Man City (H) League Cup pre-match

[weller54]

3 minutes ago, Bob Weasel Fox said:

It took me a few seconds to work out im not the brightest bloke  

I wouldn't say that Bob.. You obviously know your onions! 

[lgfualol]

I dont think I can bring myself to watch Okazaki and Ulloa up front. Okazaki's been great but how are we still in a position when we are wheeling Ulloa out 

[Stevosevic]

Please not Ulloa ffs

[possiblygeorge]

Please not Ulloa ffs

Ulloa walked into the KP not too long ago. Saw on snapchat

[RowlattsFox]

I like Ulloa but I really hope we're not going into a cup quarter final with Manchester City with him up front. 

 

 

[Guest seanfox778]

16 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

 

2-1 with our top scorer to score first is 115/1  

I'm not going to bet purely because it will make it more likely to happen. I hope it's better than the Palace game haha. 

[the fox]

9 minutes ago, sylofox said:

While your looking into the future and see us playing man c in the fa cup can I have tonight's lotto numbers please.

don't know about lotto numbers but, it's a 1-3 defeat for the game

[hejammy]

Just a heads up. If you are getting to the game from Birmingham, then the M6 near Corley is closed and I'm currently sat in stand still traffic and have been here for a 30 mins. Alternatively route is advised... 

[sylofox]

1 minute ago, the fox said:

don't know about lotto numbers but, it's a 1-3 defeat for the game

Not in the FA cup its not.

[the fox]

3 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Not in the FA cup its not.

it's the carabao cup

[adam]

17 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

I dont think I can bring myself to watch Okazaki and Ulloa up front. Okazaki's been great but how are we still in a position when we are wheeling Ulloa out 

Was just about to say the same. Depressing. Even more depressing if he starts in a cup 1/4 final. Time for Ian Nacho to show us what he can do. He at least deserves a chance. 

Edited 19 December 2017 by adam

[possiblygeorge]

This has Iheanacho MOTM and/or Hattrick written all over it doesn't it?

[LBradshaw]

Is anyone after a ticket for tonight's game? I have 1 adult ticket in east stand

[Xen]

3 hours ago, Buce said:

 

 

My math isn't up to it, but would be interesting to see the odds of this particular line-up occurring naturally.

 

 

There are 40230 (8 factorial) possible draw orders. 

Dividing this by 24 (4 factorial) gives a total of 1680 match pairings, ignoring the match order. 

Divided again by 16 ((2!)^4) gives the total number of match ups, ignoring home/away. 105.

 

Of these 105, there are 24 possibilities in which the top 4 sides all avoid each other. 

 

 

In other words, the chances a draw like this without any match ups between Man U, Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal were roughly 23%. Perfectly plausible for a legitimate draw. 

 

Add in a London Derby with Chelsea/Arsenal drawing West Ham and it halves to 11.5%.

 

 

It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Carabao (coc)k-up draw was rigged, but the people claiming the unlikeliness of the draw as evidence for this are misguided. 

Edited 19 December 2017 by Xen

[NewEnglandFox]

22 minutes ago, the fox said:

it's the carabao cup

[whoareyaaa]

16 minutes ago, LBradshaw said:

Is anyone after a ticket for tonight's game? I have 1 adult ticket in east stand

Give it to Ulloa

[treer]

16 minutes ago, Xen said:

In other words, the chances of this draw were roughly 23%. Perfectly plausible for a legitimate draw. 

If there are 8 teams in  a draw, then city had a 1 in 7 chance of drawing ManC,, so that is just over 14%

 

what is this 23% you quote?

[possiblygeorge]

If there are 8 teams in  a draw, then city had a 1 in 7 chance of drawing ManC,, so that is just over 14%
 
what is this 23% you quote?

Quick maths

[Larry_LCFC]

I'll be pretty pissed off with anything other than our strongest team.

 

Are we going to win the prem? No

Are we going to get top 4? Very unlikely 

Are we going to get relegated? No 

Do we have a great chance of winning silverware if we navigate through tonight? Absolutely.

 

It may not be the FA cup, but this is the quarter final of the second biggest cup in the country. We should be taking this seriouly and I'll be fuming if Ulloa is anywhere near the team.

[UPinCarolina]

7 minutes ago, NewEnglandFox said:

The Caribou Lou - oh, what a drink.

 

[SheppyFox]

This on sky sports? 

[Larry_LCFC]

1 minute ago, SheppyFox said:

This on sky sports? 

Yep

[m4DD0gg]

If vardy is out nacho has to be in before ulloa surely?! 

[RODNEY FERNIO]

Just now, Larry_LCFC said:

I'll be pretty pissed off with anything other than our strongest team.

 

Are we going to win the prem? No

Are we going to get top 4? Very unlikely 

Are we going to get relegated? No 

Do we have a great chance of winning silverware if we navigate through tonight? Absolutely.

 

It may not be the FA cup, but this is the quarter final of the second biggest cup in the country. We should be taking this seriouly and I'll be fuming if Ulloa is anywhere near the team.

This.

If we play a weakened team against this standard of opposition what's the point in entering it anyway ?

Can understand it against weaker teams but not this lot.

Be fuming if looks like a donkey and plays like a donkey starts.

[Xen]

10 minutes ago, treer said:

If there are 8 teams in  a draw, then city had a 1 in 7 chance of drawing ManC,, so that is just over 14%

 

what is this 23% you quote?

23% chance that none of the big 4 teams get drawn against each other. 

 

I wasn't that clear in my first post, my bad.