August 23, 20223 yr With the EPL teams entering the mix of the League Cup this week, it's a good time to start this one. I mean why the heck not, this is among the reasons why English teams are going to be ground down as the season wears on. Just a reminder: Or the EFL dates for the fall ("week of" dates): Round One – 10 August, 2022 Round Two – 24 August, 2022 (13 non European EPL teams join this round) Round Three – 9 November, 2022 (7 European EPL teams join this round) Round Four – 21 December, 2022 Quarter-Final – 11 January, 2023 Semi-Final First Leg – 25 January, 2023 Semi-Final Second Leg – 1 February, 2023 (two-leg ties? WTF is this shit in THIS year of all seasons!?!?!?!?!!!!!) Final – 26 February, 2023 Or the FA Cup "week of" dates: Round One "Proper" - 5 Nov 2022 Round Two - 26 Nov 2022 Round Three - 7 Jan 2023 (EPL teams join this round) Round Four - 28 Jan 2023 Round Five - 1 March 2023 Quarter-Finals - 18 March 2023 Semi-Finals - 22 April 2023 Finals - 3 June 2023 League Cup Games this week: Aug 23 Bolton vs Aston Villa Fleetwood Town vs Everton Grimsby vs Nottingham Forest Wolves vs Preston Stockport County vs Leicester Cambridge Utd vs Southampton Colchester vs Brentford Crawley Town vs Fulham Norwich vs Bournemouth Oxford United vs Crystal Palace Aug 24 Leeds United vs Barnsley Tranmere vs Newcastle United Forest Green Rovers vs Brighton
August 23, 20223 yr Thread title is very appropriate, esp with a World Cup crammed in as well. Fixture lists are going to get very congested. Edited August 23, 20223 yr by Dutch
August 23, 20223 yr Damn, I didn't realize the schedule and it sucks for Matt Turner. I thought the 3rd round of the EFL was in September, and with FA Cup starting in November too its really limiting the number of chances in goal for him before this stupid ass Qatar WC.
August 23, 20223 yr 7 hours ago, shnsajax said: Damn, I didn't realize the schedule and it sucks for Matt Turner. I thought the 3rd round of the EFL was in September, and with FA Cup starting in November too its really limiting the number of chances in goal for him before this stupid ass Qatar WC. We all know what needs to be done and I know just the man to do it.
August 23, 20223 yr In the Game of Cups, you win or you lose. Bolton figured it out. 4-1 Villa In the end, it could've been easily 6 for the Claret-and-Blue.
August 23, 20223 yr everton gets its first victory of the season in all competitions with an overwhelming 1-0 win at fleetwood.
August 24, 20223 yr On 8/23/2022 at 5:24 PM, sidis said: everton gets its first victory of the season in all competitions with an overwhelming 1-0 win at fleetwood. It's only right they should play the way they feel it
August 25, 20223 yr Plenty of prem on prem action. The full 3rd round draw: Leicester City v Newport County Wolves s Leeds Nottingham Forest v Tottenham West Ham v Blackburn Manchester United v Aston Villa Bournemouth v Everton Liverpool v Derby County Burnley v Crawley Bristol City v Lincoln City Manchester City v Chelsea Stevenage v Charlton MK Dons v Morecambe Newcastle v Crystal Palace Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday Arsenal v Brighton Brentford v Gillingham
October 11, 20223 yr Author EFL cup is a few weeks from the next round. The FA Cup is about to have their last round of qualifying before the official tournament starts. The big news out of that:
November 7, 20223 yr Author ESPN+ covered a lot of games from this weekend's first round. Round 2 sees no new teams just those that survived Round 1, which was the 32 teams that made it through qualification, plus the 48 teams in League 1 and League 2. EPL and Championship teams will join in Round 3. Today was the draw for Round 2, the results (with a bunch of teams you don't know and a select few you do): Curzon Ashton or Cambridge United vs Grimsby Town Wrexham AFC vs Farnborough Accrington Stanley vs Barnet or Chelmsford City Ebbsfleet United vs Fleetwood Town Bracknell Town or Ipswich Town vs Buxton Barnsley vs Crewe Alexandra Forest Green Rovers vs Alvechurch Portsmouth vs Milton Keynes Dons Shrewsbury Town vs Peterborough United or Salford City Solihull Moors or Hartlepool United vs Harrogate Town King's Lynn Town vs Stevenage Charlton Athletic vs Stockport County Bristol Rovers vs Boreham Wood Dagenham & Redbridge vs AFC Fylde or Gillingham Woking or Oxford United vs Exeter City Sheffield Wednesday vs Mansfield Town Weymouth or AFC Wimbledon vs Chesterfield Burton Albion vs Chippenham Town Walsall vs Carlisle United AFC Newport County AFC vs Torquay United or Derby County These games are to be played at the end of November.
