Fixtures out - Fri 21st

[Bill 1,788]

League Cup draw on Tues

otherwise have a read about the rest

https://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/canaries-key-league-cup-dates-revealed-1-6790935

[KiwiScot 1,436]

F.a. cup replays scrapped. League cup first four rounds are played in September, but no mention if they are two legs in the first few rounds. Although by playing each round over two days that likely.

Edited August 13, 2020 by KiwiScot

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

1 minute ago, KiwiScot said:

F.a. cup replays scrapped. League cup first four rounds are played in September, but no mention if they are two legs in the first few rounds.

The League Cup never has two legs in the earlier rounds. The semi-final is the only round that has two legs, but this season it's just one.

[KiwiScot 1,436]

8 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

The League Cup never has two legs in the earlier rounds. The semi-final is the only round that has two legs, but this season it's just one.

Pretty sure they did, but obviously not for a long time. 

Should be interesting to see how we use the squad.

Edited August 13, 2020 by KiwiScot

[Capt. Pants 4,195]

20 minutes ago, KiwiScot said:

F.a. cup replays scrapped. League cup first four rounds are played in September, but no mention if they are two legs in the first few rounds. Although by playing each round over two days that likely.

WTF. Four rounds in September. What's that potentially 10 games in a little over 3 weeks assuming 2 league games a week? 

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

8 minutes ago, KiwiScot said:

Pretty sure they did, but obviously not for a long time. 

Should be interesting to see how we use the squad.

I think we're going back about 15/20 years for that 😉

[Bill 1,788]

Let's hope we don't draw the binners in the League Cup, or find our U23's in the same group, as

"City have accepted an invite to enter a development squad into the EFL Trophy, which brings 16 Category One ranked academies into competition against clubs from Leagues One and Two. "

😆

 

[How I Wrote Elastic Man 1,181]

9 minutes ago, Bill said:

Let's hope we don't draw the binners in the League Cup, or find our U23's in the same group, as

"City have accepted an invite to enter a development squad into the EFL Trophy, which brings 16 Category One ranked academies into competition against clubs from Leagues One and Two. "

😆

 

Don't they rig the EFL trophy to stop that happening?

I understand we can get them in the league cup though 

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

24 minutes ago, How I Wrote Elastic Man said:

Don't they rig the EFL trophy to stop that happening?

I understand we can get them in the league cup though 

Yes. In the past, the EFL have avoided local derbies in the EFL Trophy group stages. Whether or not this would continue behind closed doors, or whether Ipswich-Norwich would be high risk enough, remains to be seen.