Champions League place. The idea that 4th or lower deserves it is and always has been balls.

[@bens4602]

When they took a spot away for finalists of the cup competitions to get Europa League, they took away a lot of the small teams trying to just reach the final. Hence no one says they want a cup run, it doesn’t matter unless you win it, and if you meet a big boy in the final they’re gonna go all out to win it… so why bother? Back when the final meant something for next season, it was worth dreaming of a cup run for smaller teams.

[@bens4602]

Thoroughly agree with the take by the way but there needs to be serious European incentive to even reach the final and semis. Make it mean more again.

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

I`ve been a football fan since 1957, and honestly can`t remember a single instance of any club prioritising FA Cup success over League success. The only exceptions would be if a club found themselves in the later cup rounds and were safe from relegation and not in a promotion or title race.

[@Uced522]

In Poland you can't even watch FA Cup legally, because no one streams it.

[@Vizeh]

This is how you find out I’m a criminal mate

[@star_wars_miniatures]

Nord VPN 😉😉

[@star_wars_miniatures]

@@Vizehcriminally underrated 😅 love love love your channel and videos!! This is really random but I watched an old video of yours about LMA Manager and manager games. So now someone in the community has done a 2024 update you can play for LMA Manager 2007. You can even put yourself in the game as a player too! I’d love to see you do a video on this or a play through

[@theunambiguous]

Dodgy firesticks worldwide

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

Will the league cup semi finals and final be possible in Poland?

[@marcusreed9621]

I love the English cup competitions. I just wish they kept the replays

[@Vizeh]

Same

[@Julian-ec5bg]

Glad they got rid of replays , makes it more interesting in the long term , easier for smaller teams to get a result in penalties making this smaller matches more interesting instead of repaying the effort of the smaller team by playing another match that benefits the bigger team

[@kingfwogger]

​@@Vizeh Replays don't really need to exist. I just hate the whole concept in general, where another game that's technically not been scheduled is just added after you draw with your team. It's much better just to watch extra time and penalties after one 90 minute game.

[@FalseNi9e]

​@@kingfwogger brings more money to much smaller clubs which I'm a fan of

[@striderwhiston9897]

@@Julian-ec5bg less about how it's easier to get a result but more so about how it gives lower league clubs a ton of vital revenue.

[@tokyojones3140]

Maybe a result of the choice paradox created by accessibility of so much football. Leagues , cups ect. When we were young there was the domestic league , European champions league and the fa cup that’s it.

[@maxdoesf1]

I support Guiseley, we are in the 7th tier. We went on a big run in our terms, beating two teams in the league above then playing Stevenage away which finished 5-4 on pens to them, but would have gone to a replay. For non-league clubs the FA Cup is massive but since replays have been scrapped I think it loses a bit of how special it is for non league fans

[@GamingBlomp]

I love the FA Cup - I've been following the winners path since the extra preliminary round back in August and I'm at Exeter City tomorrow 😁 If people don't care anymore then at least it'll make it easier for me to get tickets 😂

[@vinylhorror]

I’m just excited Unai Emery decided to put out a real life squad today for our 150th Anniversary game. Glad he seems to be taking this game a bit more seriously than we usually do. UTV! You are spot on about Wembley.

[@ChillLee24]

Shame they are playing like pure 💩

[@Djear15]

As an American who’s only watched English football for a couple years, I love both the FA cup and the Carabao cup. It’s something so different from any American sport that the intrigue of a small club vs a big one is unlike anything here in the US, and for me at least, it’s a lot of fun to see. Maybe it is easier to not care about a tournament match that you have realistically no chance of winning, but such is the dream ay?

[@lukecooper5804]

As a palace fan I still care about the fa cup it’s the best thing about our season

[@callummccracken7565]

I like it because it gives old rivals who don't play in the league anymore a chance to roll back the years.

[@michaelcallaghan4073]

A lot of it is down to cup finals being one of the few live games you could watch on tv back then. Now, it’s just another game to watch.

