SaintBobby Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 Am yet to see any hard facts on how the League Cup will operate next season. Some reports suggest that teams in European competition will not participate or will be allowed to field development/academy teams. A bit odd that there seems no confirmation on this given there are suggestions that the first round will be played before the Premier League restart one September 12th. With only around 3 weeks to go, I’d have thought they’d have resolved who is actually entering the Cup. If the competition is “downgraded” might that actually be a reason for Saints to take it much more seriously? You can imagine we might be amongst the three or four favourites to win it. I gather that it no longer comes with a Europa League spot, but it’s still silverware. Sort of like a beefed up version of the JPT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 1 minute ago, SaintBobby said: I gather that it no longer comes with a Europa League spot Where have you seen that? 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 I heard a rumour that there were serious considerations to 'pause' the completion this season, as well as the 'Checkatrade' or whatever it's called now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 11 August, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 August, 2020 15 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: Where have you seen that? 🤔 It’s now linked to the new third tier European competition - the conference league or whatever. Which sounds a bit like the Intertoto Cup in terms of excitement (we would be unlikely to be playing Inter Milan etc, but rather teams from much smaller leagues) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFL_Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 11 August, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 August, 2020 5 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: I heard a rumour that there were serious considerations to 'pause' the completion this season, as well as the 'Checkatrade' or whatever it's called now. That would surely raise some pretty big financial issues - both for lower division clubs who want more games not fewer and presumably repaying the sponsor in full (I guess they might still have to pay a % back if the competition is diminished). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 1 hour ago, S-Clarke said: I heard a rumour that there were serious considerations to 'pause' the completion this season, as well as the 'Checkatrade' or whatever it's called now. Thank goodness that Checkatrade final didn’t get played, had they won it that lot down the road would have been on about holding the cup longer than anyone else if that’s the case 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 3 minutes ago, beatlesaint said: Thank goodness that Checkatrade final didn’t get played, had they won it that lot down the road would have been on about holding the cup longer than anyone else if that’s the case 🙄 They can already do that as they won it in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said: They can already do that as they won it in 2019. Oh hell yeah they did didn’t they? 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkeith Posted 11 August, 2020 Share Posted 11 August, 2020 3 hours ago, beatlesaint said: Oh hell yeah they did didn’t they? 😏 They already have form for this, holding the FA cup either side of WWII. If 40 million deaths between Cup Finals then weren't enough to embarrass them then. I doubt hundreds of thousands will bother them this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 https://www.efl.com/news/2020/august/202021-season-dates-confirmed-across-the-efl/ The 2020/21 competition has seen a number of significant scheduling changes with two legged semi-finals being replaced by a single tie and the first four rounds scheduled to take place on consecutive weeks, kicking off in early September. Round One fixtures are scheduled to take place on Saturday 5 September, but due to the international window may be played on alternative dates. Rounds Two, Three and Four will be played on consecutive midweeks dates starting 15/16 September. Premier League sides will enter the competition in Round Two or Round Three if they are competing in European competition in season 2020/21. The Draw for the Round One will take place on Sky Sports News on Tuesday 18 August 2020, time TBC. As per the previous two seasons, the Round One draw will be divided into a northern and southern section but will remain unseeded. The dates for the 2020/21 Carabao Cup are as follows: Round One - 5 September 2020 (alternative dates may apply) Round Two - 15/16 September 2020 Round Three - 22/23 September 2020 Round Four - 29/30 September 2020 Round Five - 22/23 December 2020 Semi-Finals - 5/6 January 2021 (tie to be played at the venue of Club drawn out first) Final - 28 February 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 In other cup news... no FA Cup replays in 2020/21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53765807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 10 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: In other cup news... no FA Cup replays in 2020/21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53765807 So a double hit for smaller clubs. No money-spinning replays and halved prize money. How do they justify the latter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 1 minute ago, Shroppie said: So a double hit for smaller clubs. No money-spinning replays and halved prize money. How do they justify the latter? No sensible club should be budgeting for any cup money, let alone replay money. The reduction in prize money is probably due to the FA having had a big hit on their income as is stated in the article 'because of the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said: In other cup news... no FA Cup replays in 2020/21 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53765807 Carabao Cup - I realise there are extenuating circumstances this coming season but the three month gap between 4th and 5th round seems absurd to me given the tight scheduling of the earlier rounds. FA Cup - no replays - again specific circumstances, but this is probably the opportunity those wanting to downgrade the competition (big 4 -6 mainly, who inevitably go on to win it anyway), have craved. Be pleasantly surprised if replays are brought back 2021-22 season, using the ridiculous timing of the World Cup as an excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 So by the end of September we could be 3 games from a cup win! Let’s hope we look as fit as we did in the last 9 games. No doubt the schedule will suit teams with bigger squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 Getting it in early.... Skates at home please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 What they could do to ease congestion is remove those pointless international friendly breaks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets B Avenue Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 12 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: What they could do to ease congestion is remove those pointless international friendly breaks... They were replaced by the Nations League. Don't you remember? We got to the semi-final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 Just now, Lets B Avenue said: They were replaced by the Nations League. Don't you remember? We got to the semi-final. Rebranded friendly's 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 13 August, 2020 Share Posted 13 August, 2020 30 minutes ago, bpsaint said: Getting it in early.... Skates at home please!! Better chance if its Skates away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pamplemousse Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 I think the cups are probably our best chance of getting to Europe, and I doubt we'll be involved in a relegation scrap, let's hope we go very far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 On 13/08/2020 at 15:20, Badger said: Carabao Cup - I realise there are extenuating circumstances this coming season but the three month gap between 4th and 5th round seems absurd to me given the tight scheduling of the earlier rounds. FA Cup - no replays - again specific circumstances, but this is probably the opportunity those wanting to downgrade the competition (big 4 -6 mainly, who inevitably go on to win it anyway), have craved. Be pleasantly surprised if replays are brought back 2021-22 season, using the ridiculous timing of the World Cup as an excuse. We don t need replays for the cup, its a pain in the ass for everyone and detrimental to cup upsets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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