What frustrates me is this myth that, as a club, we intend to go out of the cup early.

That is what has grown up around this now, you can see it all over the posts following the game, and the weeks since.

The point, i think, was to show our record isn't that uncommon statistically. It could well be the worst but it doesn't stick out, its not as if ALL similar clubs have progressed significantly further on a regular basis.

Our record has been poor, and there are games where we have put out changed teams.
However it staggers me that people can genuinely believe that Alex Neil walked into the dressing room before the Man City game and said:
"Don't worry too much about this one lads, take it easy, just make sure it doesn;t look like you're taking it easy"
Cause if you believe the club was happy to go out, our aiming to go out then a version of that would have to have happened.
If, like me, you can't see that for one second and believe AN demands we look to win every game we play, then there is no 'bad attitude' to the FA cup. The game was approached the right way, we played poorly and lost.

Posted By: megson on January 20th 2016 at 12:55:05

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NBTT - re that FA Cup thing (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 20, 09:34:25
- a dwarf writes .... (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jan 20, 13:12:26
  - That's a good stat. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Jan 20, 13:17:38
- What frustrates me is this myth that, as a club, we intend to go out of the cup early. (NCFC) - megson, Jan 20, 12:55:05
- Pointing out someone else's guilt is never a great argument to use (NCFC) - earlydoors, Jan 20, 11:55:37
  - Sure. You should be addressing that to Henclrikus rather than me, of course (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 20, 12:05:37
    - It was a solidarity post and not a dig (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Jan 20, 12:55:19
- Good stattage (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 20, 10:21:22
- Yeah, OK all. Maybe Luton was as bad / worse than Stevenage... (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 20, 09:43:11
- I think the Luton thing puts us in the FA Cup Cone of Shame for many years to come. (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, Jan 20, 09:42:50
- Hmm, only Prem team every to go out at home to non league opposition? (NCFC) - duke of york, Jan 20, 09:39:57
- Stevenage worse than Luton? Not much in it, I guess. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jan 20, 09:38:41
  - They were 13th in league 2 (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 20, 09:41:42
    - Luton were out of the league at that point - did they get promoted that season? (NCFC) - APB, Jan 20, 09:43:11
      - Missed out on the playoffs (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 20, 09:46:48
      - were they docked points which forced them out of the league? (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jan 20, 09:46:33
        
        Yeah but a few years earlier (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 20, 09:48:20
        
        that'll do! (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jan 20, 10:03:35
      - No. Finished 7th. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 20, 09:43:54

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