Set your alarms gentlemen - This Thursday at 4.15AM
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Set your alarms gentlemen - This Thursday at 4.15AM
:thumbup: don't forget some ladies post on here as well mind buttQuote:
Originally Posted by TH63
Sorry. I'd assumed that the ladies would already be up preparing breakfast for their husbands.Quote:
Originally Posted by Watcliff
:hehe:fair point, well madeQuote:
Originally Posted by TH63
Wash your mouth out with soap Terence. This is 2017 we don't distinguish by gender anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
The term husband and wife will soon be outlawed and you will need to refer to them as your spouse.
Back to the OP. Why is it being held at that time?!?
Well its certainly not for our benefit - 11.15am local time. One can only assume that the Chinese TV audience takes priority.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Eh? Is Carabao a Chinese company then? What's the connection?Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
Sorry, Thai.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
But the draw's being held in China.
Beijing to be precise.
BizarreQuote:
Originally Posted by TH63
I guess they view China as a big market for their product, but why Chinese people would be interested in the draw is beyond me.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Football League along with the FA, EUFA and FIFA really do like taking the pi** out of fans.
Numpties all of them.
Probably not just China but the East Asian market. Why any of them give a crap is beyond me too, they want matches staged there not the cup draw.Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
Nice jolly for the EFL cup people though.
All about sponsors and tv companies these days even though the product is nothing without the fans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef
I winder how long before a round of PL games or major final is held out there?Quote:
Originally Posted by lardy
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...dmore-10835338Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Patronising tw@t isn't he. I dare say he will try again before his retirement in order to prop up his pension fund.Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
No, Beijing.:biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
He is a wurzel after all.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Wonder if they'll be Peking in the bag when they draw the balls.
:frown:Quote:
Originally Posted by lardy
We must be one of the clubs with the worst record of getting decent teams in the FA CUP/League cup.
When was the last time we had a glamour tie at home?. Arsenal at ninian park?.
He definitely is and he will.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Man City FA cup?Quote:
Originally Posted by LordKenwyne
Would I be right in thinking everything will be done in red?Quote:
Originally Posted by lardy
Spurs away. Not for the faint hearted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie
What about the biggest club in the world Leeds when they were top of the league? It dont get bigger than that!
Forgot about Spurs, that was a long walk back to the coaches.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
We've also had Spurs at home.
Doesn't get bigger than Leeds though mahoosive club.
Villa away in the league cup (before they were really shit) was a cracking trip.
It's a ****ing farce, not being drawn on live TV and at a time that suits the uk?? Idiot. It's it's a Far East advertising project on a product that doesn't belong to them.
Regarding the draw, the EFL have said: “We understand that not everyone will agree on the timing of this week’s Round Three Draw, but in staging in this way it will give the competition both the maximum exposure in the UK, Chinese and South East Asian markets. This is not only an important factor for the EFL but also our new sponsors Carabao, who, like ourselves, plan to use the growing global appeal of the competition to reach new audiences.
“Once the logistics have been completed in Beijing, the UK will be waking up and the breakfast media will be able to report and get reaction on the 16 ties that will take place next month, which we feel is an interesting move away from the usual post-game evening draws.
“The Round Three draw itself is not being televised live in China or anywhere else but the EFL will be providing full coverage across its Carabao Cup Twitter feed, with news and reaction as it happens.
“Our decision to go to China is part of a strategic plan to grow the EFL internationally and specifically boost profile and exposure in ASEAN markets. A number of potentially significant meetings are being held around the draw that we envisage will deliver a benefit to all 72 clubs of the EFL.
“As part of those meetings the EFL will stage its first summit in Asia, where potential sponsors and investors from the region will gather to be briefed on the wider opportunities the EFL can provide. This will include the showcasing of the new iFollow international streaming platform which successfully launched at the start of the season.
“We now look forward to this work developing over the course of the next few days and taking further shape in the coming weeks and months.”
That's the biggest load of marketing bollocks I've ever read and marketing folk specialise in bollocks
Sponsors are Chinese, I do believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by TH63
POD ? :sherlock:
If British football fans, by and large, don't really care too much about the League Cup, then are Chinese 'fans' even aware of its existence??
Haha they're not even showing it on TV in China :hehe:
This is a bit of a fix the mess they've made of the previous 2 draws I wouldn't trust them without seeing it, they may as well just ask the Chinese kents who they would like to play whoQuote:
Originally Posted by lardy
It's been a complete shambles and embarrassment is round 3 south and north or are we all in the same pot?Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael Morris
Is Malky Mackay doing the draw :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfc_is_my_life
It should be all in the same lit. No north/south and no seeds.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
I assumed that too, but Carabao are Thai.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfc_is_my_life