Leicester's team last night included SIX overage players and 3 internationals including Iheanacho , Ulloa and Ben Hamer!
So we have L1/L2 teams like us playing lots of youngsters while Premier League teams play lots of first team players!
PL teams have squads where fringe players need competitive games. Our fringe players are mostly young.
It does make the competition even more of a farce though. The whole justification letting PL teams in was to give their youngsters a chance of testing themselves against first team opposition, not to give Ben Hamer and Ulloa a game!
Leicester's team last night included SIX overage players and 3 internationals including Iheanacho , Ulloa and Ben Hamer!
So we have L1/L2 teams like us playing lots of youngsters while Premier League teams play lots of first team players!
PL teams have squads where fringe players need competitive games. Our fringe players are mostly young.
It does make the competition even more of a farce though. The whole justification letting PL teams in was to give their youngsters a chance of testing themselves against first team opposition, not to give Ben Hamer and Ulloa a game!
Agreed i thought as much, Leicester could be the only u21/u23 team left but still think it would be more of a cup if they wasn't in it. They have made it what it is imo
Leicester's team last night included SIX overage players and 3 internationals including Iheanacho , Ulloa and Ben Hamer!
So we have L1/L2 teams like us playing lots of youngsters while Premier League teams play lots of first team players!
That's ridiculous. Two bob competition, but I wouldn't mind a trip to Wembley regardless. Ticket priority should obviously be given to anyone who has attended a tie this season, leaving roughly 40k seats for the rest of us to fight over!
We are due to lose on our next Wembley appearance. If we are destined to get there in the play offs you'd better hope we make the silly buggers final and lose, because going out to AFC blew our chance to lose our next match at Wembley. This is not superstition, but cold scientific fact, I got that from Alan Turing.
Knowing us we will make the play offs, lose at Wembley then make the checkatrade and play offs next year and win the checkatrade and lose the play offs again.
Leicester's team last night included SIX overage players and 3 internationals including Iheanacho , Ulloa and Ben Hamer!
So we have L1/L2 teams like us playing lots of youngsters while Premier League teams play lots of first team players!
thought there was a limit on how many older players they could field but having just looked at it, as long as 6 of their starting XI are under 21 then it's fine.
Pretty pathetic ruling when in a supposed 'under 21' side, they're actually allowed 5 players plus 3 subs who are over 21.
"if" we got to the final should we continue to field the players that got us there or the best players available?
Best players available, may seem harsh but once your actually at Wembley even for this trophy you want to have your best chance at winning it but that may include some of the younger players by then anyway if they continue to perform well.
Great finish first goal, Swansea goal keeping howler for the second. At 3-2, it made me laugh to see the Swansea player to dive badly for a penalty. Great to see KAG score again.
It was development squad vs development squad in effect. Good to see we have 1) a clear, pleasant footballing philosophy being instilled at the lower levels; and 2) that we're able to beat Cat 1/Prem standard dev teams.
If we make it to Wembley, I really really hope we stick with the side that has done all the work thus far. ... And if we win, and against a fuller-strength L1 team, then maybe we might need to consider shaking up the first team!
^ a quick addendum to my last post: We should already be looking to the youth system. RHF hasn't played in the league yet, has he? Would love to see him given a chance, even though he's young.
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Leicester's team last night included SIX overage players and 3 internationals including Iheanacho , Ulloa and Ben Hamer!
So we have L1/L2 teams like us playing lots of youngsters while Premier League teams play lots of first team players!
Legs haven't gone, he's getting faster.
Pretty pathetic ruling when in a supposed 'under 21' side, they're actually allowed 5 players plus 3 subs who are over 21.
Great finish first goal, Swansea goal keeping howler for the second. At 3-2, it made me laugh to see the Swansea player to dive badly for a penalty. Great to see KAG score again.
1. Is it good or bad that we barely beat Swansea <21?
2. Why is the stadium totally empty?
If we make it to Wembley, I really really hope we stick with the side that has done all the work thus far. ... And if we win, and against a fuller-strength L1 team, then maybe we might need to consider shaking up the first team!
I assume I'll get some apologies?????