Okay so as im playing the community shield on fifa and im wonderinger. Why do a lot of people (fans, pundits) write off the community shield as a meaningless trophy or a just a friendly? I mean it the English Supercup, winner of the league vs winner of the domestic cup. Every other league seems to care about Supercups and theres also the important European Supercup.
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It’s a little more serious than a friendly though it’s nothing seriously noteworthy. Winner of the league and FA Cup trading blows for bragging rights and bonus silverware as a pre-game to the league is slightly interesting; like an appetizer but still boring since nothing is stake. Seems like people who like watching the games for games sake enjoy this.
Depends on if you win
I think it’s only ever remotely interesting if it’s actually winner of the cup vs winner of the league
When a team can win that without winning a proper trophy, then yeah it’s tinpot. If the same team wins both then they should have last year’s winner or something
Any one off game can’t really be anything more than a glorified exhibition in my eyes, when the pool of potential winners is 2 sometimes 1 then yeah bit pointless.
In addition to other things mentioned, it’s only a one-off game. It doesn’t have the feel of a final that teams have worked hard to reach.
Ohh interesting, I didn’t know about the origins of the shield, I forgot its also called the charity shield. Thanks for that.
That’s actually a valid point 😂. Though i did mean it more as other countries take it more of an actual competitive win/trophy as opposed to England
No, I’m tired of seeing people say this.
Trophies on offer to a premier league club by order of (general) importance
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CL
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Premier League itself
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Europa League
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FA Cup
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Conference league
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League Cup
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UEFA Super Cup
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FA Community Shield
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Spurs would like to have one
It’s a friendly if you lose it
For viewers it doesn’t really matter, you can just treat it with as much importance as you want.
But I reckon it’s a big deal for players. They may also dismiss it as “just a pre-season game” prior to the game, but when it actually comes around they can’t help but feel the weight of it. Wembley full house, playing in front of the royals, and typically against a team who’s going to be a title rival in the upcoming season… it ends up becoming an intense match.
It is just a glorified friendly. Matters way less than the Carabao cup.
Yes. It used to be called the charity shield.
It’s only important if you win it, otherwise it’s a meaningless pre-season friendly 😂
Bigger than a friendly but much smaller than a real trophy
It depends on who wins it.