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Pathetic Posh

[ariotofmyown]

So you can get fined for not playing a strong team in the EFL cup vs the likes of Sheffield Utd u21s when you are unable to still qualify from group, but you can play a joke team in League One meaning another team can go down?

[Crewton]

27 minutes ago, Boycie said:

League looking different on the sky app?

Kin ell, the ghost of Dave Whelan must've got into the machine!

[Mr. P]

If posh play this 2nd string against Bolton, our goal difference will disappear. Unless he sends them out to kick them all game. 

 

[Grumpy Git]

Feckers must all use the same data stream, as the BBC one is just the same.

[Kernow]

It should really make no difference to us, our task is simple. If we have to rely on others after losing at home to bottom of the league, then we wouldn’t deserve to go up after all.

[Wolfie20]

I hope Posh get drawn against Lincoln or Blackpool in the playoffs and get stuffed!

[Tamworthram]

16 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said:

So you can get fined for not playing a strong team in the EFL cup vs the likes of Sheffield Utd u21s when you are unable to still qualify from group, but you can play a joke team in League One meaning another team can go down?

I guess it depends on how the EFL define “full strength team”. My suspicion is either they don’t have a definition, it’s a bit vague or it just stipulates x number of players that have featured in the match day squad during the season.

[Reggie Greenwood]

11 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

I guess it depends on how the EFL define “full strength team”. My suspicion is either they don’t have a definition, it’s a bit vague or it just stipulates x number of players that have featured in the match day squad during the season.

Leeds gone done in 1970 I think for fielding a reserve team against us the week before they had a Fairs Cup game.  We won 4-1. Can’t remember if they were fined or docked points 

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

14 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

I guess it depends on how the EFL define “full strength team”. My suspicion is either they don’t have a definition, it’s a bit vague or it just stipulates x number of players that have featured in the match day squad during the season.

Seems they've taken a lot from the U21'S. Pretty shocking really.  You can get away with a couple of knocks ...ahem. You can't just say sod everyone else, i Don't care if we lose by a 10-0 aggregate over two matches. There are integrity rules including those rammed down your neck for Pizza cups. Let's not forget the original fixture was postponed due to two international call ups.  

[Mr. P]

Hope they lose in the playoffs now with ferguson's losing mentality. Can't imagine his dad giving up on 2nd so easily. What a wasted journey for the fans. 

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

27 minutes ago, Kernow said:

It should really make no difference to us, our task is simple. If we have to rely on others after losing at home to bottom of the league, then we wouldn’t deserve to go up after all.

I don't agree.  If we lose by 1 and Bolton beat their U21 team by 3 it's unfair.  The competition is play a competitive side for a 46 game season.  That doesn't mean play your star striker but it doesn't mean playing a side with 50 games between them. The players need to be competitive.

[Zag zig]

4 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

I don't agree.  If we lose by 1 and Bolton beat their U21 team by 3 it's unfair.  The competition is play a competitive side for a 46 game season.  That doesn't mean play your star striker but it doesn't mean playing a side with 50 games between them. The players need to be competitive.

Thankfully ours will be, it’s all going to be immaterial come Saturday 🐑 

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

 

Have a look at the Cambridge forum ! Want thd efl  to investigate us for fielding weaker team

That is not going to happen. 
Hasn't there been clubs in recent years that have started the season with a bunch of kids (Reading & Derby?). Later in the season their squads were strengthened significantly, but later opponents had no redress for having had to play a team of different strength,.

There may have been a reason for that you dozy bellend. 

[ram59]

The useless EFL have already let this kind of thing go.

On the last day of the 21/22 season, Northampton were ahead of Bristol Rovers on goal difference. Northampton did their job by beating Barrow 3-1. This meant that Bristol Rovers needed to win by 7 against Scunthorpe, the result was 7 nil and Bristol were promoted on goals scored. Already relegated Scunthorpe fielded a team consisting of 7 teenagers including 4 from their u18s and a first year scholar in goal.

I can't find any details of any punishment for Scunthorpe.

If Scunthorpe ever get back in the EFL, they should have points deducted, in my opinion. Poetic justice that they crashed through the National League.

[Crewton]

Wasn't it last season that Barnsley played a weakened team in their final game against Peterborough which resulted in Peterborough leapfrogging us into the playoffs?

[Grumpy Git]

19 minutes ago, ram59 said:

The useless EFL have already let this kind of thing go.

On the last day of the 21/22 season, Northampton were ahead of Bristol Rovers on goal difference. Northampton did their job by beating Barrow 3-1. This meant that Bristol Rovers needed to win by 7 against Scunthorpe, the result was 7 nil and Bristol were promoted on goals scored. Already relegated Scunthorpe fielded a team consisting of 7 teenagers including 4 from their u18s and a first year scholar in goal.

I can't find any details of any punishment for Scunthorpe.

If Scunthorpe ever get back in the EFL, they should have points deducted, in my opinion. Poetic justice that they crashed through the National League.

If Typhoo put the 'T' in Britain, who put the c*** in Scunthorpe?

[Zag zig]

58 minutes ago, ram59 said:

The useless EFL have already let this kind of thing go.

On the last day of the 21/22 season, Northampton were ahead of Bristol Rovers on goal difference. Northampton did their job by beating Barrow 3-1. This meant that Bristol Rovers needed to win by 7 against Scunthorpe, the result was 7 nil and Bristol were promoted on goals scored. Already relegated Scunthorpe fielded a team consisting of 7 teenagers including 4 from their u18s and a first year scholar in goal.

I can't find any details of any punishment for Scunthorpe.

If Scunthorpe ever get back in the EFL, they should have points deducted, in my opinion. Poetic justice that they crashed through the National League.

As an aside, got a friend who’s an Iron fan, they have had some serious off field financial issues, couldn’t pay players, staring down the barrel of losing their ground and a past owner that seemingly made false promises. They have finally stabilised after putting their true fans through the mill. Think they suffered enough.

(Btw on the field a certain J.Butterfield is captain these days)

[Tamworthram]

10 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Seems they've taken a lot from the U21'S. Pretty shocking really.  You can get away with a couple of knocks ...ahem. You can't just say sod everyone else, i Don't care if we lose by a 10-0 aggregate over two matches. There are integrity rules including those rammed down your neck for Pizza cups. Let's not forget the original fixture was postponed due to two international call ups.  

I took a glance at their forum last night and one poster was suggesting many or most had featured in their match day squads this season - I don’t know how true that is. My eleven year old nephew is in the academy there, I’ll take a look and see if he was playing. 😀

[Tamworthram]

10 hours ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

Leeds gone done in 1970 I think for fielding a reserve team against us the week before they had a Fairs Cup game.  We won 4-1. Can’t remember if they were fined or docked points 

Perhaps in the days before the EFL became incompetent and not fit for purpose.