And Chelsea. I know one of City and Chelsea had to go out but it still counts. Half of Sky's Big 6 have gone out already and Man Utd have to face a Villa side tomorrow who trashed them at the weekend. Emery will put out a very strong side I don't doubt that for a moment, will Ten Hag? Away to 3/4 clubs are the only thing I'd be wary of (City, Pool, Utd/Villa, Brighton, etc). A nice easy home tie tomorrow night please alongside a Villa-City and Brighton-Liverpool draw would be grand thanks
Gosh, it’s nice to be thinking about a cup draw again isn’t it. Normally it’s a once-per-cup experience and that’s our lot!
They'll have to beat City pool or Man united mote than likely or 2 of them. I think it's still way against the odds , but the draws could be key.
r3: 32 teams (20 premiership) r4: 16 teams (10 premiership) So the premiership teams haven't done any better than the non-premiership ones this round.
Had a couple of runs under Bruce, but this time you feel there's a remote chance the 60 year wait could end.. thats the big difference
You knew the moment we faced the first XI of a top ten team we'd be going out. Most of the time we never go far enough through the competitions to even get to facing them though. I don't blame Bruce for any of that though. That was the reality of the situation he was managing, there weren't enough resources to enable making a cup a priority.
Yeah but in that case the experience was “I hope we meet another 3rd division team in the next round too, because otherwise we’re f*cked!” Radio was saying that this was only the second time we’d beaten premier league opposition in the league cup since the last time we beat Palace in 2014!
Cup games scheduled for the 19th of December, if anything a good run out before Boxing day game regardless of result!
Pope's 3 saves out of 5 pens were immense. England might need that in the WC. BUT... despite all the usual loving he gets, WTF was that pen from Bruno??