- Aug 20, 2013
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Just announced a few changes to the tournament for next year:
I like the removal of seeding but the other changes are a bit of a shame - just makes it more reliant on pot luck. Not clear what they'll do with the semi-final either - hopefully introduce away goals after 90 minutes at least rather than just go straight to penalties for an aggregate draw.
- No seeding (previously rounds 1 and 2 (before we come in) were seeded, so now we're more likely to see League 1 and 2 sides in the first couple of games we play
- No extra time except in the final - drawn matches go straight to penalties
- ABBA penalties scrapped, back to the old ABAB system
I like the removal of seeding but the other changes are a bit of a shame - just makes it more reliant on pot luck. Not clear what they'll do with the semi-final either - hopefully introduce away goals after 90 minutes at least rather than just go straight to penalties for an aggregate draw.