See, that's the thing, you have watched football when the FA cup was the biggest competition,. You also saw us get to the final. I saw us get to the semi-final under Hughton's second season, one of the worst since league one days.
I wish it was different, but i'd love to enjoy a cup run. Also, I've only ever seen one run, a few years ago. I have no emotional ties to the competition. Fair play and respect to you if you do, but to me it's the same as the league cup, just a distraction.
I've been watching football for 25 years. Only Wigan and Portsmouth have won the FA cup who weren't in European competition already, and things went badly for both clubs. So i have never ever seen the magic of the cup, all i have seen is the big clubs dominate and the smaller ones get punished...
The FA cup means nothing to me. As does the league cup. nor the Europa league nor the conference league. The prize money is less than the average attendance at the AMEX for each round. Plus nobody outside the European teams win it anyway, if one does, they seem to have financial difficulties...