[Albion] Team for #twats (Carabooo Cup, Rd 2)

[Surf's Up]

Winners play Preston North End who knocked out Derby County tonight.

That's an incentive to win then

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

With the short pre-season the squad players need game time, so:

Sanchez

Yapi
Roberts
Veltman
Burn
Bernardo

Stephens
Molumby
Gross

Ally Mac
U-23 striker

That team should be plenty good enough to beat Pompey.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

We did beat them in 1908. Feels like yesterday.

Yes but at Stamford Bridge

 

[Eeyore]

Yes but at Stamford Bridge

Close enough. Oh, I thought you said Bamber Bridge...

Stamford Bridge was pretty tasty. I think one of the Resident Fairy's ancestors was involved...

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

 

[Keith Patel]

Hahahaha

Have we really all forgotten the Aston Villa game, already!?

To refresh memories, this is the 18 we fielded in our most recent EFL cup tie:

Button
Duffy
Roberts (0 senior appearances)
Bong
Davies (0)
Baluta (0 in England)
Jenks (0)
Cochrane (0)
Gwargis (0)
Connolly (3?)
Richards (0)

Substitutes
Steele
Yapi (0)
Davies (0)
O'Hora (0 exclluding a few in the Irish league)
Radulovic Samoukovic (0)
Longman (0)
Spong (0)

The side we put out at this stage of the League Cup last season against Bristol Rovers was pretty strong?

27 Button
14 Balogun
15 Webster
3 Bong
46 Alzate
18 Mooy
13 Groß
30 Bernardo
16 Jahanbakhsh
44 Connolly
17 Murray

Substitutes

23 Steele
28 Baluta
39 Ahannach
41 Sanders
50 Cochrane
51 Davies
58 Roberts

 

[amexer]

What debacle!? What backlash!? We played a very young side who got great experience who very nearly got a result. I saw that as extremely positive! Seriously, why was that a debacle!?

Just because we made little effort to win cup games

 

[rippleman]

I hope he gets paid handsomely for all this inside information, Just how does he do it....

Like he always does it. He guesses like the rest of us

 

[Skaville]

Just because we made little effort to win cup games

Injuries, sickness lack of cover all contributed and we had Chelsea away on the Saturday. We played a much stronger team against Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup. Same outcome

 

[Marshy]

Steele

Veltman
Roberts
Burn

Bernardo
Sanders

Propper
Gross
Molumby

Mcallister
Connelly

I am probably forgetting some, but that's what came of the top of my head.

 

[Nameless]

4-2-2-2 Steele, Veltman, Roberts, Burn, Bernardo, Molumby, Propper or Stephens, Gross, Mac Allister, Jahanbaksh, Gyokeres

 

[Nameless]

What debacle!? What backlash!? We played a very young side who got great experience who very nearly got a result. I saw that as extremely positive! Seriously, why was that a debacle!?

I was part of the Backlash, meant to bring them through carefully not field them all at the same time against a Prem side. They did play well and considering what the same Villa team did to Liverpool's kids they were very good. However, I enjoy a cup run and we're never gonna win the prem so domestic cups are our only chance at winning honours unless we drop down a division we're not gonna get a league title or promotion trophy.

Hope we have more of a go at both cup competitions this time around.

 

[Hotchilidog]

What debacle!? What backlash!? We played a very young side who got great experience who very nearly got a result. I saw that as extremely positive! Seriously, why was that a debacle!?

Totally agree. I really enjoyed that game and it was good to see the youngsters get experience against a pretty strong Villa side.

 

[Steve in Japan]

Totally agree. I really enjoyed that game and it was good to see the youngsters get experience against a pretty strong Villa side.

Very nearly got a result? I don't remember that. Boys against men is how I remember it. And being fleeced by the Club - grown up ticket prices to watch the academy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49736853

 

[Gazwag]

Just because we made little effort to win cup games

Its not that long ago we were at Wembley for the FA Cup semi and Old Trafford for the League Cup quarters,

 

[blue-shifted]

The selection will tell us something about the status of ...... MacAllister, Gyokeres, Propper.

Also about the relative seniority of some the u23s, ie who is ahead out of Dendonker or Roberts

Are any u23s possibly in line for senior football this year? eg, Cochrane

 

[Badger Boy]

Hopefully we'll play a formation which allows us to win a game.

Sanchez
Veltman White Burn Bernardo
Stephens Propper
Jahanbakhsh Mac Allister Gwargis
Maupay

Maupay needs to get off the mark as he's our goal threat. Put Ali J in the window if we're still keen to sell, same with Bernardo. Peter Gwargis is going to be a first team player by the end of the season so we might as well blood him now. Alexis Mac needs to play as a number 10, rather than some ill defined, float about kind of a role.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I think Baluta, Molumby and Gyökeres are likely to start. Maybe Ali J as well.

We have heard nothing about Băluţă for a long time.

Something isn't right ?

Anyway, my guess :

Steele

Veltman
Roberts
Burn
Bernardo

Stephens
Molumby
Pröpper / Sanders

Jahanbakhsh
Gyökeres
Mac Allister

 

[BeHereNow]

Its not that long ago we were at Wembley for the FA Cup semi and Old Trafford for the League Cup quarters,

Our one and only time in a League Cup quarter final was in the 1978/79 season. We’ve only got to the 4th round twice since 1980. Think you mean the FA Cup quarter final at Old Trafford.

We should put out a team good enough to beat Portsmouth tomorrow. Should get some good minutes into the fringe players and then can do the same with Preston away. We can do well this year.

The U23s have a game against Arsenal U23s on Friday, so don’t think we’ll use many of them.

 

[Don Tmatter]

Forgot about Jenson Weir, he might get place on bench

 

[chaileyjem]

Potter in his press conference just then pretty much confirmed the line up for Pompey was going to be the rest of the first team squad -to give them game time.
So expect only a couple of u23s . (Roberts, Sanders, Cochrane etc )