Scrapping FA Cup Replays Is A DISGRACE! 

What is Rory talking about? Players and managers have spoke for while about too many games. And they're right. All the injuries show that. But the one thing you CANT take away is the thing that small teams desperately need

theyve already come out and said league games wont be played the same as the fa cup finals so rorys argument, as usual, is completely incorrect

if their gonna scrap replays the need to allow the 2 teams playing each other to decide on the venue then so if yeovil pull man utd again its played at old trafford and they split the revenue from it 50/50 so lower league clubs can have their income resources added to. I personally feel no premier league club should take any money from the fa cup and it should be given to lower league sides anyway

To be fair, they either need to remove FA Cup replays, or they need to remove 4 games from the Premier League season. Too many matches.

Devil’s advocate: Couldn’t you say that it makes it better for the smaller teams in terms of advancing in the FA cup, which in turn will bring more revenue. If they only have to win a one off game in each round compared to having to play another full 90 minutes of there is a draw? 🤷🏻‍♂️

They should scrap replay from third round onwards but they should also get rid of extra time as well and go straight to penalty so small team still get a chance for a giant killing, or make sure all the big team have home game so smaller team get all the revenue from playing the big teams

Wouldn’t it be better for lower teams since it is easier to win in extra time and penalties than it is to win a whole new match? I get the revenue issue, but I feel like the new system would overall be better for lower teams too

The last replay against a big prem side was Shrewsbury vs Liverpool in 2020 so being able to televise more games will be better, this is just a bunch of people using twitter arguments

When England get an extra 5th place into champions league, it should go to the FA cup winners - let teams dream!!

I think they should scrap the replays but introduce a rule if a premier league team is level with a lower division team then the lower division goes through, The replays in my opinion actually favours the big clubs because the likes of Coventry could get a result on a one off game but give them a second chance a big club will more than likely take it

I totally agree with scrapping replays. This should’ve happened a long time ago

I think the lower ranked side should get to play at home so that the smaller side will atleast get some financial benefit.

Replays are the horrible. If a lower league team had a good day and Knocks out a prem team then it should stay that way. None of this replay shit

The FA will just have to increase the money per round. Simple fix.

Buvey talks absolute waffle

if you make europe you shoould not play in domestic cups. there are not enough open dates. either get rid of international football or domestic cups

I always hated replays as a kid and I honestly don’t know why anyone would want to keep them outside of just saying “it’s tradition”. Tradition in many cases can be complete and utter crap. What does the FA Cup market itself as? A knockout competition. The reason you should tune in to each game is because you’re going to find out who stays and who gets knocked out…except when it’s a draw in which case you’ll have to wait a few weeks for another game…it’s stupid! And also the idea that it benefits bigger teams I think is just a straight up lie, the reason Giant Killings have happened in the FA Cup is 99% of the time because larger clubs get matched with a smaller club, so the larger team plays a weakened side, underestimates the smaller team, then either loses or can’t find a way to score. If you keep replays then all that happens afterward is the larger side then come back to the new game with a stronger side and batter the smaller club, whereas if you scrap replays then suddenly the larger side who underestimated them are forced to deal with the consequences of fielding a weaker team. Everything is far more exciting, far more impactful and far more in line with what a Knockout Tournament is supposed to be.

If your club is reliant upon getting a cup tie against a big club and possibly getting a replay then that is a poorly run club.

No one cares about lower league teams if they did they would go and watch dover and darlington but they won’t

The lower teams are never gonna win it anyway who actually wants a replay

Who cares, get rid of them. The revenue issue is also moved because as much as everybody likes to fantasise about it, the bigger Richard teams usually win, so if the game isn’t being played at the lower teams stadium, then it’s not going to be played there anyway because replays don’t happen all that often. It’s not like this is the one and only way to get some revenue to lower league teams instead of the big boys hogging it all. Get rid of them. Make yourselves the only competition that uses a golden goal anymore. That would be actually interesting.

Replays are stupid. Either have two legs or extra time/penalties.

Only disgrace is you guys talking about football