Tottenham won't ever put 4 past Arsenal: A rolling Carling Cup thread

lol 5 now

now that is how jenas can play every week.

well done that lad.

I think it might be time to seriously consider whether Harry Redknapp is actually God.

I think its more that Diego Cavalieri is the devil.

Nerys Hughes, Joey Boswell etc etc

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Benitez is the antiwenger.

Sky kindly pointing out that Liverpool came back from a similar situation in 2005.

Yes but that Liverpool had Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso, this one has Damien Plessis and Diego Cavalieri.

2044: "Game over for Liverpool? 3-0 down at half-time - AC Milan thought that once, remember."
Carl, via text on 81111

Well done Carl.

I spoke to soon, it's Istanbul all over again.

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who gives a shit, it's the league cup

Fuck, more like Constantinople.

he'll be dancing on the streets of the Scott Estate tonight.

2051: "For 35 years I have followed this club and that is the worst performance I have ever seen. I just want to cry into my cup of tea and go home."
Scoopex the sad Red, White Hart Lane, via text on 81111

THIS IS THE WORST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR SPORT

Ha way to defend the deficit

WALTZ IT UP, JIMLAD

now that we know gomes will be ok, thank fuck he got stretchered off at 4-2

At least lol chelsea

bloody hell, will Chelsea ever win on pens?

a) Ade Akinbiyi scored
b) How the fuck did Chelsea get 41,000 in for a midweek League Cup match?

Unless it was "kids for a quid" night or summat.

lol chelsea, lol liverpool and lol rangers (latter not related to this thread, but related to lolworthiness of this evening). i luv football again.

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You exhibitionist.

haha :-)

Best sport in the world.

it's a pity 'philip deggen' doesn't have quite the same rhythmic resonance here, then flack might fly where deserved. anyway, congrats spurs, you deserve your place in the sunshine.

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Someone on the radio pointed out that
07-08 Chelsea go out of the FA Cup to Championship side Barnsley, with Nigerian international Kayode Odejayi scoring
08-09 Chelsea go out of the Carling Cup to Championship side Burnsley, with Nigerian international Ade Akinbiyi scoring

Odejayi is Akinbiyi's cousin.

(I bet I've fucked up that code somewhere)

you couldn't make it look anything other than beautiful, and to hell with the code.

LFC were incisive and zippy at times last night, and their support was impressive at times. But their defending was keystone kops stuff, defender crashing into keeper, strikers unmarked in the box, etc ... and I say that as one who has witnessed half a lifetime of such defending at WHL, and Gomes playing in goal like a civil servant or a shop assistant.

LFC really weren't that bad, and they chose to play mostly 2nd-stringers (plus Euro 2008's top scorer, + Alonso sub!), but I still think putting four past them is a rare achievement - when did anyone last do it?

Our men of the match: Dawson, Huddlestone, Campbell - who actually seems to want to *partner* Pavluychenko.

I mean, the strikers seemed to play together, which nobody has done with Bent.

when did anyone last do it?

didn't Metz or someone beat them 5-0 in a pre-season friendly? doesn't really count

otherwise, Arsenal's 6-2 in the Carling Cup in early 2006 i think

Pinefox are you still hating on Bent then, and what would he have to do to change your mind? To be fair, no one has tried to play Bent with a second striker really - he and Pavlyuchenko have combined okay on a couple of occasions when one or the other came on as a sub but mostly it's been one upfront all the way.

I'd like to see Campbell upfront with Bent in the next game, they could combine well because Campbell seems a pretty incisive young player. But nothing that disturbs giving Luca Modric a free role behind the front line.

(This was mostly a second-string Spurs side as well, albeit a more experienced one. Maybe LFC were playing third-stringers)

LFC humiliation by a spurs second string team is a better humiliation than Arsenal's plucky kids staging unbelievable upset against premier league giant Wigan.

really wish there were more Chelsea fans on here

Yeah, Liverpool side last night seemed weaker than the team thumped 6-3 at Anfield by Arsenal in 2006 (a few days after LFC first-XI had also lost 3-1 at home to Arsenal in the FA Cup). But still, I'm not going to split hairs. (Liverpool also beaten 4-1 at home by Chelsea within recent memory; beyond that I'll need to get my scrapbook of Liverpool Echo clippings out for other Kopite reverses of note).

