League Cup draw 18:44 - Aug 27 with 1179 views | Radlett_blue | How does keeping the clubs involved in Europe apart in the next round "reduce fixture congestion"? They're still going to have to play someone. |  |
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League Cup draw on 19:24 - Aug 27 with 1042 views | EastTownBlue | Think its because the Champions League Matchday 1 is 17th-19th September and the Europa League Matchday 1 25th & 26th September. They are the two midweeks where the Carabao Cup 3rd round ties will be played. |  | |  |
League Cup draw on 19:33 - Aug 27 with 995 views | Zx1988 |
League Cup draw on 19:24 - Aug 27 by EastTownBlue | Think its because the Champions League Matchday 1 is 17th-19th September and the Europa League Matchday 1 25th & 26th September. They are the two midweeks where the Carabao Cup 3rd round ties will be played. |
Still seeding via the back door, though. All they needed to do was ensure that UCL and UEL teams didn't wind up playing each other, rather than keeping all of them separate. Given the incredibly low chance of the eight specific ties being drawn out of the hundreds of potential permutations, they could have very easily just re-drawn any offending Match-ups. |  |
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League Cup draw on 21:45 - Aug 27 with 771 views | gibbsm1 | The most important priority is to make things as easy aa possible for top 6 clubs. If you don't get that now, you def will by May! |  | |  |
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