purpleronnie Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Forest v county leeds v bradford stand out, but shitty for us.
Fosse Boy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I'm game, work permitting. Better than home game anyway.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I'm game, work permitting. Better than home game anyway. Dev. Cat, see if they let me back in after filling there toilet last time.
Petchy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 What were people expecting from a first round draw? Geeez....
RedHux Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Should be a giggle. Unless we do what we normally do and make a pigs ear of it......then it'll be unbearable.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 What were people expecting from a first round draw? Geeez.... Somewhere with a terrace.
smooch Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Seeing that palace may have Wimbledon is nice!! Don't think they would have asked for more
AdamN Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 What were people expecting from a first round draw? Geeez.... Barcelona away would have suited me.
YAK Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Town have drawn Northampton Town at home in the first round of the Carling Cup. The sides last met in the same competition last season at the fourth round stage, also at Portman Road, the Blues winning 3-1. Carlos Edwards, Damien Delaney and Tamás Priskin scored the goals as the Blues came from behind to win after a deflected Liam Davis shot had put the League Two side in front. Historically, the Blues have won 12 games between the teams (nine in the league), 10 (seven) have been draws with Northampton winning 10 (10). First round ties will be played in the week commencing Monday 8th August, almost certainly on the Tuesday. Birmingham City will receive a bye to round three as they are involved in the Europa League, which means newly-promoted Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon will play a preliminary match with one of the former Blue Square Bet Premier sides progressing to the first round. Town's Championship fixtures will be announced at 9am tomorrow when they will be available on TWTD. Carling Cup First Round Rochdale v Chesterfield Port Vale v Huddersfield Town Rotherham United v Leicester City Hull City v Macclesfield Town Hartlepool United v Sheffield United Leeds United v Bradford City Doncaster Rovers v Tranmere Rovers Walsall v Middlesbrough Barnsley v Morecambe Accrington Stanley v Scunthorpe United Derby County v Shrewsbury Town Oldham Athletic v Carlisle United Bury v Coventry City Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool Burnley v Burton Albion Preston North End v Crewe Alexandra Nottingham Forest v Notts County Brighton & Hove Albion v Gillingham AFC Bournemouth v Dagenham & Redbridge Ipswich Town v Northampton Town Cheltenham Town v Milton Keynes Dons Bristol Rovers v Watford Plymouth Argyle v Millwall Oxford United v Cardiff City West Ham United v Aldershot Town Southampton v Torquay United Charlton Athletic v Reading Portsmouth v Barnet Stevenage v Peterborough United Southend United v Leyton Orient Wycombe Wanderers v Colchester United Hereford United v Brentford Exeter City v Yeovil Town Bristol City v Swindon Town Crystal Palace v Crawley Town/AFC Wimbledon
Petchy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I'm just waiting for the 'Oh I wanted Man Utd or Chelsea away!' comments...
purpleronnie Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 What were people expecting from a first round draw? Geeez.... A local derby?
Petchy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 A local derby? For the first round? I personally find that a 'local derby' is better to have later on in the competition as it seems to mean more but hey ho.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 For the first round? I personally find that a 'local derby' is better to have later on in the competition as it seems to mean more but hey ho. They mean enough to make a great game no matter when we play, I'd be just as pumped about beating Forest(I know it wasn't possible this round) in say the 2nd round of the Carling Cup as I would be beating them in a play-off final at wem-ber-ley.
MC Prussian Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 What were people expecting from a first round draw? Geeez.... Real Madrid at home. Oh, wait...
Fosse Boy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Forest v county leeds v bradford stand out, but shitty for us. Wycombe v Colchester too. That's a big rivalry.
Petchy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 They mean enough to make a great game no matter when we play, I'd be just as pumped about beating Forest(I know it wasn't possible this round) in say the 2nd round of the Carling Cup as I would be beating them in a play-off final at wem-ber-ley. I'd rather a derby was from the 2nd round onwards though. I always feel that the first round has that 'early season' feeling and sometimes doesn't generate as good an atmosphere as it deserves.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 I'd rather a derby was from the 2nd round onwards though. I always feel that the first round has that 'early season' feeling and sometimes doesn't generate as good an atmosphere as it deserves. They don't generate as good an atmosphere as they deserve in the first place.
The Doctor Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 What were people expecting from a first round draw? Geeez.... a decent or at least semi-decent away day. look at the teams we could have faced: Burton/ Notts Co away would have been brilliant, Chesterfield, Crewe, Walsall and Port Vale - while not as good as burton/notts - would have been decent aways which would be fairly accessible. Sheff Weds would have been a decent draw in that there is potential for pre/post match dev cat action and hillsborough's a nice ground even despite it's lack of a terrace Morecambe, Bury, Oldham & Stanley away also had decent potential. Basically this is the worst possible outcome for an away draw, only thing worse could have been a home draw.
lcfc"weasel" Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 a decent or at least semi-decent away day. look at the teams we could have faced: Burton/ Notts Co away would have been brilliant, Chesterfield, Crewe, Walsall and Port Vale - while not as good as burton/notts - would have been decent aways which would be fairly accessible. Sheff Weds would have been a decent draw in that there is potential for pre/post match dev cat action and hillsborough's a nice ground even despite it's lack of a terrace Morecambe, Bury, Oldham & Stanley away also had decent potential. Basically this is the worst possible outcome for an away draw, only thing worse could have been a home draw. Still doable...
Petchy Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Yeah I know it would have been more ideal to have drawn teams like you have mentioned, but I don't think this was bad enough for people to start overreacting in the typical FT way. Think we will have to agree to disagree on this.
The Doctor Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Still doable... true but there's also a trip to an athletics stadium in between and longer travelling time between dev cat - ground - dev cat, so less dev cat action and a shitter ground.
purpleronnie Posted 16 June 2011 Posted 16 June 2011 Yeah I know it would have been more ideal to have drawn teams like you have mentioned, but I don't think this was bad enough for people to start overreacting in the typical FT way. Think we will have to agree to disagree on this. well its up there with the worst possible team to draw at this stage, so you should understand the dissapointment.
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