The 2020/21 English Football League "Carabao" Cup plus FA Cup Thread

[Hapless_Hans]

Third round on at the moment

Games tonight:

West Brom v Brentfort 2-2 after an hour
Newport v Watford 3-1 after an hour
West Ham v Hull City 2-0 at HT

Team news

Luton v Man Utd (20:15 BST)

Goalkeeper Dean Henderson makes his senior debut for Manchester United as boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer makes 10 changes to the side that lost to Crystal Palace at the weekend.

Captain Harry Maguire is the only player to keep his place in the side as summer signing Donny van de Beek, who scored against Palace after coming off the bench, comes into the starting XI.

It will be a big night for Luton's Ryan Tunnicliffe. The Manchester-born midfielder faces the club whose youth system he came through. They make nine changes.

Luton XI: Shea, Kioso, Lockyer, Bradley, Norrington-Davies, Clark, Tunnicliffe, Moncur, LuaLua, Hylton, Shinnie. Subs: Cranie, Pearson, Cornick, Lee, Sluga, Mpanzu, Collins.

Man Utd XI: Henderson, Wan Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Williams, Fred, Matic, Mata, van de Beek, Lingard, Ighalo. Subs: Rashford, Greenwood, Grant, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot, James, Mengi.


Currently 0-0 after half an hour

[Hapless_Hans]

Luton dominating possession

Is Nathan Jones the next Eddie Howe?

[El Gunner]

it's against Oleball, chill

[Nishankly]

Unbelievable that Ole ball requires absorbing Luton Town FC as well to win a penalty to finally get things going

[Hapless_Hans]

Unbelievable that Ole ball requires absorbing Luton Town FC as well to win a penalty to finally get things going

It's his philosophy and his players are living it on the pitch. Sign of a proper manager.

[Hapless_Hans]

Holy fuck, Luton so close twice, superhuman goalkeeping by Henderson and then a lucky goal line clearance

[Nishankly]

Virgil van Dijk's League Cup debut for Liverpool

3 years late. Klopp loves these domestic competitions

[RealGunner]

Rory fucking Delap's son made his debut and scored for City.

Disgusting

I am not even old but i feel old.

[Jay29]

Surprised nobody mentioned Havertz scoring a hat-trick last night.

Abraham set-up all three with great assists.

[El Gunner]

Rory fucking Delap's son made his debut and scored for City.

Disgusting

I am not even old but i feel old.

this doesn't make sense ffs

Surprised nobody mentioned Havertz scoring a hat-trick last night.

Abraham set-up all three with great assists.

chill, it was Barnsley

[Nishankly]

Surprised nobody mentioned Havertz scoring a hat-trick last night.

Abraham set-up all three with great assists.

3 tap ins? Irrelevant or Havertz found his level in England.

[Helmer]

Virgil van Dijk's League Cup debut for Liverpool

3 years late. Klopp loves these domestic competitions

and since his substitution defence, attack and midfield all three are struggling
Edit: not attack !

[RealGunner]

Legend has it Reguilon is still sliding pic.twitter.com/DKfGGeVJHH

— Mitch (@AFCLegend) September 29, 2020

getting rinsed out there ffs

[Hapless_Hans]

don't think the atmosphere was ever this good in a real Spurs game with real fans

fake crowd noise making it seem like a non-stop festival of fan chants, cheers, ooohs and aaaahs, full-throttle shouting, whistling and booing lmao

it's embarrassing

[halamadrid2]

Spurs win on penalties

Reguillon makes up for his mistake with a nice assist. Mason Mount totally screws Chelsea over when he comes on

[CBarca]

Spurs win on penalties

Reguillon makes up for his mistake with a nice assist. Mason Mount totally screws Chelsea over when he comes on

Yeah should mention it since RG was having a laugh, Reguilon had a great game down the left and set up the tying goal with a wonderful cross on his weaker foot.

Chelsea should feel awful. Spurs put out mostly a B side with some first teamers mixed in, and Chelsea put out what appeared to me a pretty strong side. Spurs manage to go through

[RealGunner]

yea well it doesn't feed the agenda if he has a good game does it?

OUT

[Nishankly]

Spurs win on penalties

Reguillon makes up for his mistake with a nice assist. Mason Mount totally screws Chelsea over when he comes on

I thought Mount was the only gamechanger that Chelsea had fit.

So many signings still Pulisic and Kante the only prime movers. Lampard will be under pressure so early in the season.

[BarrileteCosmico]

Unbelievable that Mou put a team with 5 Dms, 1 winger and 1 forward and still somehow won. There is no justice in the world...

[Kick]

Who cares, it's the Carabao cup. I'd rather not play any further and now Spurs have to with their even worse schedule than us

[CBarca]

Who cares, it's the Carabao cup. I'd rather not play any further and now Spurs have to with their even worse schedule than us

To be fair, this is the correct take. Especially for Chelsea.

Mou and Spurs fans seem intent on silverware even if it's just the caraboo cup, though. So this is a good result for Tottenham. Although I don't understand why (people care about a Mickey mouse cup)

[Kick]

Who cares, it's the Carabao cup. I'd rather not play any further and now Spurs have to with their even worse schedule than us

To be fair, this is the correct take. Especially for Chelsea.

Mou and Spurs fans seem intent on silverware even if it's just the caraboo cup, though. So this is a good result for Tottenham. Although I don't understand why (people care about a Mickey mouse cup)

Would have said it before the game, too.

[Jay29]

The Carabao Cup is basically:

Rounds 3 to the semi's - Meh, mickey mouse cup, shouldn't exist, happy to go out.
Final - Hell yeah let's win this thing.

When you start playing the big teams over two legs in the semis and playing at Wembley, it starts to matter.

[El Gunner]

the two legs are horrendous too, should be scrapped

[Arquitecto]

The Carabao Cup is basically:

Rounds 3 to the semi's - Meh, mickey mouse cup, shouldn't exist, happy to go out.
Final - Hell yeah let's win this thing.

When you start playing the big teams over two legs in the semis and playing at Wembley, it starts to matter.

Summed up perfectly. How I felt about the Carling Cup victory under Dalglish until well......the semi vs City and the final that we won.

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