Re: Carling Cup Thread

[IOV]

Owen Coyle's comments baffle me. "This shows the quality of the Championship." Right... so Championship first teams can beat Premiership reserve teams. Was there anyone who didn't know that already?

Its not as if it was any Premiership reserve team though, its the reserve team the whole of Britain was verbally masturbating over for the past few weeks

Its a big deal for them most of the Arsenal lads will be superstars in the next few years while the Bunley guys will be lucky to be household names in their respective home towns so please dont be so snottery

[Garibaldi]

For the record - that highly probable Spurs v Man Utd final. Of all english football's traditional dream finals there's really only that and the North London derby as a final IIRC that have never happened...

Liverpool v Arsenal
Liverpool v Everton
Man Utd v Liverpool
Arsenal v Man Utd
Tottenham v Liverpool

[MarkFromGoldenplec]

Nah Schmeichs got sent off vs Charlton

In the FA cup 1/4 final with Charlton bringing 6k or so to Manchester!

Things can only get better.

We still won

But that cost us the treble so I guess you won in a way too

[ShowStealer]

After that game we went on a massive slump and lost our playoff place. The tie before that was interesting, Bristol City away, what sort of idiot leaves a full skip outside a football ground....

Garibaldi, Spurs V Man Utd is not a traditional dream final, time to enter the 21st century me thinks.

[Garibaldi]

Garibaldi, Spurs V Man Utd is not a traditional dream final, time to enter the 21st century me thinks.

Ok, contradiction time...not traditional because it's not modern enough...

The traditional "big 5" in english football is Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Tottenham and Everton prior to the "money rules" era starting in the early 90s. Whilst the frst 3 were strong enough to get in early on the champions Cup/Champions league money when it went sky high, we and everton dropped away, but prior to that, Tottenham were seen, alongside Man Utd, as the big cup team in england (couldn't win a leaue title for toffee, mind you...). It was considered a major achievement that, in those halcyon days when the same 3-4 teams weren't constantly divvying up the trophies:

- Untiil Liverpool in 1982 they'd never lost a cup final of any kind
- they'd won 7 FA cups out of 7 prior to 1987
- they became 1st club to 2 League cups and, later, 8 FA cup wins.
- they had a European record and reputation that (barring the hooligan reputation in the 70s) is still hioghly regarded to this day (until last year, only one home defeat to euro competition, trophies in 60s, 70's and 80's)

Man Utd v Tottenham was, traditionally, one of the biggest cup ties you could get. As yet, they've never met in a final of any kind. Looking good for this year


And BOY did we make hard work of that!

[Mezzy]

Our 4th goal tonight was quite brilliant.

[ShowStealer]

Sorry Garibaldi there should of been a full stop there. It's not traditionally a big cup tie. Spurs may have made a few semis and scored the winner in the only FA cup final they lost but they've only been a cup side in the 60s and 80s.

It's time to enter the 21st century.

Blackburn V Burnley would have been the dream final.

[PeteRoe]

None of them will be a dream final.

It is the League Cup lads!

[Garibaldi]

It's not traditionally a big cup tie.

I think I'll stop taking you seriously right there.

[Garibaldi]

The semis:

Spurs v Burnley

Derby v Man Utd

1st team are home in the first leg.

[ShowStealer]

So far so good.

[Garibaldi]

So far they deserve it. Great save by Jensen too.

GDS back on the bench kinda cancels out certain other subs. Could do with JD tonight too.

[Garibaldi]

Normal service has been resumed!

Pav's finish was class there, and another 5-1 is on the cards.

Even more now...that's number 4! How can O'Hara make this much difference???

[ShowStealer]

Normal service has been resumed!