Never to the dark side Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Thats the money the two winning teams get from the two competitions, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Thats the money the two winning teams get from the two competitions, That’s quite a gulf in prize money, especially as some PL stars can earn £200k a week. Part of reason that certain bigger PL clubs don’t take the League Cup too seriously particularly in the early rounds. The League cup (or whoever is sponsoring it) is the third trophy in terms of prestige behind the league title and the FA cup. The Champions League is the one that top PL clubs want to win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 They scrapped the 3rd cup comp in some european countries, read somewhere last year. Hate to see that happen here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow&Blue&Red Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 It may not be worth much financially but there's still plenty of glory attached. And it's another precious opportunity for lower league clubs to go toe to toe against the game's aristocrats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Maybe just make it for efl teams and not prem teams? It's still seen as a micky mouse cup unless you get through to the latter stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzos Only Goal Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 If we're honest 200k or 3.4m they are both tiny amount of cash to you top premiere league teams. I think the reason most of the top teams field weakened squads is fixture congestion with lots of them competing in European cups as well. They cut their losses on the domestic cups if they think it will.benifit them in the league in Europe. That's the Europa prize money minus the tv revenue, you see why the domestic cups get a poor priority. Stage Prize Money Group stage participation €3.63million Group stage win €630k Group stage draw €210k Group stage winners €1.1million Group stage runners up €550k Last 32 knockout round participation €500k Last 16 knockout round participation €1.2million Quarter final participation €1.8million Semi final participation €2.8million Final participation €4.6million Winners €8.6million 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 As staying in the Premier League is worth upwards of £100 million to a team, you can equally argue that the FA Cup is worth nothing to the winning team (unless they happen to be outside the PL). Pretty sure cup winners got diddly squat in my day, and no one gave a flying you know what. It's about the glory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: They scrapped the 3rd cup comp in some european countries, read somewhere last year. Hate to see that happen here. Don't most countries have one domestic cup competition, usually as well supported in the early stages as the EFL Cup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 I’ve got mixed feelings about it - on the one hand it can make money for lower league FC (and especially at the mo that isn’t to be sniffed at). In addition there is that chance of a big game e.g Us v Man U. However, as has been said the big teams rarely put strong teams out early on, and like the FA Cup the big teams now seem win it more often than not. Ultimately I wouldn’t get rid of it but I have to say my interest dwindled years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 47 minutes ago, steveybadger said: I’ve got mixed feelings about it - on the one hand it can make money for lower league FC (and especially at the mo that isn’t to be sniffed at). In addition there is that chance of a big game e.g Us v Man U. However, as has been said the big teams rarely put strong teams out early on, and like the FA Cup the big teams now seem win it more often than not. Ultimately I wouldn’t get rid of it but I have to say my interest dwindled years ago. It's pretty sad isn't it. I'm old enough to remember when facup saturday meant getting up at 7am and getting the mirror or the sun (or both) for their facup specials and watching blanket cup themed coverage all morning leading up to the finale of the season. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 The only people who care are the money men. For the players and supporters it's a day out at Wembley and a trophy to parade/take pride in regardless of the competition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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