FA Cup Final Thread - 2014/15 season

[Fernando]

First topic message reminder :

FA Cup Final  

Arsenal vs Aston Villa

[westisbest]

Villa allocation for semi final 31,799.

i wont be eligible to try to get one till 2nd april.

Hope I get one.

Nothing yet on day or time.

[Fernando]

That's a shambolic allocation for a 90,000 seater stadium

Reading 2-0 up in 10 mins.

[1GrumpyGolfer]

Arsenal got exactly the same Fernando. Can't remember last year's allocation for the final.

[NickisBHAFC]

Reading are a joke of a club.

Goal music
Drum
Plastic plastic plastic

[hampo17]

Playing goal music makes you a joke of a club? Nearly every lower league club I've been to play goal music. Stop fishing Nick

[NickisBHAFC]

It's just adds to the plastic nature of Reading.

[Derbymanc]

Why are Reading plastic?

[westisbest]

Our semi final is on the sunday.

Would have preferred the saturday.

If i cant get a ticket, have to hope the mrs is not working, as its on BT so will have to go out and watch it.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Reading are ruddy plastic though, awful club

[westisbest]

Well, that's a bummer.

Cant make the semi's.

Lets hope i can make the final

[westisbest]

If we dont win it, would like to see Reading do it.

[NickisBHAFC]

God I think I'd die of depression of Reading won it. 

I want Villa to do it, if not them then Liverpool for Gerrard, that's provided Gerrard is actually playing!

[Fernando]

Blackburn: Eastwood, Henley, Baptiste, Kilgallon, Olsson, Marshall, Evans, Conway, Williamson, Cairney, Rhodes. Subs: Spurr, Songo'o, Lenihan, Steele, Mahoney, Gestede, Nyambe.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Johnson, Lovren, Sakho, Moreno, Henderson, Lucas, Allen, Sterling, Sturridge, Coutinho. Subs: Jones, Toure, Lambert, Manquillo, Borini, Brannagan, Markovic.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Not sure why Blackburn have gone with Rhodes ahead of Gestede up top

[FootballLight]

Not sure why Blackburn have gone with Rhodes ahead of Gestede up top

I'm sure Gary Bowyer will have some plan. A surprise tactic? Liverpool planning ahead, looking to deal with the aerial threat of Gestede then they come up against a more agile Rhodes. Could be some clever thinking if he delivers in this second half.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Jordan Rhodes isn't agile. He doesn't do anything bar wander around a bit

[GSC]

Liverpool activated Gary Bowyers' trap card

[Crimey]

Gestede suffering hamstring injury, can only play like 20 mins.

[FootballLight]

Jordan Rhodes isn't agile. He doesn't do anything bar wander around a bit

And score some goals.... Hmm, he's a striker that scores goals, I wonder why Gary Bowyer played him?

[NickisBHAFC]

Rhodes is a good striker. Gestede is just a better all round footballer, who could probably hack the Premership a lot better.

[westisbest]

Bring it Liverpool.

The claret and blue army are ready.

[FootballLight]

Reading are a joke of a club.

Goal music
Drum
Plastic plastic plastic

I've only just seen this post. You must be joking? A "joke club"? Brighton are hardly any better. Worse place in the table, we have beaten you this season and when was the last time Brighton were in the Premier League? Or won a league title? I forgot, they were playing in lonely League One just a few seasons back. We've got plastic seats but I'm afraid that's about as plastic as we get. Fickle Brighton fan. Drum creates a atmosphere along with goal music. Brighton fans barely cheer at all. I could only just hear you at the Madejski a few weeks ago. What a shame.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

To be fair, Reading are THE plastic club

[Guest]

I was playing toy golf with a couple of plastic clubs yesterday and they were pretty bad. The driver, especially.

[FootballLight]

To be fair, Reading are THE plastic club

Sorry, the Hammers fans rely on a reality TV show to generate their atmosphere do they. We don't travel in numbers but we are by far and away one of the loudest in the Championship. I hardly heard anything the last time we played you and you knocked 4 goals past us.

[westisbest]

Always makes me laugh when people say another club is plastic, nothing etc.

Wouldn't say there is a nothing club in the leagues.

as far as Reading go, I don't mind them. Have to a fair few Reading villa games.

Quite like the mad stad. Have been to a fair few London Irish games to.

The pub at the station is decent.

Would love to see a villa Reading final.

Oooh Reading are plastic, wtf, pretty sad.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

To be fair, Reading are THE plastic club

Couldn't agree more - think they brought about 2 away fans to the Carra

[Dolphin Ziggler]

They have an inflatables day, Westi. A day for inflatables. They're a team of no consequence with no rivals.

No idea what the reality TV show line was about. But I'd laugh at the thought of you not hearing a sound. We travel well and loud, it's well known.

[westisbest]

I don't mind them as i said.

