Carabao Cup R3 Draw | Watford (H) | Tues 24th Sept, 49 hours after Arsenal

[Ric]

Guess it’ll be Ortega, O’Reilly, Nunes, McAtee and seven others. If we don’t have any fresh injuries then we can probably put out a reasonable side, decent enough to win anyway.

 

[Alfie Budd]

It's like the other year at Xmas / New Year when we had about 50 between the end of one match and the beginning of another. Everyone said it was mad and shouldn't happen again but here we are. Will anyone come out and explain why we aren't playing Wednesday or is it a simple case of the rags playing Wednesday so GMP said tough you are on a Tuesday.

I suspect that UEFA may be playing a part in this. It’s very possible that you’re not allowed to play a domestic game on the same night in the same city as a game in one of their competitions.
Why the rags game couldn’t be scheduled for Thursday when there was the possibility of this scenario occurring is what I’d like to know.

 

[Rammy Blue]

As stupid as it is, it’s a blessing in disguise as Pep now can’t play any of the big guns who play against Arse. If we go out we go out.

 

[Cobra]

Assuming we play something like this against Arsenal:

Ederson
Lewis
Ajanki
Dias
Gvardiol
Rodri
Bernardo
KDB
Grealish
Foden
Haaland

Then something like this should still be too strong for Watford

Ortega
Walker
Simpson-Pusey
Stones
Ake
Kovacic
Gundogan
Nunes
Doku
Savio
McAtee

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

For those wondering how Foden and Rodri get back in the team, this game is the perfect opportunity to remind Pep of their talents.

Josh Wilson-Esbrand too.

 

[trueblue1972]

For those wondering how Foden and Rodri get back in the team, this game is the perfect opportunity to remind Pep of their talents.

Josh Wilson-Esbrand too.

Is Josh back from his Hammy yet?

 

[eastmanc]

Guess it’ll be Ortega, O’Reilly, Nunes, McAtee and seven others. If we don’t have any fresh injuries then we can probably put out a reasonable side, decent enough to win anyway.

Aren't Rodri, Foden and Stones in our B side now.:-)

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Hopefully this is now the death knell for teams in Europe playing in this competition. Assuming no European qualified teams played then the winners would definitely qualify the following season and a few more teams would have a day out at Wembley. It might also stop mid table and championship sides playing their third teams in it!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Is Josh back from his Hammy yet?

Not sure, probably not, given he didn’t get a move.

It was done over a month ago though, so he can’t be that far away.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Aren't Rodri, Foden and Stones in our B side now.:-)

Don’t forget Walker…