Ghost of Clough Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Unbeaten in 4, we now face West Brom in the Second Round of the League Cup. A chance to build some chemistry with our best 11, or get some extra minutes into some legs? We've lost just 6 out of the last 28 games against West Brom, with our last home defeat in August 2003. My predicted lineup: Wildsmith Stearman Cashin Knight Bird Hourihane Roberts Mendez-Laing Barkhuizen Dobbin Collins Subs: Loach, Rooney, Forsyth, Tommo, Smith, Sibley, McGoldrick jono and IslandExile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Give fringe players a game and get out of the cup, going to be a long season and I’d rather give the EFL trophy a proper go. europia, REDCAR, therealhantsram and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthram Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Ramslad1992 said: Give fringe players a game and get out of the cup, going to be a long season and I’d rather give the EFL trophy a proper go. Agree, we ain't goner win this cup. Put in the fringe players, giving them more game time and experience. Hate to see any injuries coming in a cup competition that does not make any money for the club until the later stages in which we have no chance of making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Brolly Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 23 minutes ago, Ramslad1992 said: Give fringe players a game and get out of the cup, going to be a long season and I’d rather give the EFL trophy a proper go. 17 minutes ago, plymouthram said: Agree, we ain't goner win this cup. Put in the fringe players, giving them more game time and experience. Hate to see any injuries coming in a cup competition that does not make any money for the club until the later stages in which we have no chance of making. That's the spirit jimtastic56, IslandExile, Jimbo Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Unbeaten in 4, we now face West Brom in the Second Round of the League Cup. A chance to build some chemistry with our best 11, or get some extra minutes into some legs? We've lost just 6 out of the last 28 games against West Brom, with our last home defeat in August 2003. My predicted lineup: Wildsmith Stearman Cashin Knight Bird Hourihane Roberts Mendez-Laing Barkhuizen Dobbin Collins Subs: Loach, Rooney, Forsyth, Tommo, Smith, Sibley, McGoldrick Would be surprised to see us go so strong. Expecting squad to be utilised, fitness to be considered...Sibley, McGoldrick, Thompson, Rooney to get a chance to stake a claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I'd put the first team out as they need shooting practice, not sure how they're going to get that sitting on the bench Rammy03, jimtastic56, scout's dad and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 No way will LR go with what he sees as his first choice available 11. He'll bring in several of what he considers fringe players, with what he sees as a strong bench (we can name 9 subs). I'd expect it to be the same team that started against Mansfield in the last round: Wildsmith Oduroh Stearman Cashin Forsyth Rooney Thompson Knight Smith Sibley Dobbin Subs: Loach Roberts Grewal-Pollard Bird Hourihane McGoldrick Mendez-Laing Barkhuizen Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 21, 2022 Author Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Carl Sagan said: we can name 9 subs ? I forgot about that last time too Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: ? I forgot about that last time too If we're going to keep winning games in this cup, you have to keep the threads the same format, so you did exactly the right thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 WBA will rest players too. I'd like to see: Wildsmith Smith Stearman Chester Roberts Thompson Rooney Dobbin Sibley Barkhuizen McGoldrick Loach, Oduroh, Cashin, Forsyth, Knight, Bird, Aghatise, NML, Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 55 minutes ago, Mick Brolly said: That's the spirit Getting promoted will be worth a lot more than going through to the 3rd round of the league cup, we aren’t blessed with a massive squad are are looking at potentially 55-60 games this season. We need to prioritise and this cup is bottom of the pile for me. Play the fringe players, if we win then great, if we don’t then no sleep lost. Tamworthram, Mick Brolly and MickD 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Start your best side. Keep reading the team is behind everyone else in terms of fitness and game time- never really been convinced of that with extra training and core fitness. Give them a game then. Probably one where they'll be seeing less of the ball than normal and have do a lot of hard running and we might get a result. Winner all round. jimtastic56 and Rammy03 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Can definitely see the benefit in giving some players the minutes, particularly McGoldrick. Get Tommo some game time too, he was excellent last season. Oduroh at RB just to rest Knight. Reckon WBA will also rest a few. jimtastic56 and MickD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Have we got any young fringe strikers we could give some shooting practice to? jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nishfan Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Any idea on how ticket sales are going for this one? jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 48 minutes ago, Nishfan said: Any idea on how ticket sales are going for this one? Looking at the site, we've hardly sold any. Several hundred available in almost every block. A shame with what I'd consider excellent pricing. I'd guess an attendance of maybe 5000-6000 looking at this? jimtastic56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 I can see this being a mix of first XI and squad players needing game time. I take the point about squad size and nr of games, but I don't think we should be looking to exit any competition at this stage of the season. Beating WBA could lead to a big draw in the next round and more money in the coffers. RadioactiveWaste, Rammy03 and jimtastic56 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimtastic56 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 24 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Looking at the site, we've hardly sold any. Several hundred available in almost every block. A shame with what I'd consider excellent pricing. I'd guess an attendance of maybe 5000-6000 looking at this? 5-6 k. You are joking! But not many Fleetwood fans turned up for their “Cup Final”. Perhaps we are not as Massive as we think we are . Come on fans show how grateful we are at still having a club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammieib Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) I hope it is reasonably strong but I'm expecting: Wildsmith Oduroh Stearman Cashin Roberts Thompson Smith NML McGoldrick Sibley Dobbin Edited August 22, 2022 by rammieib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BodminRam Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 With the prize money for this competition being so low, i wouldn't risk any main players. For two semifinals and final at Wembley in 2021, £5 million was generated via ticket & hospitality sales (£3 million in two semifinals and £2 million from the final). So the winners and runners up walked away with around £1.6 million each. That is why this competition is very important for lower league teams who if get lucky and drawn against one of the big boys can earn as much as their two season’s revenue on one night. Below is a small illustration how much a team can make during a good EFL Cup run. STAGEPRIZE MONEYGATE RECEIPTS SHARE WINNERS£100,000£900,000 (45% of Wembley final gate receipts) RUNNERS-UP£50,000£900,000 (45% of Wembley final gate receipts) LOSING SEMIFINALISTS (each)£25,000£650,000 (45% of Wembley semifinal gate receipts) ROUND 1 TO QUARTERFINALSNONE(45% of gate receipts regardless where the match is taking place) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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