A top player usually has to play around 65-70 games for club and country each season. There was a screenshot doing rounds before the season started that listed the potential number of fixtures Kane might have to play this season. It was close to 80 I think. That's just a ridiculously high number. KDB complained about the number of fixtures recently. I know most people think because footballers earn so much money, they don't have a right to complain. But what good does it do if a world-class player like Kane or Aguero misses 2-3 months each season because of injuries sustained due to being overworked?There's just too many fixtures to fit the football calendar.
That is not the case for everyone. If you are in Europe and go far in the domestic cups yes. However I still remember the year when martin Jol was in charge that we lost in the first round we entered in the Domestic cups and only played 40 matches. I read that they propose to start the season later to allow for more friendlies. No thank you, prefer competitive matches and by starting later it will not help the congestion later. By abolishing the league cup it effectively only leaves the F A Cup as winnerable for most teams.
I'd prefer if we played around 50-55 times each season where Kane played in 45-50 of them instead of having 70 fixtures and Kane missing 20-25 of them. Ultimately he's probably playing the same number of matches but as a club, we're missing out because out of those 20-25 matches, he might miss the semi-final of the FA Cup or the quarter-finals of the CL.
Big clubs don't take the League Cup seriously until the semi-finals yet almost every season it's one of the big 6 that wins it. A similar story is seen in the FA Cup. Mathematically speaking, of course, scrapping the League Cup reduces the chance of a trophy for all clubs but logically speaking, most clubs wouldn't be in with a shout of winning the trophy in the first place. And I don't think any other top league has 2 running cup competitions. So it's not like English clubs are being hard done.