[@ousfraton435]

can’t get the replays thing. i get it financially but it gives sm more chance to get through. as a spurs fan i was devastated finding out the liverpool game was 2 legs cos we acc had a chance over one leg, now bet £100 we lose the second leg heavily. an example is rochdale spurs they gave us a hell of a game and drew but lost 7-0 or something second leg

[@DavidRowe34]

I am an Australian fan of football and the FA cup is my favourite of all the competitions including the EPL.wne UCL etc. i love watching it. Regardless of the fixture ill watch the matches if its not on at to absurd a time here in Aus. love to see an upset love to see all the smaller teams try to get through.

[@Rainstorm4000]

Saying Nobody Cares About FA Cup Is Like Saying Earth Is Flat Or Burnley Is Going To Win The UCL In 2027

[@ousfraton435]

literally any team that don’t win trophies cares. fairs for the top 6 minus spurs but other than those the fans would remember an fa cup win forever. as a spurs fan i’d get naked and run around central london to see spurs win it ffs

[@lebinmhd]

Semi finals at Wembley is the worst. Especially considering as a city fan and almost every year fans need to travel all the way from Manchester to London with insane pricing as well. Doesn’t make any sense other than giving the fans of London clubs an advantage.

[@jjaffa5479]

As a Spurs fan I still love the FA Cup because of the history we have with it but also I love football. I love the FA Cup this season I went to Southend in the first round and it was an absolute thriller. Not sure if you guys saw the second round the goalkeeper score for orient I was there and it’s one of the best moments I’ve ever had also the FA Cup gives the so-called smaller teams and the teams in league two and non-league to get a massive day out and also massive financial boost which could save their club

[@zivadavid4680]

Greetings fellow Spurs fan! 🤍

[@albertoamazing1]

as a lower league fan, especially if we're not doing too well I would want to focus more on the cup. It's also a lot of fun playing a big prem team, either home or away.

[@dev0nSA1nt]

it makes no sense that the big clubs don't have to play replays- teams in lower leagues play far more games anyway and this only applies to the 7 teams in Europe each season compared to over 1000 that are eligible for the cup- let alone the first two rounds which are literally league one and below. don't even get me started on the cup final- the biggest game in England, no arguments, regardless of whatever's happening in the league- is now within the Premier league season as if the FA think it's less important. Football's not a business. and if that is the only thing it has become then I'm no longer a supporter, merely a consumer. In general, more people actually care about smaller clubs than bigger clubs as there's more passion and more at stake, besides, we're not talking about you, we're talking about football fans and as a breed in England i think many people do watch the replays, otherwise there would be no money in it for the clubs anyway.Whether these clubs generate revenue for football is irrelevant, thus, so is where they sit in the league pyramid. At the end of the day whether you're Man city or Bacup borough, there is always a group of people who put their lives into helping a team flourish and attempting to prevent this for benefit of what are basically now soulless multinational conglomerates is just naive. People who say otherwise sound as though they've never watched a game from anywhere but the living room. The big teams have teams of people at billions of pounds at their fingertips, they can be expected to be able to sort out players on their own, while lower- and non-league clubs are much more limited in options. The cup is dying

[@roberthughes-sw6ii]

'Leicester-Syndrome' has killed football in England in so many ways (that is a term I have just created). It was great to see a non big 6 club challenge and win trophies, but the top 6 have just doubled down big time and now 'lesser' clubs have no chance. Promoted teams are instantly relegated. Replays are cancelled. It's a joke. The FA cup is still (possibly) fun if you have a good run, but good is relative to your club size. Sure folk have a different opinion but that's my take from a lower league perspective.

