If we beat Liverpool and Chelski beat Spurs....

EFC Si · March 31, 2012

Will Pienaar be able to play in the final? Or is the rule he can't play full stop in the competition for another team.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · March 31, 2012

cup tied means cup tied.

so, no.

EFCNIK · March 31, 2012

The full stop one.

toffeejack · March 31, 2012

be a bit of a stupid rule if he was cup tied in every round except the final, or did you think he can only be cup tied whilst his parent club are still in the comp?

BigBlueConk · March 31, 2012

can not even blame Harry for that one.

Anyway, did you mean WHEN Everton beat Liverpool?

EFC Si · March 31, 2012

toffeejack said:
be a bit of a stupid rule if he was cup tied in every round except the final, or did you think he can only be cup tied whilst his parent club are still in the comp?

Yeah, the whole point of the rule is that he can't play against his own team but if they're no longer in the competition then obviously he can't have any impact against them.

BigBlueConk said:
can not even blame Harry for that one.

Anyway, did you mean WHEN Everton beat Liverpool?

True, the other option is unthinkable.

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · March 31, 2012

EFC Si said:
Yeah, the whole point of the rule is that he can't play against his own team but if they're no longer in the competition then obviously he can't have any impact against them.

You can only play for 1 club in ANY cup competition, it's always been the rule and has nothing to do with him being on loan. A player could get knocked out playing for someone and then be in the final for someone else if it wasn't for the rule. Un-used subs don't get cup-tied, like Stuart McCall was able to switch from England to Scotland as he was an un-used sub, he went to warm up behind the goal and stayed there because he didn't want to get put on for England.