West Brom (a) League Cup pre-match thread

[greasedupdeafguy]

Complete second string in every position and we will still win, we need to concentrate on the PL and the CL
Domestic trophies, whilst important in the scheme of things, they should play second fiddle to the big two now ...
We seem to have found a nice balance in the team and we are capable of winning anything with our full strength squad available..

Disagree the club has won one trophy in three seasons which isn't great considering the money spent. Im sure there will huge expectations to go far in every cup this season.

 

[CityStu]

Playing Foden and/or Diaz doesn't mean we're throwing the competition away. We should expect to beat (a likely equivalently weakened) West Brom with some players from the second string, which Foden and Diaz are to be included in this season. I'd go with something like the following (struggling on the second back up full back):

Bravo

Danilo - Stones - Mangala - Delph

Foden - Gundogan - Zinchenko

Bernardo - Sterling - Sane
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Adarabioyo and Diaz to come off the bench if it's going well.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Probably already asked but is the game being shown anywhere tomorrow so there's a stream?

Few foreign streams ATM ESPN America bein sports max 9 France and arena sports 3 sometimes can be found on mobdro and livenet.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Playing Foden and/or Diaz doesn't mean we're throwing the competition away. We should expect to beat (a likely equivalently weakened) West Brom with some players from the second string, which Foden and Diaz are to be included in this season. I'd go with something like the following (struggling on the second back up full back):

Bravo

Danilo - Stones - Mangala - Delph

Foden - Gundogan - Zinchenko

Bernardo - Sterling - Sane
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Adarabioyo and Diaz to come off the bench if it's going well.

completely agree with that. i dont understand posters saying that either. foden and diaz are fantastic young players who could play amazing on wednesday. people seem scared of playing any youngsters.

 

[Hart’s Bird]

I'm going to this, first away game for a while too! The way we're playing at the moment, I can't wait!

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but does anyone know the best pub near the ground for a few beers beforehand? I'll have a few hours to kill! Cheers

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Haha how about trusting proven professionals that are getting handsomely paid. So bench Gundogan to start Foden or? He is 17.

They are talented youngsters that will all get minutes but they need to work hard and earn it, be patient and take their chance when they get it. Number one priority is giving minutes to players that need them.

so what that hes 17.... if hes good enough why does that matter.... rashford was 18, tom davies 18, wood burn 17. how are they meant to take there chance by getting no game time ??. pre season or coming on in the last ten minutes of a game ( throughout the whole season ) is not a chance and we will never get a young p-layer coming through. why not trust foden and give him the game ... what harm would it do

 

[Blue Til Death]

Disagree the club has won one trophy in three seasons which isn't great considering the money spent. Im sure there will huge expectations to go far in every cup this season.

There is great expectation mate but winning the league cup this season, above all others, is not a priority, we should win the league, we have the talent and the balance, any other season I would agree with you but not this season... As I said though, the second string are more than capable of beating any team in the competition so maybe we can have our cake and eat it this season.. ?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Complete second string in every position and we will still win, we need to concentrate on the PL and the CL
Domestic trophies, whilst important in the scheme of things, they should play second fiddle to the big two now ...
We seem to have found a nice balance in the team and we are capable of winning anything with our full strength squad available..

I agree. We have gone too long without competing closely for the title in the Prem and our record is average in CL. If we get a run in the cups then great but I just can't see either being a huge priority if we are still in the other two. The FA cup has almost become a mirror imagine if this one now with the number of teams resting players.

 

[shemnel]

Complete second string in every position and we will still win, we need to concentrate on the PL and the CL
Domestic trophies, whilst important in the scheme of things, they should play second fiddle to the big two now ...
We seem to have found a nice balance in the team and we are capable of winning anything with our full strength squad available..

who plays at full back in this complete 2nd string? out of interest

 

[pavelsrnicek]

If we are going to change our entire XI we could do something like:

Bravo

Danilo - Kompany - Tosin - Mangala

Bernardo - Gundogan - Foden

Brahim- Sterling - Sane
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