OldManGravz 1,311 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 43 minutes ago, RealSlimSladeyy said: Does anyone know if we’ll get more tickets once the intitial 3.7k allocation sells out for the spurs replay? Joke of an allocation I always thought you had to get like 10% of the stadium or something Link to post Share on other sites
DurhamRed 2,043 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Boro live on the BBC against Tottenham but it's at 8:05 kickoff next Tuesday I hope I don't miss my 11:35 train if it goes to extra time and penalties 😅 Link to post Share on other sites
TeaCider24 12,401 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) Glad I can watch it without spending £100+ now. A bit more money for the club too. Clearly no consideration for the away fans though. Link to post Share on other sites
RealSlimSladeyy 766 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 5 hours ago, OldManGravz said: I always thought you had to get like 10% of the stadium or something I thought so too, Slurms. It's since come to my attention that the small allocation was due to a decision on our end, not Spurs'. Link to post Share on other sites
northern boro 446 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Boro’s home game against Birmingham City has been moved from Saturday 25th January will now take place 4 days earlier on Tuesday 21st January 7.45pm kick-off. The move is due to Birmingham getting through to the FA Cup 4th round Link to post Share on other sites
Smoggydownsouth 1,621 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, northern boro said: Boro’s home game against Birmingham City has been moved from Saturday 25th January will now take place 4 days earlier on Tuesday 21st January 7.45pm kick-off. The move is due to Birmingham getting through to the FA Cup 4th round Lovely 3 games in 7 days. At least if we get knocked out by spurs we get an extra rest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TLF10 4,440 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, northern boro said: Boro’s home game against Birmingham City has been moved from Saturday 25th January will now take place 4 days earlier on Tuesday 21st January 7.45pm kick-off. The move is due to Birmingham getting through to the FA Cup 4th round Cant believe club has agreed to that given how many games we playing. Just finished playing 5 games in 15 days and now we are going to play 4 in 10 days. Idiots. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,952 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 4 minutes ago, TLF10 said: Cant believe club has agreed to that given how many games we playing. Just finished playing 5 games in 15 days and now we are going to play 4 in 10 days. Idiots. How does it work with rearranging - do the club have much of a say in it? Link to post Share on other sites
Smoggydownsouth 1,621 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 46 minutes ago, Brunners said: How does it work with rearranging - do the club have much of a say in it? No Say all down to FA and EFL I believe 3 Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernSmoggie 4,223 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Replays are such a pain in the ***. If both teams agree that the tie can be resolved by extra time and pens (or just pens) then they should be allowed to do so. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, SouthernSmoggie said: Replays are such a pain in the ***. If both teams agree that the tie can be resolved by extra time and pens (or just pens) then they should be allowed to do so. Why do you say that? The more matches the better as far as I’m concerned. Replays are also an extra source of income for smaller clubs. 4 games in 10 days isn’t going to derail our push to finish top half is it? Link to post Share on other sites
OldManGravz 1,311 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: Why do you say that? The more matches the better as far as I’m concerned. Replays are also an extra source of income for smaller clubs. 4 games in 10 days isn’t going to derail our push to finish top six is it? Fixed that for you Billy 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SouthernSmoggie 4,223 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: Why do you say that? The more matches the better as far as I’m concerned. Replays are also an extra source of income for smaller clubs. 4 games in 10 days isn’t going to derail our push to finish top half is it? Each to their own, but it's just a game I don't really want or care about. Sunday's game was fun but I'd have preferred it to have gone straight to penalties and had a definite winner. We'll have two days rest ahead of a Friday night game with Fulham that I'm more interested in. Cup games just feel like reserve football these days, I find them totally bland unless you get a proper mismatch i.e. non-league vs a PL side. And I agree on the income for smaller clubs point - hence why both teams would need to agree to scrap a replay. Link to post Share on other sites
RiseAgainst 3,777 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 All about opinions, but I'd hate to see replays abolished as they have been in the League Cup. I also can't agree with the comment about the FA Cup becoming a reserve competition. Bigger clubs who make lots of changes generally lose (unless they're Liverpool), which gives the underdogs a better chance. If you don't support one of the privileged elite, a cup run represents one of the few possible paths to glory, and clubs have entered folklore on the back of a great result or good run. I can still remember hearing Bradford had beaten Chelsea in 2015, on the same day we beat Man City. That was a magical match, and Kike's face when he scored remains one of my fondest memories as a Boro fan. Plus, if replays didn't exist, there'd be no away day next week where our fans get to see Tottenham's swish new stadium. And we wouldn't be live on BBC One. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FamilyBoro 140 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 19 minutes ago, RiseAgainst said: All about opinions, but I'd hate to see replays abolished as they have been in the League Cup. I also can't agree with the comment about the FA Cup becoming a reserve competition. Bigger clubs who make lots of changes generally lose (unless they're Liverpool), which gives the underdogs a better chance. If you don't support one of the privileged elite, a cup run represents one of the few possible paths to glory, and clubs have entered folklore on the back of a great result or good run. I can still remember hearing Bradford had beaten Chelsea in 2015, on the same day we beat Man City. That was a magical match, and Kike's face when he scored remains one of my fondest memories as a Boro fan. Plus, if replays didn't exist, there'd be no away day next week where our fans get to see Tottenham's swish new stadium. And we wouldn't be live on BBC One. I agree, or if it was the other way and we drew at Spurs, it would have been a good home replay for the fans to look forward to instead. The buzz of the FA cup is a big one for a lot of clubs and as you state majority of fans away from the PL top 6 would be overjoyed to get to the final let alone win the FA cup in their lifetime. I think from the 5th round the replay has actually been abolished this year to free up league fixtures which was brought forward from it's proposal of starting next year instead. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now