Carabao Cup & FA Cup Thread

[zolayes 14,489]

WTF!!! why cant we get easy home ties like united/pool?

over the last few years we haven't really been unlucky with our cup draws

[Pizy 18,850]

Good thing I don't give a toss about this competition. Hope we play a totally weakened side. We don't need to be risking our important players in a midweek game all the way up in Stoke when we're trying to play major catch-up in the league.

[Kendrick 339]

One day I'll tell my grandchildren I saw Chelsea playing a cup game at home.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Sigh...

[Milan 17,955]

Incredibly boring, as if they wanted all the big clubs to go through and make the COC final stages more interesting.

[Topico 165]

After West Ham away, before Liverpool home.

[Jase 43,479]

Our domestic cup draws (excluding semi-finals, finals) since Mourinho returned in 2013:

League Cup - A, A, A, H, A, A, A, A

FA Cup - A, H, A, H, H

9 away ties out of 13.

[kmk108 1,186]

Damn. I was hoping for a home tie against Arsenal.

[Jusek 2,031]

Cold and rainy night at Stoke? Damn...

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.chelseafc.com/news/latest-news/2015/09/tuesday-date-for-stoke-tie.html

Our game at Stoke will be played on October 27, Tuesday and there's no live TV coverage (at least in the UK) again.

[MihaiM24 156]

So we will have to do it again on a cold rainy night in Stoke eh?

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

I really want us to field a cup side with a little more youth but still enough to be in with a shot of winning it. Obviously w/ rotation eg Iva for Aina and JCS for Cahill, for example.

E.G.

Begovic

Aina Cahill Terry Dasilva

Ramires-RLC

Kenedy Willian Musonda

Remy

Personally I like that team because it has a strong, experienced spine but lots of potential too.

Although if we're 8 points behind by New Year's we'll probably just gun for the cups and water down our league sides. Whatever, I want to see youth get a chance.

[Jase 43,479]

League Cup Quarter-Finals draw:

Middlesbrough v Everton

Southampton v Liverpool

Stoke v Sheffield Wednesday

Manchester City v Hull

Ties to be played on Dec 1-2.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

City to win it...

[BlueLion. 21,491]

League Cup Quarter-Finals draw:

Middlesbrough v Everton

Southampton v Liverpool

Stoke v Sheffield Wednesday

Manchester City v Hull

Ties to be played on Dec 1-2.

Probably good we went out to Stoke, imagine losing at home to Sheffield Wednesday