by Voodoo Billy » Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:58 am
FA cup day was the highlight of the football year, I think the obsession that the media (Murdoch's Sky especially) have with the Premier and Champions Leagues have to a large degree cheapened the value of the cup. It's incredible the levels to which the game in manipulated by the media these days, changing time slots to suit broadcasters, even the transfer deadline day is a bloody circus being orchestrated by that clown Jim White on Sky. And since when was second in the league more of an achievement than actually winning the FA cup, even third and fourth are lauded as some holy grail (not bitter, honest!) whilst the FA cup is viewed as a sideshow. It's all a media-led con we've all bought into, the start of each season is seen as either managing to stay up from season to season or managing to qualify for a competition whose final is almost 22 months away. Doing away with the old European Cup, UEFA and Cup Winners Cups started all this shite.
Maybe the FA cup winners should be given a Champions League place as well but that's not really the point as winning it should stand as a huge achievement on its own.
Sorry, rant over.
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