I DON’T know how to feel about the introduction of ‘seedings’ for top clubs in this season’s Carabao Cup third round due to expanded European club competition dates.
On the one hand, I find myself looking across at tennis and thinking that seeding keeps the best players fresher and helps to produce great Wimbledon finals between the top stars. It can work.
On the other, I argue that equality has always been at the heart of our English Cups system and that creating privilege for the few is unjust and highly likely to reduce the chance of a ‘Bradford ...