Apparently there's something of a big game tonight somewhere. (I suspect Highbury). Its my first Cup Final since 36, and zander's first since 31. Surprisingly A Dogs have never won the Cup, losing in Finals to Vecx and elmacca. The Wasps have also lost a final before, to Los Mikitos, when I attempted to win using a full court press, which of course everyone knows never works.
I get the feeling zander really wants the Cup this season. He's given up home advantage in the playoffs in order to get here which says to me he'd rather win the Cup than the league. Understandable really having won the league last season, though personally I'd have gone the other way as I did in 37, when I gave up in the Cup.
Do I want it also? Of course. I've given up training over the last three weeks in order to give myself as good a chance as I could. I've also discovered that you can these days keep players at 10 stamina, which you never could before. I think my chances are very slim though. Obviously I'm a huge underdog. I expect either a narrow win or a massive defeat. But I'm going to do what I can. There's always hope.
Good luck to zander. Surprisingly tonight is our first meeting in the Cup. Hope its a good one. Though I'm reminded of Bill Beaumont when he was England captain in the 70s, before a game against Wales. A posh bloke saw Beaumont on the way in to Twickenham and said to him "I hope the best team wins." And Beaumont replied "I bloody don't."