Uwe Rosler: Brentford boss critical of cup competitions
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Brentford boss Uwe Rosler believes lower league teams have to take part in too many cup competitions each season.
League One and Two sides play in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy, as well as completing a 46-match league campaign.
And Rosler believes the demands of the extra matches are proving detrimental to English football as a whole.
"In the lower leagues, you don't really need three cup competitions," the ex-Man City forward told BBC London 94.9.
"The lower leagues are there to develop players. That doesn't only come through games but also training.
"In our league we have no time to train, it's just resting then playing. Other countries are miles ahead in terms of player development."
This season, Rosler's Brentford enjoyed a fine run in the FA Cup, taking Premier League side Chelsea to a fourth round replay before a 4-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge ended their involvement.
The German has previously stated that the FA Cup run has damaged their League One promotion push and, in all, they have had to play an extra 10 matches this season.
Despite all the tradition surrounding the cup competitions, Rosler believes lower league teams are at a disadvantage compared with clubs in the top two divisions because of the strains extra games place on them.
"Every foreign football fan looks at the Premier League and English football because a big part is the tradition and history," he said.
"But you have to move with the times, and I feel in the lower leagues when you don't have such big squads or big budgets for sports science like the big clubs, then it's tough," he added.
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Can't have it all ways; this is just an excuse for when they fall out of the play-off places....
** No. This is laborious. You've dug a deep hole and yet you want to continue excavation despite the fact doing this will leave you trapped.
I never at all mentioned every. I mentioned 2 of the most talked about lower league managers ALL season!!!!!
You are now having a pop at me for allegedly doing what YOU ARE NOW DOING! Comprende?
How many other countries have 2 cup competitions which qualify for Europe?
Well, it's not like it's going to happen on the pitch...
Not all lower league clubs have a really good FA Cup run like Brentford did.
Is Rossler complaining about the money the club made from the cup run?
Not on your nelly he isnt.
The clubs fans will have loved it.
If he doesnt like it, go back to Germany and join the German League.
It would of course mean in effect "relegating" 16 teams. However, as the FA usually shakes up the non-league scene every season for no reason, at least this gives them a reason to do so.
I pay hundreds of pounds for my Premier League season ticket, and during the season can go a month or more without seeing a home game because of the stupid international breaks. I want to watch my team, not no hopers (England) playing pointless matches in an international environment which is totally corrupt.
But I would have leagues of 22 to reduce games. Expand Lge 2 to north and south and invite the top 16 Conf teams in (who are all professional) and you could have four regional conferences below.