Carabao Cup (League Cup)

citytillidie

Some fun today in the draw where errors had Charlton playing twice.



Full draw for 1st round - Games commencing week 7th August
Northern Section
Coventry City V Blackburn Rovers
Nottingham Forest V Shrewsbury Town
Bradford City V Doncaster Rovers
Mansfield Town V Rochdale
Grimsby Town V Derby County
Barnsley V Morecambe
Wigan Athletic V Blackpool
Bury V Sunderland
Sheffield Wednesday V Chesterfield
Accrington Stanley V Preston North End
Fleetwood Town V Carlisle United
Rotherham V Lincoln
Sheffield United V Walsall
Scunthorpe V Notts County
Crewe Alexandra V Bolton Wanderers
Leeds United V Port Vale

Southern Section
Birmingham City V Crawley Town
Exeter City V Charlton Athletic
Queens Park Rangers V Northampton Town
Newport County V Southend United
Bristol City V Plymouth Argyle
Cardiff City V Portsmouth
Millwall V Stevenage
Oxford United V Cheltenham Town
AFC Wimbledon V Brenford
Norwich City V Swindon Town
Bristol Rovers V Cambridge United
Peterborough United V Barnet
Wycombe Wanderers V Fulham
Colchester United V Aston Villa
Wolverhampton Wanderers V Yeovil Town
Reading V Gillingham
Forest Green Rovers V MK Dons
Luton Town V Ipswich Town

Ragnar Lothbrok

Is this possibly the worst name ever for a national cup competition?

Agent Coulson

What the hell is a Carabao?

GavRedKing

Carabao make an energy drink similar to Redbull, they sponsor ourselves and Reading.

Mushy

Charltons poll on their Twitter asking the fans who they'd prefer to play....well played!

Wardling

Agent Coulson wrote:

What the hell is a Carabao?

It's this creature that lives deep in the amazon with the head and body of a massive boa but sports these massive giant raindeer antlers!

Won't give you wings but lets one lucky team get drawn twice. If you lose your first game you have a do over

Fr Tod Umptious

GavRedKing wrote: »

Carabao make an energy drink similar to Redbull, they sponsor ourselves and Reading.

Back in the 80s it was called The Milk Cup.

That was about the extent of "energy" drinks at the time.

Ragnar Lothbrok

Ragnar Lothbrok wrote: »

Is this possibly the worst name ever for a national cup competition?

Rumblelows Cup and Zenith Data Trophy spring to mind.

Fr Tod Umptious

Deleted User wrote: »

Rumblelows Cup and Zenith Data Trophy spring to mind.

Zenith Data Systems Trophy was not the league cup thought.

It was just a cup created when English teams were banned from Europe between'85 and '92

dan1895

It'll always be the Coca-Cola Cup.

OwaynOTT

dan1895 wrote: »

It'll always be the Coca-Cola Cup.

It will always be the mickey mouse cup.

Beasty

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Zenith Data Systems Trophy was not the league cup thought.

It was just a cup created when English teams were banned from Europe between'85 and '92

The ZDS was actually the Full Members Cup

Those not allowed to compete in Europe "qualified" for the Screensport Super Cup

Beasty

OwaynOTT wrote: »

It will always be the mickey mouse cup.

I always liked it as the Worthlessington Cup

Anyway, back in the day we also had the Texaco and Anglo Italians to play for

Tom Mann Centuria

Full Members Cup also had a season as the Simod Cup, Chelsea were also sponsored by them at the time, unsurprisingly, since it was Ken Bates and Peter Swales brainchild. I had a delightful pair of of Simod trainers that year (they were crap)

Tom Mann Centuria

The Checkatrade Trophy is the prize currently on offer for League 1, league 2 and variety of reserve squads.

adaminho

OwaynOTT wrote: »

It will always be the mickey mouse cup.

