I was thinking about how “uninteresting” the Emperors Cup was becoming, and wondering what to write about in aprticular, when I came acrooss ken’s diatribe, and – to be honest – it says it all. I couldn’t put it better so, with thanks and credit where it is due, here is why the Emperors Cup is BORING!! Even for those teams who are winning through…. for example:3rd Round casualties, against non-league/amateur teams included, today, Tokyo Verdy 1969, Vissel Kobe and Yokohama FC! Unfortunately, the winners of those games, instead of having the magic and the luck of the draw and possibly facing a J1 team, have it fixed against them to have to win at least one more game against “average” opposition before the fairy tale can even really begin…..