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Which B teams?

 

I thought this cup was just an extension of the ridiculous Rahic era when every footballing decision was clearly bollocks.

I'm alarmed to see that now the Edin era is over this ridiculous charade of a cup is ongoing...

 

How many first team players do we have to play in these games?

 

Fair points.
However - Much as City have tried to tug their Balls off, in this competition - their name is still missing from your list.

 

OH wow !!! ....... Yawn .... repeatedly !!

I'm equally sure the Sheikhs at Man City are Sheikhin' as much as I am about this.

Don't get me wrong. I abhor this competition, and all it doesn't stand for. But I just love the interest shown by posters on here. Life in football would be so DULL, without a MAJOR Trophy involved ...............

 

I just get more insulted as a fan of a lower league team every time this joke rears its head. Has the penny not dropped that not a single person in the country gives a singular shit about the under 23 teams?

 

Not bothered about winning it but whilst we’re in it we may as well use it the best we can. Mainly giving game time to players not in the starting lineup on a regular basis and maybe some of the younger kids that we are hopefully trying to develop.

Further down the line in the season we may need them so it might pay dividends for them to be getting game time in the early part of the season.

 

The thoroughly nice chaps will be out in force for these games.
Didn’t they set off to Cheltenham a few years back only for it to be called off. Lol

 

Are you buzzing for the Preston game?

Most sides see it as a side show and a burden. It has no prestige.

 

The format. Group stages. It was a suggestion to improve the competition but it was obviously lost on you

 

Obviously, I'll use google translate next time

 

Is there going to be half and half scarfs and Preston fans in the kop?

 

Going on what Rochdale have said about their fixtures we'll start with Bolton (A) early Sept then Man City u21's (H) in October finally Rochdale (H) in November. https://www.rochdaleafc.co.uk/news/2019/july/efl-trophy_u21-invited-team_2019/

 

Would make it interesting if we played the four first teamers required then did an auction amongst the City fans to buy the other seven places in the team. I 'd definitely watch those games.

 

Won't Armley give you a day pass?

 

No, I’m not buzzing, just as I wouldn’t have been if we’d drawn a tier 2 side in the 80s or 90s. The buzz is no different now than it was then

 

We keep talking about burning our players out, why not scrap this god awful competition and combine it with the league cup. Increase the prize money for early rounds.

First couple of rounds start September and it’s league one and two only. If it’s 50k a round for winner or so, you’d be laughing.


Add a couple of rounds later on and don’t bring premiership sides into it until round 4 or 5 and that way lower league clubs will target it.