Unless your Team win it

citytillidie

Starts next week, it will use the new pen shoot out format, along with other EFL comps

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40783273

citytillidie

Second round draw - South section
QPR v Brentford
Crystal Palace v Ipswich
Watford v Bristol City
Norwich City v Charlton
Cheltenham Town v West Ham United
Brighton & Hove Albion v Barnet
Cardiff City v Burton Albion
Southampton v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fulham v Bristol Rovers
Milton Keynes Dons v Swansea City
Birmingham City v Bournemouth
Reading v Millwall

North section
Carlisle v Sunderland
Bolton Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday
Accrington Stanley v West Bromwich Albion
Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
Leeds United v Newport County
Stoke City v Rochdale
Huddersfield Town v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v Scunthorpe United
Doncaster Rovers v Hull City
Blackburn Rovers v Burnley
Sheffield United v Leicester City
Aston Villa v Wigan Athletic
Barnsley v Derby County or Grimsby Town

Knex*

Hadn't realised this was up for a name change. Now all I can think of is the DJ, Caribou.

citytillidie

Draw for the 3rd round will be at 4:15am on Thursday morning in China, no live coverage.


http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40998964

Agent Coulson

Scott Hogan with two so far for Villa.

Agent Coulson

Newcastle knocked out by Forest after extra time.

How long before Rafa walks?

Lithium93_

Round 3 draw, games to be played week of September 18th.

West Brom vs. Manchester City
Everton vs. Sunderland
Leicester City vs. Liverpool
Man United vs. Burton Albion
Brentford vs. Norwich City
Wolves vs. Bristol Rovers
Burnley vs. Leeds
Arsenal vs. Doncaster
Bristol City vs. Stoke
Reading vs. Swansea
Aston Villa vs. Middlesbrough.
Chelsea vs. Nottingham Forest
West Ham vs. Bolton
Crystal Palace vs. Huddersfield Town
Tottenham vs. Barnsley OR Derby County
Bournemouth vs. Brighton

Ragnar Lothbrok

Good draw for teams from the East Midlands (my old stomping ground) - assuming Derby get through the second round against Barnsley.

Burton at Man United, Forest at Chelsea and Derby at Spurs. Would be great to see all three of them cause an upset

citytillidie

Tuesday Games 7:45 kick off unless said other wise
Aston Villa V Middlesbrough
Bournemouth V Brighton
Brentford V Norwich City
Bristol City V Stoke
Burnley V Leeds
Crystal Palace V Huddersfield Town
Leicester City V Liverpool - Live on Sky
Reading V Swansea - 8pm Kick off
Tottenham V Barnsley - 8pm Kick off
West Ham V Bolton
Wolves V Bristol Rovers

Wednesday Games
Arsenal V Doncaster
Chelsea V Nottingham Forest
Everton V Sunderland
Man United V Burton Albion - 8pm Kick off - Live on Sky
West Brom V Manchester City - 8pm Kick off

GavRedKing

3rd round kicks off tonight, if theres no match threads for games, feel free to throw match chat in here.

Pressure game for Klopp IMO
Still hasn't won any trophy and this would be his best chance IMO

Harry Palmr

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Pressure game for Klopp IMO
Still hasn't won any trophy and this would be his best chance IMO

Yeah yeah (under pressure me arse), you'll know how much store he puts in this game by the team he sends out.

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Yeah yeah (under pressure me arse), you'll know how much store he puts in this game by the team he sends out.

So if he wins no trophy again this season he shouldn't be feeling any pressure?

ERG89

M!Ck^ wrote:

So if he wins no trophy again this season he shouldn't be feeling any pressure?

In a word, no.

ERG89

ERG89 wrote: »

In a word, no.

I'd say yes.

ERG89

M!Ck^ wrote:

I'd say yes.

Yeah, I can see it now
Sorry Jurgen you lost to Leicester in the 4th round of the Carabao Cup & didn't win the FA Cup so your fired.

