Carabao Cup R2 - West Ham at home

[CSA96]

As the title says

[Toadhall Saint]

That’ll be a good test 

[hypochondriac]

Great news it's at home. I think that's three home games in a week which means no travel. 

[Pamplemousse]

Chelsea or Spurs at home would've been nice.

But yeah 3 home games in a week, good opportunity for the squad to get used

[trousers]

Decent 👍🏻

[RedArmy]

That would have been the skates if they had won. Midweek, no bubble. 
 

Useless cunts

[AlexLaw76]

at least it is at home...3 home games that week also

[EssEffCee]

17 minutes ago, RedArmy said:

That would have been the skates if they had won. Midweek, no bubble. 
 

Useless cunts

Not sure it would as ball numbers would have been different.

Shite draw though, surprised people are happy with it.

[Baird of the land]

Not a great draw but at least it is at home.

[bpsaint]

28 minutes ago, EssEffCee said:

Not sure it would as ball numbers would have been different.

Shite draw though, surprised people are happy with it.

Yeah if anything it’d have been Watford at home as they’d have taken ball number 23. 
 

Was hoping for Orient away personally but never mind. Chance for some of the wider squad to get a run out at home.

[Verbal]

Spygate vs Predatorgate. For once we have the moral high ground. 

[Saint86]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

That would have been the skates if they had won. Midweek, no bubble. 
 

Useless cunts

Perennially cup derby shirkers.

[trousers]

1 hour ago, RedArmy said:

That would have been the skates if they had won. Midweek, no bubble. 
 

Useless cunts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

Edited 18 hours ago by trousers

[LiberalCommunist]

Good draw. Rather a test than a flounder. 

[Matthew Le God]

22 minutes ago, trousers said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

 

[RedArmy]

1 hour ago, EssEffCee said:

Not sure it would as ball numbers would have been different.

Shite draw though, surprised people are happy with it.

Aren’t cup draws done on the order of the previous round match draw or is that just fa cup? 

Edited 17 hours ago by RedArmy

[saintant]

Good draw for us and home advantage might swing it our way. Should be a good game.

[Cuddles]

Will be a good workout at least. We don't really need any cup distractions this year do we?

[AlexLaw76]

8 hours ago, Cuddles said:

Will be a good workout at least. We don't really need any cup distractions this year do we?

Nope

[Challenger]

Bent competition, not too bothered. Can't see any club outside of the " elite " ones ever winning it again in this format.

[EssEffCee]

13 hours ago, RedArmy said:

Aren’t cup draws done on the order of the previous round match draw or is that just fa cup? 

Think it might be in later rounds. Doesn't work when new teams are still entering though and they'll have to merge the north/south for the third round.

[Toussaint]

14 hours ago, LiberalCommunist said:

Good draw. Rather a test than a flounder. 

It’s a good plaice to be.

[LordHester]

15 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

It’s a good plaice to be.

Don't wish to carp, but let's not turn this thread into a pun-fest.

[davefizzy14]

Pleased we have a home tie 😊

[franniesTache]

Properly shit draw, the league cup is one of the few opportunities we have to get new away grounds and nothing is more boring than drawing a club we've played a million times before - and are in the same division - at home

[Sheaf Saint]

12 hours ago, Cuddles said:

Will be a good workout at least. We don't really need any cup distractions this year do we?

If you thought beating the PL champions and getting to a Wembley semi-final where we gave Man City a bloody nose was just a distraction then maybe supporting football isn't for you.

The confidence that came from that cup run bled through into our league performances, and our ability to rotate regularly without dropping massively in quality meant it didn't cause unwanted fatigue. 

This idea that we shouldn't take the cups seriously and just concentrate on the league is utter nonsense.

[Football Special]

4 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

If you thought beating the PL champions and getting to a Wembley semi-final where we gave Man City a bloody nose was just a distraction then maybe supporting football isn't for you.

The confidence that came from that cup run bled through into our league performances, and our ability to rotate regularly without dropping massively in quality meant it didn't cause unwanted fatigue. 

This idea that we shouldn't take the cups seriously and just concentrate on the league is utter nonsense.

I agree and thats been my position for a long time, I do hate the fixed Carabao format though. 

I think this will be like the Leicester Cup game last season though, both sides playing reserves / u21s. West Ham have squad depth so tough game. 

Hope club make it £10 adults. £1 kids, going to be a tough sell even in school holidays with three home games in a week , saints will probably offer West Ham extra tickets if they think they can bring more than the standard 3k 

[Football Special]

4 hours ago, Challenger said:

Bent competition, not too bothered. Can't see any club outside of the " elite " ones ever winning it again in this format.

Yeah its certainly designed to get as many big teams into the last 8 as possible, ensuring higher viewing figures = sell the rights for more. 

We should have won it in 2017 and came close in 2023 under Nate the Great 

[trousers]

34 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

If you thought beating the PL champions and getting to a Wembley semi-final where we gave Man City a bloody nose was just a distraction then maybe supporting football isn't for you.

The confidence that came from that cup run bled through into our league performances, and our ability to rotate regularly without dropping massively in quality meant it didn't cause unwanted fatigue. 

This idea that we shouldn't take the cups seriously and just concentrate on the league is utter nonsense.

^ this

Edited 1 hour ago by trousers