League Cup Quarter-Final - Liverpool at home

[Pete3206]

The decision makes a nonsense of a competition which is already in terminal decline.

Last round
Villa Park 34k (alledgedly)
Anfield 52k
Chelsea 38k
Man city 37k
Everton 38k

Not too shabby.

[pauliewalnuts]

Really devalues the competition. Will Deano pick a full-strength team?

I fucking hope so.

I also think we should send another team out to Qatar just in case they fancy having a go at us there, too.

[cdbearsfan]

The decision makes a nonsense of a competition which is already in terminal decline.

Last round
Villa Park 34k (alledgedly)
Anfield 52k
Chelsea 38k
Man city 37k
Everton 38k

Not too shabby.

And Burton, Crawley and Oxford all got their biggest crowds of the season.

[garyfouroaks]

I hear that LFC U12's are a bit handy - there are no easy games...

[Deano's Mullet]

No win for us potentially. Lose and we get mocked. Win and it will be "you only beat their kids". Would love us to win this tournament.

[walsall villain]

No win for us potentially. Lose and we get mocked. Win and it will be "you only beat their kids". Would love us to win this tournament.

I’ve heard that said about us beating Brighton and Wolves so let’s go for the hat trick. It’s not our doing or problem

[PeterWithesShin]

No win? I don't care what lineup they put out, all I care about is getting to the next round.

[danno]

Hammer them, they can bask in the glow of a supposed moral victory whilst we prepare for a semi final.

[SoccerHQ]

It would be rather embarassing to lose the tie, wouldn't it?

Liverpool 11 will still be stronger than the youth teams Brighton and Wolves put out.

[Dazvillain]

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Our @Carabao_Cup  Quarter-Final clash with Liverpool has been confirmed for Tuesday 17 December (7:45pm KO) as originally scheduled. 📆

This game has been selected for live coverage by Sky Sports and ticket information will be released in due course.

That’s 5/7 games in December on tv on 1 channel or another

[Brassneck]

Seems like Liverpool are damned if they do, damned if they don't.  Many were up in arms about the prospect of the game being played in January - Now they're committing to the original fixture date, they are being accused of devaluing the competition.

Personally, I think it is the right decision to field 2 squads for 2 different games, not least because they would have been aware of the potential clash before they kicked off in the competition.

It's noteworthy that the January alternatives were considered to be compromising the scheduling of the competition.  I agree and therefore, the only workable date was the original one.

No blame on Liverpool here whatsoever. 

[olaftab]

They knew their first team wouldn't fluke a second result against us so this is their way of saving face and letting the second and third string take the pasting they know they'll get.

This.

[London Villan]

Its great for us fans, 3 games in 7 days... not so much for the players...

[PeterWithesShin]

Our match is going to be shown live, on CBBC.

[Pete3206]

Its great for us fans, 3 games in 7 days... not so much for the players...

What about my liver?