Doncaster game moved?

[JC]

What it does mean is that after Ipswich on 14th March we now have 3 consecutive away games and our next home game is not until 11th April

[Dirk Gently]

Would be a real shame to make FA cup ties one off games. Replays area great feature of cup competitions although it's also sad that they aren't a couple of days after the first game like they used to be.

Can't really conceive how clubs (and fans) would cope these days if we played Man U away on the Saturday and then had a replay the next Tuesday !!

This thread isn't the right place for it, but I do know that just about every club, at just about every level, finds cup replays against teams at the same level to be an absolute pain. I can see them coming under increasing pressure over the next few months or so..... especially because FIFA's insistence on release time before the World Cup and the PL's refusal to start earlier means it's currently almost impossible to put together next season's fixture list.

[Silver Fox]

Right near Sheff Weds away, makes March more expensive now. great.

fckin great

just great

Just think of the money you'll save in february though

[Stranded]

Bloomin eck just checked, if Derby get past Forest then Feb will look like this:

7/2 Preston H
21/2 Forest H
28/2 Ipswich H

[Compo's Hat]

Bloomin eck just checked, if Derby get past Forest then Feb will look like this:

7/2 Preston H
21/2 Forest H
28/2 Ipswich H

The women haters of Reading will want that extra bit spent on them for valentines if they find out it's a cheap month!

[rabidbee]

It's a ball ache but can anyone come up with a better solution that is fair to all concerned?

Scrap the cup?

[weybridgewanderer]

There's only so many weeks in the season, so something's got to give somewhere.

That's true, but if you're going to double up then League Cup semi week makes more sense than an early round FA Cup replay week. Also, there were unused weeks in the autumn.

I wonder if this is a side-effect of the lack of a 1st January game?

I take your point. But if it was to effect one of the League Cup semi-finallists (ie Man U or Spurs) there would probably be far more of a stink than if it effects little old Reading or someone of their stature.

With everton needing a replay against liverpool, their game v man utd has been moved from next Monday evening to saturday evening so it can still be televised.

[Tony Le Mesmer]

With us not really firing at the moment, Doncaster unbeaten this year and our injuries mounting up, this could prove a timely postponement for us i reckon.