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Our game against Exeter tonight got me thinking…
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The question was about would you rather win the final or stay up…not the early rounds.Shade wrote:Absolutely meaningless unless you fluke your way through to the semis using fringe and youth players. Obvs the £10k per game is handy, but it's handier not getting injuries and picking up league points.
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Not remotely a contest in my mind. Staying up.
I'm not even convinced I'd even attend the final of the pizza cup. Been to Wembley enough times and do not really see it as a proper trophy, especially since it's been devalued by U23 teams and FL teams fielding babies.
I'm not even convinced I'd even attend the final of the pizza cup. Been to Wembley enough times and do not really see it as a proper trophy, especially since it's been devalued by U23 teams and FL teams fielding babies.
And I answered it in the poll, but the fact the early rounds are meaningless but we fight for every league point answers the question.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:The question was about would you rather win the final or stay up…not the early rounds.Shade wrote:Absolutely meaningless unless you fluke your way through to the semis using fringe and youth players. Obvs the £10k per game is handy, but it's handier not getting injuries and picking up league points.
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Good pointShade wrote:And I answered it in the poll, but the fact the early rounds are meaningless but we fight for every league point answers the question.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:The question was about would you rather win the final or stay up…not the early rounds.Shade wrote:Absolutely meaningless unless you fluke your way through to the semis using fringe and youth players. Obvs the £10k per game is handy, but it's handier not getting injuries and picking up league points.
The only reason I'd go is because my boy would want to go to Wembley.Hubert Parry wrote:Not remotely a contest in my mind. Staying up.
I'm not even convinced I'd even attend the final of the pizza cup. Been to Wembley enough times and do not really see it as a proper trophy, especially since it's been devalued by U23 teams and FL teams fielding babies.
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I think if we were an established League One side with little to no chance of promotion or relegation then yes go for it, who wouldn't want a day at Wembley in the middle of a mundane season. However, where we are currently, struggling to find our feet at this level and with a thin squad hampered by injuries then definitely its League as the priority for me.
That's a good point. I remember being more interested in this competition in the days when we were destined for another 14th placed finished in League 2, before the group stage format came in, of course. It's good for that and getting game time into players that haven't played much.
Also, as was mentioned on the radio the other night, if it wasn't for this competition, MD might never have tried the 3-5-2 formation and beaten Arsenal U23's (whichever team we subsequently tried it against may have won easily and it would have been abandoned), and we may never have ended up getting promoted - MD might have been sacked 4 or 5 games later! Sliding doors...
Also, as was mentioned on the radio the other night, if it wasn't for this competition, MD might never have tried the 3-5-2 formation and beaten Arsenal U23's (whichever team we subsequently tried it against may have won easily and it would have been abandoned), and we may never have ended up getting promoted - MD might have been sacked 4 or 5 games later! Sliding doors...