[Football] So with Plucky out, who do you want to win the FA Cup?

[Uh_huh_him]

Saturday really hurts. As much as the semi against Utd penno defeat tbh.

I have one wish.. Palarse to be demolished by Villa. Can't bear the Nigels getting to another final and God forbid winning it.
I also feel strangely attracted to City winning it. Takes away some of the pain of bailing out the 'most open' FA Cup in years.
And then they can hit them with a 40 point deduction just in time for their open top bus parade : -)

Yet again, it's exactly the draw they would have wanted.
Villa will have champions league games to play before the semi.
Palace are unbeaten against them in their last 4 matches - 13-4 aggregate score.

 

[Doug-ees-evil]

Yet again, it's exactly the draw they would have wanted.
Villa will have champions league games to play before the semi.
Palace are unbeaten against them in their last 4 matches - 13-4 aggregate score.

Not ideal. I'd hope Villa would have too much for them and they have more squad depth. Plus Martinez is a rock in penalty shoot outs.
And surely Villa won't play as bad as Fulham did on Saturday against Palace – I thought they were woeful. Didn't even look like they wanted to get to the semis.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

This weekend has ruled out two nightmare scenarios - Plucky winning it and us having to face Palace at Wembley for all-time bragging rights. So just the one doomsday option left. Up the Villa!

 

[trueblue]

Villa. Means Palace go out in the semi and keeps Villa busy, while those clever enough to depart the competition in the quarterfinals have European qualification as their sole focus.

 

[Frutos]

ABP

 

[Brovion]

Forest, 100%. Can't believe all the support for Man City.

 

[Whitley Bayster]

AABP - Absolutely anyone but Palace

 

[Flounce]

Don’t give a f*** as long as it’s not Palace, so haven’t voted. Poll needed to be multiple choice

 

[Stato]

Forest, 100%. Can't believe all the support for Man City.

All four are horrible in their own way. Only Palace winning it would impact on Brighton fans going forward, so you're left with a personal choice of the others that will split Brighton fans according to their methodology. My personal rating goes:

Dodgy Finances? City - Yes; Forest - Yes; Villa - Yes.
Annoying personalities? City - Grealish; Forest -Nobody particularly, but noone I like either; Villa - Martinez (and Grealish again).
Whether they've stuffed us? City - Often, but not recently; Forest - this season; Villa - last season.
How unbearable the fans would be? City - No more than they already are; Forest & Villa - Completely.
How annoying would the media reaction be? City - No change, Forest & Villa - Very.
How much are they wedded to the dark arts? City - like a tactical foul, but then so do we; Forest - Big part of their game; Villa - Awful time wasting, play acting, moaning arses.
How good is their football for the neutral to watch? City - when on song, few better; Forest - rather stick pins in my eyes; Villa - Mainly dull.

City end up with the only green and least number of reds = choose City as the least worse option.

 

[Han Solo]

Forest, 100%. Can't believe all the support for Man City.

Their owner destroy the lives of a lot of people. I'm not saying thats not the case with oil state owners, but I don't have to see it every day.

 

[Simster]

Interesting that the OP prefixed the question with "So with Plucky out...".

As if them being still in would have made much difference to most of us. Having PLB winning a trophy would be about 50% as unbearable as Palace winning one, but that's still pretty f##king unbearable.

 

[pigmanovich]

Annoying personalities? Forest -Nobody particularly, but noone I like either

Gibbs White? Jota Silva also seems like a bit of a prick

 

[crodonilson]

Villa for me, my relatives would spontaneously combust if they actually went and won it. They have some of it not the most loyal and noisiest fans in the country and it has been far too long since a club of that size and stature won anything,.

 

[PeterT]

Gone Villa because I personally don't have a problem with them. Unfortunately Palace could win this though. We won't have to hear 'Did you cry at Wembley?' but 'FA Cup winners, you'll never sing that' is a real possibility.

Maybe have another think after watching Martinez up to his time wasting antics again on Wednesday…..

 

[PeterT]

Villa for me, my relatives would spontaneously combust if they actually went and won it. They have some of it not the most loyal and noisiest fans in the country and it has been far too long since a club of that size and stature won anything,.

A Villa win would at least unite the rest of the football fans in the West Midlands because they are the one club up there that fans of all the other clubs despise!

 

[ManOfSussex]

Maybe have another think after watching Martinez up to his time wasting antics again on Wednesday…..

Yes, my opinion could well change on the way home on Wednesday night!

 

[crodonilson]

A Villa win would at least unite the rest of the football fans in the West Midlands because they are the one club up there that fans of all the other clubs despise!

Most likely jealousy??

 

[PeterT]

Most likely jealousy??

Ha ha, don’t give up the day job…..

I think it’s probably a reaction to the misplaced arrogance.

 

[Trevor]

Voted Villa

Not easy

Citeh - No they are frequent trophy winners although I quite like going there
Palace - .....
Forest - Had an unpleasant experience up there once (homophobic abuse). I know there are other clubs with worse reputations but you go by your own experiences
Leaving Villa - not the friendliest either in my experience so best of a bad bunch

 

[Brovion]

Their owner destroy the lives of a lot of people. I'm not saying thats not the case with oil state owners, but I don't have to see it every day.

Aren't Forest owned by a Greek guy? I accept that if you're rich enough to own a Premier League club then you've probably got some skeletons in your closet, but at least it's not a sportswashing, petrol-dollar laundering enterprise (and I appreciate that that probably isn't saying much).

Plus their fans aren't an entitled bunch of arrogant twats which is definitely the case with City. No, they're no ideal (outside of us, who is?) but IMO it would be good if a trophy could be won by one of 'other' PL clubs. Still sticking with them. (Then Villa, then City).