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Same for me I think, I'll be donating my fiver so the club doesn't lose out but I do hope we lose the match. Winning means I'll miss out on important league matches because I can't really do midweeks. I also think it's financially beneficial to lose this game.BartonRaz wrote:I shan't be going to this, a first for me, I couldn't care less if we lost. In fact, I think i'd rather we lost because the prospect of more league games being rescheduled to accommodate this Micky Mouse Cup frustrates me.
Same for me - I'm just pleased we're playing football again on a Saturday afternoon !! These Cup games give us the chance to play squad players and see what they can do. I think its important that as many people as possible get along to the games to show these lads what our football club means to us.TheIncognitoKid wrote:I'll be there, a match on a Saturday afternoon whatever the competition attracts me after a year of no football. If you have nothing better do to get down and support the team, we all knock plops fans for their crap support!
Absolutely, if I could make it, I would - certainly wouldn't be snobby about games in any competition (mind you, I never have been really). That said, I understand why some would like us to lose.Pigman wrote:Same for me - I'm just pleased we're playing football again on a Saturday afternoon !! These Cup games give us the chance to play squad players and see what they can do. I think its important that as many people as possible get along to the games to show these lads what our football club means to us.TheIncognitoKid wrote:I'll be there, a match on a Saturday afternoon whatever the competition attracts me after a year of no football. If you have nothing better do to get down and support the team, we all knock plops fans for their crap support!
Completely agree, the fact a home league game that would have attracted 600 or so has to be rescheduled for a game that may only get 200 in a county cup with teams that don't even have floodlights is extremely irritating. Especially considering what SP said, cup competitions and the inevitable mass of postponements due to the weather between December and February/March could mean quite a backlog. I see the usefulness of the competition for the younger/fringe players of course but that sort of game should be midweek.BartonRaz wrote:I shan't be going to this, a first for me, I couldn't care less if we lost. In fact, I think i'd rather we lost because the prospect of more league games being rescheduled to accommodate this Micky Mouse Cup frustrates me.
Well I always want us to win every game, wether it's first team, youth, ladies whatever. I'll be there if I can get back to Wellingborough in time.Sara Pascoe wrote:Same for me I think, I'll be donating my fiver so the club doesn't lose out but I do hope we lose the match. Winning means I'll miss out on important league matches because I can't really do midweeks. I also think it's financially beneficial to lose this game.BartonRaz wrote:I shan't be going to this, a first for me, I couldn't care less if we lost. In fact, I think i'd rather we lost because the prospect of more league games being rescheduled to accommodate this Micky Mouse Cup frustrates me.
What's the point of having a league cup and a county cup and then deciding the league finishes on April 1st?! It's not like UCL1 has playoffs to fit in! They're just ensuring fixture congestion, imagine if we went deep into the LC, the CC and the Vase and had a few postponements and then factor in the ground share!