We may be shit, but I for one get real comfort knowing Oatcakes are shitter.
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if barely any people bar stoke and city fans watch that game when its on in the league, why woudl they watch it because its the cup? when the fa cup is annoucned, most people love seeing the lower leagues v the premier league. thats what the beauty of the cup is. not watching stoke hoof the ball for 90 minutes and have a couple of late 2 footed challenges in there.
if you compare the viewing figures between newcastle brighton in the last round to stoke city today, im sure you will see a massive drop because no one gives a shit about stoke playing city yet they want to see an upset from the championship.
I don't want to watch top teams against lower sides they're going to dismiss easily to be honest, it's no enjoyable. When there's a match on if it doesn't look like it's a decent side with a chance of giving the top side a game I don't watch it.
I want to see the top teams knocked out.
The beauty of the cup is shocks, I never thought Brighton were going to shock us, had we played Stoke I would have thought they could, likewise if we'd played a lower league team on form or at the top of their own league.
That's subjective, they're organised, efficient, hard working and committed all desirable qualities in football and that's why the do so well. Team like Reading that try to play pretty football with sub standard players get thumped regularly and shown up for what they are, not good enough.
Not every club has the players to play expansive football, you play using the method most suitable to achieve relative success at your club.