[Albion] Carabao Cup Fourth Round 31/10 - 1/11/23

[Bozza]

Feels a bit like Bullseye's "look what you could have won"...

19:45 kick-off unless stated otherwise.

TUESDAY 31ST OCTOBER​

Exeter City v Middlesbrough
Mansfield Town v Port Vale

WEDNESDAY 1ST NOVEMBER​

West Ham United v Arsenal (19:30) - Sky Sports
AFC Bournemouth v Liverpool
Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers
Everton v Burnley
Ipswich Town v Fulham
Manchester United v Newcastle United (20:15) - Sky Sports

 

[WATFORD zero]

A speedboat in a landlocked town ?

 

[BluesRockDJ]

With due respect, don't get the point of your post, also, would it be nailed on we would have got Blackburn ?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Meh

 

[Sirnormangall]

Poor old Middlesbrough: Exeter away in the cup tonight; Plymouth away in the league on Saturday

 

[kojak]

Will be watching Exeter Middlesbrough tonight
And hopefully Mansfield will go through

 

[Nottseagull]

... hopefully Mansfield will go through

Me too, but why so?

Albion's sorry all-time League Cup best will be highlighted by the fact that a win for Port Vale at a misty Field Mill will match it. If the Stags go through, then they will actually better it

 

[kojak]

Me too, but why so?

Albion's sorry all-time League Cup best will be highlighted by the fact that a win for Port Vale at a misty Field Mill will match it. If the Stags go through, then they will actually better it

Had some great battles with Mansfield and Wrexham back in the 70s
Mansfield still unbeaten in the league
I've always said the league Cup is harder to win than the fa Cup
The two legged semi takes away the one off result

 

[Nottseagull]

Mansfield still unbeaten in the league
I've always said the league Cup is harder to win than the fa Cup
The two legged semi takes away the one off result

Not sure I can entirely agree with you on either point. Radio Nottingham stated Stags were unbeaten in all competitions (19 matches), but were outclassed tonight by a team which looks like they could be playing Championship football next season. Even after the competition became established it was won by 3rd Division QPR and Swindon and more recently, a fourth tier club has reached the final. Nowadays the abolition of replays makes it easier for the lower teams because the FA Cup retains them up to the 4th Round.

 

[kojak]

Poor old Middlesbrough: Exeter away in the cup tonight; Plymouth away in the league on Saturday

Had a good turn out too
Very enjoyable watch
Silvera for Boro looks a good player

 

[Bozza]

With due respect, don't get the point of your post, also, would it be nailed on we would have got Blackburn ?

I'm not sure I meant a great deal other than I thought we were the better team against Chelsea and coulda woulda shoulda won, and with perennial winners Manchester City already knocked out, this could have been a year for us to have a good run in a competition we have historically been very poor at.

 

[Official Old Man]

I wonder how many Boro fans have made a long weekend trip to the West Country.
I'd love to have a word with just one of the idiots from 2016 who jeered when they went up.
5 days in Devon with storm Ciarán coming in, or 3 days in Marseille?

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I would always say, let's go and try to win every trophy we can.

But given the number of injuries we've picked up in the first quarter of the season, i'm not too sorry we're out of the competition and we have a mid week off.

 

[1066familyman]

Poor old Middlesbrough: Exeter away in the cup tonight; Plymouth away in the league on Saturday

Apparently they took 1,300 down to Exeter. Very impressive for a wet Tuesday night cup tie 300 miles from home.
Likely a fair few are are staying over and tying it in for the Plymouth game.

 

[BNthree]

Very impressive goal by Ben White tonight. Just a pity it was in the wrong goal.

 

[Weststander]

Lego-man Arteta played a strong 11, this is a surprise so far, whilst West Ham had dipped.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Ten Fags won't be happy with this

 

[Weststander]

Ten Fags won't be happy with this

Still have the second half for the ref and Goofy Fernandes to dig them out.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Still have the second half for the ref and Goofy Fernandes to dig them out.

Some lovely BOOOOs there, what a farce of a club.

 

[Weststander]

Some lovely BOOOOs there, what a farce of a club.

Their gross transfer spending under the Glazer’s matches ManC’s, net spend far greater as they end up having to flog expensive lemons for losses. A rudderless ship giving managers too much control over transfers.