Clubs ought to take note of the fans. Silverware – you will celebrate the FA cup win in a hundred years time – nobody will remember that you finshed 16th/17th/18th etc Lets take an extreme example – Newcastle are a huge club, but no trophy since 1969 (no domestic trophy since 1955) – ask the fans whether they would prefer the FA Cup, or League Cup over gaining a few places in the Premiership. So why, year after year do they, and others put out weakened teams for the cup ?
A trophy for a club like Wigan (no disrespect intended) is a lifelong memory. They punched above their weight just to get to the EPL anyway.
I never understand fans of lots of the EPL teams celebrating avoiding relegation and not batting an eyelid at playing reserves in the cups.
English football isnt about the fans any more, its about money. The FA cup used to be the best cup competition in the world, but now its just a side story to the EPL money.
As a Leeds fan, who’s never seen us win a trophy or compete to a good level (other then finishing 9th under Bielsa in COVID), I’d have taken the FA Cup instead of staying in the Prem, 100%.
Your the worst coach ever ! You fucked belgium over. You choose your favorites while there were players who could play for belgium but nooo you got the worst
The Martinez effect: even if the team is so good they'll win the cup when it comes to sheer talent, the season long strategy is so bad that you'll get fucked like never before
Can't wait for him to fuck us over permanently starting with this euro
What wasn't mentioned here, was. The FA Cup final was held before the last day of the season. Who knows if the FA Cup was held after the last day, as per tradition. The players might have been fresher for their remaining fixtures.
But there again, the physiological boost may have helped a little. But it just didn't show in the results.
The reason for the FA Cup being held then was, there was a stipulation that to host the Champions League final, they didn't allow games to be played on it for 1 or 2 weeks before the final. Which is a rule that must have been changed. Because this happened THIS year with the FA Cup and CL finals.
As a West Ham-supporter I still flinch when I think back to the 2006 FA Cup final against Liverpool. Even after Gerrard’s equalizer we had a great opportunity to score, but one of our attackers, can’t remember if it was Zamora or Harewood, was limping around at the time so he managed to miss the goal by about ten yards. When standing about 5 yards from the goal.
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How this guy is hired for all the big jobs when his success has been this story with wigan
*only achievement in the clubs history 🤣
Clubs ought to take note of the fans. Silverware – you will celebrate the FA cup win in a hundred years time – nobody will remember that you finshed 16th/17th/18th etc
Lets take an extreme example – Newcastle are a huge club, but no trophy since 1969 (no domestic trophy since 1955) – ask the fans whether they would prefer the FA Cup, or League Cup over gaining a few places in the Premiership. So why, year after year do they, and others put out weakened teams for the cup ?
A trophy for a club like Wigan (no disrespect intended) is a lifelong memory. They punched above their weight just to get to the EPL anyway.
I never understand fans of lots of the EPL teams celebrating avoiding relegation and not batting an eyelid at playing reserves in the cups.
English football isnt about the fans any more, its about money. The FA cup used to be the best cup competition in the world, but now its just a side story to the EPL money.
No one will remember them staying up or even getting relegated. They will remember them winning an FA Cup.
Crystal Palace & Brighton fans would take an FA Cup if it meant relegation, tgey just make up the numbers in the League
Birmingham did the same
They won more trophies than Tottenham
Pompey came close
The worst part was they were relegated days AFTER the cup final.
At least this cant happen anymore as the cup final is now played after the league finishes
Was there that day we won, will live with me forever
As a Leeds fan, who’s never seen us win a trophy or compete to a good level (other then finishing 9th under Bielsa in COVID), I’d have taken the FA Cup instead of staying in the Prem, 100%.
Your the worst coach ever ! You fucked belgium over. You choose your favorites while there were players who could play for belgium but nooo you got the worst
Did they get European football?
Rather win the cup and get relegated than stay up
Rio : a few *lines, sort that out
I'm really impressed with his pronunciation.
Looking forward to him winning the euros ❤
This is why the FA Cup is a magical and special tournament.
Considering Wigan never went back up, it's bittersweet.
Roger Espinoza 🐐
Nobody remembers who wins relegation battles, but everyone remembers trophy winners.
Gutting for Middlesbrough getting relegated in 97 and losing both the League Cup and FA Cup finals
What a shit manager
always thought it happened to pompey wigan did well to stay up nearly 8 years
The Martinez effect: even if the team is so good they'll win the cup when it comes to sheer talent, the season long strategy is so bad that you'll get fucked like never before
Can't wait for him to fuck us over permanently starting with this euro
Wigan will be back. Look at the recent club statement
Just goes to show that any team can win a final, even a cr4p team!
Wigan will be relegated and promoted many times over, but how many more times will they win silverware?
Hope he can pull a miracle for Portugal in the next wc
Then there's Tottenham😂
What wasn't mentioned here, was. The FA Cup final was held before the last day of the season.
Who knows if the FA Cup was held after the last day, as per tradition. The players might have been fresher for their remaining fixtures.
But there again, the physiological boost may have helped a little. But it just didn't show in the results.
The reason for the FA Cup being held then was, there was a stipulation that to host the Champions League final, they didn't allow games to be played on it for 1 or 2 weeks before the final. Which is a rule that must have been changed. Because this happened THIS year with the FA Cup and CL finals.
And we never see the club after that. Every good players on the club were bought.
As a West Ham-supporter I still flinch when I think back to the 2006 FA Cup final against Liverpool. Even after Gerrard’s equalizer we had a great opportunity to score, but one of our attackers, can’t remember if it was Zamora or Harewood, was limping around at the time so he managed to miss the goal by about ten yards. When standing about 5 yards from the goal.