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Yes, I agree it is difficult to define 'full strength'. I think one of the cup competitions stated a team must field at least x number of players who have played in x% of games. Let's just hope our relegation rivals don't face weakened teams, although I don't think it's going to make much...

EFL Regulation 24 states that a side must field their strongest possible team. Birmingham had a 'piss poor' season too. In fact, so 'piss poor' that they would probably have lost to Huddersfield and been relegated if they hadn't been playing a reserve team. Relegated by 3 clear points in...

Because Birmingham played 45 full strength teams, and Blackburn 46. I know why Huddersfield did it, but you can't have a league system unless there is a level playing field. What would you say if Huddersfield had played their youth team? Also, consider the possibility of betting fraud...

In cup games, if you send out a weaker team another team doesn't suffer. We didn't play our first team against Barnet. If we had lost, nobody would have lost out. We played our best team for the last 3 games - yes, we didn't play well, but it was our first team. What Huddersfield did was...

Well said [emoji122] I really feel for Blackburn, and hope they come straight back.