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[Albion] The Magic of the FA Cup…



jonny.rainbow

jonny.rainbow

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Oct 29, 2005
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… made 20,000 West Brom fans disappear!

What was up with that?

They’re going going great guns in the league and put a decent side out. Shocking support.
 




PeterT

PeterT

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Apr 21, 2017
2,241
Hove
jonny.rainbow said:
… made 20,000 West Brom fans disappear!

What was up with that?

They’re going going great guns in the league and put a decent side out. Shocking support.
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The natives there are restless - they don’t like the manager or the style of play, and even their results have tailed off recently.
 






Weststander

Weststander

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Aug 25, 2011
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Other than under Bilic, to my mind for 20+ years they often seem to have played an unattractive brand of football. A load of giants, set piece obsessed, abrasive (dirty). Yet the fans didn’t mind one bit if it gave promotions.

Megson, Hodgson, Pulis, Allardyce.

They just need Colin Wanker and Hughes to complete the set.
 












GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
46,739
Gloucester
PeterT said:
The natives there are restless - they don’t like the manager or the style of play, and even their results have tailed off recently.
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Have you seen their fans' forum? They don't like anything! Miserable bunch if ever there was one - on a par with Stoke I reckon!
 












Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Aug 18, 2009
65,483
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
The draw is after the West Ham v Leeds game this afternoon.

Brighton is ball 10.
I want a home game against Luton or Harrogate Town.
 




Blue Valkyrie

Blue Valkyrie

Not seen such Bravery!
Sep 1, 2012
32,165
Valhalla
3 PL teams already out.

2 more are guaranteed to be eliminated.

Any draw which avoids our remaining 14 PL rivals will be fine for me.
 




1066familyman

1066familyman

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Jan 15, 2008
15,185
I think the magic of the cup went a good while ago for many people.

Started when the FA let Man Utd drop out of it to play abroad.

Semi finals at Wembley.

The final taking place before the season's even finished.

The days of it being the show piece event and the whole nation sitting down to watch it on TV are long gone.

That's modern football for you really.
 


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redoubtable seagull

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Oct 27, 2004
2,531
1066familyman said:
I think the magic of the cup went a good while ago for many people.

Started when the FA let Man Utd drop out of it to play abroad.

Semi finals at Wembley.

The final taking place before the season's even finished.

The days of it being the show piece event and the whole nation sitting down to watch it on TV are long gone.

That's modern football for you really.
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All of this. I’d also add ridiculous kick off times. How many 12.30 kick offs were there yesterday.
 




1066familyman

1066familyman

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Jan 15, 2008
15,185
Weststander said:
Other than under Bilic, to my mind for 20+ years they often seem to have played an unattractive brand of football. A load of giants, set piece obsessed, abrasive (dirty). Yet the fans didn’t mind one bit if it gave promotions.

Megson, Hodgson, Pulis, Allardyce.

They just need Colin Wanker and Hughes to complete the set.
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It's not a club I follow closely, but I do distinctly remember a lot of their fans phoning 606 at the time of Pulis. They all wanted him gone because of the style of football. The presenters were incredulous that any fan would rather see attractive football than stay in the top division at all costs. Idiot presenters.

I agreed with those fans phoning in then, and I still would now if it happened to us.
 




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