Deepcut Cobbler
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« on: August 20, 2020, 07:13:54 am » |
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“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” Laurence Binyon
The Hotelend Grand National Sweepstake Champion 2009
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Noshes Shakily
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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2020, 07:18:27 am » |
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Absolute joke of a competition. Why do we still need to have a group stage when the fixture calendar is being reduced elsewhere? Ridiculous.
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Baldy
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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2020, 07:40:12 am » |
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We've got that EFL trophy in the bag.
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Ragdoll Cobbler
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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2020, 07:54:50 am » |
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Bin off FA Cup replays, but keep this absolutely wvnk competition...not even changing it into just a straight knock out!
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threeinabed
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2020, 08:01:24 am » |
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the clubs keep voting to keep it - so they must benefit financially from it?!
possibly more so than losing in the FA cup first round!?
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Manwork04
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2020, 10:34:42 am » |
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Talk about flogging a dead horse
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Rule Britannia
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Coolcat
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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2020, 10:37:59 am » |
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Don't think the excitement will really kick in until we draw Colchester Utd in Round 2!
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Winslow Lee
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« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2020, 10:43:56 am » |
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Bin off FA Cup replays, but keep this absolutely wvnk competition...not even changing it into just a straight knock out! About time that fa cup replays and two legged league cup semifinals have been binned, but yes this competition if kept should’ve just been a straight knockout.
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CobblerForever
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« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2020, 13:39:47 pm » |
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We have this discussion every season but;
1. I enjoy the games when I go - the key issue. 2. It gives the peripheral players a competitive game. 3. It will provide the public with entertainment when so much else has been cancelled. 4. We actually stand a minor chance of winning it. 5. Less need to be concerned about safe distancing if we opened all the stands for the games at home. 6. The club must benefit from it or they wouldn't support it.
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Rich
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« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2020, 15:10:56 pm » |
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I think the competition isn't helped by some of the tinpot sounding naming deals that go on, Johnstone's Paint Trophy springs to mind. Interesting that no deal is in place this year so it reverts back to just EFL Trophy.
I can appreciate why people don't take it particularly seriously, but I think it provides a good opportunity for smaller clubs to get to a Wembley final which is a nice earner. Yes it might not have the attraction of drawing a big PL club and there's no opportunities for big upsets but I see it as a nice distraction.
Perhaps it's just the lack of football I've had lately but if crowds were allowed to return for these Round 1 fixtures I'd be there in a heartbeat.
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