What's the secret with the League Cup draw?
Is it any wonder that the game struggles for sponsors when they can’t even get the basics right such as staging a cup draw?
The League Cup rarely gets much attention or interest but was in the spotlight this week with eight ties including live television coverage of Sevco beating Motherwell to join seven SPL sides in the draw for the last eight… which will now take place next Thursday when much of the enthusiasm and interest will have died a death.
By the time the draw comes around Celtic will have played a top of the table clash with Motherwell and a Champions League match in Moscow.
When the draw is finally made clubs will be preparing for their Saturday fixture and we all know that managers only look at one game at a time, some of them may be sacked before the next round of the cup comes along.
Hearts manager John McGlynn was at a loss as to why the Scottish Football League decided to wait over a week to hold the draw for the last eight
“I can’t believe there wasn’t a draw,” he admitted. “We were shown up by England. Everyone was sitting by their television to see the draw and probably going to work talking about the big games.
“We have got to wait until they have sorted the balls.
“I watched the Rangers game and listened to the Dunfermline game. You listen to what’s coming back and fans are wanting to know when the draw is.”
In true committee fashion the SFL prefer to have a daytime draw when representatives of all remaining clubs can attend with next Thursday the first opportunity for that to happen.
I suspect that Aberdeen and Inverness Caley Thistle won’t be sending any high profile representative to Hampden for the draw.
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