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CARLING CUP 3rd Rnd DRAW
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:25 pmby red37
Nice easy start for us.
Full draw for Carling Cup third round:
Arsenal v Sheff Utd
Brighton or Man City v Derby
Burnley v Fulham
Portsmouth v Chelsea
Blackburn v Everton
Rotherham v Southampton
Swansea v Cardiff
Ipswich v Wigan
Stoke v Reading
Leeds v Hartlepool
Watford v West Ham
Man Utd v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Crewe
Aston Villa v QPR
Sunderland v Northampton
Newcastle v Tottenham
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:31 pmby dawson99
gotta love home to crewe.
fair few all prem ties, a lot of teams going out, just hope we use these cup to try out different players, this def aint one to concentrate on in my opinion yet
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:38 pmby Number 9
I hope Rafa just starts with the young uns in this Cup and sticks with them!
I know its potential silverware and all that but its a Micky Mouse cup in my opinion.
He complains about too many games often,well this is a chance to keep our first team players out of this cup and let the shackles off the reserves and inexperienced fringe players!
Tell them that they will play as long as they are in the Cup and mean it,it will give them a bit of hunger to do well.Plus vital experience which they are not getting enough of.
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:43 pmby NiftyNeil
I'd like us to keep a strong core in the carling cup, while blooding the likes of Spearing, Nemeth and Darby.
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:48 pmby aCe'
Number 9 wrote:I hope Rafa just starts with the young uns in this Cup and sticks with them!
I know its potential silverware and all that but its a Micky Mouse cup in my opinion.
He complains about too many games often,well this is a chance to keep our first team players out of this cup and let the shackles off the reserves and inexperienced fringe players!
Tell them that they will play as long as they are in the Cup and mean it,it will give them a bit of hunger to do well.Plus vital experience which they are not getting enough of.
No promises this time around please... i remember Dudek and the promises not so long ago.. Arsenal humiliation two times around... play most of the youngsters but no promises plz
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:54 pmby Number 9
aCe' wrote:Number 9 wrote:I hope Rafa just starts with the young uns in this Cup and sticks with them!
I know its potential silverware and all that but its a Micky Mouse cup in my opinion.
He complains about too many games often,well this is a chance to keep our first team players out of this cup and let the shackles off the reserves and inexperienced fringe players!
Tell them that they will play as long as they are in the Cup and mean it,it will give them a bit of hunger to do well.Plus vital experience which they are not getting enough of.
No promises this time around please... i remember Dudek and the promises not so long ago.. Arsenal humiliation two times around... play most of the youngsters but no promises plz
Just my opinion mate!
Id rather see our 1st teamers rested in this cup rather than rotated as much in the League.Makes more sense to me and I think it will give us more chance of being up there at the end! 
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:30 pmby 7_Kewell
league cup....micky mouse competition that should be reserved for the midtable and lower league sides. If i had my way i'd ensure the top 4 of the premership are excluded.
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:20 pmby SupitsJonF
Poor portsmouth, they are playing Chelsea and Man U more then everyone this season 
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:39 pmby account deleted by request
I think with our history in the competition its not a cup to be dismissed lightly, I would like to see us playing a mixture of squad players and reserves. I think its a cup we could win, so we should try to win it!
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:10 pmby GOAT_2.0
Play a weakened team in the earlier stages but we may as well give it a go
Nice easy start, should be anyway
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:22 pmby SouthCoastShankly
Rafa will play a second string.
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Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:35 pmby saetiakidLFC
Chuffed with the draw , Would like to see the like's of David NGog, Nicola Saric, Vincent Weijl and Emmanuel Mendy feature in theese types of games, just so we get a hint at what we've bought. Might uncover a gem!
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:47 pmby The Manhattan Project
We should take the Carling and FA Cups seriously.
Best chance of winning something.
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:11 pmby Toffeehater
, field the youngsters first , i'm sure we've got too much quality for crewe , good easy start and nice to see manure and chelsea getting prem draws for once
Posted:
Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:41 pmby GOAT_2.0
The Manhattan Project wrote:We should take the Carling and FA Cups seriously.
Best chance of winning something.
