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Post by Rangers77 on Aug 29, 2024 10:54:30 GMT
Exclude the top six from this competition. That way it'd be enjoyable. And we would appreciate a competitive cup. It would be the first step in throwing those Globalist fucks out of all English football.
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Post by hal9thou on Aug 29, 2024 11:40:11 GMT
Exclude the top six from this competition. That way it'd be enjoyable. And we would appreciate a competitive cup. It would be the first step in throwing those Globalist fucks out of all English football. The EFL had that choice. They rejected it. The main argument was that tier three and four clubs desperately needed income from big boy ties inc media rights dosh. Personally, I think there were better ways of sorting it out, but the EFL, FA and Premiere League have not served football well when it comes to dividing the cake. Not just the league cup, but the trickle down in general. The football governance bill was in the King's Speech and will hopefully get to grips with some of the general issues. BTW anyone remotely interested in how the game is run should read this |
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Post by Stanley75 on Aug 29, 2024 11:42:48 GMT
GOOD! Let them fuck right off. Rather the competition is 'devalued' without them. At least it would be honest and real. just pointing out the reality. The EFL's part in this sorry mess should not be underplayed.No argument there Hal. |
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Post by West Acton on Aug 29, 2024 12:15:58 GMT
Or bin the prem clubs totally and just have the other 72 league teams fighting it out
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Post by Corbray on Aug 29, 2024 12:36:49 GMT
Or bin the prem clubs totally and just have the other 72 league teams fighting it out would be better tbh. we already have the FA vase for non league sides and the EFL/papa johns cup for the league 1 and 2 sides so why not a competition that league sides can actually get invested in? it's part of the reason why i don't particularly care about cups. we're never gunna win one, cup runs are nice and all but what is a cup run? a quarter or semi final then getting pumped by man city? |
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Post by hal9thou on Aug 29, 2024 13:31:45 GMT
Or bin the prem clubs totally and just have the other 72 league teams fighting it out we're never gunna win one tell that to Coventry three months ago. They were that close. Great final btw. When we won this competition we were rank outsiders as late as 45 minutes before the final whistle. If you don't play the big boys ever, you have nothing to aspire to. |
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Post by Corbray on Aug 29, 2024 14:19:11 GMT
we're never gunna win one tell that to Coventry three months ago. They were that close. Great final btw. When we won this competition we were rank outsiders as late as 45 minutes before the final whistle. If you don't play the big boys ever, you have nothing to aspire to. coventry reached the semis rather than final, not that i'd turn that down lol. last second division side to win a cup though was in 1980 when west ham did it. there's always a surprise package every season or 2 that makes it far in the cup and pulls off some upsets but i do agree with westy that the league cup should be for EFL clubs or at very least not included the top 6. they win it year on year and don't even care about it, infact many of them look at it as a failure to only win the league cup lol. |
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Post by alanwycombe on Aug 29, 2024 14:45:33 GMT
EFL only and you’d never get the sponsorship etc. Just say if you qualify for Europe you can’t play League Cup.
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Post by West Acton on Aug 29, 2024 14:53:49 GMT
we're never gunna win one tell that to Coventry three months ago. They were that close. Great final btw. When we won this competition we were rank outsiders as late as 45 minutes before the final whistle. If you don't play the big boys ever, you have nothing to aspire to. but they never won it and never got final |
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Post by West Acton on Aug 29, 2024 14:55:27 GMT
EFL only and you’d never get the sponsorship etc. Just say if you qualify for Europe you can’t play League Cup. of course you would get sponsorship other cup competitions do mentioned above. Plus if you get £100k for winning it suggests their getting next to no sponsorship anyway. |
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Aug 29, 2024 15:05:59 GMT
Would be exciting if the Prem clubs were excluded. All the other clubs would be genuinely excited that they could actually win something. I do take Hal's point, but since we won the League Cup - and Oxford tanked us in the Milk Cup final - the gulf has grown really huge between the top of the Prem and the likes of us. Realistically what are odds of us winning the current trophy? 1000/1?
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Post by hal9thou on Aug 29, 2024 17:58:37 GMT
tell that to Coventry three months ago. They were that close. Great final btw. When we won this competition we were rank outsiders as late as 45 minutes before the final whistle. If you don't play the big boys ever, you have nothing to aspire to. coventry reached the semis rather than final, not that i'd turn that down lol. but they never won it and never got final may bad, playing the semis at Wembley (which I deplore) confused my senile brain. However, they took the eventual winners as close as you can get in that semi. That says to me that it is possible for a tier 2 club to reach either the EFL or FA final. The fact that it doesn't happen often makes it sweeter when it does. I don't want the Poundstrecher Challenge Cup for everyone outside the prem. |
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Post by Rangers77 on Aug 29, 2024 18:21:59 GMT
Don't exclude the PL. Just those top six wankers. And from the FA cup too.
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Post by West Acton on Aug 29, 2024 19:29:58 GMT
agree semis should be neutral ground that’s taken shine off FA Cup so many top league grounds semis could be at
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Post by acricketer on Aug 29, 2024 21:01:17 GMT
This cup is becoming more and more of a joke. Manipulated draws, shitty prize money, all for a chance for the lesser premiership lights to get more money from a Europa Cup place. Ah the magic of the cup.
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