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Carabao Cup: Draw for first round of English football’s league cup held in Bangkok ends in total farce 

 

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Kor tord khap
 
BANGKOK:-- The draw for the first round of the newly named Carabao Cup - formerly the Coca Cola Cup and more recently the EFL Cup - descended into total farce on Friday.
 
The draw was being held in Bangkok as part of the agreement with new sponsors, the Thai energy drinks firm Carabao. 
 
Former Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit and British Ambassador to Thailand Brian Davidson were on hand to draw the teams, which was being livestreamed on Facebook.
 


 
However, just moments after the first club was drawn, Birmingham City, the live stream crashed leaving viewers around the world having to rely on updates on the EFL Twitter page.
 
When the stream eventually returned the broadcast was plagued by sound and image issues. 
 
If that wasn’t bad enough, League One side Charlton Athletic were drawn twice, while other teams were given different opponents to those displayed in an on screen graphic. 
 
Charlton were first drawn away to Exeter City but were then later shown to be drawn at home to Cheltenham town, who are actually due to play Oxford United. 
 


 
The same graphic also claimed that AFC Wimbledon would play Swindon Town, which was impossible given that neither team were seeded in the draw.
 
The graphic also stated that Forest Green Rovers would play Wolverhampton Wanderers, but they were actually drawn against MK Dons. Wolverhampton Wanderers will instead play Yeovil Town. 
 
A statement from the EFL blamed “human error” and “third party technical issues” for the problems.
 
The statement in full read:
 
“The EFL would like to apologise for a number of third-party technical issues that affected the coverage of this afternoon’s Carabao Cup round-one draw in Bangkok.”
 
“The EFL can confirm that the draw was not compromised in any way and all clubs have received confirmation of the round-one ties.” 
 
The EFL later confirmed the full draw on the Carabao Cup Twitter page:
 

 

 
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4 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

“The EFL can confirm that the draw was not compromised in any way and all clubs have received confirmation of the round-one ties.” 

Drawing Charlton out twice has compromised the draw. 

 

Duh!

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" A statement from the EFL blamed “human error” and “third party technical issues” for the problems."

 

Yes, but not these humans, right?

 

“third party technical issues"  :cheesy::cheesy::cheesy::cheesy::cheesy:

 

Thailand 4.0

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52 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

“third party technical issues"

Name of ISP will not be disclosed :whistling:

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Lucky Charlton ???? They have 2 attempts unlike other clubs ????someone now going to say big envelope was out again..lol....who owns CAFC?????

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NCPO sue EPL for Defamation and Emmanuel Petit and the British Ambassador to Thailand Brian Davidson for having no work permits.

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Who is the balding dude making the Wai with his face on the floor because his career has just turned to burnt toast?

 

Even the media is too embarrased to give us his name?

 

 

 

 

 

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Since we all know there is a lot of match fixing in sport.

There was a list made up (and payed for) and they wanted to push this list 

true. ( easy to do with a pc-program)

But by accident they did it wrong ,saw it a bit to late and decided to pull the plug out.

The rest is what you believe they say................

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So the graphic was the intended outcome, pre-prepared, only the balls didn't quite come out right and when the draw started to go wrong they deliberately crashed the live broadcast to hide the shenanigans? No, of course not, that's just how it looks.

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As a fan of Charlton Athletic I was very happy to see they gave us two chances to progress to the second  round. With the current ownership any help is gratefully received.

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Quite apt that the official anthem for the competition is to be by Simon and Garfunkel. (See Headline photo) "Bridge over Troubled Waters" perhaps? :smile:

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2 hours ago, Lancashireman said:

...apparently two lads from Myanmar are being held responsible...

Yep, and they will soon mysteriously disappear.

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49 minutes ago, wvavin said:

There is nothing in this land that could be done properly.

They should stick to giving denim jackets to dancers. Anything else requires too much thinking.

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Since it was live streamed on Facebook was it their fault, a Facebook preferred vendor, or was it an independent

third party cock-up. One thing is for sure, Facebook will not be happy. Facebook live streaming is there new

big thing and they want it to go well. Someone is going to be blacklisted by them. :whistling:

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5 hours ago, just.a.thought said:

I would be sow refreshing

You really shouldn't be refreshing sows, there are laws against that kind of thing (although probably not in the LOS)

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Better to stick with Premier League sex tape scandal rather than complicated things like draws and live feeds. 

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