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Barely a game into the EFL season and the EFL cup is with us already, although it's fairly safe to say that none of the teams playing in the first round are going to go and win the thing. Liverpool are the current holders halting a run of four straight titles for Pep Guardiola's Manchester City side, truly his greatest achievement as a club manager. As is traditional this years competition features all 92 members of the Premier League and Football League, with the first round featuring all the sides from League One & Two along with all of the Championship except Burnley and Watford who were the least poo poo of the lot last year. The first round is broken into two halves based on the geographic location of the teams, so now you don't need to feel guilty at calling Derby County dirty northern bastards and Cardiff City fans a bunch of southern softies. Ties are being played over 4 game days - with a solitary tie tonight and the rest being played next week. Presumably it's open day at Cambridge University next week. Only two ties are on Sky Sports, Bradford v Hull and a repeat of last years League One playoff semi-final, Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland, but other countries might be lucky enough to have Blackpool v Barrow on air Southern Section 2 August Cambridge United v Millwall 9 August AFC Wimbledon v Gillingham Cardiff City v Portsmouth Charlton Athletic v Queens Park Rangers Cheltenham Town v Exeter City Crawley Town v Bristol Rovers Forest Green Rovers v Leyton Orient Ipswich Town v Colchester United Luton Town v Newport County Milton Keynes Dons v Sutton United Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers Norwich City v Birmingham City Oxford United v Swansea City Reading v Stevenage Walsall v Swindon Town 10 August Coventry City v Bristol City Plymouth Argyle v Peterborough United Northern Section 9 August Accrington Stanley v Tranmere Rovers Blackpool v Barrow Bolton Wanderers v Salford City Bradford City v Hull City (Live on Sky Sports Football) Doncaster Rovers v Lincoln City Fleetwood Town v Wigan Athletic Grimsby Town v Crewe Alexandra Harrogate Town v Stockport County Huddersfield Town v Preston North End Mansfield Town v Derby County Morecambe v Stoke City Rochdale v Burton Albion Shrewsbury Town v Carlisle United 10 August Blackburn Rovers v Hartlepool United Middlesbrough v Barnsley Port Vale v Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland (Live on Sky Sports Football) West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield United JingleBells fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Aug 2, 2022 |
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We all love the fizzy drink cup. Looking forward to charlie cresswell continuing his push to break Steve Bruce's record for defender goals 5 years of sponsorship and I have still not bought a refreshing can of carabao
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Aug 2, 2022 19:30
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Round 2 has snuck up on us already! Teams you might actually have seen on the TV are playing today too: Tuesday Sheffield Wednesday v Rochdale Shrewsbury Town v Burnley Barrow v Lincoln City Bolton Wanderers v Aston Villa (Live on Sky Sports) Bradford City v Blackburn Rovers Derby County v West Bromwich Albion Fleetwood Town v Everton Grimsby Town v Nottingham Forest Rotherham United v Morecambe Stockport County v Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers v Preston North End Walsall v Charlton Athletic Cambridge United v Southampton Colchester United v Brentford Crawley Town v Fulham Gillingham v Exeter City Newport County v Portsmouth Norwich City v AFC Bournemouth Oxford United v Crystal Palace Stevenage v Peterborough United Watford v Milton Keynes Dons Wednesday Leeds United v Barnsley Tranmere Rovers v Newcastle United (Live on Sky Sports) Forest Green Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion Wycombe Wanderers v Bristol City
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Aug 23, 2022 19:12
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loving hate playing Barnsley, every trip to Elland Road is their cup final. Strong rumblings that Gerrard could be in hot water if Villa poo poo the bed against Bolton tonight
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Aug 23, 2022 19:23
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the sex ghost posted:loving hate playing Barnsley, every trip to Elland Road is their cup final. Strong rumblings that Gerrard could be in hot water if Villa poo poo the bed against Bolton tonight Bolton 
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Aug 23, 2022 20:09
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Absolute scenes on the Wirral Meanwhile Leeds currently having a lovely time against the dingles
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Aug 24, 2022 20:14
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If Everton got beat 4-1 by Bournemouth last night and nobody noticed did they even lose?
