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December 20, 2018, 8:19pm

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I saw recently clubs were requested by the EFL to indicate whether they were happy to support the proposal to retain the current format of the EFL Trophy for a further three seasons.
I suspect GTFC will support it in it's current format for a further three seasons although I haven't seen anything and might have missed it  !!!

Lincoln have today made their position clear.......https://www.redimps.co.uk/news/2018/december/181220-statement/





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December 20, 2018, 8:29pm

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Here we go again.....


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Another three years railroaded through without proper time allowed for consultation. I thought football was for the fans but unfortunately our attendance at games is becoming more and more irrelevant as the suits look at the P&Ls and balance sheets which underline the increasing influence of Premier League TV money and the whims of those clubs that play in that league. It's alright for boards like ours and Lincoln's bringing out statements that they reluctantly voted for it and had reservations but the truth is that they haven't got the balls to say no and say enough is enough for the price of a few pieces of silver dribbling down from the huge gold reserves of the teams gorging themselves at the top table. First team squads of 60 plus players, golden handshakes bigger than any club at our level could dream of spending on one player handed out to an individual who is already rich while women and children use squalid toileting facilities at Blundell Park. It's a national disgrace how the game of football is developing in this country. As long as the top 6 are ok and feel that they can compete with Barca and Real Madrid and Gareth's boys reach the odd semi final or two, the FA and EFL will give themselves a pat on the back. Man U have spunked 600m quid on players in the past two seasons and achieved nothing. That amount would pay for twenty lower league new stadiums which would transform those towns for at least fifty years. The inequity of it all makes my blood boil like hundreds of thousands of others but no fooker in a suit ever listens..
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December 20, 2018, 9:39pm

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The wedge gets hammered home a little more each time. It's insidious and their hope is that it will become the norm over time. In three years, people will start to accept it, then they will turn the screw a little more, until they get their way. Take the money now, and pay the consequences later...
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Personally I think the format of the competition is great but the invited teams should be replaced by the top teams in the Conference.  Groups should then be localised to create as many derby games as possible.

Group games could perhaps be scheduled for weekends before the competition reverts to midweek in the knockout stages.
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The opposition to it will become apathetic...lets face it...we know that the boycott isnt going to work because by and large the clubs dont give a fck as the money injection from the Premier League means the clubs dont lose.
Strange that Lincoln seem to think their fans are against it when they have been one of the higher attended clubs in the comp...plus they went to Wembley ...so personally i think that statement is just smoke....they love it but are scared to publicy say so.

I presume our position has already been declared to the League following a hurriedly put together emergency vote with the following attendees in place... Majority Shareholder, John Fenty & the former chairman all present ...the vote being unequivocal with all 3 in favour of remaining in the comp.


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December 20, 2018, 10:17pm

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Quoted from jamesgtfc
Personally I think the format of the competition is great but the invited teams should be replaced by the top teams in the Conference.  Groups should then be localised to create as many derby games as possible.

Group games could perhaps be scheduled for weekends before the competition reverts to midweek in the knockout stages.


Agree with most of that. If we were in a group with Scunny, Lincoln and Donny all of the games would be close to sell outs. I don’t think it should be played at weekends though. Midweek cup games were something I missed during our non league exile.

I watched the ITV England documentary tonight and was reminded that many of those semi finalists had played  in the third and fourth tier and in non-league either on loan or on permanent contracts. The FA should be sticking their oar in on this issue and protecting clubs like ours and those lower down.
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December 21, 2018, 4:39am
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Quoted from jamesgtfc
Personally I think the format of the competition is great but the invited teams should be replaced by the top teams in the Conference.  Groups should then be localised to create as many derby games as possible.

Group games could perhaps be scheduled for weekends before the competition reverts to midweek in the knockout stages.


If I remember correctly they did that some years ago and we were knocked out by a non league club, Morecambe.
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The format is not brilliant even ignoring the invited teams as there are too many irrelevant games. It's a shame there wasn't time to consider alternatives as there must be some. The old format didn't work either the obvious thing is more local games.


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