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

here in Brazil we have 2 competitions outside of the Brazilian League: the Brazilian Cup and the State Leagues. the State Leagues are in a similar situation of the FA Cup, cause they are played in btw the end of January to the beggining of April, and nowadays they've been relegated as a third tier tournament, pretty much the only that gives profit to the teams involved is the São Paulo State League (reward for playing is better than some South American Leagues) and even the top teams from São Paulo State treat it as a third tier tournament (some call the State Leagues the "Firms pleaser") meanwhile the Brazilian Cup is at a all time high, with teams making a profit even if been eliminated in the first round, plus a 15 million dollar prize for the winner (the only tournament that surpasses in South America is the Libertadores), and to top it all the winner qualifies to Libertadores :V

[@benjaminmee3751]

Both the FA cup and League cup are dead. When I was a kid, it was Premiership, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield in that order. Now it’s Premier League, top 4, top 6, FA cup, league cup, community shield.

[@nickdaniels5262]

The media over play how important the fa cup was to clubs and fans before the Premier league started. The fa cup winners £2 million prize money the league Cup winners get £100,000 prize money.

[@olliecrayford]

Got a lot of people defending the FA cup, but it’s true, it doesn’t feel like a big trophy anymore. Actually it feels more like what the league cup was in the 2000s and 2010s: a trophy to win and it feels alright

[@FCSprinty]

honestly, without the underdog stories being ruined, id genuinely think the cup would be biggest and best cup competitions. imagine if coventry won the cup or palace did in 2016 or watford back in 2019

[@hms9891]

The scrapping of replays has done it for me

[@georgebardsley7129]

For the big 6, the FA cup is now like Pizza at an all you can eat buffet. They’ll have it if it’s there but they’re not fussed if they can’t have it.

[@JimHeaton-b5y]

I also watched the game and wondered the exact same thing, glad someone talked about this

[@lordprotector3367]

59 year old here. In the 1970s the FA Cup was THE tournament you wanted to win. However, nowadays, with all billionaire money and sportswashing, few could care less about it. Promotion, avoiding relegation and qualifying for Europe is all there is, sadly.

[@theacecrafts]

FA Cup's Aren't boring IF a Lower League is in the Final. Then things gets Spicy.

[@Itswilliams-xt7ti]

Cardiff fans had to get to Sheffield on a Thursday night at 7pm, if you’re working that’s an impossible journey

[@Julian-ec5bg]

Glad they got rid of the replay, more chances for smaller teams to do upsets in the penalties instead of getting crushed in the replay match

[@yatman6305]

Moving the finals to the Wales rugby stadium 2001 was the catalyst for the downturn ever since

[@Imaperson844]

For me as a city fan, I’m really looking forward to the cup this year as it gives us a chance to recover the season and win something in maybe kdb’s last year

[@jimbob06]

Tbf a big reason why so many us blades didnt go cause it was about -5

[@FoggyD]

Loved it in the 90s until the FA pressured Man United into pulling out because they saw the provisional schedule for the 1999-2000 season and (wrongly) panicked. That was the beginning of the end and the prioritising of other competitions has just stuck more nails in the coffin. Now I mainly think how a surprise winner just messes up the coefficient for a season or two. And also how there are only 700-odd teams in it when the French Cup (bigger country, but similar population) manages to have ten times that figures take part.

[@elliottanner4544]

I still think it matters and love it for when you get big mismatches. Whenever the third round comes around, I'll try to get in amongst an away end who are big underdogs and soak it up because, for that club, it has the potential to be their biggest game in a long long time. Some of my favourite games that I've attended have come this way (Cambridge United at Newcastle and Grimsby at Southampton). This weekend I'll be with Morecambe against Chelsea and Stockport against Crystal Palace and I'll be hoping for another shock.

[@BigBee123]

Scrapping the Carabao Cup and having seeded earlier rounds in the FA Cup can revitalize England's national cup competition and bring back the magic. Just look at the Copa Del Rey and Coupe de France!

[@2001MBKBooster]

I love the FA and League Cups. I even enjoy watching League Trophy matches. But then again, I'm old.

[@Midtable1881]

Let the bigwigs opt out, let's have us another Pompey 2008 again.

[@Khigha87]

They should force prem teams (and parachute payment recipients) to play their B sides. Give us a chance to see how everyone's academy is doing, scout players, it'll be more competitive with youngsters with something to prove and non-prem teams with a real chance of taking it. It's cool to see different parades with different fans celebrating in their special way.

