So How Do You Feel About Semis At Wembley Now

[Gullflyinghigh]

More damaging to the 'magic' of the cup than weakened squads being used I reckon.

 

[seagull_in_malaysia]

It's just a shame the reserves will be playing on Monday. I'd much rather we rested key players on Saturday and went all out in the cup. We probably won't go up this year even if we somehow make the playoffs but there's always next year. When is the next time we will have a realistic chance of progressing to the semi-final (or beyond )!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Don't have a problem with it. Problem with having it at smaller grounds is that, once corporate tickets etc and smaller capacities are taken into account, some clubs could end up in a position where even all their season ticket holders can't get a ticket. I'd be gutted if we made a semi final but I missed out because we could only take, say 14,000 season ticket holders. Obviously we would be ok as all 23,500 would get them for grounds like The Emirates and Old Trafford. But if you're Arsenal or Manchester United etc, plenty of season ticket holders would miss out if it wasn't at Wembley.

Plus, for me, part of the magic of Wembley died when they knocked the old one down.

yeah,this was really what I was getting at

being selfish and not a STH,how many "spare" tickets would there actually be,even at Arsenal's ground,Villa Park no chance!

and also I think that's a very good point about the old Wembley,the new Wembley has always been used since it was built,whereas the old wasn't,the aura has gone,it's a shame but true

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

I'm not entirely sure we are within touching distance of them, with an away game at a premier league side, another premier league team waiting and our manager determined to play the reserve defence in these games.

Rather more chance of wembley for the play-off final

yeah your right,two pretty big hurdles to overcome

was going to post this just after the Hull game,which would of been more realistic

but put it up now before we get knocked out Monday

 

[brakespear]

Definitely should at neutral grounds, if only because it lessens the reward for winning the semifinal in my eyes.