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Nathan Jones to pay fine from the Football League?

Callumcafc
Callumcafc Posts: 63,760
in Other Football and Sports
Nathan Jones is expecting a fine to be issued after he played eight youngsters in last night's game - against West Brom U21s. A game which Luton U21s won 2-0.

He has said he will pay the fine himself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37561406

Comments

  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    edited October 2016
    Um so what?

    Other than my feeble 'he's been gone too long' post, what is the point here?

    Oh, we could do the same; hello Jason and Slade.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,167
    Did you not run this post by Neil first Callum? For shame.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,760
    edited October 2016
    So... I thought it was a good step towards putting up two fingers to the FL, the silly competition and it's silly rules. More clubs need to do the same. :-)
  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,187
    Good on him.

    Expect the league would throw a fit, but clubs might as well host these matches at non-league grounds, they must be losing a fortune on opening up empty grounds.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    It's quite difficult to layer full sarcasm into a first post I see.

    I should make use of more emojees
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    So Luton are getting fined for playing too many u23 players in an u23 competition? Makes sense.
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,409
    Good on him. Stupid rules in a stupid competition.

    I remember when Mick McCarthy made 10 changes for a Wolves game against Man United and got fined by the Premier League. His response: what's the point of me having a squad if I'm not allowed to use them.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    absolute farce of a competition its not fair on lower league teams that have smaller sqauds. glad someones sticking 2 fingers up at it.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    I am against anyone picking the team other than the manager.

    This includes the "Sun" picking the England team, the FA picking cup teams and Roland picking anything other than his nose.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Surely Luton should be commended for their Youth Team rather than given a fine.

    Their kids have just beaten kids who are in a Cat.1 Academy (So should be breaking through into the First-Team in the Premier League) yet cant even beat kids who are unable to break into a League Two side!!
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  • Fiiish
    Fiiish Posts: 7,998
    edited October 2016
    Bradford subbed their keeper off after 45 seconds, showing what a joke the rules are and what clubs actually think of them.

    Surely clubs should play whatever team they want, the incentive not to do so is that they will not win the competition and get prize money. If both clubs are colluding then yeah that's cheating but if one club wants to weaken their squad because they have a more important game coming up then look at fixture congestion or why that club is under-resourced.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    I liked the Bradford managers comment:


    "He didn't have a particularly good first 45 seconds," Bradford assistant manager Kenny Black joked to BBC Radio Leeds.

    "The rules are there, we'd have loved to have played some more young kids but have first-team guys that need games. We adhere to the rules".



    And then he put on his U23 keeper.

    Brilliant! Absolutely taking the piss out of ridiculous rules.



  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,300
    Know its a weird thread to resurrect but didnt want to start a new one about him

    A club at this level (or Charlton if Robinson goes) need to be looking @ Nathan Jones... THIRD time this season they've scored seven goals in a match today!!

    Crazy as seems to happen in a blue moon but they're almost doing it once a month so far; huge credit to him as a Manager!!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Know its a weird thread to resurrect but didnt want to start a new one about him

    A club at this level (or Charlton if Robinson goes) need to be looking @ Nathan Jones... THIRD time this season they've scored seven goals in a match today!!

    Crazy as seems to happen in a blue moon but they're almost doing it once a month so far; huge credit to him as a Manager!!

    Doing a great job there, if Luton can ever get their new ground built, you can see them challenging at a much higher level
  • Rob62
    Rob62 Posts: 1,200
    edited November 2017
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Know its a weird thread to resurrect but didnt want to start a new one about him

    A club at this level (or Charlton if Robinson goes) need to be looking @ Nathan Jones... THIRD time this season they've scored seven goals in a match today!!

    Crazy as seems to happen in a blue moon but they're almost doing it once a month so far; huge credit to him as a Manager!!

    I think that Nathan Jones should absolutely be our next manager, even if Robinson has been doing a good job for a while.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,218
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Does he have a moving on clause?

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