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Post by Curly Wurly on Jun 30, 2017 13:12:32 GMT
Copied from the other place: www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2017/june/checkatradetrophy1718/16 U21 teams are entering the EFL Trophy this year, including newcomers Fulham, Man City, Tottenham and Newcastle. I'm still inclined to boycott the games as Shaun Harvey is still insisting the experiment is a success, ignoring the widespread disquiet amongst L1 & L2 supporters. The attendance at the Coventry/Oxford final unfortunately papering over the cracks. Thoughts? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 13:13:23 GMT
F*ck those clubs, f*ck that competition, f*ck anyone that attends.
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Post by Igitur on Jun 30, 2017 13:31:14 GMT
There will be, no doubt, some credit claimed at EFL HQ, on planet Mars, for the U20s winning their World Cup and the U21s going further than their last four or so Euros as a result of introducing academy players in to the Checkatrade. Next they will be loooking at bringing in penalty shoot outs no matter what the final score involving academy sides.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 13:44:01 GMT
There will be, no doubt, some credit claimed at EFL HQ, on planet Mars, for the U20s winning their World Cup and the U21s going further than their last four or so Euros as a result of introducing academy players in to the Checkatrade. Next they will be loooking at bringing in penalty shoot outs no matter what the final score involving academy sides. There were more minutes played in Eredivisie last season by the U-20's than the Checkaharddrive Trophy. |
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Post by topman on Jun 30, 2017 13:52:31 GMT
well I am very happy with this as it means I will be saving yet more money by NOT attending ... a complete waste of time
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jun 30, 2017 14:15:15 GMT
There will be, no doubt, some credit claimed at EFL HQ, on planet Mars, for the U20s winning their World Cup and the U21s going further than their last four or so Euros as a result of introducing academy players in to the Checkatrade. Next they will be loooking at bringing in penalty shoot outs no matter what the final score involving academy sides. That's a powerful rebuttal of any claim from the Embarrassingly Flatulent Leadership that including U21's in the trophy is somehow linked to the success of the U20's in their World Cup. Which England U20 played in the Eredivisie? (Or am I taking you too literally)? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 14:42:54 GMT
There were more minutes played in Eredivisie last season by the U-20's than the Checkaharddrive Trophy. That's a powerful rebuttal of any claim from the Embarrassingly Flatulent Leadership that including U21's in the trophy is somehow linked to the success of the U20's in their World Cup. Which England U20 played in the Eredivisie? (Or am I taking you too literally)? |
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Post by GasMacc1 on Jun 30, 2017 16:01:07 GMT
Thanks! It's an interesting article.
People often talk about giving the kids experience in "men's football".
The Mirror found that they got that experience mainly in the Premier League, Championship, League One, FA Cup and League Cup matches.
Compared to those competitions, the Chuckitin Trophy provided just 1.7% of the playing-time for the England U20 and U21 lads.
And the Dutch connection: "Chelsea’s Lewis Baker...spent the season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem".
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Post by chelt_gas on Jun 30, 2017 16:27:58 GMT
We should compete in the competition but close the stadium when at home to save costs in stewarding. If the FA are serious about given youngters real men experience then they should restrict the squad sizes of all Premiership clubs so youngsters can no longer be 'harvested'.
If premiership clubs want their youngsters to get real mens experience then they should sell them to lower league clubs but retain an option or percentage ownership. That a 23 year old is now regarded as a youth product shows how much the English game has lost it's responsibility to produce players for the national team.
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Post by matealotblue on Jun 30, 2017 16:34:35 GMT
well I am very happy with this as it means I will be saving yet more money by NOT attending ... a complete waste of time 👍 Yep, agree with that. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jun 30, 2017 17:21:05 GMT
It's a free world (kindof) and I'll take just as much delight boycotting this event as I did last year.
I'm with Chewie on this one.
The fact they chose not to publish with transparency the result of the votes for/against this, leads me to disbelieve anything involved with this joke of a competition.
As the majority of fans have been treated with contempt, then so do i in this current format treat this tournament with same said contempt.
F em all..
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Post by pastpirate on Jun 30, 2017 18:15:45 GMT
Real Madrid and Barcelona U21's could enter and I still wouldn't watch this pile of s**t competition.
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Post by Henbury Gas on Jul 1, 2017 7:44:56 GMT
F*ck those clubs, f*ck that competition, f*ck anyone that attends. oh dear, pills stopped working again  |
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Post by Igitur on Jul 7, 2017 10:31:06 GMT
Got Wycombe and Swindon plus an Academy side (tba, could be: Chelsea, Fulham, Reading, Southampton, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham United) in our group - may add some interest, don't know, who cares?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 10:45:42 GMT
Bollocks to it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2017 10:48:37 GMT
oh dear, pills stopped working again |
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Post by chelt_gas on Jul 7, 2017 10:51:34 GMT
We should play our U23 side too. After all, the competition is about helping youngsters for our national team (the Jordanian will need special dispensation)
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Post by Gashead on Jul 7, 2017 11:06:35 GMT
We should play our U23 side too. After all, the competition is about helping youngsters for our national team (the Jordanian will need special dispensation) Given the emphasis on the u23 side that seems to be taking place it would not surprise me if this happened. Have the EFL loosened the rules on 'first team players'? |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jul 7, 2017 12:26:14 GMT
Who gives a flying f...?
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Post by johnmclean on Jul 7, 2017 12:54:40 GMT
Bit like the old days Rovers teenagers given chance to play in the highly competitive Football Combination. Men against boys ..often see Arsenal, Chelsea,Tottenham,West Ham full internationals playing against youngsters like Pete Aitken, Phil Bater etc.
Many of Rovers current players would struggle to get in Rovers Football Combination side the standard was that high.
For me playing Premiership Under 21/23 sides is an opportunity to see stars of the future. Some of those youngsters maybe considered for loan to league one clubs like Rovers just as Colkett and Clarke Salter did last season.
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