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EFL Trophy Draw (3 Viewers)

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  • Start date Jul 27, 2016
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Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #1
Who do people think we will get?
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #2
Nick said:
Who do people think we will get?
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All these glamour teams included?

Probably Rochdale away.
 

MAFF

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #3
Reading u21s will be great.....

#boycott
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #4
who's in it ?

its a complete farce now, some EPL academy teams in some opted out, some championship teams in etc etc

they might as well have done this pre season and removed pre season friendlies. Have the mini leagues so each team gets 3 games and then knock outs. reduces games throughout the season and creates a bit more buzz pre season

ironically, sky would love that and more than likely be all over it
 
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JimmyHillsbeard

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #5
Complete farce. A competition which had some merit now completely devalued

1) it didn't clutter up an already full fixture list because the format demanded a result on every game night (and straight to penalties rather than extra time) now has a group stage!

2) The regional format seems to suggest an intent to keep travelling to a minimum. Except we are in the southern section again. We cd go to Newport, Yeovil and Plymouth.

3) "Invited big clubs" will play their academy sides. We might get the chance to see how Ryan Haynes plays against a 16 year old winger from West Hame or Chelsea or Swansea or even Reading!

Utter pish
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #6
the "best" group we could get is

Coventry City
Northampton
Portsmouth
Chelsea


Worst

Coventry City
Bristol Rovers
Plymouth
Reading



(in my opinion)
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #7
In the group stages, clubs will be awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw. In the event of a drawn game however, a penalty shootout will be held with the victors gaining an extra point.

:yawn:
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #8
so to confirm we maybe playing Chelsea academy in a tourney where its

3 points for a win
2 points for a won draw
1 point for a lost draw
0 points for a loss
 

the rumpo kid

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #9
is that like U.S.A. wins 1-1
 
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Corrado

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #10
west ham...
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #11
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #12
I like how Cambridge are apparently North but we are south?
 

chiefdave

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #13
Nick said:
I like how Cambridge are apparently North but we are south?
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Cheltenham in North as well.
 

chiefdave

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #14
Someone's taking the piss, Coventry (soon to be homeless), Northampton (former temporary home), Wycombe (former home of Wasps) and West Ham (pretty much gifted a new stadium).
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jul 27, 2016
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ccfcway said:
they might as well have done this pre season and removed pre season friendlies. Have the mini leagues so each team gets 3 games and then knock outs. reduces games throughout the season and creates a bit more buzz pre season
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That's not a bad idea actually.
 

ccfcway

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #16
chiefdave said:
That's not a bad idea actually.
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you sound shocked

it also gets full focus. Lets face it, even as a CCFC fan I will have very little interest in Cov v Wycombe on a tues night in Oct in this competition.

If it was on pre season, when very little footy is on tv, I would watch reading reserves v Exeter if it was on...Hell, I have been watching MLS due to no footy in the past couple of weeks
 

bawtryneal

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #17
Lets hope for Northampton away
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #18
When do they actually announce the fixture dates, and home or away? I take it a team like West Ham will be playing their kids, or is it an actual genuine fixture?

(Yes I know we'll be playing our kids because we don't have a choice anyway)
 
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ccfcway

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #19
its the West Ham academy. They have to field at least 6 under 21's.

West Ham academy v Cov City reserves

Also, only one of West Hams games will be at home, so we have a 1 in 3 chance we might be playing West Ham academy in an empty Olympic stadium, with Lee Burge in goal
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #20
Will they actually play it at the Olympic Stadium? The early rounds in the old format were bad enough with empty grounds but you could end up with a couple of thousand in a 60K stadium.
 

ccfcway

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #21
chiefdave said:
Will they actually play it at the Olympic Stadium? The early rounds in the old format were bad enough with empty grounds but you could end up with a couple of thousand in a 60K stadium.
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one of their games has to be played at their home ground
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #22
ccfcway said:
its the West Ham academy. They have to field at least 6 under 21's.

West Ham academy v Cov City reserves

Also, only one of West Hams games will be at home, so we have a 1 in 3 chance we might be playing West Ham academy in an empty Olympic stadium, with Lee Burge in goal
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That just broke my heart.
 

ccfcway

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #23
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
That just broke my heart.
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I suggest you don't look at the "players" page on the ccfc website then
 
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CJ_covblaze

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #24
BBC Northampton have announced West Ham will not play any games at home. The format of this is a joke. In the past clubs have been put in North East, South West, etc. Now both Cambridge and Shrewsbury are playing Middlesbrough! Two 400 mile trips there.
 

CJ_covblaze

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #25
Also FWIW West Ham are the one of the only B team clubs that would probably sell out. There are so many season ticket holders that even some of the local West Ham fans that will struggle to see them play there this season.
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #26
CJ_covblaze said:
Also FWIW West Ham are the one of the only B team clubs that would probably sell out. There are so many season ticket holders that even some of the local West Ham fans that will struggle to see them play there this season.
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Yeah I heard that, crazy.

Apparently they've sold over 50,000 season tickets in a 60,000 seater. Even my mate is sharing a season ticket this year with his friend and alternating games.
 

CJ_covblaze

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #27
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Yeah I heard that, crazy.

Apparently they've sold over 50,000 season tickets in a 60,000 seater. Even my mate is sharing a season ticket this year with his friend and alternating games.
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Most are two years too. They're relatively cheap so they've done it to ensure the real West Ham fans get first dibs.
 

jimmyhillsfanclub

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #28
really hope TM gives this tourney as much respect as it deserves.....ie Fuck all.

Please just play the academy kids Tony......unless that happens to also be our first 11....
 
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Monners

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #29
The Cobblers fans are talking about boycotting the competition.

A boycott of Sixfields -who would have thought that could ever happen! They could always stand on the Hill I suppose :angelic::bucktooth:
 
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BackRoomRummermill

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  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #30
So much negativity around this forum..... we will see after the first few games that we win all the negative posters scream promotion. We are doomed before we have kicked a ball....umm
 

The Great Eastern

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #31
BackRoomRummermill said:
So much negativity around this forum..... we will see after the first few games that we win all the negative posters scream promotion. We are doomed before we have kicked a ball....umm
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And it's all down to Haynes. Perhaps if he wasn't a ginger, he'd get a better reception from some of our more 'vocal' supporters...
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #32
well, we aren't golng to Olympic stadium

Southern Group D
Match Day 1 – w/c 29th August 2016
Coventry City v West Ham United

Match Day 2 – w/c 3rd October 2016
Coventry City v Northampton Town

Match Day 3 – w/c 7th November 2016
Wycombe Wanderers v Coventry City
 
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Monners

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #33
Typical -home to Northampton. I was hoping for a nice midweek jaunt a couple of miles up the road. The season is getting worse by the minute!
 

ajsccfc

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #34
I was into the JPT, but the EFL Trophy can eat a bag of dicks.
 
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Well-Known Member
  • Jul 27, 2016
  • #35
Monners said:
Typical -home to Northampton. I was hoping for a nice midweek jaunt a couple of miles up the road. The season is getting worse by the minute!
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Fuck sake...

SISU out!
 
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