jono Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) On 06/01/2024 at 21:04, plymouthram said: What's peoples thoughts on this competition, is it a worthwhile venture to be in. It changed sponsors from Papa John Pizza to Bristol Street Motors and some of you might not be aware that the money dropped down. All participating teams still got £20K, but the £10k per win in the group stage was dropped down to £8k. The winners at wembley now will only get £84k instead of £100k. So far then, Derby pulled in £59k for reaching the 3rd round, if we beat Bradford we get £29.5K for reaching the quarter-finals. Could it be a distraction from concentrating on the league, could key players get injured. We still have Bolton, Peterboro, Portsmouth and Oxford in the competition and all are in the promotion race. Should Paul Warne field a weak side against Bradford, perhaps play some youngsters to avoid burn out and injuries to key 1st teamers (after all, its only £29.5k at stake). It only becomes a good Trophy if you win it and have seen your team at wembley. Truth be told there isn’t great history, no legends to be made but it is a competition and we are in it. For me it’s a perfect playground to experiment. Fringe players, young guns, returnees from injury. Whoever we play will respect a visit to us and away games give everyone experience. And yes, a scratch card chance of a Wembley trip, why not ? Luton won it having been shafted by the EFL they enjoyed their day at Wembley and appropriately embarrassed the executive. They didn’t do too badly in the aftermath. There’s a naughty streak in me that wants promotion and on to of that a chance at Wembley to bite back at those who had agendas beyond simple fair play and just sanction. Edited January 8 by jono angieram, Mucker1884 and Foreveram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 If we get to the final against Brighton U21'S, Cashin could be scoring the winner... for Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 20 hours ago, Srg said: You might struggle to get that going amongst the other 12 of you dotted around Wembley. Unfortunately, being the biggest supported team left in the EFL Trophy, if we reach the final we would get a massive allocation of tickets. P.S. Come to think of it we were the biggest supported team at the begining of this competition. DavesaRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 06/01/2024 at 21:04, plymouthram said: What's peoples thoughts on this competition, is it a worthwhile venture to be in. It changed sponsors from Papa John Pizza to Bristol Street Motors and some of you might not be aware that the money dropped down. All participating teams still got £20K, but the £10k per win in the group stage was dropped down to £8k. The winners at wembley now will only get £84k instead of £100k. So far then, Derby pulled in £59k for reaching the 3rd round, if we beat Bradford we get £29.5K for reaching the quarter-finals. Could it be a distraction from concentrating on the league, could key players get injured. We still have Bolton, Peterboro, Portsmouth and Oxford in the competition and all are in the promotion race. Should Paul Warne field a weak side against Bradford, perhaps play some youngsters to avoid burn out and injuries to key 1st teamers (after all, its only £29.5k at stake). It only becomes a good Trophy if you win it and have seen your team at wembley. Absolutely awful competition, not worth even entering imo. Even if we got to wembley i wouldn't have bothered going to such a mickey mouse event. Glad we deliberately lost so we can concentrate on the league. Mucker1884, DerbyAleMan, Tamworthram and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 So we might as well take it seriously and win this "tinpot" tournament? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 11 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Absolutely awful competition, not worth even entering imo. Even if we got to wembley i wouldn't have bothered going to such a mickey mouse event. Glad we deliberately lost so we can concentrate on the league. You don't "enter" it as such. If you're in L1 or L2 then you are in it, whether you want to be or not. One of the rules of the Trophy states EFL members SHALL compete... it's compulsory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 On 10/01/2024 at 10:09, MadAmster said: You don't "enter" it as such. If you're in L1 or L2 then you are in it, whether you want to be or not. One of the rules of the Trophy states EFL members SHALL compete... it's compulsory. Who forgot to tell our lads about this? #halfarsedjogabout MadAmster, uttoxram75 and richinspain 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 On 10/01/2024 at 10:09, MadAmster said: You don't "enter" it as such. If you're in L1 or L2 then you are in it, whether you want to be or not. One of the rules of the Trophy states EFL members SHALL compete... it's compulsory. @uttoxram75 was having the craic mate. A quick recalibration of your sarcasm detector may be in order 😂 uttoxram75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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