[St Charles Owl]

I accept that, a last minute goal to win a game 5-4 for instance will always generate more joy and despair, but lets be right these two managers are two of the more negative ones, certainly in comparison to the other top 6 teams so we were never going to see end to end football!!  I think players inherently want to win every match they play in, especially one that is a final for a trophy.

I can understand a team parking the bus if its a lower league side in a cup match against a top team. But two Premier League teams parking the bus is embarrassing. The Premier League is meant to be the best league in the World, I don't think it is it's probably the best brand but not the best league.

At best in the Premier League there is only 4-5 teams who challenge for the title and who can win it, I know someone will say What about Leicester? But that was a freak season and doubt it will ever be repeated again unless a rich oil baron pumps money into the likes of Huddersfield or Crystal Palace.  

I think if certain Premier League teams treat the FA Cup with contempt or see it as a nuisance then they should be asked whenever they want to be apart of it or not. Didn't the Spurs manager say in the semi-final against United that it's not the type of trophy they want to win as they want to win the Premier League and Champions League well the thing is winning the FA Cup or League Cup is building the foundations to winning the Champions League or Premier League.

Also another thing people say the team which wins the Premier League is the "Champions of England". Hang on a minute, If you win the Premier League you are the Champions of the Premier League, if you win the FA Cup you are "Champions of England" because every club in England enters the FA Cup.

The PL is hyped as the best league in the world and I would agree with that in terms of its competitiveness and excitement but that doesn't mean it has the best teams. The PL is probably the hardest to win compared to all the other top European leagues, there is no let up whatever team you are playing because the quality of the teams throughout the division is imo better than the quality from top to bottom of other leagues. Plus the simple fact that 4-5 teams can legitimately claim to be in with a good shot of winning the title makes it far more competitive than all other European leagues, most of whom have 1, maybe 2 teams that could win the title.

To be fair with regard to Champions of England, every team who enters the FA Cup is also in a division within the pyramid of English football, so all teams also enter the league competition. The winners of the top division title in England are the Champions of England, the team that wins the FA Cup are the Cup Winners.