Had some good games with them.
Some good wins at the Madjeski stadium.

Don't they have the Thames Valley derby against Oxford.

Not exactly local, but a bit of a rivalry maybe.
Maybe fl knows more.

Is having a rival a big deal?

[Guest]

My neck of the woods, Westy. Oxfordshire.

20/30 years ago Robert Maxwell wanted to merge Oxford Utd and Reading and have them as the Oxford Royals. Didn't happen, obviously.

Jumping off that boat was a much better idea.

When I think of Reading, I think of the Oxford Royals.

[westisbest]

When I think of Oxford, I think of that damn A34.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I think of losing the boat race. But we're top of the uni list so ha!

[NickisBHAFC]

Reading are a joke of a club.

Goal music
Drum
Plastic plastic plastic

I've only just seen this post. You must be joking? A "joke club"? Brighton are hardly any better. Worse place in the table, we have beaten you this season and when was the last time Brighton were in the Premier League? Or won a league title? I forgot, they were playing in lonely League One just a few seasons back. We've got plastic seats but I'm afraid that's about as plastic as we get. Fickle Brighton fan. Drum creates a atmosphere along with goal music. Brighton fans barely cheer at all. I could only just hear you at the Madejski a few weeks ago. What a shame.

So you're basically saying you rely on a drum and goal music to create an atmosphere at your home ground, whatever it's called. Point proven, Reading are a joke, worst support i've ever seen from home fans; away fans are always silent as well. 

Also your later post about West Ham was a joke as well.

[westisbest]

You say Reading are a joke club, but they have won the championship therefore played in the premiership.

Would you not want Brighton to do that?

I think achievement on the pitch is a bit more important than a team only brining a couple of hundred fans to an away ground.

[Duty281]

If Nick says Reading are a joke, that probably means they are a sound club who are full of integrity.

[Stella]

What constitutes a joke club?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What constitutes a joke club?

Reading - have we not already established this Stella

[Stella]

What constitutes a joke club?

Reading - have we not already established this Stella

Oh yeah, Nick says so.

[GSC]

To be fair to Nick, Reading are pretty plastic.

[Roller_Coaster]

What constitutes a joke club?

A venue hosting a regular meeting where like minded people share amusing anecdotes/one-liners with each other in an attempt to make each other laugh?

[Stella]

What constitutes a joke club?

A venue hosting a regular meeting where like minded people share amusing anecdotes/one-liners with each other in an attempt to make each other laugh?

That made me laugh.

[westisbest]

Pretty confident going into the game sunday.

Under Sherwood we have certainly improved, played better football then with Lambert.

The win at WHL will give us a lot of confidence(not just for sunday, but remaining games).

Benteke is unstoppable at the moment, hopefully he can keep his goalscoring form up.

Gabby's pace will hopefully cause them trouble. Deplh is playing well. Grealish also.

Hopefully they can rise to the occasion.

Given has played well in the cup run, hopefully can keep that up.

Joe Cole to score winner against his former club.

Roll on sunday, wont be easy, should be a good game.

[FootballLight]

Well its up to you guys what you think, but you couldn't be anymore wrong really.

We don't travel in numbers, but we are loud and we always give it a good go. To say that we are plastic is an understatement. If you think things such as drums and music is plastic then you must be deluded. A drum and music creates more atmosphere than just sitting there signing away, something that Brighton fans don't often do. The only time I have ever seen Brighton fans cheer was at Nottingham Forest last season. Then that all went pear shaped didn't it after that, again.

Forest fans have quantity, not quality when it comes to their football or fans. To be fair to them, they have soundly beaten us twice this season, but it hasn't exactly been difficult for any side to beat us this season really. The last time they were in the Premier League was probably the last time they lifted the Champions Cup and that was a good 30 years ago. Great club, everything else is just average bordering on poor.

So then, my post about West Ham is a joke? So, Reading are a plastic club for having a drum and music and West Ham fans and just soundly ok when they create an atmosphere when bubbles get filtered into a football ground? Surely you must be having a laugh. Although, I guess it shows they take some attention off the kids watching football games, give them credit where t is due.

At least we can safely say our "plastic" fans have helped get us to the Semi-Finals along with the quality of play. That can be more than said for the Brighton, Forest and West Ham fans, that's for sure.

URZ!!!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Just lol

[mystiroakey]

We have cheerleaders and we are not plastic...

[westisbest]

Did enjoy your cheerleaders at SP.

Good luck Reading today.

Good man Footballight, you tel em.

[Guest]

All the best for tomorrow, Westy. May the best team win

[Hammersmith harrier]

West Ham are the least plastic of any football team.

[Crimey]

Football support is very synthetic whoever you support.

[westisbest]

All the best for tomorrow, Westy. May the best team win

Villa it is then

Hopefully will be a good game.

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