The FA and FL Cup Thread 2016/17

Correct. I think the rule went not long after Arsenal kept on bringing Keown on for about two minutes at the end of each game.

 

It will be sold out no problem, they will lose some space to allow for the 400 or so pool fans. All was saying was today was their best chance of beating pool

 

Yeah that's how I remembered it too. The invincibles season.

 

Without their creative player, and without a scorer in form, spurs are pretty much the same as southampton

 

Reassuring that Spurs,are a bit dross without their stars

 

Villa should be ahead.

 

Yeah Howe is an excellent coach but he's had some absolutely duffs in the transfer market since they returned to the Prem.

 

What? He is Championship dross!!

 

I hate waiting for a replay. Be seriously annoyed if we miss out on a home game against a minnow....on the other hand, hate to play Norwich knowing our reward is an away to a big club.

 

Wonderful attitude from Warnock about the FA Cup.

"I don't think it's just the 11:30 kick-off, it's the FA Cup in general," he said. "I struggled to get out of bed and I must admit I wasn't really excited at the prospect of playing the side I'd got to play in the FA Cup. I knew the crowd would be low and I just hoped the fans would be alright with me, and they have been."

5,199 attended the match which is really abysmal.

 

I read somewhere else today (might not be true) that Man Utd's last 55 games in the FA Cup have all been televised! Anybody know if that is true or not?

 

I'm 99% sure it is... I expect it to carry on for the rest of this season too unless there's a lot of great ties next round.

 

I remember when the stat was somewhere in the low 40s. Don't recall hearing it since, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's what it now is. (Although if you want to be technically correct, I think the 0-0 draw with Exeter a few years back wasn't shown on TV - but the replay was, so the run is treated as having not stopped, rightly or wrongly)

 

That is shocking in reality though!!

I found this vlog from an Ipswich fan. There are many although this is probs the best other than Lincoln ones that only Lincoln fans can see on the facebook closed group crap. I like his comment at the end "Got to give credit to the Lincoln away fans who are just mental like, Jesus Christ I wish I was one of them to be honest."

Largest away attendance at Portman Road since '92 and that doesn;t allow for the thousand or so who went in the home stands because they refused more tickets. lol

I had to laugh though at Ipswich fans chanting "Who are ya" to the Lincoln fans when they scored. Do they not get what that chant is about?

 

Who do you want in the draw Imps?....and more importantly, who will you support if it ends up being Saints v Lincoln?

 

I wants Saints at Sincil Bank. All the Lincoln lads want Premier teams away because obviously they like away days. lol.

Not saying on the latter although I have been the only person in the Lincoln end jumping up at Saints goals the last 3 occasions 88 for Colin Clarke's goal at Sincil bank and then home and away in 97? I'll be wearing red and white though just like the kids

 

Nah, save Saints for the final.....

Very impressive support I must say, although winning a lot of games this season helps...

 

Grasping hold of Social media helps the most. The Imps have gone from using facebook and Twitter etc. just advertising games to constant little snippets of video, facebook lives every day, lots and lots of stuff to keep City on people's minds. Fans share and then you get 18,000 people viewing silly 10 second lawn mowing videos. A bit like Southampton do...........can't imagine where they got the idea from And of course the results have helped too.

The first game of the season we were a thousand higher than expected for the crowd. We are now at 4-5000 home gate nearly every match. 5,148 there on NYD to watch us at home to Guiseley. Long may it continue.

These sort of Vlogs help too. We now have a couple of fans from other clubs that come to Imps games just to do vlogs because of the atmosphere. There's one Hull City fan vlog on youtube from the Ipswich match.

Lower league football has become very hipster but "the club" (fans and the club itself) has to be on it and give youngsters the social media side of things to grasp it.

There are all sorts of things like Sport and Politics that are not yet understanding the power of social media. You can very quickly get vast followings in this day and age.

 

Not true, Mark Schwarzer never got a winners medal last season for leicester, he was an unused sub all season but no winners medal recieved, he said there is a rule about having to make at least 5 appearances.

 

We are ball 29 tonight if anyone is interested. Which is also my number in roulette so that means we will draw Chelsea away as it is the unluckiest ****ing number in the world