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semis

Arsenal v Wigan
Sheff Utd v Hull

Here we come!!! First time since 1930

Wigan v Arsenal on sunday morn 0207am kick off.

7 minutes past the hour kick off due to the Hillsborough anniversary

will be the same for all FA and EPL games this week

woodublieve12 wrote:Here we come!!! First time since 1930

Not at that stadium it won't be

johntheclaret wrote:

woodublieve12 wrote:Here we come!!! First time since 1930

Not at that stadium it won't be

obviously...
i was more refering to fa cup semi final...

won on penalties

off to the final !

finally won at the new Wembley

Hull won 5-2....

Into our first ever final

was 5-3

final is Arsenal v Hull on 17th of May Wembley stadium !

Will it be our 11th FA cup , or hulls first ?

Only time will tell. Wonder what Arsenal team will show up hope its not another team like against Birmingham

Bully wrote:was 5-3

final is Arsenal v Hull on 17th of May Wembley stadium !

Will it be our 11th FA cup , or hulls first ?

Only time will tell. Wonder what Arsenal team will show up hope its not another team like against Birmingham

my bad... typo...

i'm not confident we'll win but it's awesome that we made it...

i reckon all the pressure is on Arsenal....

Hopefully the Gunners can win it and put to rest all the continued talk of years without a trophy.

Winning it will be a nice way to send Wegner off. By the time the Final is played, Arsenal may have finished outside the Top 4 and it could be the end to Wegner's time at Arsenal.

woodublieve12 wrote:

Bully wrote:was 5-3

final is Arsenal v Hull on 17th of May Wembley stadium !

Will it be our 11th FA cup , or hulls first ?

Only time will tell. Wonder what Arsenal team will show up hope its not another team like against Birmingham

my bad... typo...

i'm not confident we'll win but it's awesome that we made it...

i reckon all the pressure is on Arsenal....

Hopefully steve bruce puts out the team that he put out in the second half last night, sagbo up front on his own was terrible. george boyd was rubbish and huddlestone must play central def midfield, is the key

Suri wrote:Hopefully the Gunners can win it and put to rest all the continued talk of years without a trophy.

Winning it will be a nice way to send Wegner off. By the time the Final is played, Arsenal may have finished outside the Top 4 and it could be the end to Wegner's time at Arsenal.

The trouble is these days clubs like Arsenal, Man U, City, Chelsea etc have degraded the value of the FA Cup with their lack of respect for it as a trophy. The promised land of the CL is far more important which means most of the big clubs field weakened sides.

Unfortunatley the FA Cup isn't a great deal more important than th eLeague Cup.

Aresenal winning the FA Cup this year and not qualifying for the CL will still leave them as underachievers.

you have a point there, these big clubs put more emphasis on making it into europes elite competition than winning cups. Its a shame but at the same time these competitions mean so much to supporters, to be able to celebrate a win would mean so much to them, particularly arsenal supporters.

I like the underdog winning anyway, like wigan last season, Go Hull City

Lethal Dose wrote:I like the underdog winning anyway, like wigan last season, Go Hull City

And so say all of us...

Spargo wrote:

Lethal Dose wrote:I like the underdog winning anyway, like wigan last season, Go Hull City

And so say all of us...[/quote]

Not me.

While I agree that the bigger clubs put more focus on the Champions League, the Gunners and more so Wegner need this trophy. It'll put to bed the constant taunts of not having won a trophy since moving to Emirates Stadium.

Suri wrote:

Spargo wrote:

Lethal Dose wrote:I like the underdog winning anyway, like wigan last season, Go Hull City

And so say all of us...[/quote]

Not me.

While I agree that the bigger clubs put more focus on the Champions League, the Gunners and more so Wegner need this trophy. It'll put to bed the constant taunts of not having won a trophy since moving to Emirates Stadium.

No it won't
They'll just add "of any significance"

In all seriousness the only trophies that mean anything now are the EPL title and the CL title.

Agree Johnny, unfortunately the Cup has become fairly insignificant over the last decade. Sad really but the FA doesnt help the cause by their poor scheduling

Jim05 wrote:Agree Johnny, unfortunately the Cup has become fairly insignificant over the last decade. Sad really but the FA doesnt help the cause by their poor scheduling

Is this going to be the cop out just in case arsenal do win it?

mighty hounds wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Agree Johnny, unfortunately the Cup has become fairly insignificant over the last decade. Sad really but the FA doesnt help the cause by their poor scheduling

Is this going to be the cop out just in case arsenal do win it?

Not at all, I wished we put more effort into winning it, im quite envious of your mob.
Im a traditionalist and love the cup, quite disgraceful how we have treated it

johntheclaret wrote:

Suri wrote:

Spargo wrote:

Lethal Dose wrote:I like the underdog winning anyway, like wigan last season, Go Hull City

And so say all of us...[/quote]

Not me.

While I agree that the bigger clubs put more focus on the Champions League, the Gunners and more so Wegner need this trophy. It'll put to bed the constant taunts of not having won a trophy since moving to Emirates Stadium.

No it won't
They'll just add "of any significance"

In all seriousness the only trophies that mean anything now are the EPL title and the CL title.

Those two titles are the top two. Which is the top one will depend on who you talk to - Mourinho puts the CL ahead of the PL, some might do it the other way around.

I still think the FA Cup holds a lot of prestige