Absolute disgrace from the EFL. 1) there is no reason to have two leg semi final ties. 2) they knew we were in this competition, and we should be penalized for having to fulfill our duties as champions of Europe.
Hope the kids can pull something out of the hat and we win it, just to stick it to them.
Wasn't the 2 leg semi finals already decided? How can they just change the rules because of one team? I suppose they also get additional revenues with 3 semi finals, why would they forego that? In any case I think the kids would have played
I am not saying they should scrap the two legs for Liverpool, I'm saying they should have scrapped it a long time ago, period. The competition is consistently undervalued because of the fixture pile up, and the lack of prize money and incentives compared to the league or the CL. If they want the best players to play in their competition and not to be treated like amateur hour, they should try to work with everyone else. The FA cup doesn't have 2 legged ties. Why should this?
They should have planned around the other fixtures. If a registered team is competing in another competition, representing England and indeed all of Europe in a FIFA sponsored competition, they should honor that and pick a better time for the quarter-finals. The FA has always notoriously been uncompromising when it comes to fixtures and teams competing in Europe. Has been since the 50s.