Jury is still out on the cup gamble
ONCE it became clear the season was going to kick off much later than usual, you wondered how the football authorities would react. Would they try to jam everything in or would they try to cut down on the number of games? If they were going to do the latter, then you could only really do it by axing a cup competition or two.
The EFL Trophy could have been put in mothballs for a year without too many complaints from supporters. Likewise, it may have made sense for the League Cup to take a season off.
But, as we all know now, the EFL and their...