November 10, 20223 yr OLLIE OLLIE OLLIE! Carabao Cup Villa 1-nil over ManUtd early in the second half!
November 10, 20223 yr ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand 60 seconds later, we're level. That's what happens when you are still celebrating and not defending Villa.
November 10, 20223 yr ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand we're level again. Boring first half - thrilling second.
November 11, 20223 yr Fourth-round draw Wolves v Gillingham Southampton v Lincoln City Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest Newcastle United v Bournemouth Manchester City v Liverpool Manchester United v Burnley MK Dons v Leicester City Charlton Athletic v Brighton Great draw for Southampton and as a bonus a big boy is gonna get knocked out (City/Liverpool)
November 26, 20223 yr Author FA Cup 2nd round is this weekend. Wrexham continues their run today at 10 AM Eastern. I think a lot would like to see them make it to a round where the EPL teams enter and play in an EPL stadium, even if they would lose.
November 27, 20223 yr Paul Mullin with the hat trick today in the Wrexham win. I think they were on espn2 again today but I did not watch.
November 29, 20223 yr Author Because the EPL players don't have enough games, the EPL and Championship both join the 3rd round of the FA Cup. The draw was earlier this week. They play the week they get back from Qatar. Notable games this round: City v Chelsea Brentford v West Ham Liverpool v Wolves Man U v Everton There are 3 or 4 teams (depending on 1 replay) from outside the EFL still alive, one is Wrexham, who bummer only drew a Championship team Coventry City v Wrexham If that replay goes Dagenham & Redbridge's way, they will face Leicester City
December 19, 20223 yr Author And hey, coming back from the World Cup, Carabao Cup fires back up tomorrow for those still alive. The big matchup - City-Liverpool on Thursday
December 20, 20223 yr apparently Saints were shit, but have advanced to the quarters. might be an all-PL Final 8 which is kinda boring.
January 6, 20232 yr Author England is taken to their cups again today. FA Cup over the weekend, League cup mid week next week. 32 games this round, the bulk falling on Saturday (1 Friday, 22 Saturday, 8 Sunday, 1 Monday) - it looks like ESPN+ will cover them all. Really odd one with City-Chelsea playing Sunday after playing yesterday in the EPL.
January 7, 20232 yr Sorry to see that American Chris Richards still can’t get off of the Crystal Palace bench even in a Cup match. This transfer has been a washed season.
January 8, 20232 yr Author 6 hours ago, Napoleon said: Sorry to see that American Chris Richards still can’t get off of the Crystal Palace bench even in a Cup match. This transfer has been a washed season. And checks the score … fuck palace and their staff.
January 8, 20232 yr Two great saves by Walsall, and then they come down and score. Great game so far.
