Bloody Romainers are all the same.Originally Posted by Elite_Pie
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Bloody Romainers are all the same.
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Didn't go but listened to the commentary. It sounded woeful.
If you add in Duffy, Hawkridge, Hall and Oxlade Chamberlain and Keston Davies it's a massive squad chock bang full of mediocrity.
A massive clear out needed in January, there's up to eight players we should want to shift out and RB, Keeper, robust centre mid and target man striker need to come in.
Never known us to have such a crazily imbalanced squad.
Elite and Big Fat Pie are right, it's the thin end of the wedge for lower league clubs and the whole thing should be put out of its misery.
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I posted this on another fred but it relates to this one.
...this competition needs elbowing, or at least restructuring - Newcastle under 21s indeed! Whatever next, under 21s teams in League 2? And the pushing aside of properly supported independant clubs and their fans to the National League, just to provide for the next Premiership big boy's trialists on their way to their first £Million?
During the Chelsea v whoever game in the week, the commentator said that Chelsea had forty players out on loan - FORTY! He also said that FIFA are looking into stopping this practise of having so many also-rans. The Big Boys don't want this stopping of course because it is basically a system used to deprive other clubs of their talent and it is these young players who are making up the under 21 sides. The Premiership clubs of course, say they are giving these youngsters their chance of the big time, but when the percentage of this excess who do succeed is so tiny, and the clubs know this, it is obvious that they are taken before anyone else can have them, they then filter out the maybe one or two and scrap the rest. If there is not one or two good enough then they simply spend ten, twenty, or thirty million on some furriner. They are NOT doing anyone a favour but themselves.
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Lettuce not have anymore of these daft puns.
Edit; Iceberg just realised that’s been done already.
Last edited by BigFatPie; 10-10-2018 at 08:31 PM.
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Wow!
Regarding the tin pot cup I'm with Elite. Scrap it immediately and send a message to the Prem that we aren't going to accept your B teams, by this back door or any other way
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Fortunately most fans up and down the country can see the bigger picture and are prepared to stand up for what they believe in, while some get offered a few quid an immediately drop their trousers and bend over. It takes all sorts I suppose.
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Every step of the football pyramid has some competition that fans don't really care about - and its normally the one they've got the most chance of winning (My local non-league side just got knocked out of something called the 'Velocity Trophy'... who cares when they've got an FA Cup fixture next week??).
If the EFL Trophy is to continue, the powers-that-be need to accept it for what it is: a low-attended, third-rate competition that no one cares about until the final. Stop trying to jazz it up and make it something it isn't. Make it a straight-knockout cup for lower league teams.... or just don't bother!
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Agree with Elite here it's the thin end of the wedge. Thank god the reaction since they changed the format has been by and large apathy with attendances reflecting that. If the competition reverted back then yeah let's go for it but why the hell should we care about Newcastle under 21's getting game time, **** them. Sick of the sycophantic Premier League bull.
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This competition, like iFollow is just another example of how the EFL are failing miserably in their obligation to safeguarding the financial sustainability of its members.
A doubt there was a single match this week in this farce of a tournament where the host club got anywhere near break even on the night.
The old format was fine, this pandering to the PL from the EFL is just disgraceful. Imagine having up to say 12 B teams playing in the EFL at the expense of proper league teams, especially those with a wealth of history. Just doesn't bear thinking about!
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I agree with Elite , the piss pot cup needs binning. I thought I had convinced my lad that including the premiership clubs kids could result in mission creep so we didn't go. In then bugged me all day and his mum accused me of possible child neglect, so I had to spend 10 ickies and we watched it on ifollow.
I also agree with Tarkers, Elite is a tosspot.
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