The Capital One Cup 2012/13 Thread

[stokeriño]

I would take Chelsea's "kids" over United's "kids".

What will actually happen is that Chelsea will put out their "kids" and United will put out their First-Team-Minus-A-Couple and we'll lose 2-1 or 3-1. Such is the game of chicken and/or double-bluff that is League Cup selection between top teams.

[Colly]

You can't get a capital one. It's just an exclamation mark. :/

Genuinely the greatest post I have ever seen.

[IAceI]

Boro, in a cup, again. Boring. Hopefully we get the job done quickly this time since we relied on an FA Cup replay last year.

[Lineker]

Sunderland v Middlesbrough


Swindon v Aston Villa


Wigan v Bradford


Leeds v Southampton


Norwich v Tottenham


Liverpool v Swansea


Chelsea v Manchester United


Reading v Arsenal[/code]

[stokeriño]

Incidentally, the Chelsea versus Manchester United League Cup tie will be played two or three days after the Chelsea versus Manchester United Premier League tie.

[Colly]

Boro, in a cup, again. Boring. Hopefully we get the job done quickly this time since we relied on an FA Cup replay last year.

Weirdly the two Boro fans I just watched our match with said 'Sunderland, in a cup, again. Boring'.

[IAceI]

It was probably only slightly more interesting for us since we actually won.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Leeds have the best chance for a shock there. Villa might screw up away at Swindon...I can definitely see the possibility of Swindon taking it to extra time.

[IAceI]

I'm not massively confident against Boro, always feel unsure when the football can be transcended by the rivalry at times. Although the chain sort of goes: Boro hate us, we don't care about us because Newcastle are our rivals, but Newcastle don't care about us because Barcelona are their rivals etc.)

An aside, you still in Japan - Hammo?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I am still in Japan but move back to live in the UK in December from about the 15th.

So no world club championships for me BUT get the EWB meetup wagon back on the roads.

[IAceI]

You were teaching - weren't you? Hard to get by without knowing the language? Wouldn't mind spending some time in Japan myself, something I'm seriously considering for sometime in the future.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

In the big cities - Tokyo/Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya (where I am), you don't need much language. People can get by with pretty much none - myself included, though I do try to speak Japanese at bars and of course sometimes you have to deal with weird bills all in Japanese, or have to sort something out at the bank or doctors or whatever.

Generally if you work teaching English for a private company, your whole life is in English...I'm not allowed to speak Japanese in class at all. If you work in the schools then Japanese helps more.

English wife = English at home. Being foreign = Japanese people/friends want to speak English to you.

If you live in a smaller town or village, you tend to pick up the language much more, mostly due to needing to. Here, all the transport signs are in English and life is fine once you learn a few important Kanji and the two alphabets.

[IAceI]

So is it similar to TEFL that you do?

I'm moving to Australia in November on a year long working holiday visa without any real permanent plans so I'm keeping my options open, keeping TEFL in my mind possibly in Japan, China or South Korea as something I might like to do one day.

I'm done after that last question, we can get back to the Capital One Cup.

[Noah]

Great, another Ace in the country!

[EddieG]

Outside of the 2 Cisses who scored for Newcastle and QPR, Feyenoord's 2nd goal was scored by Sekou Cisse.

[METALMAN]

TWO ALPHABETS?!

[Plubby]

Is there not like..three of them? Hiragana, Katakana and...I'm sure there's a third. Kanji?

EDIT: Wikipedia says yes! My Japanese teachings have not entirely abandoned me!

[stokeriño]

Kanji's not really an alphabet though. It would be better to think of it "crap that's just designed to make your life difficult".

[Rafael]

Didn't expect the team to win, but at least they put up a fight, and I really liked Tavernier. I think he should get some playtime in the Premier League. Unfortunately, Newcastle's starting right-back is simply the best in the world.

[Colly]

Don't be dissing Perchybomb.