The EFL Trophy exists to give academy kids minutes, not to justify its own existence through press releases. • Lewis Hall picked Newcastle's project over United's chequebook, which tells you everything about where the real momentum is right now. • Brest and Lyon are both fighting for their lives in Ligue 1 and it shows — this will be messy, which is the only honest thing about midweek French football. • Stuttgart-Lille has all the hallmarks of a Champions League tie where neither team wants to lose more than they want to win. • If a supercomputer thinks Tottenham are the ones in trouble five games in while City are pulling clear, the supercomputer hasn't watched Tottenham play in three years. The EFL Trophy exists to give academy kids minutes, not to justify its own existence through press releases. • Lewis Hall picked Newcastle's project over United's chequebook, which tells you everything about where the real momentum is right now. • Brest and Lyon are both fighting for their lives in Ligue 1 and it shows — this will be messy, which is the only honest thing about midweek French football. • Stuttgart-Lille has all the hallmarks of a Champions League tie where neither team wants to lose more than they want to win. • If a supercomputer thinks Tottenham are the ones in trouble five games in while City are pulling clear, the supercomputer hasn't watched Tottenham play in three years.

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