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Full Carabao Cup Northern section first round draw: Notts County vs Lincoln City Bolton Wanderers vs Barrow Hull City vs Doncaster Rovers Mansfield vs Grimsby Stoke City vs West Brom Sheffield Wednesday vs Stockport County Leeds United vs Shrewsbury Preston North End vs Salford City Rotherham United vs Morecambe Harrogate vs Carlisle United Burton Albion vs Leicester City Accrington Stanley vs Bradford City Derby County vs Blackpool Port Vale vs Fleetwood Town Barnsley vs Tranmere Rovers Blackburn Rovers vs Walsall Huddersfield Town vs Middlesbrough Wrexham vs Wigan Athletic Sunderland vs Crewe Full Carabao Cup Southern section first round draw: Plymouth Argyle vs Leyton Orient Forest Green Rovers vs Portsmouth Swansea City vs Northampton Exeter City vs Crawley Ipswich Town vs Bristol Rovers Newport County vs Charlton Athletic Stevenage vs Watford Cheltenham vs Birmingham City Sutton United vs Cambridge United MK Dons vs Wycombe Wanderers Millwall vs Reading AFC Wimbledon vs Coventry City Bristol City vs Oxford United Gillingham vs Southampton QPR vs Norwich City Peterborough United vs Swindon Town Cardiff City vs Colchester

That looks like a keeper kit.

So transparent

I still find it weird the hatred people have towards Romano, especially given he's one of the most reputable sources around

I'm getting a little bit that way towards ToonPolls, he seems a decent guy but there is only so many times you can say: "LETS RIG THIS POLL LADS" Before it gets boring and loses its charm.

To think where we were a short while ago

Will be fun when we get Milan in the Champions League

Ignore the people on here who are giving you stick, there is absolutely no need to apologise you're a class poster and your insight is more then welcome here

Also... Pope, Botman, Bruno, Tonali, Isak is a spine that could be around in 7 years still. Add in Willock, Joelinton, Gordon, Longstaff and potentially Anderson you have decent squad depth too.

It still takes some getting used to signing a £64m rated wonderkid from AC Milan

Now that's my fucking club

Howay, that's a bit uncalled for, he's by all accounts a pretty decent poster, and at various times has provided views from Italy that give context in a way HTT would be proud, no need for name calling just because you disagree with him getting a little bit defensive by a well loved player.

Premier League clubs have voted to bring in a one-tier Swiss-style format for the Under-21s from the start of next season. There has been a season-long review of Premier League 2 because of concerns about the effectiveness of the games programme in preparing Academy players for the senior game. Currently, Category One clubs are placed in Premier League 2 and placed in two divisions. The change was voted through by shareholders at the Premier League Annual General Meeting last week. Clubs agreed to introduce the ‘Swiss model’, which will see all 25 Category One Academies field an U21 team in the same league, with promotion and relegation between the current two-tier system scrapped. The ‘Swiss model’ is based on the tournament used in chess and will be used in the UEFA Champions League from 2024/25. In PL2, the 25 teams will be seeded into five pots based on historical performance in the competition over the preceding three years, meaning each team will play 20 matches in the regular season (the same number as in PL2 Division Two in 2022/23 but six fewer than in PL2 Division One). A 21-game week scenario will see teams playing each club in their own pot plus four or five teams in all other pots, either home or away. After this, the combined table will determine play-off positions, with the top 16 teams qualifying for the knockout format. Many clubs have been in favour of removing relegation for some time, believing that the desire to maintain league position has overshadowed development decisions regarding individual players. In recent years, some clubs have opted to retain players for longer than they otherwise might have in order to boost their PL2 position, or they have recruited specifically for the U21 age group. However, some club officials remain concerned that the new one-tier format will reduce the amount of jeopardy or meaningful competition in the latter stages of the season. The changes mark another shift back to the one-tier U21 Premier League format that was last seen in the 2013/14 season. A year ago, PL2 reverted from an U23 to U21 league, with clubs permitted to field five ‘over-aged’ players.