R̶u̶m̶b̶e̶l̶o̶w̶s Carabao Cup, Arsenal V Liverpool 6 Jan 2022

Hopefully, the fixture isn't canceled. I kind of wish these were only one-leg, and if it gets canceled they may be. Either way, we should definitely try to win it.

 

Well, Liverpool have asked for this to be postponed. Make it one leg, with the one leg at the Emirates.

 

Liverpool have made a formal request to postpone Thursday's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal because of an increase in Covid-19 cases at the club.

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— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) January 4, 2022

 

That's some notable optimism there!

p.s. Thanks for starting the thread... with any luck you won't be one-and-done with Liverpool like I was for Everton.

p.p.s. Technically you should've named the thread: "League/Milk/Littelwoods/Rumbelows/Coca-Cola/Worthingtons/Carling/CapitalOne/EFL/Carabao Cup"

p.p.p.s. How did you make strike-through font happen in the thread title?

 

The postponement has been granted.

 

I suspect it's honor code. However, I think it would be pretty easy to suss out whether a club was lying, so I kind doubt they would?

Also, there's a lot of (broadcast) pressure on our marquee fixture to go ahead, so I'm assuming it'll go ahead, unless one of the contestants dips well below 13+1 players available. (though I'm not sure if 13+1 is also the EFL's standard... I've only heard about it for the EPL)

Personally I think clubs should just be bolstering their gameday squads with more U23's, especially in a competition like League Cup. And lastly, I believe 5 subs are available in this tournament.

Edit: Oops, I missed the subsequent post by Pancho that said the match is off. Shows how much I know!

 

So they have three players on the Covid list? What a crock of shit.

 

Thanks. But hmm... this could throw a little wrench into the works of BigSoccer etiquette.

As long as we don't lose every match between now and when this EFL Cup leg 1 gets rescheduled, then all's good... And_ROOS you're still our shepherd. But if we slip up between now and then and we switch horses, then what?

OK, OK you say! This is not worth worrying about now... if at all. Let's just see how it all works out.

Edit: I see now that the tentative date for playing this match is Jan.20. So between now and then we have: @Forest, @spuds, @Pool. Hmm.

 

I'M BACK!!!

Hulu will be officially off of its 120-day pause a few days early for this one, WTF did I miss!!! I just watched our decimation of Leeds away in PL play and Emile Smith-Rowe and The Gunners actually have a chance of MAKING EUROPE next season am I right??? ....and we were wearing our beautiful third kits in that away win to Leeds at that!!! I'm glad i got mine early on!!! Next will be a short-sleeved GK kit and also the away off-yellow to complete the set and tomorrow I'll be donning out home red/white, of course, even if it goddamn 40-degrees outside here in Port Townsend!!! COYF'n'G!!! IT'S TROPHY TIME BABY!!!

 

Liverpool’s website includes the following injuries and illnesses

Injury details and expected returns

Joel Matip - Covid - Expected return date: Within the next week
Roberto Firmino - Covid - Expected return date: Within the next week
Alisson Becker - Covid - Expected return date: Within the next week
Thiago Alcantara - Covid - Expected return date: Within the next week
Harvey Elliott - Ankle - Expected return date: In the next month

Elsewhere I have seen Minamino, and Phillips as missing through injury, while Salah, Mane and Keita are at AFCON and Robertson is suspended. If Minamino and Phillips are also injured thats 10 field players from a roster of 23 first team field players, leaving them with just 13 healthy field players. Assuming the EFL doesn’t want to push teams to fill out their game day roster with U21s from their academy. One more covid case would put them below the EFL criteria.

 

Instead of deleting it, maybe just add "PPD" to the thread title and close the thread??? (at some point, but maybe not quite yet? since there's still some chatter about this PPD decision)

 

So if they have 13+1, then why did it get PPD'd?

It seems to me this decision is to our disadvantage, since we seem to be in better shape squad-wise.

Now they get a chance to recover some or all of their Covid players, and the tie starts in 1 week at Anfield instead of the Grove.

Also, is it safe to assume that none of the AFCON players will be back by Jan.20?? Especially not Salah & Mane?

 

So when will this game be played?