A new trophy being trialed this season, I'm unsure if its instead of the jpt but its bonkers, 16 regional groups of 4...

This is apparently to help our home grown players by including academy teams and premiership U21 teams

http://mobile.efl.com/news/article/2016/premier-league-trial-for-the-trophy-3140598.aspx

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Yep, that's the new format for the Paint Pot Trophy. Don't like the B teams, they cheapen an already very cheap competition and I fear they'll be the thin end of the wedge.

A group stage! Brilliant! So now we'll have to play at least 3 games in this stupid competition, or possibly even 6 if they do the home and away format. If you progress to the final, that's eight (or 11) games added to your fixture list. Genius. And the Football League (not EFL!!!) clubs agreed to this tripe?

If any fan of a L1 or L2 club actually attends one of theses games then IMO they're daft, it'd be like Turkeys voting for Christmas. If this "experiment" goes the way the PL & EFL want it to go, we'll be like Germany before the end of the decade & games like Gillingham v Stoke City B WILL BE THE NORM!!!!

Please avoid this competition like the plague!!!!

1 minute ago, BradtheMiller said:

If any fan of a L1 or L2 club actually attends one of theses games then IMO they're daft, it'd be like Turkeys voting for Christmas. If this "experiment" goes the way the PL & EFL want it to go, we'll be like Germany before the end of the decade & games like Gillingham v Stoke City B WILL BE THE NORM!!!!

Please avoid this competition like the plague!!!!

Indeed, I'd like to see a boycott against the B teams. This should not be allowed.

The trouble is that the big clubs are stockpiling young players to the extent that they're not getting enough game time. THAT is the problem. If young players can't get into their clubs' teams and need more competitive football, a few games against weakened teams in the Paint Pot Trophy is not the answer. They should be playing regularly at a lower level, either on a permanent basis or on season-long loans. That'll benefit the players and the lower divisions, unlike this nonsense. Time for some fan power.

It's funny how people forget when this was proposed, it didn't go down well.

I still think it's a shame that EPL academies will most likely win something designed to give lower tier clubs a chance of glory and a trip to Wembley. I don't care if the Premier League doesn't look after it's youth products - they should be able to do it without competing against the smaller clubs who see the JPT as a fun competition (some teams do take it seriously).

On the other hand, it's good for youngsters and clubs as some of them will attract fans to games - not a huge amount but still.

It would be awful to see it dominated by the academies.

https://www.change.org/p/the-head-of-the-efl-abandon-the-2016-17-efl-trophy-proposals?recruiter=31417874

PLEASE, PLEASE, IF YOU CARE AS PASSIONATELY AS I DO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PRO FOOTBALL IN THE UK BELOW PREMIER LEAGUE LEVEL, SIGN THIS PETITION, BOYCOTT THIS TOXIC COMPETITION.

 

 

 

I have the feeling it was help pave way for B teams coming into the league (like in Spain and other nations).

And although I am quite against the idea of B teams winning the cup, I do think there are ways that we could see top academies being tested but I do not think it should happen during a cup designed to give lower tier teams a chance of winning something. No denying the JPT requires re-branding but I agree with @BradtheMiller.

https://www.change.org/p/the-head-of-the-efl-abandon-the-2016-17-efl-trophy-proposals?recruiter=31417874

PLEASE, PLEASE, IF YOU CARE AS PASSIONATELY AS I DO ABOUT THE FUTURE OF PRO FOOTBALL IN THE UK BELOW PREMIER LEAGUE LEVEL, SIGN THIS PETITION, BOYCOTT THIS TOXIC COMPETITION.

 

 

 

Done

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I always liked the JPT because it gave a team like us a chance to get to Wembley and its good for cheap away days aswell

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It should be scrapped completely in my humble opinion.

Don't agree with this at all it's a comp for bottom 2 divisions not youngsters of top teams to get competitive experience, send them out on loan or play them to develop them .

 

Like i said about the expansion of the league. This is purely down to the FA bowing to their puppet masters of the premier league. 

Give it three yeats and i promise you all of the premier league teams will have b teams in every level APART from the premier league.

My love for Notts will never die but my dissolution at football in this country grows ever faster every day due to the premier league and the spineless tw@s that are our FA.

ALL clubs ar our level should have thought about the fans rather than their own personal standig with the scum bags that run the football in this country

Like i said about the expansion of the league. This is purely down to the FA bowing to their puppet masters of the premier league. 

Give it three yeats and i promise you all of the premier league teams will have b teams in every level APART from the premier league.

My love for Notts will never die but my dissolution at football in this country grows ever faster every day due to the premier league and the spineless tw@s that are our FA.

ALL clubs ar our level should have thought about the fans rather than their own personal standig with the scum bags that run the football in this country

You say 'spineless', I would add corrupt, venal, sexist, homophobic, racist, incompetent, immoral, stupid...

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56 minutes ago, ivansneck said:

You say 'spineless', I would add corrupt, venal, sexist, homophobic, racist, incompetent, immoral, stupid...

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And thats without even thinking about it...

what happens to the young players that dont make it at the top level? they come down?? i dont see the problem with the jpt.