FA Cup 4th Round

Fr Tod Umptious

Am I the only one who finds it difficult to consider Luton as a fifth tier team ?

They got where they are mainly on points deductions and its not that long ago since they were only a few points of the championship playoff spots late in the season.

There beating of Norwich does not seem to have the same giantkilling ring to it as Sutton Utd's win over Coventry did in 1989

markie29

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds it difficult to consider Luton as a fifth tier team ?

They got where they are mainly on points deductions and its not that long ago since they were only a few points of the championship playoff spots late in the season.

There beating of Norwich does not seem to have the same giantkilling ring to it as Sutton Utd's win over Coventry did in 1989

Lutons giantkilling is a bigger feat than that of Sutton because for the last few years they have almost gone out of business on numerous occasions.

Their fans deserve the win today as well as the people who stuck by them through the years.

greendom

markie29 wrote: »

Lutons giantkilling is a bigger feat than that of Sutton because for the last few years they have almost gone out of business on numerous occasions.

Their fans deserve the win today as well as the people who stuck by them through the years.

The good Father is right though - Sutton were a much smaller club than Luton are.

Fr Tod Umptious

markie29 wrote: »

Lutons giantkilling is a bigger feat than that of Sutton because for the last few years they have almost gone out of business on numerous occasions.

Their fans deserve the win today as well as the people who stuck by them through the years.

Your kind of making my point for me.
The numerous administrations and the resulting points deductions are a major factor in why Luton are in the fifth level, not their ability on the field (I'll back it up with facts on Monday)

Plus back in 89 Coventry were at least 20 years continuous first division team.
Over the past 20 years Norwich have spend most of it in the second tier and even spent a year lower, and only a handful higher.

davycc

RikkFlair wrote: »

Luton Town to cause an upset. Cmon the Hatters!

good call mr flair;)

markie29

Brentford 1-0 up after 44 minutes against Chelsea and deserved lead too

double GG

Chelsea will score a minimum of 3 in the 2nd half.

MUSEIST

double GG wrote: »

Chelsea will score a minimum of 3 in the 2nd half.

LOL, not with torres up front. I have literally never seen a player offer so little but still play so much for a team in my life. Why does benitez like him so much

davycc

2-1 to the bees :-)

"kings of europe" under pressure lol

Guy:Incognito

MUSEIST wrote: »

LOL, not with torres up front. I have literally never seen a player offer so little but still play so much for a team in my life. Why does benitez like him so much

Indeed..................:D

Torres should be booked for that.

double GG

Deleted User wrote: »

Torres should be booked for that.

What?

McGrath5

Fair play to Brentford, very entertaining game to watch.

double GG

double GG wrote: »

What?

Well he scored, I assume he had to have cheated in some way :pac:

Amirani

Some decent upsets this weekend, Liverpool to get tanked 3-1 to Oldham later to round it off.

Super-Rush

Why are there so many empty seats behind the Leeds goal?

1-0 Leeds, did well to keep his nerve, had a lot of time.

Mushy

Yahoo cmon Leeds.

Amirani

Good finish from Varney.

Amirani

Sir Alex Ferguson wrote: »

Why are there so many empty seats behind the Leeds goal?

Segregation I'd imagine?

Luckycharms_74

Sir Alex Ferguson wrote: »

Why are there so many empty seats behind the Leeds goal?

It was on the instruction of the police. It reduced capacity by 2,000.

Guy:Incognito

NiallSparky wrote: »

Segregation I'd imagine?

If it was a vertical strip I'd have said yeah, but it seems to be the whole lower tier.

Luckycharms_74

NiallSparky wrote: »

Some decent upsets this weekend, Liverpool to get tanked 3-1 to Oldham later to round it off.

Put your money where your mouth is then

Mushy

Bale claiming a dive...even better the replay showed how clear the nudge was.

Luckycharms_74

Spurs in trouble now, great finish by McCormack. Leeds 2-0 Spurs

Kirby

Quality finish as I thought he would bottle it but he took the strike on beautifully.

Awful, awful defending it has to be said.

Has there been a change in advantage this season? Referees seems to be allowing much longer this season before coming back to freekicks.

Amirani

NiallSparky wrote: »

Some decent upsets this weekend, Liverpool to get tanked 3-1 to Oldham later to round it off.

Add Spurs to that...

DenMan

Super start by Oldham. 1-0.

Amirani

NiallSparky wrote: »

Some decent upsets this weekend, Liverpool to get tanked 3-1 to Oldham later to round it off.

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

Put your money where your mouth is then

Of course I did this and will now lay it off...