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  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,846
    LDV / Sherpa Vans was fine. An opportunity for lower league teams like us to have a day at Wembley. The introduction of Premier League youth teams to play in a 1st team tournament was obnoxious and patronising to every club in the competition. 
  • Bilko
    Bilko Posts: 766
    It’s a piss pot tournament that reminds us that we are playing in this shitty league, you have to be crap to be in it.
  • DavenportAddick
    DavenportAddick Posts: 15
    I think the damage is done to be honest. But if its reinvented, sack off u21 teams (horrible elitist idea), ditch the group stage and just have a straight up knock out cup comp for leagues 1 and 2. All games over 1 leg. That way start to finish is only a maximum of 5/6 games and every team has a decent shot. 
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,254
    blackpool72 said:
    Just scrap the whole thing. 
    No, just de-regionalise the group stages 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    cabbles said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Just scrap the whole thing. 
    No, just de-regionalise the group stages 
    A midweek trek to Barrow to watch an U21s match? Brave.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    The problem with the competition, and indeed the other cups, is that in L1 and L2 you're playing most these games in autumn when you have no idea how your season would progress in the league, leading to weakened teams and no interest from the fans.

    If our games were played now, then we would put out a strong team as we're going nowhere in the league and a Wembley final would be an attractive consolation. 
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,748
    iaitch said:
    twiggyaddick said:
    se9addick said:
    I still I still refer to it as the JPT! 
    Will always be the LDV Vans

    To me it will always be the Sherpa Van Trophy.
    I still refer to it as The Quarter Members Cup 
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,218
    cabbles said:
    blackpool72 said:
    Just scrap the whole thing. 
    No, just de-regionalise the group stages 
    We took 235 for a midweek Quarter Final at Hartlepool just over a year ago and 101 to Plymouth in November.

    Why would de-regionalising the group stages be of any benefit? Just needs the Premier League U21 teams to be removed from the competition and it's fine as it is if there's no restrictions on us playing a team of kids.
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 1,959
    Just get rid of it, its a pointless competition.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    cblock said:
    Just get rid of it, its a pointless competition.
    I disagree. Remove the U21 teams and revert it to be what it was before, a chance to win some silverware and have a day out at Wembley.

    Looking at the previous winners of the trophy, plenty of clubs there which are in a higher division than us now, including PL teams such as Bournemouth, Southampton and Wolves, and several current Championship sides. I'm sure their fans enjoyed winning the trophy.
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  • Captain Peacock
    Captain Peacock Posts: 201
    Just get a team together to get out of this division and then be competitive in the championship and it is removed from the equation.
    Simple (we can but dream).
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,748
    killerandflash said:
    cblock said:
    Just get rid of it, its a pointless competition.
    I disagree. Remove the U21 teams and revert it to be what it was before, a chance to win some silverware and have a day out at Wembley.

    Looking at the previous winners of the trophy, plenty of clubs there which are in a higher division than us now, including PL teams such as Bournemouth, Southampton and Wolves, and several current Championship sides. I'm sure their fans enjoyed winning the trophy.
    I wouldn't. I think winning it is an embarrassing reminder that we are only quarter members.
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    iaitch said:
    twiggyaddick said:
    se9addick said:
    I still I still refer to it as the JPT! 
    Will always be the LDV Vans

    To me it will always be the Sherpa Van Trophy.
    Freight Rover Trophy
  • RaplhMilne
    RaplhMilne Posts: 4,601
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Let the Premier League sponsor it... they're so desperate for it to include their U21 sides
    If the sponsorship is only £1 Million surely the Premier league could sponsor it.  With the winner gaining automatic entry to the Premier…. Just to incentivise the entries.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    Simple fix… ditch the PL reserve sides and have a 48 team competition.

    Top 16 of L1 from previous season get a first round bye, and play straight knock out football. Five/six rounds of knockout football with a nice day out at Wembley for a couple of clubs. Simple.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,371
    Captain Peacock said:
    Just get a team together to get out of this division and then be competitive in the championship and it is removed from the equation.
    Simple (we can but dream).
    Or, even better, we enter our u21s.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,982
    Bolton stuff (crust) Plymouth 4-0 in the final.
    I wonder how it effects Plymouth's season.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    Covered End said:
    Bolton stuff (crust) Plymouth 4-0 in the final.
    I wonder how it effects Plymouth's season.
    Looking at the games they have left i'd say they have to still be favourites to win the league.

    They have a game in hand on Sheff Weds (whose form has nose dived) and in their remaining 8 games they don't have to play any of the sides in the top 9.

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