Carabao Cup 4th Round Draw | Liverpool (H) | 8pm, Thurs 22nd December

[hammocity]

It's the week commencing 19th, so 20th-22nd.

It’s the 20th or 21st I think, Christmas Markets still on in town. Will make a day of it, will be a good un.

 

[hammocity]

Fixture is listed on the City app down as Tuesday 20th December 19:45

All games listed as the 20th but it’s that date and the 21st. Would imagine Sky will want Rags v Burnley and us as the two televised games.

 

[city2]

I take it both teams will be weakened due to the World Cup

 

[jonah62]

Hopefully, Brazil v France in final (if possible, can’t be arsed working out the permutations)
Will impact us less
No Frogs
1 Brazilian

 

[Kamaro011]

We don't want to lose in Etihad against this scums, so hopefully we win even if just 1-0.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

It's a great bonus to have a pre Xmas game to look forward to at home especially as we can nail these fuckers and put them back in their box killing any thoughts they would have had for a new start after the break.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Fuck that. Not interested in the game.

 

[MadchesterCity]

I hope GMP limit the Scousers to 3000 using the coach attack as a reason.

Even less ideally, perhaps we can request no away fans

 

[bluemoon32]

Nice run of games...
Liverpool
Leeds
Everton
Chelsea
United
Wolves
Spurs

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

It's a better tie with us being at home.

Liverpool's quality really doesn't go much deeper than their starting eleven.

Ederson and Allison likely to be still away.

Liverpool will still be without Diaz and Djota.

Our kids are better than theirs and we will also have Haaland, Mahrez and Akanji all rested. Phillips and Walker will be match fit.

If Portugal go out early, we will pretty much have a team primed.

Our England lads will be back before mid-Devenber

Klopp really can't afford to risk going strong because of their present league position.

As perverse as it sounds, we should be looking forward to it.

Depending on the date, I'm in town anyway because off to Christmas Panto in the afternoon at the Opera House with the family to see Peter Pan.

From one extreme to the other in a matter of hours.

 

[eversince 76]

WC final 18th.
Dippers 20th.
Just imagine England Portugal in final.

I think we will end up playing every other day. But seriously madness happening.

 

[lancs blue]

Even less ideally, perhaps we can request no away fans

No thanks, thin end of the wedge if we start doing that.

 

[East Level 2]

Beat them and go onto win the bloody thing. That would put us level with them on nine wins before this nonsense about teams in Europe not contesting the League Cup.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

We’ll batter them.

Can’t fuckin wait.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Be intresting to see how city price it with both teams going to be virtual eds teams I look at our midfield options and think we are fucked unless England go last 16 same with back line

 

[Tricky_Trev]

We’ll batter them.

Can’t fuckin wait.

Do bear in mind that it will be Salah v Gomez!!

 

[Groenendijk's tin of peas]

They won’t though, the mantra is Liverpool got a hard draw in the CL and they got another hard draw in the carabao

Both at home though. I heard the Sheikh pays for a special warm ball with our number on it to use in the draw.

 

[Yankunian]

Great suggestion

keep them in 3rd tier but do what others do to us in europe, close first few rows off then put netting in front to prevent things from being thrown

 

[M18CTID]

Pity Liverpool play on the following Monday and not Wednesday like us or it would have made sense to have it on the Saturday.

I’ve just noticed that United and Burnley both don’t play until the 27th so there’s no reason I can think of why they couldn’t have that on the Saturday and spread the games out all week for TV if they wanted.

I very much doubt that there will be a match on Christmas Eve. It's possible I suppose - I remember many years ago that Sky had Leeds v United in a lunchtime kick-off on Christmas Eve but that remains the only time a PL fixture was played on Christmas Eve, and even before the PL I can't remember any Christmas Eve fixtures being played in the English league pyramid.

 

[lancs blue]

both teams going to be virtual eds teams

I doubt ours will be like an eds team, some of our WC players will have been back for a couple of weeks by then, and even any that lose in the QF may not have had much game time as not all are regular starters.

Throw in Ortega, Haaland, Mahrez, Gomez and Palmer who will be eager to get some competitive action and we should have a decent XI available.