New Posts For Thread: Sunderland fans not bothered with the F.A CUP?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cupThat crowd is embarrassing looks like about 15000 at most.part time club,part time supporters.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538041675#538041675part time club,part time supporters.Tue, 18 Feb 2014 07:28:58 -0600poppy, had it been a league game there would have been 40 kits rumoured that there are 28 k season ticket holdersthere must be an element of fans, not just those from sunderland, being fed upof the lack of magic of this cup at early stageshttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538040955#538040955poppy, had it been a league game there would have been 40 kits rumoured that there are 28 k season ticket holdersthere must be an element of fans, not just those from sunderland, being fed upof the lack of magic of this cup at early stagesTue, 18 Feb 2014 06:32:02 -0600No-ones mentioned it was Sunderland's 8th home game of the year.More than high-flyers Chelsea and Tottenham put together.An expensive outlay in the 6 weeks after Christmas period for an area going through tough financial timeshttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538040433#538040433No-ones mentioned it was Sunderland's 8th home game of the year.More than high-flyers Chelsea and Tottenham put together.An expensive outlay in the 6 weeks after Christmas period for an area going through tough financial timesTue, 18 Feb 2014 05:41:56 -0600they had strong teams out cos they were playing each otherdarloi suspect it will continue to lose support, it has lost its street cred , maybe losing the fa cup will allow the big teams to pish off to play more european games, and a cup for other teahttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020609#538020609they had strong teams out cos they were playing each otherdarloi suspect it will continue to lose support, it has lost its street cred , maybe losing the fa cup will allow the big teams to pish off to play more european games, and a cup for other teaSun, 16 Feb 2014 16:41:46 -0600Why should the fans spend their money when its obvious the manager doesn't want to be in this competition?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020591#538020591Why should the fans spend their money when its obvious the manager doesn't want to be in this competition?Sun, 16 Feb 2014 16:41:13 -0600Sunderland took 9k away to Man Utd so the money thing doesn't wash for me. Especially as presumably there were cut price tickets. Even more strange was how empty their stadium was for the home leg semi Poyet is doing a decent job there, the fans shouhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020493#538020493Sunderland took 9k away to Man Utd so the money thing doesn't wash for me. Especially as presumably there were cut price tickets. Even more strange was how empty their stadium was for the home leg semi Poyet is doing a decent job there, the fans shouSun, 16 Feb 2014 16:37:19 -0600The top teams were the ones fielding strong teams, the likes of City, Liverpool and Chelsea all had good teams out, its the rest of the league that are treating the competition with utter contempt.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020417#538020417The top teams were the ones fielding strong teams, the likes of City, Liverpool and Chelsea all had good teams out, its the rest of the league that are treating the competition with utter contempt.Sun, 16 Feb 2014 16:32:57 -0600That's also the problem donny. The big teams already dominate it anyway because their reserves are better than other team's reserves. But the competition is nearly on a life support machine.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020391#538020391That's also the problem donny. The big teams already dominate it anyway because their reserves are better than other team's reserves. But the competition is nearly on a life support machine.Sun, 16 Feb 2014 16:31:28 -0600indeed, i cant argue unless its given a goi suspect a champions league place would galvanize the top teams to play their best teams,https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020335#538020335indeed, i cant argue unless its given a goi suspect a champions league place would galvanize the top teams to play their best teams,Sun, 16 Feb 2014 16:28:05 -0600they only come out for finalshttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/30201925/sunderland-fans-not-bothered-with-the-fa-cup?post_id=538020291#538020291they only come out for finalsSun, 16 Feb 2014 16:26:26 -0600