Turtyturd

ERG89

ERG89 wrote: »

Yeah, I can see it now
Sorry Jurgen you lost to Leicester in the 4th round of the Carabao Cup & didn't win the FA Cup so your fired.

Pressure and fired seem to be getting muddled. It's fine if it's acceptable that you think that he doesn't need to win trophies. But I bet not all Liverpool fans feel that way.

Even your very own Phil Bab seems to think he would come under pressure if he doesn't win a trophy this year.

~Rebel~

I don't think there will be any consequences in not winning a trophy, as long as the season itself is decent - however, I want us to really push to win something this year.

I also actually really like the League Cup. It brings stakes at a time when everything else is still just warming up. The FA cup objectively is a bigger cup, but when that's in full swing, there are always more interesting things going on elsewhere.

Also love seeing the second tier of top club's players fighting for their chance in the first team. Games in the league cup seem more even and competitive as a result. And there's usually some great stories to come out of it for each club, like Woodburn's first Liverpool goal in the quarter final to become 'Pool's youngest ever goalscorer.

I just spotted the line up and it's a strong one.
I'm surprised. Should be a good game to watch.

Hope Leicester put out a decent team too.

ERG89

M!Ck^ wrote:

Even your very own Phil Bab seems to think he would come under pressure if he doesn't win a trophy this year.

Well Dalglish won a cup & got sacked a few months later by the same owners so sorry to question the analysis of one of our own Phil Babb
I think Klopp will be judged on improving in the league (looking very unlikely) & trying to progress to the knockouts in the CL.
Haven't a notion of winning either of those competitions but imo the owners will be looking closer at those two in his job evaluation.
These cups are a bonus if you win them which is why clubs more often than not play weakened teams until the quarters.

Agent Coulson

Phil Babb well he did give up a testicle for the club so I suppose there is that.

HONKEY TONK

ERG89 wrote: »

Yeah, I can see it now
Sorry Jurgen you lost to Leicester in the 4th round of the Carabao Cup & didn't win the FA Cup so your fired.

I can see it now

FSG: " Don't worry Jurgen, It's not about trophies, It's the taking part that counts"

Trigger

Robertson really is a cracking crosser of the ball.. big difference to Clyne and Milner

irishman86

Wijnaldum and the defender both equally confused as to why the ref came to talk with them at the corner :pac:

Berserker

astradave wrote: »

Robertson really is a cracking crosser of the ball.. big difference to Clyne and Milner

Nobody in there to get on the end of them though. If only Liverpool had someone in their squad .....

Ox looks like if he gets a sustained run without Injury he could be a good player for Liverpool

irishman86

Over the course of this season i see Barca being delighted they didnt sign Coutinho
I'm sure he will do a killer nutmeg and attempt a long range shot but i really dont see where he would play for them

irishman86

irishman86 wrote: »

Over the course of this season i see Barca being delighted they didnt sign Coutinho
I'm sure he will do a killer nutmeg and attempt a long range shot but i really dont see where he would play for them

He is consistent in his inconsistency...if ya get me.
He may suit the Spanish league tho, don't think he would have to work as hard in a Barca team as would have to in a Klopp team.

irishman86

M!Ck^ wrote: »

He is consistent in his inconsistency...if ya get me.
He may suit the Spanish league tho, don't think he would have to work as hard in a Barca team as would have to in a Klopp team.

Well when you beat teams by 3 goals on a off night id agree, but isnt it telling that at Liverpool he has a great game once in ten when in reality hes the centre of the teams play
Imagine at Barca where he has to play well most games

Big injury loss for Leicester IMO

They are coming into the game tho

irishman86

Lol

Goal was coming tbf

Dreadful defending again but has become the norm for Liverpool

Liamalone

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Big injury loss for Leicester IMO

They are coming into the game tho

The substitute scores lol

1-0 Leicester

Jayop

I get the impression from the Liverpool thread that this could be typical of them.