| EFL Trophy draw 11:59 - Nov 11 with 1058 views | Zx1988 |
I've only just noticed that tonight's draw has been set in such a way as to further limit the number of possible opponents for us; namely one of:
Charlton
Portsmouth
Peterborough
Cheltenham
Is there any particular rhyme or reason to this? It just seems as if they've split it along the lines of Groups A-D and Groups E-H.
Whilst I'd back us to beat anyone left in the competition, it's a bit annoying given that the majority of the 'easier' opposition (Bristol Rovers, Sutton, Newport, Arsenal U21s) now sit in the other half of the Southern draw. I assume from Round 3 onwards it'll be an open draw for the Southern section? |  |
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| EFL Trophy draw on 13:16 - Nov 11 with 880 views | Sharkey |
My guess is that it's a ( very crude) way of making sure they don't need to have a re-draw if a team is drawn against the team it had already played in the group stages. |  | | |
| EFL Trophy draw on 13:18 - Nov 11 with 862 views | Perublue |
I think they did this last season too....and I was equally perplexed as to the reasoning for it.
Round 3 will again be "regionalised" open or not but after that it's looking like a free-for-all regardless of region,group or position in them.....I love pizza |  |
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| EFL Trophy draw on 13:23 - Nov 11 with 818 views | Zx1988 |
| EFL Trophy draw on 13:16 - Nov 11 by Sharkey |
My guess is that it's a ( very crude) way of making sure they don't need to have a re-draw if a team is drawn against the team it had already played in the group stages. |
Yeah, that makes sense as a reason, but it still seems a bit silly given that most other competitions are able to work with those sorts of parameters yet retain as open a draw as possible.
It probably works better if the groups go according to plan - they probably didn't expect Portsmouth, Charlton, and Peterborough to come second to the likes of Colchester, Stevenage, and Wimbledon... | |
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| EFL Trophy draw on 13:26 - Nov 11 with 793 views | PhilTWTD |
| EFL Trophy draw on 13:16 - Nov 11 by Sharkey |
My guess is that it's a ( very crude) way of making sure they don't need to have a re-draw if a team is drawn against the team it had already played in the group stages. |
I'm sure that's it. UEFA do much the same with their competitions, splitting into pools like that. |  | | |
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