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Nov 9, 2022 08:43
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Arsenal-Brighton game isn’t broadcasted anywhere in the world. What’s this mickey mouse poo poo and how the heck is broadcasting money being left on the table for this.
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Vegetable posted:Arsenal-Brighton game isn’t broadcasted anywhere in the world. What’s this mickey mouse poo poo and how the heck is broadcasting money being left on the table for this. I'm listening to the audio commentary of Leeds-Wolves because we live in the 1940s apparently and it sounds like a truly dreadful experience for all involved
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Nov 9, 2022 22:08
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Truly the worst wall I've ever seen from Chelsea allowing Mahrez to score a free kick through the gap between two defenders' heads
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Nov 9, 2022 22:18
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All done for another year. Stupid tournament, daft little trophy, thread gassed, ban queued
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Nov 9, 2022 22:38
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Rottenham Shitspurts
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Farcenal
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Nov 9, 2022 22:42
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Liverpool squeak by mighty Derby
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Nov 9, 2022 23:05
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2 easy. That last Kelleher save was marvellous.
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Nov 9, 2022 23:05
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kalvin phillips... lives???
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Nov 9, 2022 23:08
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I enjoyed Firminho's Yaya penalty
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what the gently caress is happening lmao
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Nov 10, 2022 22:10
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sick
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Nov 10, 2022 22:22
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send ashley young to the world cup
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it's also sick that apparently ESPN+ is the only source for live video of the Energy Drink Cup
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Nov 10, 2022 22:26
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jesus lmao
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Football, bloody hell
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Nov 10, 2022 22:28
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Two bad teams, this
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Nov 10, 2022 22:30
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two bad teams in the best way
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Nov 10, 2022 22:32
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lol Garnacho literally forcing Young off the pitch
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Nov 10, 2022 22:36
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holy poo poo lmao
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Nov 10, 2022 22:39
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lol, what a game
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Nov 10, 2022 22:42
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What a ball from Garnacho
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holy shitballs what a sublime pass
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Shrapnig posted:What a ball from Garnacho TheRat posted:holy shitballs what a sublime pass Garnacho's fuckin arrived lads
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https://dubz.co/v/xsm3g9 look at that beauty
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Not to overreact or anything but Garnacho is basically Messi
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A garnacho or a scholes
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lmao of course, city/liverpool in the round of 16
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TheRat posted:https://dubz.co/v/xsm3g9 look at that beauty 
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The League Cup is BACK BABY with five All matches kickoff at 19:45 (2:45pm EST) and they're all "televised" in the US on ESPN+  Edit: The big upset watch is probably Gillingham, currently playing in League 2, beating Wolves who have been utterly terrible in the Prem all season. Shrapnig fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Dec 20, 2022 |
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Which game is likely to be most fun and competitive? Or just a good game to watch as my first ever English football match to watch?
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blue squares posted:Which game is likely to be most fun and competitive? Or just a good game to watch as my first ever English football match to watch? Newcastle v Bournemouth is your narrative game - Newcastle's manager Eddie Howe left Bournemouth to take the offer of a big budget and iirc it's his first game back since he left so should be something like an atmosphere if any Bournemouth fans bothered travelling 300 odd miles on a schoolnight. Also Newcastle are a decent watch at the moment As above Gillingham might beat wolves which would be a sizable upset. City-Liverpool on thurs will be masterclass of 'definitely playing just enough senior players in this mickey mouse trophy to not get fined'
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the sex ghost posted:City-Liverpool on thurs will be masterclass of 'definitely playing just enough senior players in this mickey mouse trophy to not get fined' This is also something to note for those posters who aren't familiar with the League Cup/EFL Cup/Carabao Cup (for sponsorship purposes). This competition is the third most important English competition, or the fourth most important competition if your team is in Europe. League(whatever league you're in), FA Cup, and the League Cup/Carabao Cup/EFL Cup. Because of its relative lack of importance relative to the League and FA Cup, bigger teams routinely field weakened sides in the cup. Most of your usual starting XI won't play, and in some cases won't even make the bench for the earlier stages of the competition.
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