Is the FA Cup a prestigious trophy?

I don't think it is.

Discuss.

Yes. Inside of England.

Would this thread have been made if Arsenal were in the FA Cup still?

For me it goes;

CL > League > FA CUP >= Euorpa League > Carling cup

for top tier English teams.

Yes but it has lost a lot of its prestige in recent years.

Our generation do tend to have a soft spot for it because it was a great competition in our younger years. It will be dead soon though.

It used to be, but it's gradually losing its magic, due to sides fielding reserve teams, the semis at Wembley and the cup final not being the final game of the league season.

It is for us lower league sides but a lot of the Premier League couldn't give a shit about it which is a shame.

Zzonked wrote:For me it goes;

CL > League > FA CUP >= Euorpa League > Carling cup

for top tier English teams.

CL > Europa League > Premier League > FA Cup > Carling Cup

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:Would this thread have been made if Arsenal were in the FA Cup still?

Another anti-Liverpool thread which doesn't mention Liverpool.

Not any more unfortunately.

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

Zzonked wrote:For me it goes;

CL > League > FA CUP >= Euorpa League > Carling cup

for top tier English teams.

CL > Europa League > Premier League > FA Cup > Carling Cup

Don't be silly, look at the winners of the Euorpa league recently and ask yourself, would they stand any chance at all of winning the Premier league?

The premier league is more difficult to win and probably more financially rewarding, although I haven't checked.

Yes it is, financially it's not very attractive though.

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:Would this thread have been made if Arsenal were in the FA Cup still?

Another anti-Liverpool thread which doesn't mention Liverpool.

it sure held a lot of prestige last year when United and City were fighting for it....

Kuled wrote:Not any more unfortunately.

Lol.

Not what you lot were saying in the FA Cup Semi Final last season.

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:Would this thread have been made if Arsenal were in the FA Cup still?

Another anti-Liverpool thread which doesn't mention Liverpool.

My comment didn't even include Liverpool.

Zzonked wrote:

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

CL > Europa League > Premier League > FA Cup > Carling Cup

Don't be silly, look at the winners of the Euorpa league recently and ask yourself, would they stand any chance at all of winning the Premier league?

The premier league is more difficult to win and probably more financially rewarding, although I haven't checked.

Two teams left in the Europa are in the semi final after beating the top two in England.

Mustangt125 wrote:

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:Would this thread have been made if Arsenal were in the FA Cup still?

Another anti-Liverpool thread which doesn't mention Liverpool.

it sure held a lot of prestige last year when United and City were fighting for it....

What the fuck are you on about?

That was a big game. Last year's FA Cup was shit as a whole. I didn't even watch the final when in the past I wouldn't have dreamed of missing it.

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

Mustangt125 wrote:

it sure held a lot of prestige last year when United and City were fighting for it....

What the fuck are you on about?

That was a big game. Last year's FA Cup was shit as a whole. I didn't even watch the final when in the past I wouldn't have dreamed of missing it.

So you're saying nobody cared about the FA cup last year? You're clueless man

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:Would this thread have been made if Arsenal were in the FA Cup still?

Another anti-Liverpool thread which doesn't mention Liverpool.

My comment didn't even include Liverpool.

Obviously meant it to be about Liverpool though, as you're in the final and Arsenal aren't.

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

Mustangt125 wrote:

it sure held a lot of prestige last year when United and City were fighting for it....

What the fuck are you on about?

That was a big game. Last year's FA Cup was shit as a whole. I didn't even watch the final when in the past I wouldn't have dreamed of missing it.

Lol because it was Man City vs Stoke.

Bet you're going to watch Liverpool vs Chelsea.

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:

My comment didn't even include Liverpool.

Obviously meant it to be about Liverpool though, as you're in the final and Arsenal aren't.

So are Chelsea.

I don't think so, it has some of its old feel to it with the replays rather than going into extra time but at times that seems like more of a nuisance than anything, might as well just add return matches sometimes. It awards just an Europa League spot, just like the Carling Cup, maybe that devalues it a bit. I wouldn't rate it above the Europa League though.

CL > PL > EL > FA Cup > Carling if we are sticking with that whole harder than thing.

Mustangt125 wrote:

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

Mustangt125 wrote:

it sure held a lot of prestige last year when United and City were fighting for it....

What the fuck are you on about?

That was a big game. Last year's FA Cup was shit as a whole. I didn't even watch the final when in the past I wouldn't have dreamed of missing it.

So you're saying nobody cared about the FA cup last year? You're clueless man

When the fuck did I say that?

I said its less prestigious, that doesn't mean no one cares about it. You need some brain cells.

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

Zzonked wrote:

Don't be silly, look at the winners of the Euorpa league recently and ask yourself, would they stand any chance at all of winning the Premier league?

The premier league is more difficult to win and probably more financially rewarding, although I haven't checked.

Two teams left in the Europa are in the semi final after beating the top two in England.

I realize it was two legged, but any team can win in a one off game. Even wigan beat United once this season.

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:

My comment didn't even include Liverpool.

Obviously meant it to be about Liverpool though, as you're in the final and Arsenal aren't.

So are Chelsea.

And... You would not have made that post if Liverpool weren't in the final.

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

Zzonked wrote:

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

CL > Europa League > Premier League > FA Cup > Carling Cup

Don't be silly, look at the winners of the Euorpa league recently and ask yourself, would they stand any chance at all of winning the Premier league?

The premier league is more difficult to win and probably more financially rewarding, although I haven't checked.

Atletico Bilbao > United
Napoli > City

Two teams left in the Europa are in the semi final after beating the top two in England.

That doesn't answer my question though does it? Would they stand any chance of being consistent enough to win the premier league? City have also lost to Swansea, United have lost to Blackburn, doesn't mean anything.

More financially rewarding, more difficult to win and almost definitely more worldwide coverage (proportionately in terms of the amount of games), yet somehow the Europa league has more prestige because, Bilbao beat United and Sporting beat City?

Rick Rosstrich wrote:

ScottyBoy_1989 wrote:

So are Chelsea.

And... You would not have made that post if Liverpool weren't in the final.

Zlatan wouldn't have made this thread is Liverpool weren't in the final. Don't act ignorant.

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

Zzonked wrote:

Don't be silly, look at the winners of the Euorpa league recently and ask yourself, would they stand any chance at all of winning the Premier league?

The premier league is more difficult to win and probably more financially rewarding, although I haven't checked.

Two teams left in the Europa are in the semi final after beating the top two in England.

So that makes it more prestigious then?

Bogdan wrote:

Henrik's Tongue wrote:

Two teams left in the Europa are in the semi final after beating the top two in England.

I realize it was two legged, but any team can win in a one off game. Even wigan beat United once this season.

Bilbao completely annihilated United over the two legs, and done more than enough to show who is the better side.

I think it is.

Agree.