MDK Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Just now, 9 to 5 said: Ampadu! One of my mum's fave FM players! He was a cracking left winger in the game and IRL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobfoc Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 28 minutes ago, Lineker said: Good to see this tournament being taken as seriously as ever. I love the idea of clubs doing everything they can to make this competition as silly as possible. Put the tea lady up front and pick a fan from a random lottery to play in goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FestiveJack Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 I mean... it's not like Tisdale could do any worse than his players have this season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 We are 1-0 up. I had no idea we were still in this cup, I'm getting confused >_> @lanky316 eat it >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanky316 Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 We're just hoping to see if we can boost your goal difference more than last time... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 18 minutes ago, lanky316 said: We're just hoping to see if we can boost your goal difference more than last time... We'll lose 2-1 now I've started talking smack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 We won 2-0, a kid we just signed from Tadcaster Albion scored the opener, we took the highest away following of any game I believe - 337 - which is still about five times less than we would ordinarily take to this heated local derby and afterwards the Mansfield manager said "I'm just glad it's over, this is a pain in the backside." Superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMarrio Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 I am made up that it sounds like the new format is tanking in terms of attendance and the attitude of the managers and players. Plus seeing only 3 of the u23/u21 teams winning also made me laugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 43 minutes ago, Adam said: We won 2-0, a kid we just signed from Tadcaster Albion scored the opener, we took the highest away following of any game I believe - 337 - which is still about five times less than we would ordinarily take to this heated local derby and afterwards the Mansfield manager said "I'm just glad it's over, this is a pain in the backside." Superb. Took me ages to work out whether this was about Donny or Everton, largely because I have no idea where Mansfield is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 30, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Next to Nottingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted August 30, 2016 Report Share Posted August 30, 2016 Ruddy hell. Was 'heated local derby' sarcastic then, given there's about half a dozen Yorkshire clubs plus Scunthorpe closer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 10 hours ago, Colly said: Ruddy hell. Was 'heated local derby' sarcastic then, given there's about half a dozen Yorkshire clubs plus Scunthorpe closer? No it wasn't sarcastic, the rivalry dates back to the miner's strike decades ago, Mansfield (and Forest) are referred to as "scabs" by Donny folk. It stems from there. Plus, they are our geographically closest rivals in League 2 this season, who we haven't played in over a decade so 300 fans going is quite a damning indictment of this sorry tournament. What I also found funny is that Wycombe's 43-year-old manager came off the bench and set up a goal, and Luton had to ask one of their player's school headmaster's permission to put him in the squad because he's only 15! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colly Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 TIL something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA! Posted August 31, 2016 Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 I still think too many people attended these games. Are they that starved of football? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted August 31, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted August 31, 2016 Quality title sponsor for the EFL Trophy.. 1 hour ago, GA! said: I still think too many people attended these games. Are they that starved of football? Checkatrade Trophy sees attendances fall as the #BTeamBoycott bites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted October 5, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Luton manager Nathan Jones says he will pay any fine Luton Town may have incurred for making 11 changes for Tuesday's EFL Trophy 2-0 win over West Brom. League One and Two clubs must play a certain number of "first-team" players in the competition. The Hatters' team for the game included eight players under the age of 21. The Checkatrade Trophy, which suffered serious attendance drops of 20% for the first set of matches in August, has come under further scrutiny after the Bradford goalkeeper Colin Doyle was substituted three minutes into the game against Bury on Tuesday night. “I thought he had a poor 45 seconds,” said the assistant manager Kenny Black after Bradford’s 2-1 victory, in a direct snub to the new rules introduced this season for the re-formatted Football League tournament which now features Under-23 academy sides from Premier League and Championship clubs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 We made two changes after half an hour for the same reason, so far so good for the "B Team Boycott". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 Checkatrade? I thought it was the EFL Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Lineker Posted October 5, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 The EFL, rather amazingly, found some title sponsors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDK Posted October 5, 2016 Report Share Posted October 5, 2016 £8 quid well spent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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