They have 7 games but their league is nowhere even close to being played at a similar pace or intensity, football at that level is pretty slow so you can't compare them. Plymouth fans said as much on their forum after watching the Everton vs Southampton game. You say the tried and trusted have to get the job done instead but you have no idea what team will play that game, it'll no doubt be a very similar team to the home game.
It's hard to plan for something when you suffer injuries or experience the absences of some very key players.
This is the busiest time of the season. It's also a very difficult part of the season looking at a number of games we have this month. We knew this 6 months ago. Did we do much about it? Yeah, we sold off and let go defenders, midfielders, and forwards. We have had no specialist left back for 5 months. The Sakho saga drifts on with no sign of a resolution, and surprise surprise, now we're struggling for numbers at the back. We're currently 2 midfielders short, while Mane is off elsewhere. It was our responsibility to be prepared for this. Instead we're putting our faith in a pile of teenagers who can't handle Plymouth at home. Because they didn't take their chance, Klopp will turn to the regulars to get over this hurdle. Germans are pragmatists after all.
As well as more league games per season, their clubs also have several other cup competitions to compete in. But as a general observation, lower league football is traditional British fare, on pudding pitches, and frequent challenges that would lead to prosecutions anywhere else bar a football pitch, on much more limited resources. But you rarely hear them complain about their lot, unlike us who blow a gasket at been asked to play twice in 2 days, just once a season.
That's why I don't believe this nonsense about the magic of the FA Cup vanishing.
So will lower league clubs playing for a draw ever kill off the FA Cup? Will it heck!
This round of the Cup is all about the minnows, so you can celebrate a goalless draw against our reserves, as if you had gone to Barcelona and won 4-0.
The cup will never lose it's magic but to us and other big clubs, it's a distraction at this time of year from other priorities. Hence why we didn't take it that seriously. By the time spring comes round, it's a much bigger deal, where full houses in the stands and full strength sides on the pitch are guaranteed, while the minnows can enjoy it all from the comfort of a red button.
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