Iggle Piggle
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- Sep 3, 2010
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It's a bit like that conundrum where you've got a Fox, Chicken and corn and they will all eat other if left alone. Suffice it to say, you can't fit all the games in if they draw each other.
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[Albion] League Cup Round 3 draw
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It's a bit like that conundrum where you've got a Fox, Chicken and corn and they will all eat other if left alone. Suffice it to say, you can't fit all the games in if they draw each other.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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So is that "seeding" just for this round?
Dancin Ninja BHA
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- Jul 6, 2003
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I miss those game, especially away. Always took loads, used to get off a couple of stops before at Bethnal Green for cheap booze in the pubs there, when it was still an absolute sh1t hole of an area.
Mad to think for a few years they were our (main) rivals!!
Away please for old times sake
Kuipers Supporters Club
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Barrow away
Fleetwood away
Blackpool away
Orient away
Walsall home
Please and thank you.
Fleetwood away
Blackpool away
Orient away
Walsall home
Please and thank you.
That makes it a farcical fix and euro ticket for one of the big 6 that have a bad league season.
scrap it
Better still . . . . Banish pot one and let the normal clubs battle it out.
scrap it
Better still . . . . Banish pot one and let the normal clubs battle it out.
Yes very complicated bearing in mind that also Man United must be drawn at home against the lowest ranked side in the competition.Hang on, does that mean seeding so bigger sides can't face each other early on?
- Jul 7, 2003
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He'll need Ray Wilkins to be on top form, threading those balls through to him.
Sorrel
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A championship club at home please.
The Wookiee
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Change at Barnham
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I'm watching a bit of Cardiff v Southampton.
What are NSCer's thoughts on the Saints kit? I can't make up my mind.
What are NSCer's thoughts on the Saints kit? I can't make up my mind.
Without seeing it I can already tell you I don't like it.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
- 11,804
The week the third round is due to be played the Champions League is playing their first round of group games, so those 4 teams will play their league cup games the following week. That is the same week the Europa League start their group games.
Therefore the only issue is if Spurs and Man Utd had drawn any of the 4 CL sides. So the draw has been unfairly weighted in favour of all 6 clubs in the major European tournaments (not Chelsea) when they could have just found a way to keep the Spurs and United away from the Champions League sides.
There is no reason that Man City couldn’t play Arsenal for example.
Really this is all UEFAs doing by expanding the European competitions and then insisting the first two weeks are exclusive to a different tournament each week.
Skaville
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I was thinking about him earlier, wondering if Jay Williams’ notoriety within our fan base might get to McGleish levels.
Beheaders won
saafend_seagull
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Draw is stacked
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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It deserves to! He'll only escape that if by some miracle the verdict is deep bruising and only out for two weeks max. Sadly not likely