[@TheGiantKillers]

I've ate slept and drank the history of the cup and was a little surprised to see that, after being rally big in the Victorian era, it dropped off in the early 20th century and gates could be surprisingly and similarly low in the earlier rounds before 1930. The Movietone era started gates getting big but it was the 40s and 50s where it exploded. A home cup tie absolutely guaranteed a team their biggest gate of the season and so many clubs set their all time record attendance in cup ties in that era. In the 60s the TV element kept cup final day big but the 70s was probably the pinnacle in terms of comparison to the League. It was probably the one decade where most fans would have chosen winning the cup over the title. Although it wasn't so much that cup tie gates were huge as league gates were in steep decline due to hooliganism and cup ties were often felt safer for the family to go to. On tele it was no contest and such a big deal for your team to go tot he cup final whereas winning the league was great but nowhere near as much media fanfare. England domination of the European cup, the start of live league games saw the start of the decline of the F A Cup as a spectacle but the Premier League and Champions League era has killed it stone dead as far as Championship sides are concerned and left it largely devoid of interest for Premier League fans until at least round 5. It's a little sad as I absolutely love the history of the cup and the media really try to big it up when a big team gets knocked out. But its clear to see that Championship sides in particular hate it and are even more likely to field a virtual reserve team in it than Premier League sides. Promotion or avoiding relegation is just so much more important. Everything has it's time and times change. I love the Grand National too but it's a shadow of the race it was. Miss World was immensely popular and those who called it a cattle market were on the periphery and Eurovision was one of the biggest family friendly nights of the year and only hinted at being slightly camp at times.

[@harrylincoln596]

I am a Chelsea fan by birth but Carshalton fan by location but local to pride in Carshalton made our 4th qualifying round exit so hard but so proud

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

Make it so the FA-cup winner gets an automatic CL-spot, instead of EL. Clubs would take the competition a lot more seriously, and we'd stop the "4th place trophy" nonsene that's persisted for years and years

[@branaldinho]

This is controversial but I’d like the traditional fa cup draw to be scrapped and a new system introduced where they hand pick fixtures perhaps until the quarter finals. This way they could make fixtures happen that are more interesting to watch and would benefit smaller clubs financially which is the entire point of the fa cup.

[@SPL5CTO]

The FA TV's selection this year and scrapping the Replay's due to the Top 6 "Complaining" about playing more games in a season really was the final nail in the Coffin for the Cup

[@omarabdulghani8209]

Any team in Europe shouldn’t be in the League cup imo. Would make it much more interesting

[@georgecarr9844]

I agree however will never happen cause the viewers globally would be close to zero that's the problem

[@mohiburrehmangaming14]

3:30 That was offside i know that Wright and Wan Bissaka were both in the blue line but Wright was a bit further.

[@somethingwithultra7231]

I think people largely only care for these with a potential "treble" or "double". They're not what you go at for a season, but if a Liverpool, Arsenal or some other club still in it as I'm typing gets it. They'll at least have something to brag about for the actual winning of it.

[@zack_1669]

Palace vs Stockport has sold out. Stockport sold out they’re allocation and were given more seats along with releasing more seats in the home end

[@S050683]

I was at Bramall Lane, always am for these. Bloody freezing but I don't mind. It's always crap. Both cup competitions for the early rounds we don't have good attendances. The club doesn't even open BLUT or The Kop and the other two sides we don't even sell out. People say because of the ice, it was on TV, and because of the time is the reason. But that's miles from the truth. We may have got a few thousand more had it been at the weekend, but still wouldn't have sold out those two stands. Sure, it may have been around 9/10k, but still not great. We only would really get bigger numbers against the rival teams. The mad thing is we took almost as many away to Barnsley in the EFL cup as we had for this home game in the FA Cup. We've had jnjuries and an illness going through the team and everyone's knackered and massively needed a rest. This game, in a competition we ultimately know we have no chance of winning, was that opportunity to do so. The fact we had Hamer and O'Hare on the bench and Wilder not only didn't bring either on, but didn't make any subs until forced or until the 81st minute kind of says this. We all knew this was goung to happen and it would mainly be the kids (as it usually is). This meant lots stayed away for that reason, as some see it as a waste of money not watching the first team. Personally I'd go regardless. I've been to the U23s, I've been to the women's team and I go to these early round cup games. At the end of the day the league is far more important than a cup that, apart from the odd time, will be won by Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Chelsea or Man U.

