[Football] Villa Fringe vs Liverpool Youth

[Easy 10]

Aston Villa: Nyland; Elmohamady, Chester, Konsa, Taylor; Lansbury, Douglas Luiz; Jota, Hourihane, Trezeguet; Kodjia. (10 changes from the weekend)

Liverpool: Kelleher; Hoever, Van den Berg, Boyes, Gallacher; Kane, Chirivella, Christie-Davies; Elliott, Longstaff, Hill. (youngest team in their history, 6 debuts)

In a League Cup Quarter-Final, both managers have totally Pottered their selections. Just one of those things, unfortunate timing what with the Club World Cup ? Or a stark indicator of the increasing malaise of a competition that seems more and more irrelevant for teams up and down the divisions, not just the PL ?

When I saw our lineup for the Villa diddle I was quite pleased I gave it a swerve, and I have to say I don't think I'd overly miss the Carabao Cup if it disappeared entirely from the schedule. Its getting to be like the Full Members Cup (Checkatrade ?) where its only really interesting if you make the semi and/or Final. Sad, as we've had some great nights down the years in this competition, but nowadays I can't muster much enthusiasm.

Maybe its time to bin it off.

 

[Skaville]

I was listening to this on 5live earlier chuckling to myself about all the fans who wet the bed over the Villa game.

 

[saafend_seagull]

We used 9 17-19 year olds against villa too.


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[Is it PotG?]

Liverpool must be the highest shirt number total in history.

Their fans seem to be considerable in numbers and volume, a case of supporting the club/team not individuals.

Still, money talks and the big boys are in Qatar.

 

[blue-shifted]

I was listening to this on 5live earlier chuckling to myself about all the fans who wet the bed over the Villa game.

Had we put a full strength team out, though there's a better chance than not we'd have made the semi's

 

[Weststander]

Countless top and second flight match experience in this team, with Diver II and McGinn on the bench.

The luck of Villa on this cup run, facing two youth teams.

 

[Skaville]

Had we put a full strength team out, though there's a better chance than not we'd have made the semi's

How do you work that out? We would have needed to beat Villa, Wolves and Liverpool to get there. Besides, has any Premier League club put a full strength team out in the Carabao Cup?

 

[blue-shifted]

How do you work that out? We would have needed to beat Villa, Wolves and Liverpool to get there. Besides, has any Premier League club put a full strength team out in the Carabao Cup?

Worked it out on the basis that ....

1)We're better than Villa. They were very lucky to beat us with 10 men at theirs. We'll take them at home
2)Villa beat Wolves so can't have been their strongest team
3)We're better than this Liverpool team, who I watched in Lancing 3 weeks back and are better than our youth team, but not our senior team

 

[Weststander]

Went for a bet with a £50 profit if Villa go through.

Just like the Potter youth team versus Villa match, this could be another printing money exercise.

 

[Beach Hut]

2-0 Villa

 

[Skaville]

Worked it out on the basis that ....

1)We're better than Villa. They were very lucky to beat us with 10 men at theirs. We'll take them at home
2)Villa beat Wolves so can't have been their strongest team
3)We're better than this Liverpool team, who I watched in Lancing 3 weeks back and are better than our youth team, but not our senior team

Laughable logic. No one plays their strongest side - not Villa, Wolves, Liverpool...

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

Quite happy to go along to any first team home cup tie. I watch our U23's on club streams and it's good to see those chosen in the flesh. I probably wouldn't be as keen if I didn't watch the U23 streams so good on the clubs for showing them.

 

[Stat Brother]

If it's any consolation the Villa knobends are currently crying in their beer about choosing Wesley over Maupay.

 

[Eeyore]

4-0. Many decades ago I wasn't overly enthusiastic about this cup. Maybe time to go. It's served its time.

 

[Doonhamer7]

Well it’s 4-0 now, Liverpool children playing very nice technical football (better than villa) but very naive in some positioning and passing, and easily muscled off ball

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Is there even any point in the Little-Known-Energy-Drink Cup?

It's always been the poor relation to the FA Cup, and now with so much emphasis on the PL and CL the top teams put out their chimps for a kickabout just to tick a box...

Fine for the lower league clubs getting some gate money, so why not make it that the lower league clubs compete - and the winner gets an automatic place in the last 4 or 8 of the FA Cup?

 

[trueblue]

Play all ties at the home ground of the smaller team I reckon. And bin the ridiculous two leg semi-finals. It could still be a pretty enjoyable competition - good chance for Premier League clubs to give fringe players and youngsters a proper match.

 

[studio150]

Play all ties at the home ground of the smaller team I reckon. And bin the ridiculous two leg semi-finals. It could still be a pretty enjoyable competition - good chance for Premier League clubs to give fringe players and youngsters a proper match.

Merge the competition with the Leasing.Com Trophy. All PL and Champonship teams enter U23 sides, but each round they progress they can add one more overage player if they want to.

 

[el punal]

Worked it out on the basis that ....

1)We're better than Villa. They were very lucky to beat us with 10 men at theirs. We'll take them at home
2)Villa beat Wolves so can't have been their strongest team
3)We're better than this Liverpool team, who I watched in Lancing 3 weeks back and are better than our youth team, but not our senior team

A lot of iffy ifs in all of that.

 

[Sheebo]

It one person has mentioned WHY Liverpool have HAD to play a team like that though...?!