Losing to a championship side in the 4th round for the second season running, with a Wembley trip more than possible, makes me wonder why bother with the League Cup at all? If our normal team had played, we would probably have won. Chelsea and Man City take it seriously so we, and the rest of the clubs, should also. The FA Cup is also turning into a Mickey Mouse competition as well. Might as well play the youth team and be done with it!

Relegation battle and no chance of Wembley or silverware. The usual season then.

Red and Blue Army!

unlikely, we would have needed to score two goals and that is beyond them at the moment and has been for sometime now!

Last night showed (if it wasn't blatantly obvious already) that the gulf between our First 11 and the back ups is massive, the fact Puncheon is a CM for us is embarrassing. It may also answer some questions as to why Roy refuses to make any subs in league games, the bench is simply not good enough bar Meyer.
Once Luka came on, the game changed in our favour and possession was kept, whilst also looking more promising going forward and with Meyer pushed further up the pitch we created more – he could possibly take McCarthur’s role as he’s a little more creative with Luke and Kouyate behind?
Our first 11 is good enough for the PL and will give anyone in this league a good game, it’s just a shame each year we fail to add any players who can really challenge and put pressure on the current first 11.

Very true. This season I have noticed that generally, not just from corners, how rarely we seem to win the ball when it is crossed into the the opposition penalty area.

Strange not to see PVA and Kouyate, (unless injured ?) start as per West Brom instead of Souare and Ayew. Would then of been the starting WBA line up, bar Ward. Neither Sorloth or Ayew are good enough in their respective roles to play up front together. Seemed to have a weaker starting 11 than the previous round.

Edited by Booted Eagle (01 Nov 2018 3.35pm)

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