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Post by spitthedog on Jul 11, 2016 16:20:37 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36763761I'm surprised that there has not been more made of this on here. I'm totally against Stoke's participation in this competition and the principle of Premiership teams playing their Under 21s in a tournament that was created for, and should be for lower league teams. This the attempted pre-cursor to the intro of B teams in lower leagues and we should not be supporting something that is designed to undermine our football league ladder which I believe is the strongest and most dynamic in the world. Its totally naive that this is going to help us win future World Cups!!!! There were 57,000 fans at the Barnsley v Oxford Final at Wembley How many will go for the Northampton v Southampton Reserves Final?? I am writing to the club to register my objections. www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/08/new-efl-trophy-premier-league-academy-teams-fans
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Post by LGH87 on Jul 11, 2016 16:26:44 GMT
I don't think there's much danger of any premier league under 21 teams making the final.
However I do agree that it is a worrying step towards B teams playing in our Football League, which I am dead against.
The strength of our football league pyramid is what makes football in this country great!
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Post by backfrommeban on Jul 11, 2016 20:24:33 GMT
I'm reserving judgement and looking forward to seeing how this pans out. Il be going a game or 2... Do agree tho not to extend this to league B teams..
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Post by fca47 on Jul 11, 2016 20:32:15 GMT
Hope we win.
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Post by WhyDelilah on Jul 11, 2016 20:34:56 GMT
I'm in favour whilst we're in the prem.
If we ever drop down the leagues, I'll be dead against it.
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Post by Northy on Jul 11, 2016 20:40:40 GMT
There was a multi page thread on it last week. |
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Post by spitthedog on Jul 11, 2016 23:04:25 GMT
I'm in favour whilst we're in the prem. If we ever drop down the leagues, I'll be dead against it. Great!!!...that's football fans all over! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2016 2:53:45 GMT
There was a multi page thread on it last week. Still there, and on page one...In fact I started a thread only to see that someone else had started one, so with this new one there are now 3 in total... |
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Post by spitthedog on Jul 12, 2016 7:33:11 GMT
There was a multi page thread on it last week. Still there, and on page one...In fact I started a thread only to see that someone else had started one, so with this new one there are now 3 in total... Apologies I was on holiday (from everything) last week!!.....please admin move this thread? |
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