| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! 00:07 - Aug 30 with 6286 views | justanillusion |
On the eve of the competition starting the EFL and Premier League push through new disciplinary rules, namely "any EFL or Premier league player who is serving a ban or is set to serve a suspension for a yellow or red card offence is now eligible to play in the trophy games" in other words the likes of Dale etc field a side for a game that will enable the top players to maintain match fitness when sidelined through suspension!
Farce!
http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/checkatrade-trophy-new-disciplinary-rules-i
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 00:40 - Aug 30 with 6233 views | Daley_Lama |
Makes absolute sense to me.
Imagine Tottenham getting Kane and Ali sent off receiving 1 match bans. I'm sure their manager would prefer the 1 match to be in the Checkatrade Cup making them eligible for the next Premiership game. (yes, I know Tottenham are not partaking, simply using them as an example)
This simply re-enforces my love for this competition, now there is more chance of Premiership 1st teamers playing against Dale.
Bring it on, que sera sera... | |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 09:18 - Aug 30 with 5994 views | JimmyRustler |
Load of shite. Just makes a mockery of an already tinpot competition. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 09:22 - Aug 30 with 5986 views | dingdangblue |
They would still be banned for the Premier league game. They'll just be able to play in the EFL Trophy. | |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 10:37 - Aug 30 with 5883 views | Daley_Lama |
That would be unfair to the player.
A 1 match ban would turn into a 2 match ban.
This ruling is clear and logical, just and right. More power to their elbow. | |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 21:31 - Aug 30 with 5505 views | 442Dale |
You have to admire the people behind this.
They're relentless in their campaign to look ridiculous. | |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 21:44 - Aug 30 with 5457 views | olympicdale |
Fantastic low attendances across the games tonight, complete farce. | |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 22:44 - Aug 30 with 5361 views | AlwaysADale |
Not sure how accurate..but oh dear.
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 22:49 - Aug 30 with 5336 views | fermin |
Luton make 11 changes and win, so will get fined £5000 and win £10000 in prize money. Pompey also made 11 changes and lost but are happy to just pay the fine.
Swansea Under 23s tonight consisted of 3 Welshmen, 3 Scots, a Frenchman, a Dutchman a German and two Englishmen (one of whom has played for Wales U19s) and they lost to Wimbledon.
Paul Tisdale on the bench for Exeter. Perhaps Keith Hill will do the same against Sunderland! | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 23:00 - Aug 30 with 5303 views | AlwaysADale |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 07:36 - Aug 31 with 5144 views | leedsdale |
Looking at those attendances, I would imagine the Sunderland gate will be 500-600.
Is it worth the club opening the Willbutts? Surely the away fans could be housed at the end of the main stand as they were when the Willbutts was being built. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 07:43 - Aug 31 with 5135 views | TalkingSutty |
Very begrudgingly I'm going to give a big shout out to the Biffos, good attendance that when compared to others. I was misguided when I said I would attend the Sunderland game, I've changed my mind. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 07:55 - Aug 31 with 5110 views | ColDale |
It's a shame much of this farce will remain hidden by the usual transfer deadline day hype.
I'd imagine it would be better off for many of the clubs to have played last night's games behind closed doors. Clubs will have to go through the motions for the rest of this campaign but there's no rescuing the competition from this and I'm guessing we'll see the whole thing scrapped next time round. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 07:58 - Aug 31 with 5102 views | TalkingSutty |
Another great example of people in high places making decisions without thinking of consulting the fans. It wouldn't happen in any other line of business. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 08:25 - Aug 31 with 5050 views | KenBoon |
Hopefully we can finish bottom of this attendance table. The entire thing is a farce when you consider many fans know attendances but not the scores. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 08:41 - Aug 31 with 5006 views | dingdangblue |
If we lose against Oxford even less will bother. Our attendances are similar to Fleetwood and they had 300 and odd fans - cant see many more than that. | |
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| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 08:55 - Aug 31 with 4983 views | upthedale |
A Blackburn fan was telling me it was £20 to get in to Fleetwood for that game. I assume the pricing didn't change in the lead up to the game. Absolute madness! | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 10:24 - Aug 31 with 4841 views | KenBoon |
Fleetwood prices for away fans are disgusting. They do the old Membership discount thing. So home fans can make a saving but away fans in the away end cannot. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 10:38 - Aug 31 with 4812 views | SaxonDale |
Genuinely hope we get less than 392 next week and retain our record. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 11:00 - Aug 31 with 4775 views | JimmyRustler |
Reading fielded 7 foreign players in their starting line-up and a 28 year old Frenchman bagged 2 for Norwich 'u23s'. Farce. | | | |
| Checkatrade trophy gets even more farcical! on 12:42 - Aug 31 with 4672 views | TVOS1907 |
The EFL don't help matters with their fixtures.
By giving some clubs consecutive home games on 20th August and 27th August, it meant there was a possibility of four home games on the bounce for those who progressed in the EFL Cup and then played at home in the Trophy.
This happened to Accrington, so it's no wonder their crowd was so low. | |
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