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Tell you what, I know it's never been said before but the games are coming thick and fast,

aren't they?

They are.

Do EFL Cup games really count as games though?

If contests, do they count as contests?

Will it depend on the outcome of the team sheet and indeed whether or not your side wins

or penalties?

Yes, I think that is very much part of it.

It does feel a little bit as if we've become so used to football.

There's no real reason for having the EFL Cup in this season of all seasons.

So, well, apart from a financial one, I suppose, do TV rights.

So it does make me think rather of Hugh Grant and about a boy finding things to fill the

time.

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