Brighton v Man City

Man utd v Sheff utd

Aye.

It’s clearly rigged. They always keep the big guns apart.

Shock horror.

Wasn't rigged in the 4th round. Man City drew Arsenal.

Also, it's not rigged ever.

What a shock both Manchester clubs kept apart for a showcase final

The odds are in favour of being kept apart
Absolute nonsense

The dream final, Manchester City v Manchester United, as proposed and seconded by the FA Council via their hot and cold balls, is still possible

You sure about that? According to BBC Sport its City v Sheff U.

jrgbfc wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:26 pm

You sure about that? According to BBC Sport its City v Sheff U.

Ha.. conspiracy theories in a nutshell here.

AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 3:24 pm

Brighton v Man City

Man utd v Sheff utd

You had one job

Hope The blades get smashed more than 6. I suspect they won’t though as they will
Just shithouse the whole game and play ultra negative

Why was it necessary to make the draw with one game still outstanding?

Never heard such a load of ******** ,can you imagine how much money the person who made the draw could make if he spilled the beans.

Sheff won’t be able to play their two City loanees in that.

Basically been their best midfielders of late too.

Just pleased that bstrds didn't progress any further than us.

Carwin261 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:33 pm

Never heard such a load of ******** ,can you imagine how much money the person who made the draw could make if he spilled the beans.

Twin towers was a hoax, we never landed on the moon etc etc, I feel sorry for these types.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:37 pm

Sheff won’t be able to play their two City loanees in that.

Basically been their best midfielders of late too.

Apparently they can, if City allow it.

Why was the draw not done after the Man U vs Fulham match?

G0foste wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:57 pm

Why was the draw not done after the Man U vs Fulham match?

If the balls are left out in the open for too long they lose their heat

It's the same every year, City v United in the final.

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:21 pm

It's the same every year, City v United in the final.

I assume you are being ironic given that to my knowledge they've never met in a major final.

Shaggy wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:33 pm

Hope The blades get smashed more than 6. I suspect they won’t though as they will
Just shithouse the whole game and play ultra negative

To be fair, that didn’t work for us either!

The probability of Man Utd vs City semi final was only 33.3%

Wouldn't surprise me if Brighton bummed Man City in their Semi.

Edit: damm predictive text, meant to say BEAT.

* and Man United

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:26 pm

I assume you are being ironic given that to my knowledge they've never met in a major final.

The main reason they've never met in a final is because for most of football history Citeh weren't good enough and in the shorter periods when Citeh were good enough, Yoonited weren't.

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:35 pm

Wouldn't surprise me if Brighton bummed Man City in their Semi.

Edit: damm predictive text, meant to say BEAT.

Shaggy wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:33 pm

Hope The blades get smashed more than 6. I suspect they won’t though as they will
Just shithouse the whole game and play ultra negative

Hey Shaggy, none of Dyche's teams ever shipped 6 at City. Just saying, like.

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:21 pm

It's the same every year, City v United in the final.

It’s the same with the boat race,always Oxford and Cambridge in the final

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:15 pm

Hey Shaggy, none of Dyche's teams ever shipped 6 at City. Just saying, like.

What’s your point?I much preferred the way we went about it yesterday then trying to hang on for 90 minutes.

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 6:11 pm

If the balls are left out in the open for too long they lose their heat

Far be it for me to find myself agreeing with DA, but what he says is true. Mine have a heat retention capacity of a minute or two at most when outdoors, based on the 'cupping' method of temperature evaluation.

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:15 pm

Hey Shaggy, none of Dyche's teams ever shipped 6 at City. Just saying, like.

None of Dyche's teams appeared in the quarters before. Just saying, like.

When's the draw for the final. Asking for a friend.

What's going to upset me is city not turning up in their semi final and making a real game of it.

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:21 pm

Twin towers was a hoax, we never landed on the moon etc etc, I feel sorry for these types.

Exactly this. Our government couldn't keep a Christmas party under wraps for longer than a month, yet people still believe hundreds/thousands of people have kept quiet for decades about the faked moon landings

Burnley1989 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:21 pm

Twin towers was a hoax, we never landed on the moon etc etc, I feel sorry for these types.

It's the competitions where we don't have access to watching the draw that I'd be tempted to question and organisations like FIFA and UEFA who have a track record of corruption.

And where there's money corruption is usually lurking
nearby. None of us know whether the draw was 'rigged'. That's the way it's always been. When you see the amount of corruption in this country currently you might begin to question the the suggestion.

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:23 pm

And where there's money corruption is usually lurking
nearby. None of us know whether the draw was 'rigged'.

I do. It isn't.

If they're fixing the Semi-Final draw to keep the big teams apart then they are not very good at it. Over the last 10 year or so these are the years there's been two big teams and two smaller teams and how the draw turned out

2011: Man Cty v Man Utd & Stoke v Bolton
2013: Man City v Chelsea & Wigan v Millwall
2015: Arsenal v Reading & Liverpool v Aston Villa
2021: Chelsea v Man Cty & Leicester v Southampton

So 4 times in 10 years this happened and only once did they manage to keep the big boys apart. No wonder Silkyskills is suspicious with daming evidence like this

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:23 pm

And where there's money corruption is usually lurking
nearby. None of us know whether the draw was 'rigged'.

We do, it wasn’t rigged. Who would conspire to do that? And why? The FA Cup is small fry in the world of football finance.

There was a 1 in 3 chance that something would happen and it did.

It's rigged from the quarters onwards, it happens year upon year where the big clubs are kept separate in the latter stages in the hope of a showpiece final. It happens all too often for it to be coincidence.

There's a reason they haven't updated how the draw has been done and perhaps move to an automated draw

NottsClaret wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:18 pm

Wasn't rigged in the 4th round. Man City drew Arsenal.

Also, it's not rigged ever.

Still enough big teams left in at that point to still have a showpiece final

THEWELLERNUT70 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:45 pm

It's rigged from the quarters onwards, it happens year upon year where the big clubs are kept separate in the latter stages in the hope of a showpiece final. It happens all too often for it to be coincidence.

There's a reason they haven't updated how the draw has been done and perhaps move to an automated draw

Oh right. When did it start, this rigging of finals? Must have been after 2011, the last time these two were in the semis together. They drew each other and Stoke got Bolton.

THEWELLERNUT70 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:45 pm

It's rigged from the quarters onwards, it happens year upon year where the big clubs are kept separate in the latter stages in the hope of a showpiece final. It happens all too often for it to be coincidence.

There's a reason they haven't updated how the draw has been done and perhaps move to an automated draw

What amazes me is that there are people wiling to believe that every individual picked to make the draw is a crook, but get a programmable computer on the job and it's bound to be above board.

Why would anyone believe that it's easier to get dozens of co-conspirators than it is to rig a computer?