Carabao Cup : Liverpool vs Derby

[Frogfish]

And City vs Chelsea arf !

The third-round ties will take place from 8-10 November.

Full draw:
Leicester v Newport County
West Ham v Blackburn
Wolves v Leeds
Nottingham Forest v Tottenham
Manchester United v Aston Villa
Bournemouth v Everton
Liverpool v Derby
Burnley v Crawley
Bristol City v Lincoln
Manchester City v Chelsea
Stevenage v Charlton
MK Dons v Morecambe
Newcastle v Crystal Palace
Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal v Brighton
Brentford v Gillingham

 

[Fabio]

What a fucking shit trophy to shoehorn in a compacted season.

 

[dee]

What a fucking shit trophy to shoehorn in a compacted season.

… unless we win it obv.

 

[Fabio]

… unless we win it obv.

Obv

 

[binomial]

Very nice draw all round.

Last time there were this many Prem ties in 3rd round of either this or FA cup?

 

[Fabio]

Very nice draw all round.

Last time there were this many Prem ties in 3rd round of either this or FA cup?

Only just looked at the draw. Bet chelsea are fuming

 

[Farkmaster]

We will comprehensively bin this trophy off unless we get an unbelievably favourable draw.

 

[tomasjj]

just play the kids. again

 

[Hansern]

Hopefully Ramsey can play, Bajcetic and Carvalho etc.

This will not be a competition we'll give much thought unless the kids get us through a few rounds.

 

[binomial]

We'll be out the title race and already qualified in the knockout phase of the CL by time we play them anyway.

Play the first team.

 

[StevieM]

This might be our best way into the Europa League after we finish 12th.

 

[Hyena]

Finally, a game that we have a chance of winning

 

[moron]

@StevieM , @Hyena - both your posts were not funny, they were the truth.

 

[RedStar]

Hopefully Ramsey can play, Bajcetic and Carvalho etc.

This will not be a competition we'll give much thought unless the kids get us through a few rounds.

Yeah nothing wrong with that in a regular season let alone one where we are facing an injury crisis. The likes of Kelleher, Ramsay, Carvahlo, Bajcetic, Sepp VdB, Gordon etc should be absolutely delighted at those sorts of opportunities.

 

[tombrown]

Its not til November; by then we will be down to playing the u9s as the 11s will be rested for the league

 

[StevieM]

Its not til November; by then we will be down to playing the u9s as the 11s will be rested for the league

We’ll also be forced to deploy a 5-0-5 system due to us not having any breathing midfielders

 

[Fabio]

We’ll also be forced to deploy a 5-0-5 system due to us not having any breathing midfielders

Based on recent performances, I don't think "living" is a characteristic we're expecting from our midfield

 

[Hyena]

Pretty sure there is no PL rule that prevents us from putting a corpse on the pitch. Just have to make sure they don't inadvertently play anyone onside

 

[Brizzle]

Shame we don't have Minamino around to carry us through these early rounds again

 

[Fabio]

Shame we don't have Minamino around to carry us through these early rounds again

I was told we didn't need him any more

 

[StevieM]

Pretty sure there is no PL rule that prevents us from putting a corpse on the pitch. Just have to make sure they don't inadvertently play anyone onside

That’s ok - Trent will make sure they’re onside, just before Milner shouts at him.