We should put out a decent level team to try and ensure victory some morale boosting goals and victory.
Oh thank goodness! The top 6 teams are seeded so they don't have to play each other. Football fans up and down the country are rejoicing.
Absolutely pathetic isn't it? Yet more pandering to their demands to the detriment of competition and traditions.
I suspect that TV coverage - Sky and other companies selling rights to overseas viewers, has a large part to play - We'll sponsor you, if you provide fixtures that armchair viewers will want to watch.
Given the constraints of the European competition schedules, it does unfortunately make some sense. BUT I will forever continue to argue the whole competition would be better without the teams in Europe involved. Gives many other clubs a realistic chance to win a cup, and therefore they'd probably take it more seriously.
Isn’t this a bit of a misnomer anyway? And that premier league viewing at least in the uk is far lower than most people assume even when the top clubs play. Maybe it is bolstered by overseas views. Seen it mentioned in articles related to the bubble potentially bursting
It is because of the expanded Champions League and Europa League schedules They now have 8 midweeks rather than the previous version which had 6. Those Matchdays are spread over 10 midweek slots.... there are 7 7 that have all of UCL, EL and ECL being played and then one each for exclusively UCL or EL or UCL. Therefore it was possible that if two European teams got drawn against each other it would not be possible to find a free midweek to play the league cup tie. This is simply the logistics behind the seeding, I still don't like it!
I still think you could wait, do the League Cup draw this weekend after the European draws so you know the European schedules and make sure teams where that could be a problem aren't drawn against each other.
First time ever an England squad has been announced, and I’ve never heard of one of the players. Angel Gomes