January 8, 20232 yr Author That Wolves-Liverpool barn burner ended in a 2-2 draw yesterday. Wolves thought they scored to win late, but it was disallowed for offsides. There was no TV feed that showed if Nunes was onside or not, so the call by the ref stood. This was taken from the stands via potato phone (and then dude who posted this clip ran it through potato filter), it's close. Edited January 8, 20232 yr by Captain Ron
January 8, 20232 yr Drama in Cardiff. Leeds had gone down 2-0 in the 1st half, then got one back through sub Rodrigo. Then in the 80th minute, a Cardiff defender punched a ball off the line, Luis Saurez style. Red card but the penalty was saved. Cardiff now have to see off 10+ stoppage time with 10 men. Edited January 8, 20232 yr by WBT
January 8, 20232 yr Of course, you always wonder whether PL teams in the relegation battle like Leeds really want to win these cup ties to begin with. He says as Leeds just Wondos one over the bar from the 6 yard box. Edited January 8, 20232 yr by WBT
January 8, 20232 yr And Leeds tie it in the 93rd minute. Cut to Marsch pacing on the sideline who looks pissed if anything, lulz. Edited January 8, 20232 yr by WBT
January 8, 20232 yr Man missed the final Walsall/Stockport County game which looked nuts. Stupid HEB grocery pickup.
January 8, 20232 yr Author And now they have a new game on their schedule in the form of a replay. IMHO, the cups are great if you win, but they put such a strain on teams anything but a win is almost a waste. And in a season like this it’s a huge strain. The FA cup does carry some prestige though. So even a deep run for many is good. Edited January 8, 20232 yr by Captain Ron
January 8, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Captain Ron said: And now they have a new game on their schedule in the form of a replay. IMHO, the cups are great if you win, but they put such a strain on teams anything but a win is almost a waste. And in a season like this it’s a huge strain. The FA cup does carry some prestige though. So even a deep run for many is good. This year would've been the perfect year to get rid of the replay in a constrained year, but oh well I'm not the one running around out there.
January 8, 20232 yr Home game for Wrexham is nice but Sheffield United is a horrible draw with the way they've been playing. Oh well $200k+ earned from this cup run is nice. Yuck cold rainy night in Stoke in store AVFC after we win today.
January 8, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said: Well I fucking jinxed that yup ... I was out taking down Christmas lights from trees and when I went up the ladder, it was 1-nil Villa ... and when I was done it was 2-1 the opposite direction. Thanks. The Stoke stadium is nice, though... Spoiler ... and so is being on the pitch in the center circle (literally) seconds before kickoff.
January 8, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, mdmost said: Sure. The FA Cup still matters to English teams. It's not the dumb Carabao Cup. Hey! You do not disrespect the one cup my guys can win like that.
January 8, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, mdmost said: Sure. The FA Cup still matters to English teams. It's not the dumb Carabao Cup. Yeah, it still matters. It's strange though that the PL teams treat it as an inconvenience and don't play full teams unless/until they get to the QF or SF and then they seem to take it serious. I'd like to see the FA to go back to giving an autobid to the CL for winning it to really give it some stakes. There would still be 3 spots left for the petrostates and American conglomerates to fight for.
January 9, 20232 yr Author 17 hours ago, WBT said: Yeah, it still matters. It's strange though that the PL teams treat it as an inconvenience and don't play full teams unless/until they get to the QF or SF and then they seem to take it serious. I'd like to see the FA to go back to giving an autobid to the CL for winning it to really give it some stakes. There would still be 3 spots left for the petrostates and American conglomerates to fight for. I don't think the clubs see it as an inconvenience. They stakes just aren't as high as the league, so they work in other players at many of the stages. And when they are playing the lower division clubs, they rotate in a bunch of 2nd teamers. There is no way they would give an autobid to the UCL for the FA Cup. The fact that 2nd division teams could potentially win it would put country ranking at jeopardy, even lower EPL teams would risk it.
January 11, 20232 yr Holy Shit. Southampton 2 - 0 Manchester City EFL Cup quarterfinals. https://cdn.saintsweb.co.uk/monthly_2023_01/twitter_20230111_202732.mp4.e95185057a174d30a91bbce92abef44a.mp4 https://cdn.saintsweb.co.uk/monthly_2023_01/twitter_20230111_203611.mp4.a5b1ec9aab6de808611ed1e6218f030c.mp4 Edited January 11, 20232 yr by yoladu
January 12, 20232 yr Sweet chip. On 1/8/2023 at 4:03 PM, Huckleberry said: Hey! You do not disrespect the one cup my guys can win like that.
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