[@Cespar997]

The big clubs don't care. The smaller ones still do.

[@SamReaN]

as a Cardiff fan i think the league competition is more important whether your doing good or bad like us because of the fact that the top 6 team wins every season. I say get rid of the top 6 teams in the fa cup and then you will see different teams winning the cup.

[@prrrromotiongiven1075]

Said for a few years now give it a CL spot and watch everyone take it very seriously again. The big clubs already win it 19 times out of 20 so there's honestly very little risk of it hurting the coefficient much.

[@jamiewalsh9184]

Everybody over the age of 16 cares about the FA Cup. The league Cup needs scrapping

[@metallicbigtoe3949]

Speak for yourself, I buzz for it every year and I still can't accept the abolishment of replays but at the end of the day, it's cup football at its best imo

[@nickdaniels5262]

Your point about only big 6 teams winning the FA cup is true but when smaller clubs like Wigan and Portsmouth winning the cup even more people think the cup is crap

[@ahmeda4792]

I'm not an English fan, so I may not fully understand the importance of some things, but I'd scrap the EFL Cup and try to have more buzz on the FA Cup. Doesn't make sense that England has two domestic cups, feel like it devalued both.

[@terry9819]

I love the cups and hate that my club always disrespects them with a reserve team. If I would change anything I would try the league cup as a seeded tournament where the top of the prem plays the teams promoted into league 2. Have the whole draw sorted at the start of the season so you know which side of the draw you are on.

[@mrannonymous4822]

It's sad because the cup used to be magical it's been on a decline since Wigans giant upset all those years ago

[@charlottehardy822]

The way things are going I wouldn’t write Accrington Stanley off. Weird things happen in the FA Cup

[@moze2324]

I do. I'm always excited for the fa cup there's always a cupset

[@Lolodewednesday]

Fair play to wilder resting the main team and all the fans for league games

[@alexmiddleton4509]

Fa Cup is getting boring. Need to not allow same league draws. That’s what the issue is. Like tonight with villa West Ham. Just boring. Allow a lower league team get a prem draw

[@alexmiddleton4509]

Cardiff and Sheff U has already been played and will again be played. No one cares as it’s not a decent draw. They have a league 2 side there’ll be more away fans. Prem team there’ll be more home. Cardiff travelling to Sheffield on a Thursday is ridiculous

[@oscarmccoy9102]

In Japan “their FA cup” includes every team including semi professional teams and high school teams. One year the title holders went against a high school team and conceded 2.

[@HT97775]

I get they draw bigger audiences on tv but all prem ties shouldn’t be televised in these earlier rounds

[@georgecarr9844]

That would just kill the next round as most small teams would be eliminated

[@ultimatechakra3162]

I think football has just become less special to people as it's become more commercialized

[@ennjaysee84]

I was so disappointed to see what the live games are this weekend. Tamworth V Tottenham, Liverpool V Accrington, Man City V Salford. Leeds V Harrogate. No hope of any shocks there. There has to at least be a slim chance of an upset. To be fair, the draw in general was really bad. Most prem teams got a good draw. There's only a handful of standout games. Arsenal V Man Utd being the obvious one.

[@saf1808]

Beautiful input. Beautiful watch. Keep up the good work.

