[spireitematt]

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.

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.

If you win the Premier League it means you are the top team in England. Makes more sense to call the team which wins the FA Cup Champions of England because all clubs from the top down to the part-timers all have a go in the cup. I suppose its all semantics.