Well said Kendal. The blazers banging in the last nail in the Cup Coffin, without even consulting the pyramid below the PL, even though the ‘Big Boys’ don’t even go into the wok until the third round. And here’s some other nails they used earlier......
Swapping the centuries-old velvet bag for a transparent plastic wok.
Getting ‘celebrity’ guests with no football pedigree like Les Dennis and Jamie Carragher to pick out the balls.
Switching the draw to any time on any day of the week at a time to suit TV broadcast schedules
Allowing Sam Weeks and Coleman piss commentator and that Leitch fellow to die.
Abandoning the chattering teleprinter and the sing song commentary over it in favour of Tik Tok rubbish
Warming up the balls to keep sides apart for global revenue purposes (like this year’s SF drawj
Moving the semi-finals to Wembley, instead of a major club ground (okay, safety might be factor)
Screening every Man U fixture, regardless of the opposition, over more interesting lower league clashes
Stopping it raining past the lights of floodlight pylons
Banning the teaching of previous final results and scorers, so that today’s kids don’t know who ever won it before.
Making club colour rosettes illegal, putting the English satin and cardboard and pin industries at risk
Ending the punishment of clubs for fielding an entire reserve side against a ‘minnow’ (like Covscum).
Ending the all day build up coverage on the terrestrial channels, and replacing it with ‘Girth Brooks On Ice’ repeats
Confiscating rattles, darts, half-bricks and pork pie hats at the turnstiles, and handing out pyro and smart phones
Penalties to settle draws in Finals, instead of glorious replays, like Chelsea v Leeds
Allowing players to wear slippers with a few studs, instead of old army boots
Banning combovers that flop in the wind, like Ralph Coates and the glory of Rodney Fern at Field Mill
Ending Community singing of Forces favourites/hymns, replacing it with mute gorging from rip off concessions.
Progressively reducing club allocations from close to 45% each.
Replacing Quiz Ball with shite featuring those football legends Andrew Flintoff and Jack Whitehall
Pulling the FA Cup version of Subbuteo, and doing likewise with Top Trumps.
Ending cardboard voucher systems for Finals tickets, so that tourists and fairweathers can be fleeced online.
Stopping Fenwicks from having signing sessions with players promoting a Club souvenir booklet