Lancastergreen":3dkfufn3 said:
Fans throwing a tantrum because they can't have their own way, that is all this is. If Argyle didn't agree with this competition they need not apply to play in it. If you're that bothered about unfair cup games then why bother in any of them? We aren't going to win the others either!
I think you've missed the point here Lancaster. Some have never had interest in this competition, but many have and are not happy with the introduction of B teams, myself included in the latter. I used to love this competition. Cheltenham away when Hamza Bencherif made his debut and had a blinder, before we won a penalty shootout in which Jake Cole dived the same way every time bar the last. Cheltenham's takers shooting to the same corner for all 5. A belting Tuesday night. Swindon away in which Sheridan first discovered 3-5-2 and Andres Blackman claimed a long range effort despite about a 10 yard deflection. You get the point.
Swansea U21s at the Liberty in front of 400 odd doesn't have the same feel about it. This was a club we were very much ranked above not long ago. Next expected to compete against their second string just because they've come into a bit of cash.
The future for the football league that Shaun Harvey is trying to manufacture is dangerous for all League One and Two sides and the remainder of the football pyramid. It seeks to encourage clubs to become financially dependent upon the Premier League handouts and as a result will open gateways for the Premier League to blackmail their agenda on the football league.
Feel free to think I'm sulking or throwing a tantrum. Not my aim,, I'm simply trying to offer a reasoned view as to why I believe the new format is not in the best interests of Plymouth Argyle or the football league in the medium to long term. It's not about not having got my way, as you put. You may pride the Premier League over the football league, like our friend Cabbie - fair enough.