I'll have to respectfully disagree with Pinefox on a few points-

LFC were incisive and zippy at times last night, and their support was impressive at times.

Short of allowing 'once or twice over 98 mins' as 'at times', I didn't think Liverpool offered anything at all.

defender crashing into keeper happened after Campbell had already beaten both with his first touch, i think.

LFC really weren't that bad- They really were!

Our men of the match: Dawson, Huddlestone, Campbell - who actually seems to want to *partner* Pavluychenko.

Dunno about Dawson- he had a good game, but was it really more worthy of note than Corluka, who wasn't badly at fault for one of the goals?

I think it would be shorter to note the players that didn't have excellent games- Hutton (again), Bale (although good going forward, was terrible at back), Gomes (of course).

Even Zokora did his job last night, FFS!

I completely forgot that this abject humiliation was due to take place until I saw the back page of the Metro this morning, but I would take it over defeat to Spurs in the final every fucking time.

However, if you want to throw wet sponges of shame at me for the next hour or so, my torso is bare and prepared.

what's the draw?

Carling Cup quarter-finals draw:
Stoke City v Derby County
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
Burnley v Arsenal
Watford v Tottenham Hotspur

Bo-ring. Except for maybe the plucky Burnley defeat of Arsenal's superhuman children.

Derby v Burnley semi final might be nice

lol future.

Sunderland's whole shtick iirc

For a guy who's supposed to be 5'11" Doyle doesn't really look like a Big Man tho

Also Seb kinda plays the Big Man role too except he's 4'6"

doyle play big man to a t.

prediction: something something something man utd something something right backs. something ashley young something something diving scum something. something something lazy bastid something something berbatov something. raping something johnny evens something something something something alan pardew.

the way Alan Green went on (and on) in his R5 pre-match report, Sir Alex Ferguson is going with the youth team rather than resting Rooney and Van Der Sar

HOW DARE HE PLAY JI-SUNG PARK DOESN'T HE KNOW THAT CUP FINALS ARE SACRED

the youth team of vidic, brown, berbatov, park etc.? wenger would be proud :)

sorry no brown but owen starts. dude has eternally been 18 years old

ws national anthem lady*

*helps that i have it on mute i guess

is collins english? he should be in the squad if so.

looooooooooool

Good work Vidic.

Hahahaha

phil dowd knows how to pull a face

also ha

Vidic raked by speedy breakaway shock

MPx4A iPhone liveblog plz

So Vidic should be off, according to the telly

didsid vidic not even get booked?

"gyaah, maybe Phil Dowd really is within his rights to deem Vidic's attempt to ethnically cleanse Gabby Agbonlahor worthy of a talking-to"

Lawro "he's just on" - aye, by about a yard at least.

Hope the Man U keeper's dance becomes a trend.

^^^^hope this was a real quote

bah xpost to lj

That was my iPhone autocorrect that came up with 'sid vidic' btw - I'm having it from now on

cant believe i missed out 'something something milner something something hard working' and 'lol mickey owens' from my prediction

I'm just a keen scholar of posting-styles aren't I

Sid Vidic is amazing

lol now he gets his card out

i think phil dowd is my favourite of the lol refs

lol mickey owens

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you can't be as cumbersome as Richard Dunne without being contractually obliged to have at least one terrible nightmare moment per cup-run

Phil Dowd wearing a red shirt underneath his black one?

The black one is actually Man Utd's new fourth away change kit.

I hate to ask, but does anyone have a good stream?

You not in the UK? Recommend il3m1.com (de-googleproof)

Thanks! (no, I'm not in the UK)

pitch already looking a bit natty? don't really understand wembley tbh

what happened to owen?*

*dont have sound on.

Hamstring, innit.

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hahaha

Why don't you have sound on, are you in a library? Andy gray is really annoying me today, right enough

watch it on bbc then?

dont have the sound on just because i cant find my control to turn it up tbh

"Vidic has got his caution, 62 minutes after he should have."

Red Nev not coming on because he needed a piss was a bit o_O.

Villa :(

someone's gonna have to sweep up broken crockery tonight :(

Got Rooney @7/1 for next goal while he was on the bench, only bright spot in a terrible day.

Tottenham won't ever put 4 past Arsenal until September 21, 2010

A-HEM

5 years from now they'll all be playing for Watford anyway- The rolling Carling Cup Thread 2010/11

Heh. I ctrl-f'ed for 'carling' as well.