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

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

That would wind up the press to no end, but it's a bit optimistic. :)

On the plus side, what a way to give them some experience of senior professional football, without sending them on loan. City might actually want that.

Yeah where City are concerned I'm forever the optimist. Surely that's what the academy is built for and is achieving. Churning out professional footballers. I read somewhere the other day currently there are 100 professionals that came out of Citys academy. Of course not every one is as successful as Phil, Cole or Rico but isn't the aim to give them the best chance to perform at their peak?
It must be tough balancing whether they're ready for the 1st team against stunting growth/hurting confidence but taking a risk & having faith in a youngsters ability is surely part of what City are about. Certainly since I started following them. I remember a piece in the evening news decades ago stating City were spending 2million a year on the academy...think it was around Alex Williams time..he may have started it. It's in the City dna. Bring it on I say. Let them loose.

 

[Ted_Bovis]

3k of tickets they’ll fake another 4-5k ..

Klopp will tell them all to head to Piccadilly gardens.

 

[wythenshaweblue£££]

Great draw can’t wait to knock them out and it should be a sell out also.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Klopp will tell them all to head to Piccadilly gardens.

Best warn the druggies and dossers then. It’s a bad enough life already without having a scouser spoil your Christmas mulled Carlsberg Special.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

If Klopp doesn’t put out a bunch of teenagers, he’s a massive fucking hypocrite

Well Salah and Firmino aren’t going to the World Cup, so they will both play. And Haaland and Mahrez for us.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

I’m not sure about that. All depends. It’s not a great draw and I would have preferred an easier one.

Its a cracking draw. I'll be dying to see City back in action by December the 22nd. Most of the players will be up for it too. A full house after Xmas shopping.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Nice.

Big draw will keep us on our toes for the league games.

 

[lancs blue]

They will have to up the ticket prices then, you can’t have kids experiencing the kind of trouble.

Domestic Cup scheme members get home tickets at a guaranteed maximum price of £25 before the QF. Any increase in that and I'll be on the phone to Trading Standards.

 

[MCFCOK2305]

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

 

[Stephen230]

They will have to up the ticket prices then, you can’t have kids experiencing the kind of trouble.

There’s a price cap of £25 so they can’t up them that much.