Most Boring FA Cup Final EVER?!?!

[Longsight Librero]

OK, the final yesterday was supposed to be one of the "greatest" apparently. Everyone was hyped and talking about it, the two biggest teams in England up against each other. But what we got got was a possesion, Liverpool style football match passing along the back-four, no pressure from the strikers at some occasions and just a plain boring game. As for the atmosphere, well i went to game, fantastic stadium, lovely pitch but no atmosphere. There was very little chanting from both fans, not like weve seen from the Millenium stadium before. But, my point is that the players were nervous both teams wanted to win so much they kept the ball in their own half sometimes, the only action was a goal that should have been rightly awarded to Man Utd, and then boring Chelsea had to score in the last minute of extra-time to seal off the misery and just repeat what they normally do in games, we'll wait to the nineteith minute and pile on the pressure and score... I just found it so... boring to watch and frustrating. It had the potential to be a great game, but it turned out to be a typical Premiership game for Chelsea, and a basic kick-around. Nowhere near as good as the Coventry vs Spurs game, which in my opinion was the most exciting final ever...

Your opinions on this, and why have games so *hyped* turned into a boring game, and a waste of money...?

[dimitar-berbatov-9]

I fell asleep after 20 mins an only woke up at 70 mins coz my fone was ringing. point proven. and im glad u mentioned spurs coventry, very good game...

[SweetLew]

Agreed match was not classic.
In my opinion one of main reasson is that the two
clubs in involded have played way too many games
this season, not to add that the break between this
season and last season was so short due to WC 06
You were watching two teams whoi had many players
who had nothing elt in the tank.
The top scorers on each team were pretty much non
factors, did Ronaldo touch the ball in OT, Drogba touched
the ball twice, guess it was all he needed to do.

Anothe rproblem is the media hyped the game up so
much that unless it was one of the most exciting matches
ever played, it never stood a chance.

Great result though

[cockney]

not entertaining at all. pity

[atlanta]

what a bore-fest. Hopefully people who like to slam international football every opportunity they get will STFU now. I'm looking at you wenger. After the greatest footballing spectacle ever that was chelsea-liverpool (sarcasm) now we have this. The fact is, boring football happens in every league and every forms of competition.

[Harry Boulton]

22 players on the pitch, 2 strikers. Says it all really. The 4-5-1 formation should be banned....

[dimitar-berbatov-9]

22 players on the pitch, 2 strikers. Says it all really. The 4-5-1 formation should be banned....
Not 4-5-1. Just Chelski and United

[United Pumps]

Not 4-5-1. Just Chelski and United
Yes, United have been incredibly boring all season. Please ban us.

[Disco Dale]

the only action was a goal that should have been rightly awarded to Man Utd,
Was correctly ruled out.
And I don't think it was the only action. I spotted a nice-one two between Lampard and Drogba late on in extra time....

but Cup finals are often disappointing, and hyped games nearly always are. I agree though, it's still a shame. I remember before when the premiership was being first touted, and there was talk of a European-wide league, and Sky getting involved, the cynics, like me, were saying all they wanted was artificial games Arsenal v Man Utd every week, usually dead boring... slowly it's happening, i think....

[Milliano]

Maybe it's just the hype getting in the way.
Contrary to all the hype, I expected a relatively boring match. I missed the (apparently pitiful) first half but the rest I thought was very entertaining. I can see why others would find it boring though... just depends on your taste and such. It's a cup final, and even as a neutral I find it to make each scoring chance that much more exciting --- everything is that much more on an edge. Like in the World Cup -- a lot of the matches were 'boring' in a general asthetic sense but gripping if you look at them in a competitive way.