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 MFW94  Sutton 29 May 24 4.23pm |
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Another change.... From the athletic... The Carabao Cup will use a new seeding mechanism to keep Champions League and Europa League teams apart in the third round of next season’s competition. The move is designed to help ease fixture congestion, with the third-round cup fixtures now being spread over two weeks (week commencing September 16 and September 23) as they clash with the beginning of the group stages in the expanded Champions League and Europa League, which begin on those midweeks respectively. This means that Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Aston Villa will be prevented from drawing Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. Chelsea, who will compete in next season’s Conference League, will not be impacted by this move due to the group stages for that tournament starting at a later date. Potential European clashes during round five (week commencing December 16) of the Carabao Cup will be considered closer to the dates once the competing clubs have been confirmed. The Carabao Cup’s new seeding system follows the decision to scrap FA Cup replays from the 2024-25 season. The move, which The Athletic reported in April, was designed to ease fixture congestion. This comes after several top-flight managers criticised the Premier League and other footballing competitions over fixture scheduling, with some claiming that it had affected their club’s success in European competitions. Edited by MFW94 (29 May 2024 4.25pm)
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| YT Oxford 29 May 24 4.33pm |
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1) I fail to see how this will reduce fixture congestion. The 'favoured' clubs will still have to play someone, just not each other. Furthermore surely them playing each other would REDUCE the number of future fixtures for the club that loses. 2) The bit about criticising the Premier League...well the League Cup isn't the Premier League's competition! 3) If these favoured clubs don't want to play in the League Cup, they are perfectly entitled to choose not to enter. The same goes for the FA Cup. Edited by YT (29 May 2024 4.34pm)
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| MFW94 Sutton 29 May 24 4.41pm |
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I agree However its not the premier league comp but the EFL are looking for the premier league for a new financial deal - this was probably a bargaining tool the premier league wanted.
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