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« Reply #75 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:22:17 » |
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Little more on the ELF (haha) website Central to the competition will be the introduction of a new group stage format with 16 regional groups of four teams. The top two teams will progress to the knockout stages of the competition with the final staged at Wembley Stadium in April 2017.
Full details for 2016/17’s competition will be finalised within the next 14 days.
Read more at http://www.efl.com/news/article/2016/premier-league-trial-for-the-trophy-3140598.aspx#e7SiL5uV57vWc0So.99So does that mean a guaranteed 6 games a year even if you don't get out of the group, makes a bit of a mockery of the idea that restructuring is all to avoid fixture congestion! |
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« Reply #76 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:22:50 » |
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I doubt many could really give a shit about the JPT, it's the thin end of the wedge factor that some will be concerned about.
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« Reply #77 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:23:59 » |
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Probably a similar gate to plymouths reserves to be fair Reg. How about Chelsea or Liverpool though or do you only want to concentrate on the ones that obviously are not appealing
Wonder if we'll charge 27 quid for a game against Chelsea J team  |
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« Reply #78 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:27:43 » |
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Probably a similar gate to plymouths reserves to be fair Reg. How about Chelsea or Liverpool though or do you only want to concentrate on the ones that obviously are not appealing
But as its regional and there are only 16 which Premier Teams are we likely to be in a region with, they have to have Cat 1 Academies, so possibly Southampton, do Bournemouth bother or meet standard or do they just spunk roubles on players these days? |
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« Reply #79 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:28:19 » |
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I'm going to relentlessly boo Jordan Turnbull.
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« Reply #80 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:31:25 » |
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But as its regional and there are only 16 which Premier Teams are we likely to be in a region with, they have to have Cat 1 Academies, so possibly Southampton, do Bournemouth bother or meet standard or do they just spunk roubles on players these days?
Reading may have a Prem academy.... |
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« Reply #81 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:34:04 » |
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Barnet and AFC Wimbledon were both included in the South West draw last season...
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« Reply #82 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:36:45 » |
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Reading may have a Prem academy....
I think their academy is at the highest level but is that enough do they have to be a premier league team as well? |
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« Reply #83 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:40:52 » |
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I think their academy is at the highest level but is that enough do they have to be a premier league team as well?
Fuck knows. Well I think some non prem sides play in the U 21 comp. |
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« Reply #84 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 15:46:35 » |
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They are going to split the Prem B teams evenly through the groups and the Premier league have put £1m into the pot to make the prize money £1.95m
Ex Pox chair Ian Leneghan was also appointed FL chairman - apparently there was some clubs not happy about his appointment due to his record at the Pox
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« Reply #85 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 16:32:22 » |
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They are going to split the Prem B teams evenly through the groups and the Premier league have put £1m into the pot to make the prize money £1.95m
Ex Pox chair Ian Leneghan was also appointed FL chairman - apparently there was some clubs not happy about his appointment due to his record at the Pox
BTW it's Lenagan, he was at Oxford for some years yet a lot of the thick twats couldn't spell his name. This is a year trial....crowds of fewer than 750, should see it binned, let's face it not as attractive as old school Combination. I suppose though, the extra games and dosh from the Prem will be used as a way to reduce the FL to 4 leagues of 20. |
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« Reply #86 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 17:20:46 » |
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fuck that shit, not interested in b teams in the slightest. used to enjoy the JPT in a perverse way,. not spending a penny more on it now.
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« Reply #87 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 18:48:15 » |
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fuck that shit, not interested in b teams in the slightest. used to enjoy the JPT in a perverse way,. not spending a penny more on it now.
Definitely. Add in B teams, and the competition dies all together for me. One less thing to worry about. |
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« Reply #88 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 19:07:09 » |
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« Reply #89 on: Friday, June 10, 2016, 19:25:13 » |
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I doubt many could really give a shit about the JPT, it's the thin end of the wedge factor that some will be concerned about.
I don't mind the JPT but wouldn't cry if it disappeared. However, you're right about the thin of the wedge. The PL really should fuck off. The FL is becoming an even more desperate lapdog, and the FA's impotence is rendering it meaningless to pro football. |
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