Tomorrow evening

Quoted from Abdul19

Orient aren't (second) in non league because of West Ham, they're in non league because of a mentalist owner.

Good point To be fair although Barry Hearn did predict the Olympic stadium would have a detrimental on the club so that’s where I’m coming from. Surprising but good to see that the Orient’s average attendance hasn’t suffered to much - proper fans,

Quoted from lee65

The Premier League will never be any good for the National Team while the number of non English players is so high, I think I heard a stat that, at this early stage of the season, the English players in the starting 11's (or squads, I'm not sure?) has fell considerably compared to last year, and is currently below 30%

Spot on! you could argue the foreigners have made the league more exciting (I disagree) but have they made our league stronger - no we dominated Europe in the 70s & 80s with mainly British players.
And has it made our national team any stronger absolutely not - Barring Graham Taylor’s reign I would back any England team from the 80s or 90s to win comfortably against Southgate’s boys.

I wouldn't. Imagine the size of Neil Webb now  

I don't mind admitting I attended the game on Tuesday having boycotted last season's games.

Due to work and family commitments it was my first time at BP this season, so without any other agenda I just wanted to watch my team.

Do I agree with the competition in its current format? Absolutely not. Do I feel guilty for going? Yes I do a bit.

So what will happen if we progress in the competition? Attendances will increase.

So my point is although we are against the competition. It's very easy to boycott the first round.

So the question I've asked myself is, would I attend if we reached the final? YES I would. So how can I justify boycotting the first round?

Please feel free to ask yourself the same. If you come up with the same answer as me I'll see you at Doncaster next month!

I wouldn’t attend the final 100%

Quoted from BackHeelTony

I don't mind admitting I attended the game on Tuesday having boycotted last season's games.

Due to work and family commitments it was my first time at BP this season, so without any other agenda I just wanted to watch my team.

Do I agree with the competition in its current format? Absolutely not. Do I feel guilty for going? Yes I do a bit.

So what will happen if we progress in the competition? Attendances will increase.

So my point is although we are against the competition. It's very easy to boycott the first round.

So the question I've asked myself is, would I attend if we reached the final? YES I would. So how can I justify boycotting the first round?

Please feel free to ask yourself the same. If you come up with the same answer as me I'll see you at Doncaster next month!

I'm not so sure that will be the case. New manager, new players to watch, a fiver to get in, kids go free and there was still only 600 odd Town fans there on Tuesday night. Jokes about bullying aside, I respect everyone's personal decision as we're all individuals, but I can't see more than a couple of thousand going to Wembley if we got there. It would be the ideal scenario for Town fans to make a real statement and give a big bloody nose to Harvey and the EFL. We've been to Wembley often enough for it not to be too much of a novelty so the boycott will not be forgotten..

Quoted from Grim74

Spot on! you could argue the foreigners have made the league more exciting (I disagree) but have they made our league stronger - no we dominated Europe in the 70s & 80s with mainly British players.
And has it made our national team any stronger absolutely not - Barring Graham Taylor’s reign I would back any England team from the 80s or 90s to win comfortably against Southgate’s boys.

Not taking anything away from the Scousers/Forest etc. but to win the European Cup you played a maximum of nine matches with the first round invariably being against the likes of the Champions of Finland/Malta/Iceland.

[quote=120870]I don't mind admitting I attended the game on Tuesday having boycotted last season's games.

Due to work and family commitments it was my first time at BP this season, so without any other agenda I just wanted to watch my team


Do I agree with the competition in its current format? Absolutely not. Do I feel guilty for going? Yes I do a bit.

So what will happen if we progress in the competition? Attendances will increase.

So my point is although we are against the competition. It's very easy to boycott the first round.

So the question I've asked myself is, would I attend if we reached the final? YES I would. So how can I justify boycotting the first round?

Please feel free to ask yourself the same. If you come up with the same answer as me I'll see you at Doncaster next month!

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Due to location and family commitments I get to 4 or 5 games a year and rarely get to BP (although up for Swindon game in December due to corporate gig as pressie for my 50th birthday), but I have been to every final at Wembley and millennium stadiums. Would I go to this final if we got there? No, absolutely not. It would break my heart a little not to go but in my mind that is much less of a sacrifice than giving the EFL more of an excuse to say that the competition is a success and imho it is just a long term way of trying to get B teams into the EFL.

UTFM and down the EFL

didn't want to start another thread but found this.

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Similar to Posh, I don't get to many games. If there was a B Team Cup game on when I was up in Clee I wouldn't go. If we got to Wembley I still wouldn't go despite it being on the doorstep relatively speaking.