Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
Personally I like it but I just think it has been somewhat gobbled up and spat out in the huge commercialisation of modern football, especially UK football where money appears to have totally taken over. This may well of course be the same in the other major European leagues, of this I am not as aware.

The PL or importance thereof shíts all over the FA Cup every day of the week, then comes back and shíts on it again just for pure badness.

I was reminded this morning by a colleague that United won it last year, I may have struggled otherwise. I could not tell you who won it the season before we slayed Hull.

Once it was huge, I can recall with much nostalgia finals from the 70s and 80s more than the equivalent 12 months ago.
Only one side can win the league, which makes existance pointless for almost all the others, unless there is something else to play for.

I remember the discussions back in the austerity years when AW put out weakened teams because he was desperate for the top four monies to keep the lights on (allegedly). There was much criticism of not trying to win a trophy, possibly from some of the same people who now decry the FA Cup as not-a-trophy.