The Carabao Cup Thread

[david-avfc]

thats it thought the attackers would have took them

Archer and Bidace are both 19 and have never started a league game, it would have been harsh to have thrown them in to take a penalty

 

[Stephen Jay Hawkings]

Tossers

Hard luck lads

 

[jcm19760]

The moral victory went to us, well done lads, you have done the club proud tonight a special mention goes out to the incredible support from the travelling fans

 

[muscat jag]

Fuck it. That's all.

 

["Merd"]

Much needed minutes for some, great to get the youngsters on, we competed, lots to be proud of. Only disappointment is the injury to Samson.

 

[JW1985]

Oh well. A good performance and again unlucky vs Chelsea. We move on to the weekend.

 

[Frossum]

Why in the world was Nakamba taking a PK?

 

[david-avfc]

Shit! How come Ash missed?

hit the bar, just put a tiny bit too much on it. Wasn't a "bad" miss. Nakamba's was OK but the keeper went the right way

 

[JNB90]

Marv ffs....looked like he was shitting himself before he took it.
Good effort but still very annoying...I thought; beat these and with our much larger squad we could make it to wembley.
Normally it doesn't bother me so much, R3 of the league cup...but I'm actually gutted.

 

[AV Dave]

Bad luck lads. Played better than i expected against a strong Chelsea side.

 

[Pride of Lions]

Oh well, suppose it'll have to be the FA Cup instead.

 

[Thomas Holte]

I hate Chelsea.

Believe me, you are not alone.

Unlucky lads but we had the chance's in the game to win.

 

[mike_field]

Archer and Bidace are both 19 and have never started a league game, it would have been harsh to have thrown them in to take a penalty

Yup, can't call Southgate out for making the inexperienced decision and then blame us for going the other way.

 

[Villan57]

Proper plucky losers again. We were the better side again

 

["Merd"]

Yanited out

 

[Fulford]

Too many chances missed again.

 

[Moose66]

Proud of that performance tonight, kids totally unfazed, maybe a couple should of taken a penalty? Definitely not the result a few of us would of been expecting when the teams were read out. Took them to the edge. Hopefully it will fire us up for Saturday

 

[Nerrad Villa]

Think if we played Martinez instead of Steer might have done it lot of ifs i suppose

 

[Tomy-Flemba]

The youngsters impress me more and more every time I watch them.
Archer's movement to create space for himself is really top drawer. He's thriving in a team who can actually pick him out.
Philogene-Bidace is a bag of tricks and is so confident running at defenders.
Chucky looks built for the Prem quite frankly.
The future is very bright indeed gentlemen. Onwards and upwards!

 

[Langoe66]

Seen many cup performances over the past few years with a weaker team and we’ve been absolutely bloody useless. Tonight we were far from useless but can’t help but think that a couple of big guns on the bench like they had and the penalty shoot out could have been very different. Nakamba wouldn’t have taken one for a start. That said, some very decent performances and I’ll be watching that goal a few times. Cracking finish. Disappointing to go out in any cup game but lots of positives tonight.