FA Semis to be played at Wembley from next year, good or bad?

[Marc]

Personally I think it sucks away the glory of reaching the final and that once in a life time visit to Wembley. I mean we have the huge Old Trafford & Arsenals new gaff to host decent semis, the FA have f***ed this one up....which aint new!

 

[Billy the Fish]

f*** sake, don't any of these wankers remember, they stopped doing it last time because it is SHIT

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Presumably the FA would like the Champions League semi-final between Liverpool and Chelsea to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens?

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

Maybe at the Millenium Stadium but not Wembley

 

[Mendoza]

Shouldnt be Wembley, but somewhere neutral.

But then again the FA made some silly decisions there, like when they made Arsenal and Spurs play their semi final at Old Trafford at midday on a saturday

Wembley is for the final!!!

 

[Silent Bob]

Personally I think it sucks away the glory of reaching the final and that once in a life time visit to Wembley. I mean we have the huge Old Trafford & Arsenals new gaff to host decent semis, the FA have f***ed this one up....which aint new!

They need to make as much MONEY from Wemberly as they can. That's all there is to it. Yeah it takes away from the final, but it also takes away from the FAs debt.

 

[crosbysleftear]

Hold both semis in Cardiff, it's a cracking stadium and right in the heart of the city so everyone has a good time. That way the semis are special and so is the final for different reasons.

Money will win though

 

[Spunk Bubble]

We have some great League grounds now. Why not use them and make going to Wembley a bit more special for the fans

 

[le ros bif]

Yet another poll without the 'DON'T CARE' option!

 

[Trigger]

Joke.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I thought that this was always the plan. As somebody else has said, the FA need to generate as much money from Wembley as they possibly can.

The only positive from it is that more fans will be able to get tickets to see the games.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Couldn't give a f*** as I we're unlikely to be in an FA cup semi until Wembley 3 is being built anyway.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

A joke really. Detracts from the glory of the final. The Millennium Stadium would be a far better option.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

A joke really. Detracts from the glory of the final. The Millennium Stadium would be a far better option.

We've had this debate 361 times before though. Great stadium the MillStad, but its just in the wrong place. Pick just about any two random clubs from the top two divisions for your theortical semi-final, and Cardiff is a stupid place for them to all travel to.

Newcastle v Liverpool on the Saturday.
Ipswich v Bolton on the Sunday

Huge amounts of travelling, changing of trains, enforced overnight stays, etc.

At least if its in London, most towns have a direct rail link.
Most years at least 2 semi-finalists would be London clubs anyway, so cuts the travelling down altogether. [Maybe they're just thinking of the carbon footprint!]

 

[Billy the Fish]

Cardiff is a stupid place for them to all travel to.

Newcastle v Liverpool on the Saturday.
Ipswich v Bolton on the Sunday

Huge amounts of travelling, changing of trains, enforced overnight stays, etc.

At least if its in London, most towns have a direct rail link.
Most years at least 2 semi-finalists would be London clubs anyway, so cuts the travelling down altogether. [Maybe they're just thinking of the carbon footprint!]

Since when did the FA give a shit about how far fans have to travel. This is about money, nothing else

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

Yeah, they have to pay for the thing and stuff, but it devalues the final - FACT.

 

[Curious Orange]

Final ONLY!!

 

[Scoffers]

Lets face it, the FA have to start clawing back the £800million spent on the Stadium, and this is one way they can do it.

It's all about the money, of course

Personally, I think it detracts from the event, but as Brighton are unlikely to be directly effected by it for the forseeable future, I am not all that bothered !!

 

[mona]

Purely a financial decision. All the FA are interested in is money as anybody who remembers our troubles in 95/96 especially will tell you. They set up the Premier League for money alone and the England team have steadily declined since 1990.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Since when did the FA give a shit about how far fans have to travel. This is about money, nothing else

Of course. I'm not suggesting for one second that the FA have made the decision based on what is good for the fans. Just replying to somebody's suggestion that Cardiff is a better option.

I my opinion they should go back to neutral grounds, selected after the draw, to suit the two clubs playing. They need to be big grounds though, so the fans don't miss out.

Old Trafford and The Emirates would seem ideal, for northern / southern teams respectively. Harder when you get say Man U v Chelsea. Where do you play that. Geographically Villa Park makes sense, but its really not big enough.