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And this is what one Walsall fan thinks about it:
SaddledZine | For Walsall FC fans

There's a reasonable summary here of how most teams voted:
EFL Voting TrackerEFL Voting Tracker - AgainstLeague3

And one Northampton fan on Twitter says 'Should be at Sixfields tonight but I'll be at home alphabetising my spice rack'! :)

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Heard Doncaster are playing with no recognised defenders tonight?

Makes a joke of the competition if true

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No the Powers that be have made a joke of it.:(

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I didn't recognise any when they played us! ;)

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Apparently Doncaster also voted against it. And Bury and Peterborough are now saying they'd have voted against if they'd known the top Premiership sides weren't interested.

I couldn't get a signal earlier but now I can get commentary on BBC Stoke DAB. It seems to be pretty drab at Port Vale as well.

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Portsmouth made 11 changes
Exeter and Wycombe named their manager as sub
Luton have a 15 year old named (had to get permission from his headteacher)
One of the Bristol Clubs has a 57 year old Supporters Club director on the bench

... and so on and so on

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Everton and wolves have taken it seriously

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As, no doubt, you are!!

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Apparently so in Everton's case, but Wolves lost at Chesterfield.

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And Wycombe's Gareth Ainsworth came on as a sub and set up their third goal! Where's Coley when you need him?

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Of the u23 sides, three won and nine lost ....................

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Well just got back and I have to say everything about it was dross from our point of view.

Yes we made changes, but make no mistake we where played off the park tonight by a slick Crewe side.

The ONLY good point for me was young Sykes at the back, who I thought looked pretty composed for his age.

Starting to get a little worried I must admit !

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A little early to be worried & certainly not on the basis of a silly cup game where some of our youngsters & a lad who only signed at teatime played - we could do without the distraction of this competition, under the old JPT rules we'd have been out of it already, instead we have to go through the farce of two more group games

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I agree with you Smudgie. We were played off the park by a dynamic, well organised young Crewe team. In general our boys played as if they were total strangers! One or two in our starting team seemed to think that they could stroll through this game!
Young Sykes does look a good prospect and when he gains a bit more of a physical stature he could be very good. The new lad Rory McKeown had a good first half but faded a bit later on. One item to note is that McKeown has a long throw which is something that we have not had in our armoury for quite a number of years.
If Coley played some of our "fringe" players tonight then I think that we need to go to the hairdressers and get our heads shaved!
Give credit to the young Crewe players. They were faster, slicker, more enthusiastic and were really well organised. Their movement on and off the ball was a delight to behold and I really enjoyed their lovely football.
One final comment is about the poor standard of refereering once again! I am not saying this just because we lost but the referee and one of the assistant referees were useless. The game was not a dirty match at all but the referee booked at least half a dozen players. He didn't seem to favour either team more than the other but some of his decisions were simply mystifying! The ref and his assistants were wearing bright green shirts and my son in law remarked during the second half that, "The men in green seem to be from a different planet!" I suggested that, "They should go back to MARS pretty quickly!"
Had I been a neutral watching the game tonight I would say that " It was a pleasure to watch the young Crewe team tonight but where were Accrington Stanley?"

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They still managed to get 1500 on, maybe they just opened the gates :)