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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 21:06:43 GMT
So if we don't boycott this cup there will be B Teams playing in our lower leagues in the future. Will it be all Premier league sides that put out a B Side or just the top couple. Just so I know what I'm protesting against. Thanks in anticipation. Because there are Reserve sides already in this competition, which our first team have to play, that alone is enough for me.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 20, 2019 21:18:12 GMT
So if we don't boycott this cup there will be B Teams playing in our lower leagues in the future. Will it be all Premier league sides that put out a B Side or just the top couple. Just so I know what I'm protesting against. Thanks in anticipation. You've already said you won't be boycotting it.
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Post by keygas on Jan 20, 2019 21:36:12 GMT
Don't be ridiculous if you think League Clubs will vote to keep the Under 21s out when they are given cash incentives. If they were going to do this it would have been done this year after last years competition. The fact the Under 21s are in it this year proves that boycotting the games penalises nobody other than our football club. It will never go back to how it was. All that boycotting Tuesdays game will do is reduce the chances of us getting through to the semi finals and maybe a bit more money for GC to spend on players. Exactly right,do these people honestly believe there’s a chance that if Sunderland Portsmouth or Rovers are in the final that 50000+ fans are going to boycott lt . I respect people’s opinions but to me Rovers short term future is more important than something that may never happen, so I will be attending Tuesday & I hope many more will. Who knows the money generated from this year’s competition may give us a better chance of playing league one football next season.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2019 21:49:10 GMT
I'm not interested in the boycott or the conspiracy theories behind it. I will probably give it miss for other reasons - mainly little faith that GC will serve up anything worth watching.
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Post by oviedista on Jan 20, 2019 21:59:41 GMT
In reply to last two posts...
A - 50 000 fans will probably not boycott the final. But that’s irrelevant to whether you abandon your principles and go. The only chance of a mass boycott is not going yourself and encouraging others to do the same.
B. The competition is in and of itself an insult to the lower league clubs. That is reason enough and can’t be called a conspiracy. That said, the threat of the competition being used to promote b teams more generally is based on solid reason and evidence.
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Post by darkbluegas on Jan 20, 2019 22:24:41 GMT
So if we don't boycott this cup there will be B Teams playing in our lower leagues in the future. Will it be all Premier league sides that put out a B Side or just the top couple. Just so I know what I'm protesting against. Thanks in anticipation. You've already said you won't be boycotting it. I did now I dont. I went to West ham game they were poor and we comfortably beat them. If a couple of Premier league teams enter B teams, so what. Seems to work in Spain and they don't seem to have problem winning the World and Cup and Euro's. Hopefully these B Teams will take the place of some of the horrible little clubs in the football league. MK DON'S, Fleetwood, etc. As a side note I didn't notice the Live Sky game being boycotted in the bars on Saturday. After all that is the root of the inequity in football finances these days. As I've said before what a militant bunch we are. "I'm not going out on a wet Wednesday to watch the gas... That I'll show them!!!"
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Post by Okebournegas on Jan 20, 2019 23:05:07 GMT
Boycott the sh**ty thing , It’s an insult to the lower leagues !!!!
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Post by paddingtongas on Jan 21, 2019 14:40:13 GMT
I stand to be corrected, but isn't this competition for selected Prem U21 teams ?
I would suggest any "B" teams (reserves) would be a lot stronger than the U21's !!
BTW I'm definitely not in favour of their inclusion !!!
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 21, 2019 16:56:31 GMT
Boycott the sh**ty thing , It’s an insult to the lower leagues !!!! I don't see what right we've got to call anything insulting to lower leagues after that showing on Saturday!!
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