I’ve said it for a few years and I know most don’t agree but I still think the league cup should be scrapped. Last night’s events and the format of the draw re-iterate that it’s a pretty pointless competition these days.
I’m not sure whether we should stick an extra midfielder in as this is potentially the second hardest match of the season.
I’d go:
Verbruggen
Veltman
Dunk
Van Hecke
Kadioglu
Baleba
Wieffer
Milner or Gilmour
Mitoma
Pedro or Welbeck
Minteh
I didn’t think we played well but still thrashed them which shows the gap in quality. The O’Riley injury has put a real dampener on the evening though.
I haven’t seem a team employ thuggery tactics like that in a long time. I actually didn’t mind Crawley until tonight. Now I will enjoy their descent down the leagues and look forward to the day they inevitably liquidate.
Has he ever played 90 minutes for Arsenal? If he stayed, he’d have a similar role here as he had already lost his place to Mitoma before he threw his toys out the pram.
Based on clues on who is available, I’d go something like:
Verbruggen
Lamptey
Webster
Igor
Estupinan
Ayari
Baleba
Adingra
Enciso
Cozier-Duberry
O’Mahoney