And so....the Carabao Cup

[CJJ]

The draw took place today in Thailand.

Everyone seemed happy with the draw... Except Charlton, who have to play two matches

:avbshock:

 

[Nutter-Naylor]

It's always nice when one of the little clubs get a day out at Wembley. Pleased for them.

 

[Furball man]

FFS.

Any idea why Barnsley/Derby hasn't already be played??

Time zones , up there it's actually 1974

 

[Boltonspur]

Will be interesting to see how this plays out in terms of squad rotation.
Madrid away - CL
Liverpool home - PL
Spam home - CC
United away - PL
Madrid home - CL

Spam is the lowest priority game but a win would do wonders for our season - 1/4 finals, a home win and a win against them.

Liverpool & United are both huge in terms of top 4 this season and Madrid is Real Madrid in the Champions League!

I fear that whatever teams Poch puts out there will be a backlash!

A fixture schedule doesn't get much tougher than that. Good job we've got a nice easy training game against the Hammers in the middle of it

 

[Nutter-Naylor]

Best we give the away team 15k tickets and sell them at £10 or the place will be empty.

 

[Nutter-Naylor]

According to sKUMB they are going to do a Cologne and turn up with 20k and the game is already as good as won (paraphrasing).

 

[Thin Lilywhite Duke]

That's not too bad.

 

[Joe Clash]

 

[SpiderSpurs]

Could be our best chance of a trophy this season. I won't be upset if we win it.

 

[Bill Madrid]

Rip off Redbull from Thailand.

Sadly this cup is not sponsored by the North American subspecies of reindeer

It would help if no-one referred to the sponsor and continued to just call it the League Cup. To be honest, I don't know why people don't do this with other things too (the European Cup, Divisions 1-4 etc) but maybe that's just a bugbear of mine

 

[spursmalc]

Oh we have won so much in recent years that we can diss this cup! Whilst we should not play a full strength team at this stage against non premiership opposition we should want to get through. Opportunity for the likes of Sissoko, Janssen etc but not some unknown just to make numbers up. Biggest problem with this cup is the final comes just after the Europa cup match on the Thursday and unless we can qualify for CL, will be in that round again. You then have to choose between the competitions or try and do both and fail. Most winners of this competition are the top 6.
The whole point of strengthening the squad was to allow us to compete in all competitions without overplaying our star players.

 

[YTpaxton]

This cup has, since sponsorship, always been known only by the sponsor.
Milk Cup
Rumbelows Cup
Coca-Cola Cup
Carling Cup
Worthington Cup
etc

So no change in that regard.

 

[Chelmsfordspurs]

Rather home than away.

Not for me. Half empty Wembley and those lot taking the piss.

 

[paddy spur]

Fuck it play the kids they need the exposure we have bigger fish to fry

 

[1882]

So who ARE Charlton playing?
Exeter or Cheltenham?
...and who the fuck did they mistake them for... Woolwich maybe?

 

[SoCalSpurs]

As long as they draw a Charlton vs Charlton derby they can do it on the moon for all I care

That's one hell of a derby.

If only it was the Derby v Derby derby

 

[pleb]

Sure I saw a tweet that this will be 18th September.

 

[Bill Madrid]

As if we could even possibly care less about the league cup.

Yeah, our coffers are so overflowing with silverware that we can pick and choose the trophies we win

 

[TottenhamAberdeen]

Should be £10 adult season-ticket holders for this, concessions £5.
5 loyalty points, but only get them if you go in.

 

[Smoked Salmon]

This cup has, since sponsorship, always been known only by the sponsor.
Milk Cup
Rumbelows Cup
Coca-Cola Cup
Carling Cup
Worthington Cup
etc

So no change in that regard.

I've been waiting patiently for The D Cup.

Still no joy.