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    Originally posted by nmrfox View Post
    I'm a hopeless tv watcher where Leicester are concerned... Put the City on and until they are at least 3 goals up with 10 minutes or so remaining, I'm nervous, irrational and twitchy.
    oh god, just a bit. I watched City's 4-3 defeat to Newcastle in a pub and got warned for screaming obscenities at Alan Shearer. The only time I ever did that at a ground was when Tore Andre Flo was right in front of me taking a throw-in, the bastard.

    I think I'm at least as nervous as I was before the 95/96 playoff final, which I also watched on TV. Whereas I think I felt quite tranquil before the 99/00 League Cup semis.

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      If you could win on saturday in the same (doubtless) hilarious manner as in 1996, that would be peachy, so I can finally enjoy the joke.

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        Been dipping into the 'FA Cup Channel' on I-player for that old school build up. Brian Kilcline's hair was so lush, I hope it still has some bounce.

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          It was looking good in 2017. This interview is kind of magnificent in how bonkers it is.

          https://www.theguardian.com/football...-coventry-city

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            I've tuned in for a bit of the build up.

            Really missing my Dad today. The FA Cup Final was a big event in our house, particularly in the 80s. 1987 and 1988 are the two I really remember. But it was always big for him even in this century when it feels like they all blur into one big BRC bore fest. Even if I didn't watch it he would ring up later and talk to me at length about it.

            I might have a watchalong with my brother (and maybe his kids). Try and recapture that family thing.

            Rooting for Leicester (sorry, NS)

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              We're all Leicester, today

              (well, bar NS and DG)

              (I'm taking Valter Attila leading the Giro as an omen. He'd be Walter if Hungarian had a w, since it's obviously a German name. And WALTER clearly stands for We're all Leicester today. Excellent result.)

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                No matter what they've done to the FA Cup, "Abide with me" still gets to even this old cynic. No, it's dusty in YOUR lounge.

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                  Great to see and hear the crowd in, genuinely emotional.

                  Come on, Leicester!

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                    I've got to say, I've always thought Abide with Meh. The song always seemed like a way for the Establishment to calm down the excited, unruly masses.

                    But this year, just seeing fans back at a match, and several very emotional Leicester fans, it did move me, I have to say.

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                      Odd greeting line up for Wills there. Little bows of the head instead of handshakes.

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                        But the we get the usual, busomy blond singing a god awful over - blown version of a very shitty song...

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                          Vardy looks scared of the photographer in the team line up photos.

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                            Originally posted by Ray de Galles View Post
                            I wonder if Chelsea will debut the new kit then.
                            Yes they are

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                              Did I hear some booing when the players took the knee?

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                                Have they juiced up the crowd sounds with some pre recorded stuff?

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                                  It sounded like there was booing at the start of taking the knee and clapping by the end.

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                                    Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post

                                    Yes they are
                                    Yes, NS mentioned it on the official kit thread.

                                    I am now officially a big fan of it and not just because, socks aside, it's a Wimbledon kit.

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                                      Sounds like a lot of booing all round, particularly by Leicester fans and especially when Alonso is on the ball.

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                                        Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View Post
                                        Odd greeting line up for Wills there. Little bows of the head instead of handshakes.
                                        Covid, innit.

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                                          The back of the shorts are the wafer thin mint. I think I could like it otherwise.

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                                            Can't remember many rainy cup finals.

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                                              Chelsea played in a particularly rainy one in 1994 when losing 4-0 to Man Utd.

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                                                Leicester too Spurs-esque at the moment. Taking too long to make decisions and playing backwards too often when they do.

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                                                  Have persuaded my nephew that he should be supporting Leicester. He was going to wait to see who scored first.

                                                  Kids today...

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                                                    Think Timo took one in the nads there

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