Is it worth having a go in the cup?

[ShorehamRevolution]

I know it’s an old cliche but we go out to win every match, wilder might field a highly weakened side but he’ll not be telling them to lose. A weakened side increases the possibility of losing obviously but they’ll always be out to win the game.

 

[Blade for Sale]

The big problem is with Cup competitions these day you get what we saw last night,

Get to semi stage and teams like Man City put their foot down, pick their superstars and rule out any possibility of teams like us winning it.

If we can’t win it what’s the point?

Bradford, Swansea, Hull (at our expense), Wigan, Stoke, Birmingham, Cardiff have all been to finals in the last 10 or so years. Few of the big boys get drawn together, then get knocked out by a team like Leicester, a favourable draw and you're on your way. There is always a chance and we should go for it.

 

[Tommoblade66]

Money spinner innit? Personally I think clubs see £££ rather than the prestige

 

[ForgeBlade]

It's always worth having a go in the cup. Whether you're pushing for the title or wallowing in mid table. It's never a bad thing. Last season's utter pissing of the league overshadows it, but that FA Cup semi final run along with the invincible league form from February-April 2014 was the best thing we'd seen them do in years. So Preston on Saturday is a good opportunity to get one game away from the quarter finals, and hopefully get drawn away at a big Premier League club. Or at home to Them Lot.

Cannot be arsed with them beating us 0-0 with their anti-football again. Knowing pigonomics, they'd get another "glorious" scoreless draw at the lane, then celebrate wildly on 90 and 120 minutes at the sty with the score still 0-0, then fluke a win on pens and then crow about their "massive victory."

I'd rather Man City at home if we get past PNE. Let's see how we cope against real quality, not against that dross from S6.

 

[DazBlade88]

If you look at some of the others ties, there's a real good opportunity this year. The last 16 next and you have plenty of games where you'd think we could have a good go against either...

Pigs v Reading
Huddersfield v Birmingham
Hull v Forest
Middlesbrough v Brighton
Millwall v Rochdale
MK Dons v Coventry
Notts County v Swansea
Southampton v Watford
Wigan v West Ham

 

[IOM Blade]

Massive cup tart me. I just have to see the Blades in an FA Cup Final with my Dad. Singing Abide with Me at Wembley with him would be, without a doubt, the most emotional moment of my life.

 

[BushBlade]

Cannot be arsed with them beating us 0-0 with their anti-football again. Knowing pigonomics, they'd get another "glorious" scoreless draw at the lane, then celebrate wildly on 90 and 120 minutes at the sty with the score still 0-0, then fluke a win on pens and then crow about their "massive victory."

I'd rather Man City at home if we get past PNE. Let's see how we cope against real quality, not against that dross from S6.

I'd prefer a mid table PL side. We'd get spanked by City as everyone does but it would be good to be able to see how we'd do against an average PL team, see how far off we are.

 

[Rusty view]

Sheffield United FA Cup winners 2018,how good would that be,in the history books forever,golden memories of seeing us win at Wembley,Billy being presented with the Cup and holding it aloft,European football to follow.

UEFA would re hash the rules saying any team with white pillars in their Kop would be excluded from the competition and replaced by the nearest geographical team.

 

[Feo]

UEFA would re hash the rules saying any team with white pillars in their Kop would be excluded from the competition and replaced by the nearest geographical team.

Hallam ?

 

[SteveBlade]

Let's be reight.

We're not going to win the Premier League.

If we do go up, at the very best we'll be a Southampton.

Finishing between 8th-17th every season will be a laugh for a while.

But if that's our ultimate aim, and we'd value that over winning a bloody trophy, the thing that is the aim of more or less every football ball club in the world, then that's all a bit fucking odd.

 

[bladesmanluke]

100% I hope we go for it tomorrow. Win tomorrow and we’re only one game away from the quarter finals.

 

[MiserableBlader]

Would much rather win Villa Wolves and Leeds at the moment.

So we get the choice then?
Lose the next two Villa Wolves and out of the Cup and the season is over. So many teams have caught up with this bad run.

 

[MiserableBlader]

Yes

That.
FFS we are a football club.
We are supposed to try and win every game.
Money in it for getting through let alone TV and playing big clubs
And if you ain't noticed despite the c12 million gained for playing in the Championship (Judas said it cost £10 million a season when we were relegated years ago with lost TV money and sponsorship) plus 8 million (already) in extra income re our recent giveaways Wilder has had fuck all in terms of a promotion push.
Last time we played Preston, losing cost us a million with a TV home game against Manure already lined up.
That could get eg Cole or keep the 4 players forced to loan out (or sell) which risks leaving us short again.
And I for one would like to keep Thomas and would have liked to have kept Whiteman for the 30 shillings we got for him!
TOMORROW IS A BIG GAME!

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

while playing a team that should be enough to see of a PNE 2nd string.

You don't think they'll be thinking they can win this?

I would if I was them - especially as we'll be playing a second string side.

Not a bad second string side mind

 

[Bladesman]

 

[blade too long]

dont we go for it every game under Chris

might be different personnel but the instructions will be the same