[theo_luddite]

UEFA forever increasing the number of games in their tournaments is what congests the season (for the moaning bastards that get most of the money) not the League Cup.

Our own competitions were around for a long time before those at the top of the greedy leagues started working out ways to ensure they got more and more of the (mostly) TV money.

Both OOFA competitions are now effectively European Leagues disguised as Cup competitions and are heading more and more in that direction. Won't be long before it's a play-off between the top 4 and then hey presto they then both become full blown leagues. Initially they will still have to be qualified for from your own country but there will come a time when they will look like everything in North America. No relegation, no promotion, no chance of joining unless you buy a "franchise", whenever they decide to expand. The EFL (and it's equivalents) will still be around and will absorb the remnants of the Prima Donna League but like lower leagues in North America (yes they do exist), when it comes to televised games you'll only ever get to see your "junior league" team on a local streaming or cable/satellite TV Channel. The Beeb and the ITV or whatever remnants the government allows to exist might show the odd juicy derby on what used to be 'free to air' TV too.

Meanwhile stadiums will be reconfigured so we all sit effectively 3 seats sideways and 3 row forwards and back from each other, just in case we catch the now deadly common cold off each other.

I don't do predictions me