The Capital One Cup 2012/13 Thread

[Baddar]

Darren Fletcher will start for the first time in over a year tonight - there's a chance Rooney could be in the squad too.

[Colly]

Just seen Cattermoles sending off, nasty stuff and Martin O'Neill doesn't sound happy about it at all. Only two behind the record number of Premier League red cards.

[Cymbols]

Villa fans doing the Poznan last night at the Etihad. Love it.

[Starvinho]

Early talk from OT is that Rooney is set to start. Nothing confirmed as of yet though.

[Cheeky Hughes]

For the amount of talk about how stupid it is, the Poznan is pretty contagious. I smile a little when opposition fans taunt us with it.

[Hobo]

Looking like a squad similar to that which beat Young Boys will be playing tonight, minus Shelvey obviously.

[Starvinho]

United team vs Newcastle: De Gea, Vermijl, M Keane, Wootton, Buttner, Fletcher, Cleverley, Anderson, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez

Inexperienced back-four but a lot of quality elsewhere. Fletcher captains the side in his first start for 10 months.

Edited September 26, 2012 by Starvinho

[Baddar]

Hmmm.

Any experienced defenders on the bench?

[Starvinho]

Still waiting for the subs.

Edit: Actually, here they are;

Subs: Johnstone, Evans, Powell, Tunnicliffe, King, Lingard, Brady

Edited September 26, 2012 by Starvinho

[Baddar]

Not a lot to bring on if things aren't going to well, although I'd expect Powell to get half an hour or so - he was supposed to be starting!

[Colly]

We're gonna get raped, we're playing the likes of Tavernier who didn't even make our European squad. If Tiote plays like 10/11 season Tiote we'll have a marginally better chance, if he plays like he has since then its the worst front six I've seen in years. Shit.

[Baddar]

We're gonna get raped, we're playing the likes of Tavernier who didn't even make our European squad. If Tiote plays like 10/11 season Tiote we'll have a marginally better chance, if he plays like he has since then its the worst front six I've seen in years. Shit.

What's your XI?

[Starvinho]

I'd like to see Tunnicliffe get some minutes too, he's a really promising CM and has started the season really well for the reserves.

[Colly]

Elliot, Perch, Williamson, Coloccini (back from injury), Tavernier, Obertan, Tiote, Gosling, Marveaux, Vuckic, Shola.

Your young defense will be fine, not seen our bench yet but I don't think it'll matter.

[IAceI]

Vertonghen at Brunton Park. Who'd have thought it..

[Adam]

None of you care but the teams for our trip to Norwich:

Norwich: Bunn, Holt, Fox, E.Bennett, Butterfield, Ward, Tierney, R. Bennett, Martin, Tettey, Kane.

SUBS: Rudd, Turner, Jackson, Hoolahan, Morison, Barnett, Murphy.

Doncaster: G. Woods, Quinn, McCombe, Martis, Spurr, Cotterill, Harper, M. Woods, Husband, Blake, Hume.

SUBS: Maxted, Jones, Syers, Brown, K. Bennett, Middleton, Keegan.

So, Kyle Bennett sits on the bench whilst his brother Elliott starts for the opposition. Lots of Norwich fringe players getting a chance tonight including Elliott Ward, a former Rover. We rest our captain as he's on a suspension with one more yellow card, main striker and winger also benched.

[Summers]

What games are on tv & what channels?

[Hobo]

Liverpool XI:

Jones, Robinson, Coates, Carragher, Wisdom, Henderson, Sahin, Downing, Pacheco, Assaidi, Yesil.

Subs: Gulacsi, Sama, Suso, Sterling, Wilson, Coady, Sinclair.

Happy to see Robinson, Wisdom and Yesil all get starts, and to see more of Sahin and Assaidi.

Would love to see Sinclair get on too.

[Lineker]

Spurs: Cudicini, Adam, Caulker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Townsend, Sigurdsson, Huddlestone, Mason, Falque and Dempsey

Subs: Gomes, Lennon, Defoe, Walker, Sandro, Obika and Carroll.

[Baddar]

What games are on tv & what channels?

Only Utd-Newcastle I think, SS2.