Liverpool at home to be moved....

[Paul Chuckle]

Not sure if this is posted elsewhere but as Liverpool are in the FA Cup final, our last home game of the season will now be moved to a midweek date.... 

Edited 17 April, 2022 by Paul Chuckle

[Matthew Le God]

  On 17/04/2022 at 17:49, Paul Chuckle said:

Not sure if this is posted elsewhere but as Liverpool are in the FA Cup final, our last game of the season will now be moved to a midweek date.... 

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Last home game of the season, not last game.

[HarvSFC]

Why's it not being played after the season? There isn't a summer tournament that it could clash with, as with the Euros last year.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

This is what annoys me about the FA Cup. The FA want it to be taken seriously and still be relevant, yet it isn't the showpiece event at the end of the season anymore, and we have those fuckin stupid midweek games for the 5th round. 

[Matthew Le God]

They wouldn't want the final day of the season to be staggered. Liverpool could end up going into the game playing for the title knowing already Man City's final point total after 38 games. Plus there are international games this summer.

Edited 17 April, 2022 by Matthew Le God

[The Cat]

Wonder when that will be as they already are full with midweek games between now and the final. Could well be 18th May.

[Kenilworthy]

  On 17/04/2022 at 18:09, The Cat said:

Wonder when that will be as they already are full with midweek games between now and the final. Could well be 18th May.

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My guess is May 18 or evening Thursday 19. We will face the burden of stopping Liverpool from doing the Quadruple

[Dark Munster]

  On 17/04/2022 at 18:09, Matthew Le God said:

They wouldn't want the final day of the season to be staggered. Liverpool could end up going into the game playing for the title knowing already Man City's final point total after 38 games. Plus there are international games this summer.

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Correct, which is why all final matches start at the same day and time, to avoid a possible Austria-Germany.

[JRM]

  On 17/04/2022 at 18:09, The Cat said:

Wonder when that will be as they already are full with midweek games between now and the final. Could well be 18th May.

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Yes will be in last week depending which day sky want it (I reckon Wednesday or Thursday)

[CB Fry]

  On 17/04/2022 at 18:06, Lee On Solent Saint said:

This is what annoys me about the FA Cup. The FA want it to be taken seriously and still be relevant, yet it isn't the showpiece event at the end of the season anymore, and we have those fuckin stupid midweek games for the 5th round. 

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That's mainly because the Premier League, and the clubs themselves, don't give a flying fuck what the FA might want.

The FA aren't doing this stuff because they think that makes it more prestigious and more of a showpiece. They do it because they are getting hammered by the rich clubs and the rich league.

[Noodles34]

Maybe we should just see how it all pans out and if Liverpool and us can't gain or lose anything, then let's not bother. 

[Noodles34]

  On 17/04/2022 at 19:25, CB Fry said:

That's mainly because the Premier League, and the clubs themselves, don't give a flying fuck what the FA might want.

The FA aren't doing this stuff because they think that makes it more prestigious and more of a showpiece. They do it because they are getting hammered by the rich clubs and the rich league.

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The FA Cup lost its appeal when the semis were switched there. 

[Whitey Grandad]

  On 17/04/2022 at 19:27, Noodles34 said:

The FA Cup lost its appeal when the semis were switched there. 

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Indeed it lost all appeal. They did it in order to try to pay for the new Wembley and in so doing destroyed it’s specialness.

[jawillwill]

  On 17/04/2022 at 19:34, Whitey Grandad said:

Indeed it lost all appeal. They did it in order to try to pay for the new Wembley and in so doing destroyed it’s specialness.

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Heard someone from one of the big women's teams on the radio today saying how great it'd be if the women's FA cup replicated the men's by playing the semis at Wembley. 

[John Boy Saint]

Bit of a shame as a mate has invited a few close friends to join him in the Halo Lounge for this one as part of his 70th Birthday celebrations - even thought it was already scheduled for a Sunday, being on a “school night” will be less fun 😢

[Spitz]

Now confirmed as pp, no new date set (yet)

[Saint_clark]

  On 17/04/2022 at 18:09, Matthew Le God said:

They wouldn't want the final day of the season to be staggered. Liverpool could end up going into the game playing for the title knowing already Man City's final point total after 38 games. Plus there are international games this summer.

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Nobody is suggesting playing the Liverpool league game after the season, what are you on about?