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SMB_BFC
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Can't really use that information properly though. Sat game switched to a midweek game.. Many that can't go midweek for a variety of reasons.
JOHNMAJORTOM
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WAS there for the BARNSLEY game a couple of weeks back. this was the useless FA . nothing to do with the club. credit to everyone who turned out. including the mysterons from outer gloucester.
tangysider
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Chance to see fringe players, so still worth going
BigHandsOliverKahn
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Sadly, for me, the FA Cup only really generates interest when a non-league team has the chance of a go at a league club. Too many Prem and FL teams pick their reserves nowadays. We will even pick a weakened team against Forest.
Razzledazzle53
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Bit freaked out by the bold but fair do's
Razzledazzle53
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Enjoyed tonight, should be a good day out in Nottingham. What's not to like?
tangysider
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Bloody Chinese phone has a mind of its own, and I could not be arsed taking it off boldBit freaked out by the bold but fair do's
DiggersBFC
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It's an interesting topic though. Has the advent of the Premier League and Champions League devalued what was at one time England's and the world's most prestigious competition. With teams from all walks able to enter and compete, the FA cup had a magic to it that other competitions simply didn't have and yet now we see an apathy to it that would a one time been reserved for the likes of the FA trophy or the league cup. And yet sometimes the magic still shines - look at Cray Valley at Charlton for example, for those Cray Valley fans it must've been akin to going to Wembley itself and for lower league teams that go on a good run, the magic re-ignites. It's just a shame it wasn't there tonight - it was a good game as a Pool supporter, the team never looked troubled, but the atmosphere was easily the worst I've ever experienced at BR. Ah well, on to Forest, let's hope the apathy abates by then.
BillyRonsonNo7
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Nice that Weir got 12 minutes
Mike_BFC
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All
Leyland bfc
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Fa cup crowds been down for years especially early rounds
Martonmosser
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But you’re easily pleased
Hockaday’s Quiff
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It was a bizarre atmosphere. Felt quite edgy. Even Critch seemed to be having little rows with people in the crowd early on.
Wizaard
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Disinterested is often used instead of uninterested.
Disinterested means being objective.
Wizaard
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He was, over them complaining about passing square and back.
I thought it felt more like a pre season game.
Razzledazzle53
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It was an enjoyable evening. Hope yours was goodBut you’re easily pleased
Martonmosser
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More and more are waking up to his boring style of football. Entertaining, attacking football puts bums on seats and money in the coffers
Martonmosser
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It was thanksIt was an enjoyable evening. Hope yours was good
Just finished watching Kin on BBC iPlayer…… very entertaining 
Razzledazzle53
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Nice. I'll have a look at that, thanks for the recommendationIt was thanks
. Always good to have something on the back burner when there's no game on.Cindertrackkid
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The FA cup is our only way into Europe.
Get supporting the lads.
I'm just imagining our fans collectively shouting "Forward!!" to the pilot when he banks left just after take off...
ForeverTangerine
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I counted about 100 or so Forest Green fans and even in the minority they were clearly heard.
Looking around the stadium you’d have thought the Stains had come back given the numbers and the atmosphere.
Looking around the stadium you’d have thought the Stains had come back given the numbers and the atmosphere.
Wizaard
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You were all for him last week.
Wizaard
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It actually struck me that in the last knockings of the boycott, there were fewer there than tonight yet the gate was brazenly announced as 4-5,000.
Wizaard
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We won 3 0 and it should have been more.
I have no complaints and I drove 180 to and from home to see it.
Easy to snipe when you weren't there.
A_Tense_Grin
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Combination of everything. Lack of interest in FA Cup generally, fans not relating to Critchley's tactics and with it being midweek.
It's a sign of things to come if we are not careful.
It's a sign of things to come if we are not careful.
TangerineMorph
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Looking forward to a weekend in Nottingham again though. Beating them in last year's FA cup was one of very few high points!
Martonmosser
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Then Cambridge brought me back down to earth
Martonmosser
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Another who is easily pleased
Jaffa_The_Hut
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I didn’t go last night so didn’t watch it or indeed listen to it on the radio as it was our boat clubs Christmas party night last night but that gate was just shocking I honestly thought we would get at least 5,000 on last night.
I assume FGR brought a few hundred which makes it even worse a home gate under 3k.
I assume FGR brought a few hundred which makes it even worse a home gate under 3k.
ForeverTangerine
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There were around 100 FGR there last night.
I was a bit concerned that B block in the North was a bit threadbare, I shudder to think what could’ve happened if FGR had brought their Ultra’s last night.
I was a bit concerned that B block in the North was a bit threadbare, I shudder to think what could’ve happened if FGR had brought their Ultra’s last night.
AllezBlackpool
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On??? NobberI didn’t go last night so didn’t watch it or indeed listen to it on the radio as it was our boat clubs Christmas party night last night but that gate was just shocking I honestly thought we would get at least 5,000 on last night.
I assume FGR brought a few hundred which makes it even worse a home gate under 3k.
Jaffa_The_Hut
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I’ll keep this book marked for next time someone mentions Fleetwood gates.
basilrobbie3
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It was actually a pretty decent gate (as a proportion of normal home gates). Far less than we might have expected on a Saturday of course, but given Charlton, Derby and Posh all struggled to get more than 6,000 in, it is not really so bad at all.
Wizaard
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3188 was bigger than Cods v Posh.I’ll keep this book marked for next time someone mentions Fleetwood gates.
Jaffa_The_Hut
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Blackpool_Rox
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Agree with Diggers … ‘Premier League and Champions League have devalued what was at one time England's and the world's most prestigious club competition’
TBH … was having a chat in The Armfield about this pre-match … we still love the FA Cup
- it’s a good job that sometimes even their best new keys will not open our traditional old locks …
TBH … was having a chat in The Armfield about this pre-match … we still love the FA Cup
- it’s a good job that sometimes even their best new keys will not open our traditional old locks …
Blackpool_Rox
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TangerineBayern
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The poor attendance at last nights game rests firmly with the FA and their shambolic handling of this tie, if it had gone ahead on the 2nd Dec instead of being called off at 6pm the night before then the attendance would have been much higher!