Pff, forget normal time too, just go straight to penalties. Nobody cares about small clubs.
I think ties should be decided by the kit men from each team playing rock paper scissors.Why can't we just cut to the chase and award a 1-0 win to the bigger team, and give plaudits to the "minnow" for a gallant defeat. We could all spend the day chilling instead of having the stress of football.
Or better still just draw 2 Premier League 'top 6' teams out of the hat in January and call that the final, save months of faffing about.
If it was the Prem setting the rules though, that would be Rock Rock Scissors and only they would be allowed to have the rocks.I think ties should be decided by the kit men from each team playing rock paper scissors.
They’ll have that covered. If the EFL team doesn’t win in 90 minutes then the EPL team will go through by default.Everyone saying that this will hurt the smaller clubs - do you mean that if you manage to hold a bigger side to a draw at home you miss out on a big payday in an away replay at a large ground?
If that is why then isn’t there an argument that it could actually see more smaller clubs going through, though? If you’re at home to a Man City, Arsenal or Liverpool and it’s a draw then yes you get a replay at their place and a big payday but realistically you’re never going to win that game. It’s a way of making sure that the big clubs almost certainly go through, as if they draw first time around they get another crack at it. If it’s a one off tie and the draw goes to penalties however… the smaller club has a much better chance of going through to the next round (and getting the prize money) surely?
I agree with this, it helps with the ‘players getting less minutes in’ and it would make it more dramatic. Imagine your team hanging on for the last few minutes knowing you’re going straight to penalties with a chance to knock a giant out…If there are going to be no replays then I would like to see them get rid of extra time as well, straight to penalties increases the smaller teams chances of getting through.