23 Pros and Cons of The FA Cup
It's a competition that anything can happen in, but as questions grow every season about how important the FA Cup actually is to the bigger English teams, we take a different look at the competition as a whole and what the pros and cons of it are are...
1. Pro - Every one loves cups
Con - No one likes the FA
2. Pro - Special guest rockstar draws are exciting
Con - Grumpy boring old men draws are not
3. Pro - Lower league teams can have their big day out
Con - The status of the competition is dwindling with teams such as Newcastle and Villa, who haven't won silverware in years. now deploying weaker teams.
4. Pro - Deciding a cup tie
Con - Being back on the bench a week later
5. Pro - Shirt Swapping
Con - Smelling the swapped shirt
6. Pro - Giantkillers
Con - Buzzkillers
7. Pro - Pile ons
Con - Hard ons
8. Pro/Con - Harry won the cup
Con/Pro - Harry got relegated
9. Pro -Fernando telling the ref he needs glasses
Con - Fernando being the one who actually needs glasses
10. Pro - Being up when you're down
Con - Being down when you're up
11. Pro - Giving mascots and kids their big day out
Con - The ball boy being assaulted
12. Pro - There's a women's FA Cup too.
Con - Arsenal have won 7 of the last 10....boring.
13. Pro- "This is our year"....lol
Con - It might actually be their year....gasp!
14. Pro - Nice Guy Roberto winning the cup
Con - Nice Guy Roberto taking the Everton job
15. Con - Stamping on players
Pro - Stamping on Chelsea players
Better Pro - Getting away with stamping on Chelsea players
16. Pro - The FA Cup is a better place now that Maureen's back...yayyy
Con - But Mario's gone.....boooo
17. Pro - Spurs are the only non-league team to have won the cup. They did so in 1901
Con - Leicester City have reached the final 4 times and have never won...
18. Pro - The weather
Con - The weather
19. Pro - Streakers...Yay
Con - Hooligans....booooo
20. Con - Playing in a dodgy stadium
Pro - Winning the cup at Wembley
21. Pro - Fans being fans
Con - Players being players
.....okay, that's a pro really ;)
22. Pro - Winning the cup 7 times as a player (twice more since this photo was taken)
Con - Only winning the 2nd division with Preston....
(community shield does not count!!!!!)
Pro - It can make dreams come through
Con - Or cause nightmares....
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