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"Wenger boys new hang up"

"No more FA cup replays" says Wenger, just because he has to play against Chelsea at the Bridge and it's an inconvenience to his season.

I'll bet that if things had gone differently, and somehow it was Man U with a replay against Chelsea while Arsenal were already through, he would be praising replays to the stars.

Heeheeheee!

And Sunderland have said that they hope to have a new manager in-place....

Oh, sod-it! I'll start a new topic for this! :P

Oh, yeah he might have been actually. Sod him! He took sunderland back to the dark ages with his perplexing routines and training methods. I bet he gave the players oranges at half time!

According to the Beeb, Wilkinson was sacked...

No - Peter Reid has a guest appearance in Super Monkey Ball 2 as an unlockable character.

He resigned?

I didn't know that. Will they now beg forgiveness from Peter Reid?

On another note, it's a pity Wilkinson resigned - 2 wins out of 24! i was hoping he'd stay until the end of the season just so we could see how low Sunderland's miserable points tally is.

But replays are a huge financial boost to a lot of the smaller teams, especially if they progress far enough to play against Premiership oppostion.

I think replays should stay there on the off chance that a smaller team makes it to the quarters/semis...

I can't believe Replays are still being used in the FA Cup!
I've always thought it was a bad idea, especially so-close to the Final.

When I watch an FA Cup tie - especially between 2 'big' Premiership teams, I want to see it over on the same day it started. Yes, even if Penalties and Extra Time are both required. Just as long as there's no 'Golden Goal' ruling in-place.

But saying that... I seem to remember watching a highly-entertaining FA Cup Semi-Final betweem 2 'top teams' back in '99... ;)
And just out of interest, what was Wenger's reaction prior that that Replay at Villa Park, back then? Anyone remember??


And anyway, I don't see what he's so bothered about!
The Premiership will soon be Arsenal's (more-or-less) within another 3 games, probably. And it's not like they're going anywhere in the Champions' League either! :)

Alexj17.uk wrote:
> Well, this is sort of the same thing but between managers of football

It would be, if Alex didn't punch like a girl. :-)

Insane Bartender wrote:
> I don't recall him ever demanding a change in format for the FA Cup.
>
> He dropped out of it once, when he knew it would be problematic...

Of course. If it gets too much hassle, don't aske for changes - just don't play! At least if Wenger had made that decision this year, United may still have a trophy to play for! ;-p