You'd think so but TV will get main say. I'd imagine the Met might push for an early KO on the Sunday for the other semi though.
Match Day Thread Manchester City v Southampton, FA Cup Semi Final, Wembley, 25th April 17.15 live on BBC and TNT Sports
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That’s why I think ours will be Sunday.
They will want a Saturday lunch kick off for Leeds Chelsea. They wouldn’t want Leeds fans in the capital all weekend waiting for a game.
Either way I hope they don't take a million years to decide. It's two games with no other considerations so no reason why it can't be settled by midweek.
Yeah it’s the FA, not FIFA
Anyway if City are found guilty of all their charges I'm sure we can all agree expulsion from the FA Cup is a fair punishment.
Funnily enough a Sunday late kick off is pretty much my only hope of making the game. I wouldn't usually want that though.
We probably got like the 5th hardest draw last time out, maybe even lower than that depending on your opinion of home advantage against an Arsenal v playing someone like West Ham/Leeds away
But yeah this is comfortably the hardest draw we could’ve got. Players attitudes over the next couple of weeks will define the season. Can see the league season getting derailed as players are looking to the semi
I can make either in fairness so doesn't hugely matter to me I just think a Saturday would be better. Trains are about half the price on the Sunday mind.
I'd be very surprised if police agreed to either of those KO times for Chelsea Leeds though.
Only someone who's ever been on the FA payroll would say that.....
Just how deep into this chicanery are you Tom?
This is what will happen.
The two most likely teams are knocked out by a "make the numbers up" unfancied side playing out of their skins in the heats. Having got to the final, and after doing all the hard work, the unfancied team runs out of steam. The cup is then won by some undeserving 2nd raters who, with a kind draw and adequate performances have scraped their way to the final while we have wiped out the favourites for them.
Leeds it is then.
Or they’d just made the same graphic with every possible combo and just posted the one that it actually was
Yeah not faulting their attitudes at all, just seen it loads of times before that with a big game on the horizon other games results can suffer.
Their attitude maybe that the cup game is a free hit and all the league games are more important. But yeah we’ll have to wait and see. Fatigue may also come into it with the amount of games we have to play, we have 8 games to play in 25 days I think
To win it you have to be the last team standing and if your not already one of the top 6 you likely have to beat more than 1 of them to do it. It's a SF at Wembley (which is our second home now right?) so surely it's anyones game.
Pretty sure the team will be up for it - look at them after the game for how much it means.
So lets go beat City and then it really doesn't matter who we get in the final.
And we'll beat Wrexham in the play off final too
Pretty sure the team will be up for it - look at them after the game for how much it means.
So lets go beat City and then it really doesn't matter who we get in the final.
And we'll beat Wrexham in the play off final too
Yeah, that is a lot. I hope they they can dig deep like they have. Enjoying the ride!
Just ordered a yellow shirt from my Chinese contact. Can’t wait now!