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Proper shit for Gateshead Local authority denies them tenure on their stadium.

What I'm seeing is at the years have progressed, there's less competition. Look how many cars in the first two pictures, and then none in the bottom one!!

Was so tempted to do DNF for Tsunoda.

Stroll Goes straight into Ricciardo during safety car. Magnussen at fault for knocking Yuki out

No. You said the competition gets in the way. Why play in it then? It clearly doesn't give you much satisfaction to stay in it, and not giving it the respect it deserves. You know exactly what I meant. It's not unnecessarily dramatic. You just can't empathise with how it affects lower league clubs because you've not been there or had to endure it at a smaller local level. People are being 'dramatic' because hundreds of clubs have been treated like they don't matter or exist. I don't remember this much 'drama' about away goals.

Finally a goal.

Never a pen. De Bruyne looks done.

That was so bad from Jackson.

Oh no. I lost.

You sexy bastard @Bluebird Hewitt

'Janlet' now as well.

And I can breathe. Not sure that was deserved as there were some spells we got battered. But who gives a fuck. That was an absolutely priceless win.

Everyone just took their turn to slot in to p2 before being pipped to the post by the next driver crossing the line Sainz was first and he ends up 7th. Thought Alonso had it right at the end but Perez just got there. Red bull lockout.

'it gets in the way' If it gets in the way so much, withdraw yourself from the competition before it even starts.

NEVER BET ON THE EARLY KICK-OFF

'it gets in the way'.

FFS not now @MUFC.

Thanks, have added!

all kick-offs BST Friday 19th April, 2024 Athletic Bilbao vs Granada, 20.00 Saturday 20th April, 2024 Celta Vigo vs Las Palmas, 13.00 Rayo Vallecano vs Osasuna, 15.15 Valencia vs Real Betis, 17.30 Girona vs Cadiz, 20.00 Sunday 21st April, 2024 Getafe vs Real Sociedad, 13.00 Almeria vs Villarreal, 15.15 Deportivo Alaves vs Atletico Madrid, 17.30 Real Madrid vs Barcelona, 20.00 Monday 22nd April, 2024 Sevilla vs Mallorca, 20.00

all kick-offs 14.30 (BST) unless stated Friday 19th April, 2024 Frankfurt vs Augsburg, 19.30 Saturday 20th April, 2024 Wolfsburg vs Bochum Koln vs Darmstadt Hoffenheim vs Borussia Monchengladbach Heidenheim vs RB Leipzig Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich, 17.30 Sunday 21st April, 2024 Werder Bremen vs Stuttgart Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen, 16.30 Freiburg vs Mainz, 18.30 - Darmstadt will be relegated if they lose and Mainz draw/win, or they draw and Bochum draw + Mainz win

And that money going to smaller clubs is part of the competition. My point being is that the value of this competition lies in what clubs are within it. And it might surprise you to realise that there are hundreds of other clubs that partake in this competition, not just clubs that feel it 'gets in the way'. Tell me one good reason why the PL should dictate on scrapping replays in the 1st and 2nd rounds when it doesn't even affect them? What jurisdiction to they have to make such a call and not only belittle the lower league clubs, but just act as if they don't exist and have no value themselves? What works best as a competition is not the same as what works best for clubs like Arsenal. It works out best for Arsenal's football calendar. Arsenal don't speak for every other club in the competition that this impacts more on.

It already has, pretty much. Hence why now you'll never see a team in the CL who played on a Wednesday then play at 12.30pm on a Saturday.

Ah yes the EFL trophy that has non-league teams in it? You've actually just emphasised the point that everyone is making here. It's all about money isn't it? FA Cup holds no value without the top clubs in it. Those clubs wield too much power over the PL and FA. So you've got your way and you just expect other clubs to bow down to the superiority. As long as you get your way that's fine.

Gets in the way because of money elsewhere? Why not just withdraw from the competition if it gets in the way? Just because it gets in the way for one club (or 5 others) doesn't mean it gets in the way for others.