The first copper nail was hammered into the FA Cup when the WEAK FA allowed ManU to dictate to them in 2000. This was followed by the criminal decision to knock down Wembley completely at an insane cost, meaning that the cost of the rebuild had to be clawed back by destroying the mystery and...
The root of the problem is two fold IMO:
1) UEFA have far too much power over domestic leagues. All UEFA competitions used to be straight knock out = far less fixtures. However that also meant less money for UEFA and the 'top' clubs. By European FAs agreeing to expand the league formats even...
No problem IMO it was the STUPID mid-week R5 which was ridiculous and IMO unfair. If they’re scrapping that then all good.
It will mean more ties going to pens which has just instantly added £10m to Pedro.