Burnley News 24/7Writer: turfmanphil 
Date:Thursday January 4 2007
Time: 6:24PM
UK time is: 16:33:24
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Coppell Cop Out!!
Reading boss Steve Coppell has decided to field a Reserve team for the FA Cup third round clash with the Clarets this Saturday
Coppell says his decision is in-keeping with an established policy for cup games.
Steve Coppell is quoted as saying to Sky Sports 'This is no disrespect to Burnley - I would have done this if we had been playing Arsenal at home or anybody at home. This was something I had in my mind as soon as the third round draw was made.
'We won't be remembered for whatever we do in the FA Cup this year. This club has been in the FA Cup for the last 136 years.
'They haven't been in the Premiership and that is our priority, I make no bones about that. The Premiership is our personal FA Cup final every week.
'Last season was all about promotion - this season is all about the Premiership.
'Other teams with bigger resources can concentrate on a couple of challenges but that is not for us.
'But it is not as though I'm throwing the game away - I want us to win on Saturday and go as far as we can in the competition.'
Adam Federici is poised to make his debut as goalkeeper. A comeback for long-term injury absentees Bobby Convey and Dave Kitson may also be on the cards.
So what do Clarets fans think about this? The last time a Premiership team tried this against us in a Cup match was Liverpool at the Turf a couple of seasons back and they went away with egg on their faces and a lot of criticism following the Clarets 1-0 win.
This might be a lifeline to the Clarets and give us a better chance of winning the match but my gut feeling is this sort of thing should not be allowed to happen and is unfair on other teams in the FA Cup. Does it not also let the Reading fanbase down? Not that I care but if we win what will they think? Will they not criticise the manager for fielding a weakened team?
Seconds Out! Vital Boxing is here!
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
Our "reserves" are hungry to impress and will be no pushovers. They're currently top of a league which contains the second-strings of the likes of Chelsea, Spurs etc. and recently beat Arsenal's reserves 6-0!
Rogue
i reckon its unfair to bemoan coppell for fielding a 'weakened team' as a reading fan i'm looking forward to seeing some of the fringe players getting a look in - wiht premiership survival the most importnat thing for us you can hardly blame coppell for not wanting to try out new players and things in a game that wont affect where we stand next year!
link201
Maybe its because Im an old fart and remember the days in the 60s when Burnley FC then a respected first divisionc club fielded a complete reserve team in a match against Chelsea. They got fined! Different times but I think this sort of things degrades the concept of the FA Cup
It just sits uneasy with me somehow although it gives our team a better chance of winning. If somehow we do manage to win then I guess you only have yourselves to blame
turfmanphil
I hope you do win it...I understand his sentiment ( coppell ) but...you have to take and play every game as it comes and fight all the way..that is also part of playing with the big boys...
ernshaw
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Will there be Trouble at Mills? (Saturday May 25 2013)
Free Transfer for McCann and Others Leave! (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Tranmere is Fifth Summer Friendly! (Monday May 20 2013)
Rumour Mill-Jara to Reyes His Game at Turf Moor? (Saturday May 18 2013)
Heaton Rifles In To Sign Burnley Deal! (Friday May 17 2013)
Going North West for Two Further Friendlies! (Monday May 13 2013)
McCartan Goes-Why Don't the Club Shay Why? (Sunday May 12 2013)
Keeping the Heaton with Liversedge! (Saturday May 11 2013)
Clean Out or Wash Out? (Wednesday May 8 2013)
Burnley X-Files: Caldwell Out, Elliott In at Brum! (Wednesday May 8 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | turfmanphil | 65 |
| 2. | Couch Potato | 31 |
| 3. | Grimsby Claret | 30 |
| 4. | 8clarets8 | 17 |
| 5. | cornwallclaret | 17 |
| 6. | VinRogue | 11 |
| 7. | Claretdale | 10 |
| 8. | WelshClaret | 8 |
| 9. | RickersTwickers | 8 |
| 10. | AndyHo | 5 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Burnley | 2 | - | 0 | Ipswich |
| Wolves | 1 | - | 2 | Burnley |
| Burnley | 1 | - | 1 | Cardiff |
| Leeds Utd | 1 | - | 0 | Burnley |
| Blackpool | 1 | - | 0 | Burnley |
| Burnley | 3 | - | 1 | Bristol City |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 8. Forest | 46 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 67 |
| 9. Charlton | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 65 |
| 10. Derby County | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 61 |
| 11. Burnley | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 61 |
| 12. Birmingham | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | -6 | 61 |
| 13. Leeds Utd | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | -9 | 61 |
| 14. Ipswich | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 60 |
Breaking League News
| Opposing View: Crystal Palace
» Watford : 25/05/2013 14:00:00
|
| The Vital Forest Fan Interview: Woody
» Forest : 25/05/2013 13:09:00
|
| Prison warders among Deeney's Wembley guests
» Watford : 25/05/2013 12:45:00
|
| Will there be Trouble at Mills?
» Burnley : 25/05/2013 12:42:00
|
| Sammon Aims For More Goals
» Derby County : 25/05/2013 12:00:00
|
| LUFC On This Day - 25th May
» Leeds Utd : 25/05/2013 09:42:00
|
| Blues Announce More Friendlies
» Ipswich : 25/05/2013 08:45:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
2 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Please note the Editorial comments and opinions on this site are the personal views of the Editor and should not be construed in any way to be representative of those of other Clarets organisations of which he belongs e.g. Clarets Trust. This applies to both the front page articles and posts in any of the forums.
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.