The Football League Paper says...

JUST how big is the gulf in class between the Premier League and the EFL? Based on the midweek FA Cup ties, it’s perhaps not as great as many would like to think. The fact that League Two Grimsby could go to Southampton and win 2-1 says a lot. True, Saints are having a wretched season and will be more concerned about trying to save their top-flight status, but they should have had a strong enough squad to cope with whatever the Mariners could throw at them. Yet Grimsby boss Paul Hurst prepared his team superbly and his players delivered th...