[theo_luddite]

When the Leagues, especially the Prima Donna League, said to clubs name and select from a squad of 25 and some managers picked mostly from their 12-25 for a game instead of their so called normal 1-11 and still got fined for playing a so called weaker side, it was quietly challenged, legally and quietly dropped.

I say quietly because the Prima Donna League particularly and the EFL by association, as their rules are for the most part the same, knew they'd dug their own hole and had to throw the shovels away quickly. The "squad of 25" is less rigid in the EFL than the P(D)L but the EFL can't act in isolation from the P(D)L when it comes to fining clubs for so called misdemeanours as these are largely governed by The FA, to add yet another layer of mud to the pies.

I don't know if the fines were returned (we were one that was fined at one time) but suddenly it didn't matter anymore, league or cup games, and it's now accepted it's a "squad game" and "rotation" is the accepted norm.

I think Colin was one of the more vociferous who called out the hypocrisy of the Prima Donna League and quite rightly too. They brought in the 25 player squad rule and still expected clubs to pick from just a core 11-15 starting players almost every match. Wasn't ever going to stand up legally one way or the other now was it?