Paint pot (OR........)

[gazan]

Does anyone know when the draw is made. Or have they still not finalised who's in it?

[out0lunch]

Does anyone know when the draw is made. Or have they still not finalised who's in it?

Draw Wednesday 10 am
U-21 teams announced at 9:30 am

[paddockrefugee]

Not attending whoever we get, feck the FA/Prem Lge. Can't wait till the money goes pop and they have to think of the fans again.

[Alexandra The Great]

The competition is now dead.

[out0lunch]

Must have better coaches and have them taking badges to improve England team .....result disaster

Must have proper youth system improve England team result disaster

Hang on little clubs producing some good English players, must stop that so we can have them. Let's invent the Eppp so little clubs can't afford youth systems to improve England team .....result disaster

Result more younger foreign players

Let's join the paint pot trophy to improve England team,,,, result ????

In the England team that played Iceland how many came through their own youth system? I can only think of one Kane the dead ball specialist.

[ShropshireAlex]

At least the news that some of the big boys can't be bothered to pinch our Trophy gives hope this experiment may fail. From BBC Sport:

"Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle have rejected the chance to play Under-21 teams in the EFL Trophy.

Six**** Category One academies were invited to play against League One and League Two clubs as part of a one-season, 64-team competition trial.

Premier League champions Leicester and Chelsea have accepted the invitation.

Leicester and Chelsea are joined by Southampton, West Ham United, Stoke City, Everton, Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland and Middlesbrough in accepting the initial invitation to join the competition.

Six Championship academy teams will take the places of the rejected teams: Norwich City, Brighton, Derby, Wolves, Blackburn and Reading." (Aren't Newcastle a Championship Academy then? )

"Six**** groups of four teams will each contain an academy side, with the top two from each qualifying for the first knockout round of 32 teams."

[out0lunch]

Wolves
Chesterfield
Accrington

in Crewe's group

[Preston76]

Wow the group draw is so exiting not as I've said before I will boycott the whole competition and as friend asked me even if we get to Wembley and the answer was no not interested

[Furberstreet]

From some of the quotes in the press, even a number of the clubs feel they've been had.