Cheltenham v Man City

[Johnny Comelately]

Why is the BBC bothering to show this game? There is absolutely no doubt what the result will be. City will presumably play their academy players and still win easily. And if by some miracle Cheltenham score or are holding on for a draw Pep will just stick on DeBruyne and Sterling. Complete waste of time and money.

 

[afcdibby]

Brentford v Leicester might have been more attractive but not many games really stood out.

 

[BoscombeCherry]

Why is the BBC bothering to show this game? There is absolutely no doubt what the result will be. City will presumably play their academy players and still win easily. And if by some miracle Cheltenham score or are holding on for a draw Pep will just stick on DeBruyne and Sterling. Complete waste of time and money.

He might struggle to put De Bryne on with him being out for the next 6 weeks.

 

[EasternRed]

Cheltenham will benefit from the TV money won't they? That's one good reason to show it.

 

[Toronto John]

I watched some of it and it does play to the "underdog" theme that the pundits put forward to characterize the FA Cup. Sentiment from another time?

 

[Brian Hutchings]

Why is the BBC bothering to show this game? There is absolutely no doubt what the result will be. City will presumably play their academy players and still win easily. And if by some miracle Cheltenham score or are holding on for a draw Pep will just stick on DeBruyne and Sterling. Complete waste of time and money.

Complete waste of time and money...? Only if your an ' Up your @rse Afcb fan!

Boscombe fans are probably OK with it ...giant killing and all that !

Its like Crawley don't stand a chance against the Elite stars of the BH postcode.. Innit..?

 

[New Forest Cherry]

Complete waste of time and money...?

do you mean the BBC in general or just this game in particular?

 

[stanthevan]

This is exactly the sort of game the BBC should show. Minnows v Giants. The magic of the cup and all that.

 

[MB1980]

This is exactly the sort of game the BBC should show. Minnows v Giants. The magic of the cup and all that.

exactly, more appealing than the all PL encounters that frequently get televised (better for viewing figures I guess).

 

[Johnny Comelately]

This is exactly the sort of game the BBC should show. Minnows v Giants. The magic of the cup and all that.

It's a bit too minnows versus giants. Sheffield United versus Plymouth might've been better.

 

[adam0102]

exactly, more appealing than the all PL encounters that frequently get televised (better for viewing figures I guess).

This.

I certainly won’t be watching ManU reserves against Liverpool reserves

 

[Brian Hutchings]

Man City and Liverpool aint that f√ckun singin' good.. as Burnley proved!

Whereas Leicester and even current Soton...you probably get a decent performance !

 

[Johnny Comelately]

Its like Crawley don't stand a chance against the Elite stars of the BH postcode.. Innit..?

No, it isn't. Because AFCB are literally not in the same league as Man City. You would hope Crawley will lose but it might be a good game. I'll be very surprised if this is.

 

[Johnny Comelately]

Cheltenham will benefit from the TV money won't they? That's one good reason to show it.

In this case that's probably the only good reason.

 

[RobTrent]

Man City and Liverpool aint that f√ckun singin' good.. as Burnley proved!

Whereas Leicester and even current Soton...you probably get a decent performance !

You seem to like every club other than the one you allegedly support!

 

[Johnny Comelately]

This is exactly the sort of game the BBC should show. Minnows v Giants. The magic of the cup and all that.

exactly, more appealing than the all PL encounters that frequently get televised (better for viewing figures I guess).

I'll be interested to know how much of the game you actually watch though.

 

[Brian Hutchings]

No, it isn't. Because AFCB are literally not in the same league as Man City. You would hope Crawley will lose but it might be a good game. I'll be very surprised if this is.

OK but..Cheltenham deserve a chance to give their fans a rare thrill of seeing them on telly!

Yeah Afcb are in a different league now than MC...the Championship and likely to stay there for a few seasons !

 

[Johnny Comelately]

It's a bit too minnows versus giants. Sheffield United versus Plymouth might've been better.

Actually I see this game's live on BBC iplayer.

 

[AFCBfan]

I watched some of it and it does play to the "underdog" theme that the pundits put forward to characterize the FA Cup. Sentiment from another time?

You don't know the result, do you? I fancy getting one over on the bookies.

 

[Johnny Comelately]

OK but..Cheltenham deserve a chance to give their fans a rare thrill of seeing them on telly!

Did they show Cheltenham v Mansfield?