[@zivadavid4680]

Liam: I mean I know it’s Spurs, but come on now Me, a Spurs fan: …honestly, yeah

[@ItzzTomoss]

Feel like the older generation care about the fa cup more than the younger

[@MikeBenjaminK]

Viz, let me clear a few things up here, as a blade. I love you man, your content is brilliant, I watch every single video you upload and value your opinion highly, however, i do feel as if this 'dig' at us blades is a little lazy from you. We have 9 . . . Sorry 10 players out injured now, the tenth being Norrington-Davies having to come off injured last night. Around 6-7 of these injuries are 1st teamers. We consistently have 4-5 academy players on our bench and we have a player playing in CM, in Sydie Peck, who has never played men's football until this season, same as one of our 1st team strikers this season, Ryan One. We are literally down to the bare bones and this extremely busy xmas/new year break has taken its toll on these players, 90 mins every other day for weeks, hence why our performances have dropped and we are down to 3rd. We are getting alot of bad press about last nights game, but what was the alternative? Play what little 1st team players we have AGAIN, having played 90 mins every other day for 4-5 weeks now? in a competition we knew we didn't really stand a chance of winning? Risking them like we did Norrington-Davies? Let's be realistic here too, the 6000 odd fans that went, hats off to them, freezing cold, Thursday night, streets still heaped up with snow in some parts of Sheffield, going to watch us knowing we have extremely tired bodies and that the kids would play.

[@visheshsonkar5786]

Wtf? I care about it and most clubs in PL cares about it. As an international fan i have to be awake till 1 am just to watch 3rd round.

[@wanderingartifact6087]

I support Bradford and went to Wembley just to see our keeper get sent off 5 mins in and get battered 5-0

[@PipJim80]

Fa cup is fine. I’ve always said the league cup lacks something. It’s just fa cup lite, just another knock out comp, it doesn’t differentiate enough from the fa cup.

[@sebastianore6389]

Lewis Hall does not like FA Cup tie with Bromley

[@elijahtchilembe-mpovie2715]

Personally, the FA Cup will always be there. Since they scrapped replays, they should’ve given lower level clubs home advantage…. The rise of Continental Cups and the money has sucked the glamour. You make really good points here. The semi final should go back to club grounds as well.

[@X3non_edits]

Remember that phrase? 'the magic of the fa cup.' If im honest i dont feel it anymore. Those upsets like bradford chelsea 4-2 in 2015. Obviously wigan in 2013. Reading in 2015 going toe to toe with arsenal in the semi final. I remember relatively small teams would make the final/semi final. Villa in 2015 against arsenal watford in 2019. Wigan in 2013 obviously Hull in 2014. The magic of the FA cup has died all because of money man its truly devastating.

[@BritRS904]

I think the FA cup died around the time of the expansion of the CL here to 4 clubs (around 2001/2 was it?) Now you have weeknight games, no replays, etc. It's all about the Jeffersons

[@MrScottBach]

Just comes down to the fans getting ripped off more and more, Season ticket prices, 3/4 different subscriptions just to watch 2/3rds of the games, Prem teams not wanting to play each other, no reply’s for lower league teams. Personally I’d just sack the league cup off, no one enjoys it. Are we the only European nation that has two cup competitions and a league?

[@RangersBear]

The stadium was reminiscent to Covid years, the FA cup is now partially irrelevant

[@Vizeh]

I’d die a happy man if Burnley win any trophy in my lifetime man

[@RangersBear]

@@Vizeh think I’ve got a slight elitist mentality considering I’m a rangers fan, but it seems they’re stripping the rules that are beneficial to the smaller clubs

[@joh2434]

I care about the FA Cup, mainly because it's on free TV and and I don't have to access totally legitimate streams to watch it (except when my team doesn't get chosen for TV lol)

[@richardkidney5738]

Personally I love the FA Cup and always root for the underdog, however I'm growing increasingly tired/bored with the Premier League

[@harrybray1219]

Harrogate vs Leeds will be good

[@painterdaworld]

The cup is unpredictable as if anyone can do it tbh

[@williampne]

38,000 on Everton v Posh Thursday night

[@Beetlejooce01]

I like the FA cup but it seems like it’s not as big as it used to be

[@mat890]

FA cup is my fave competition

[@footballhipstertv]

I completely and wholeheartedly disagree, but i understand your opinion

[@ravelleburns7500]

Arsenal vs United .. the only big game this round for sure