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Re: EFL Trophy
[QUOTE=maccawozzagod;1170427] If big clubs were allowed to enter 2nd rate teams into OUR competitions /QUOTE]
One problem, Macca, is that they may not be that 2nd rate.
The Premier League rules run to hundreds and hundreds of pages but I think Academy teams are for players under 21 BUT can also contain one older goalkeeper and between 3 and 5 other older players.
So an Academy team could have just seven youngsters (all of whom will have come through the system since they were tots, and will be potentially good players) and five seasoned pros who either don't get much first team minutes or are coming back from injury.
One of the main points of the Paint Pot, and its previous incarnations, was surely the chance for League 1 and 2 teams to get to Wembley. I know that 'going to Wembley' has been much debased by the FA (needing to service its debts for building the stadium) but this change will make the chances of getting to Wembley for a small club about the same odds as in the FA Cup but without any of the financial return the latter competition brings.
Petitions from fans won't change anything, particularly one so tersely worded as this one, but there may be more effect if a good number of clubs simply boycotted the EFL Trophy and thus devalued it for its sponsor. Which business wants to be associated with a discredited product?
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