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SADLY, CHAMPIONSHIP BOSSES HAVE THEIR PRIORITIES RIGHT

by
The LeaguePaper Team
14 August 2022

Chris
Dunlavy

THE spate of Championship exits in the Carabao Cup this week was unprecedented, but not unexpected.
Of the 14 second-tier sides to face lower league opposition, 12 were dumped out – easily beating the previous record of eight.
Nathan Jones called Luton Town’s defeat at the hands of Newport County “embarrassing”. Shota Arveladze, whose Hull City side lost to Bradford, said going out was “painful”.
But you can bet there were many other managers who – if not exactly delighted – were far from unhappy to see their fixtu...

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