00:00Yesterday there was a big announcement about the FA Cup, you know what the FA Cup means to people in England, you've won the tournament.
00:08Do you have a view on the decision to get rid of replays because clearly at the top end of the game you've got a lot of matches but other people really like the idea of replays?
00:22I think you know better than me the reason why it was built or created a replay in this country, it's for the lower divisions I guess,
00:34to have the chance, to give an opportunity to these clubs in lower divisions to have a big club, a good money for them, but in that sense it's a problem, it's a big blow.
00:52Absolutely, that's the reason why. For the big clubs playing in the European competitions it's much better, it's much better.
01:01We have less games in our tighter schedule, lots of games, so to find the balance today in the world of football is the most difficult thing.
01:08And I understand that the clubs in the lower divisions can complain about that because if we have a game here at the stadium and we cannot win, we have to go to a team with a conference one, a league one, that game is so important for them.
01:21That's why I think it was created that replays in the FA Cup for a tradition for many, many years.
01:27But with the schedule that we have, especially the teams that play European competitions and national teams, many, many players go to a national team, it's much better.
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