Unless his powers wane going into international football so young would be a waste of his talents, as much as I wouldn't complain as a Chelsea fan if he left Liverpool to do so.
Tell that to Shrewsbury.
I think he's right I'll explain why below.
Yeah you I don't think it was the result as much as your seniors and a couple of the kid for that matter being complacent as hell out there. I think he'd have taken losing and the kids putting a shift in as opposed to what he got. He'd have taken a flawed performance with effort I think.
It's been dilluted because the big two tournaments and even the Championship have blown it away financially.
No, the opposite in fact. Then again, bundesliga+german cup final= 40 games in total. With often a 1 month winter break
Yeah if the whole football pyramid is just to support top 6 PL clubs then what you said makes sense.
Yep, I agree with that.
The history is there in Germany as well, for example. But the TV money is distributed more equally in Germany I believe.
Pretty much this
I agree with this, but both sides have valid arguments. It's obvious the players are asked to play too much football, so there needs to be a concession somewhere, else you end up with players getting seriously crocked. As you pointed out, that's more likely to affect the top 6 sides as they have to deal with an additional competition in Europe, so it's hardly surprising that they'll need to rest players along the way. I think it was suggested on another thread somewhere that the solution may be to bring some of these earlier rounds forward to the first half of the season, perhaps at the expense of the Caraboa Cup. But I get that the tradition in England is to have the 2 cup competitions so I'm not sure how this problem ever really goes away.
It's not bloating the fixture list with new additions. FA cup is the oldest cup competition and League cup is the one that was introduced in 70s iirc.
Its not about playing second string or youth team, managers are free to play any team they want to. I have nothing against any manager who wants to play young team in the cups, it works for them too as young players gets playing team in senior team.
The top clubs will support abolishing the domestic cups then in the next breath support expanding the champions league and World club Cup.
Ah sorry, understood. Agree in that case.
Yeah, the excuse you get from fans of big club is "it's not financially rewarding" (we have one or two in last couple of pages), surely it's financially rewarding for 60 plus clubs from championship and below?
Sure why not just abandon English football and play in the European super money league.
Only Liverpool and Klopp wants that from the PL though. Plus his german mates and PSG.
What you say make sense, but Klopp uses this to send a message more than anything.
It's a point of principle. He wants an actual winter break, not one where one competition has a break that other competitions can then dump fixtures into.
He knew this could happen though so why not ask for solutions?
It is not that he is not going big. He hasn't played Van Dijk in one single cup game this season so there is nothing new with that.
Away fixtures at huge stadiums are absolutely critical to the finances of the lower leagues. It cascades the money, if not directly then via transfer spends.
I get your point, but it’s the same for everyone and there’s literally nothing the FA can do at the moment. Pretty sure I heard yesterday the FA have contracts in place with the current rule set of the FA Cup till 2024. Does he want a bye to the next round?
Oh ok - in that case lets do it that way around.
