Walsall - Tuesday - EFL Trophy

Quoted from psgmariner

Hope we win every game for financial reasons but absolutely no intention of going to any of the games even if we were to confound the odds and get to the final.

But what if all the academy teams crashed out early and it was just proper clubs in the latter stages?  Surely we'd all go to the Final then?  It's a strange one, I'll admit that.

Quoted from psgmariner

Hope we win every game for financial reasons but absolutely no intention of going to any of the games even if we were to confound the odds and get to the final.

For the record......I wouldn't buy any EFL Trophy Winners Ale if we did  

Would definitely have a bitter after taste

I would urge those who see no wrong in this competition to think long and hard before supporting it. It's clear with the noises coming from the EFL that they are determined, one way or another, to get B teams into competitive leagues and have been testing the waters with various ideas to achieve that goal.

They have finally managed to gain a small foothold via this competition and they will not stop there. Since this proposal was accepted, they have already moved the goalposts several times. Within weeks they had changed the rules to allow so many overage players into the match day squad and chucked another paltry million quid into the pot to smooth the way. Next they come up with a new sponsor, Checkatrade, who have a very shady reputation among the very tradesmen they purport to promote. Next was bending over backwards to Prem teams and allowing them to dictate when they would and wouldn't play the ties and now there are talks of Celtic and Rangers joining our league. What's the betting that those two would be allowed into this competition in the future as a way of "seeing how it goes". What criteria do they have for the EFL wanting them in our league? Lots of fans and lots of money, that's what.

If the EFL get their way, they will want us to go the same path as they do in countries like Spain, where the big boys have several feeder clubs in the lower divisions. Who will make way for these feeder clubs? Teams like ours that's who. Either by ceasing to exist or by being shunted into a 5th division of poor relations. They must be resisted at all costs because any short term gain will soon vanish once they are allowed to dictate to us lesser mortals.

Not sure if this has been posted already but it's an interesting read if you haven't seen it already

http://www.againstleague3.co.uk/open-letter-supporters-ahead-bteamboycott/

I for one am totally opposed to any B team infiltration and while I can maybe understand someone thinking "what does it matter, it's only one game"....just think of it as a "drip, drip effect" where over time you will guarantee an erosion of the current conditions beyond recognition

Oh and I'd like to make it clear that the two drips referred to have nothing to do with anyone's visits to Portugal  

Why can't their B teams play straight after their first teams in the same stadium? Enough people might stay behind to make a bit of atmosphere and it keeps the b teams out of our way.

Ginny, What a load of bollox. Clear noises my bottom.

Also, has anyone looked at Premier League 2?

https://www.premierleague.com/premier-league-2-explained

That reads almost exactly like the rules for the B teams playing this evening.

I like the idea of groups in this tournament but our group is not local at all. I'd have liked to see Conference teams invited and something like Grimsby, Scunny, Donny and Lincoln in a group. Every match would be guaranteed a big crowd then once it goes to the knock-out stages you are quite close to Wembley so people would go then too.

Quoted from 4055

Walsall are not fielding an under 23s team so whats the problem with supporting the Mariners tuesday night. The under 23s teams of Shf utd and Liecester will be playing at BP, we need the income these matches may generate. Do you really believe the championship clubs and premier clubs are bothered about away attendencies of their sides matches , No is the answer. Whatever happens the FA will do what the Premiership clubs want, supporters watching or not.

Yeah we'll be rolling in it after Leicester under 23's bring their parents and friends to the game at BP. All 30 of them.

Quoted from mariner91

Yeah we'll be rolling in it after Leicester under 23's bring their parents and friends to the game at BP. All 30 of them.

Which (if there's any justice) should double the crowd 😉