by WestYorksRoyal » 19 Apr 2024 14:11
by Greatwesternline » 19 Apr 2024 14:28
WestYorksRoyal Forgetting about greed, power grabs etc., those at the top of the pyramid just seem highly incompetent. The super league was a shit show too.
The EFL have just come out and denied being consulted. This will be reversed. Piss up and brewery come to mind. But of course they don't need a regulator.
by windermereROYAL » 19 Apr 2024 14:34
by NathStPaul » 19 Apr 2024 14:37
windermereROYAL Surely letting clubs involved in European comps enter in round 4 would be an option?
by windermereROYAL » 19 Apr 2024 14:40
NathStPaulwindermereROYAL Surely letting clubs involved in European comps enter in round 4 would be an option?
Yeah that would be a great help to the lower league clubs who get through to round 3 and it won't devalue the competition at all.....
by WestYorksRoyal » 19 Apr 2024 14:44
by Winston Biscuit » 19 Apr 2024 14:45
by Sutekh » 19 Apr 2024 17:28
by tmesis » 19 Apr 2024 17:31
by Winston Biscuit » 19 Apr 2024 18:09
by Clyde1998 » 19 Apr 2024 19:15
The EFL, therefore, criticising the changes.The EFL wishes to clarify further its position in respect of yesterday’s Premier League and Football Association bi-lateral announcement over the removal of FA Cup replays and the role of the League’s representatives on the Professional Game Board (PGB).
The agreement which now sees the abolition of replays from the competition format was agreed solely between the Premier League and FA. Ahead of the deal being announced there was no agreement with the EFL nor was there any formal consultation with EFL Clubs as members of the FA and participants in the competition.
In September 2023, the EFL did initially discuss with Clubs potential changes to the FA Cup format but only as part of a wider and more fundamental change to financial distributions. As is now clear, there has been no movement in this area since September.
This latest agreement between the Premier League and the FA, in the absence of financial reform, is just a further example of how the EFL and its Clubs are being marginalised in favour of others further up the pyramid and that only serves to threaten the future of the English game.
The EFL today calls on both the Premier League and the FA, as the Governing body, to re-evaluate their approach to their footballing partnership with the EFL and engage more collaboratively on issues directly affecting our Clubs.
A separate issue is the role of the EFL representatives on the Professional Game Board (PGB) in agreeing to the 2024/25 overall fixture calendar. PGB is there to make technical decisions across the game as opposed to key policy decisions such as competition changes or formats.
Any decisions taken on the calendar involving EFL representatives are in no way an endorsement of the joint deal agreed between the FA and Premier League that imposes changes to the FA Cup competition format in isolation.
As part of the discussions the EFL representatives did challenge the position and were told that Clubs would be comfortable with no replays. They were effectively advised that, as a result, of it being an FA competition, the fixture list needed to be agreed as presented. It is also important to note that this matter was not discussed by the FA Cup committee, a separate group that oversees the competition across the professional and national game.
by Dirk Gently » 19 Apr 2024 19:15
Stranded As with most things in the world, it would be much easier if people were honest. The PL don't want their team to play less games, they just want them to play different "higher value" ones.
As has been said, the FA and PL have just decided this is the way forward without obvious consultation - if they had, and put forward the plans suitably it would likely have got buy in from all.
Even in the early rounds, there aren't really any major money makers (I know it is relative) Cray Valley got a home replay against Charlton which will have brought in massive earnings for them. Outside of that, Slough earnt a replay at Grimsby - they travelled all the way to Cleethorpes to play in front of only 800 more people than saw the home game (3079 v 2250) that is hardly the dream or a money maker.
by Clyde1998 » 19 Apr 2024 19:18
Reading Football Club condemns Thursday's decision made by The FA and the Premier League to withdraw FA Cup replays.
As a club we have enjoyed some of the most memorable moments in our history through FA Cup replays. Extra time victories at both Anfield and The Hawthorns in the 2009-10 competition, and of course in 2015 where victory over Bradford secured a first semi-final place since 1927.
The decision by The FA and the Premier League was taken without consultation with the EFL, National League or the wider grassroots community, with the club first made aware of this change via Thursday's public statement, with no prior warning.
To alter the rules and regulations of the most-respected cup competition in the world is hugely disappointing, and reinforces the need for a strong and effective independent regulator to govern the National Game.
The Club therefore calls on The FA to suspend this decision and bring all stakeholders to the table in the interests of sporting integrity.
by Lighthouse » 19 Apr 2024 20:03
RG30 All a massive overreaction. Let's be honest unless you get a big club in a replay they are massive loss makers for the majority of clubs and inconvenient for teams, players and fans. Just take our match at Eastleigh this season. We'd have had to push back the Oxford (H) match by a week to fit the replay in.
I also note our last home midweek replay attracted a crowd of 4.5k. Hardly the magic of the cup was it.
by Royal Rother » 19 Apr 2024 22:02
by Sutekh » 19 Apr 2024 22:51
Clyde1998 EFL statement:The EFL, therefore, criticising the changes.The EFL wishes to clarify further its position in respect of yesterday’s Premier League and Football Association bi-lateral announcement over the removal of FA Cup replays and the role of the League’s representatives on the Professional Game Board (PGB).
The agreement which now sees the abolition of replays from the competition format was agreed solely between the Premier League and FA. Ahead of the deal being announced there was no agreement with the EFL nor was there any formal consultation with EFL Clubs as members of the FA and participants in the competition.
In September 2023, the EFL did initially discuss with Clubs potential changes to the FA Cup format but only as part of a wider and more fundamental change to financial distributions. As is now clear, there has been no movement in this area since September.
This latest agreement between the Premier League and the FA, in the absence of financial reform, is just a further example of how the EFL and its Clubs are being marginalised in favour of others further up the pyramid and that only serves to threaten the future of the English game.
The EFL today calls on both the Premier League and the FA, as the Governing body, to re-evaluate their approach to their footballing partnership with the EFL and engage more collaboratively on issues directly affecting our Clubs.
A separate issue is the role of the EFL representatives on the Professional Game Board (PGB) in agreeing to the 2024/25 overall fixture calendar. PGB is there to make technical decisions across the game as opposed to key policy decisions such as competition changes or formats.
Any decisions taken on the calendar involving EFL representatives are in no way an endorsement of the joint deal agreed between the FA and Premier League that imposes changes to the FA Cup competition format in isolation.
As part of the discussions the EFL representatives did challenge the position and were told that Clubs would be comfortable with no replays. They were effectively advised that, as a result, of it being an FA competition, the fixture list needed to be agreed as presented. It is also important to note that this matter was not discussed by the FA Cup committee, a separate group that oversees the competition across the professional and national game.
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