Lundan Cabbie":1vravksm said:CornishPaul":1vravksm said:Neilio":1vravksm said:The seeding aspect is ridiculous in my opinion. I was going to elaborate but it'll annoy me.
Totally agree. Why do clubs in the league cup need to be seeded. Just another way of helping out bigger clubs. Disgrace.
Surely it's the other way around. It increases the chances of smaller clubs getting a more attractive tie. Away to Cheltenham or home to Villa? I know which I would prefer?
A more attractive tie (your words) is an established premier league club. We were in the championship not all that long ago, so most clubs there would be of no interest to me in terms of being an attractive tie. Notwithstanding that, why seed it when some clubs just want to get as far as they can in the competition.
Give me a L2 team in the first round with the chance of a Prem team in the 2nd or 3rd round any day - see finances also. I'm aware teams in European competitions don't enter until the 3rd round but why make it harder to get there.