Everton v Norwich City - EFL Cup - Tuesday 20 Sept, 19.45 KO

[Efcjake]

Glad we got this out of the way before I fly over for the Palace match.

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

Koeman doesn't even see bothered tbh

That's the impression I got too. I know some people aren't bothered but I'd love to see us lift a cup and this is a chance wasted it feels.

 

[coollino]

That's the impression I got too. I know some people aren't bothered but I'd love to see us lift a cup and this is a chance wasted it feels.

I would too but the professionals must see it differently.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Pipe down BB

Consider me piped down Mick and @Groucho on reflection I agree with you.

Apologies @ToffeeTim there was no need for me to insult you by comparing you to an enlarged phallus.

 

[Gil]

Fookin hell, had no idea you signed Enner Valencia. He's truly woeful, Niasse would be a better option. No wonder you lost.

Thanfully, Lukaku isn't out for long.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Leicester went out 4th round last season of this and third round of the fa cup, gonna miss gueye and bolasie for two later cup rounds due to acon as well, overly not that bothered as the team should benefit from less games in both the league and fa cup when it starts.

Absolutely bang on.

My friend Mark is a season ticket holder for Leicester. The fine margins they trod last season in keeping the nucleus of key players fit was so important.

I remember the night they exited at home to Spurs in the replay of the 3rd round. Loads telling him the wheels had fell off. He viewed it as a clear path set of winning every game one week at a time with no distraction. How they all laughed...

We need to get to January winning every 3 points put in front of us.

Strengthen in Jan and do the same through till May. Hopefully it will be enough to bring home the big prize.

 

[local_blue]

Told yous on here at teatime that we would go out tonight, they were out for revenge after last season when they should have done us.We will never win this cup, its Kopite candy, always has been.
How bad is Valencia though?

 

[ToffeeTim]

Consider me piped down Mick and @Groucho on reflection I agree with you.

Apologies @ToffeeTim there was no need for me to insult you by comparing you to an enlarged phallus.

I'm a very very bad loser too. My head falls off regularly. Need a little time to retrace it on nights like these...

 

[John Bailey's wine glass]

Play a stronger starting eleven , get a comfortable two or three goal lead then make changes . Far too many times we mess around with the team thinking it is a foregone conclusion that we will win the match .....win the game first then make changes , it's not that difficult .

 

[bluewally]

Yeah, it's the 6th game of the season, with an international break round the corner. Is it too much to expect the first team to play an extra league cup fixture? Instead we've fallen foul again and now have realistically one opportunity to end the trophy drought.

It's an international break for the league not the players

It's the league cup. Dream bigger

 

[stanhope4]

be interesting to hear what moshiri thinks about tonight game - via the notes app on jim whites iphone!

 

[MartyMcFly]

I'd put him partly at fault for the second goal but no he wasn't the worst of the bunch. Going forward however I'd like us to sign someone else in that position who can either do a Barry type job or create from deep and stamp their authority on a game when we are in possession.

Like Barkley perhaps.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

Surprised by RK tonight. He's been aggressive with substitutions in the league but waits until only 22 mins to go to bring on Bol + Mirales.
His attitude after was well that's football. Doesn't care much about this cup clearly. Focused on the league as he thinks that's the most realistic avenue to his Barca dream I'd imagine.

If he wins us the league he will leave with my blessings.

 

[Carlito]

I won't pretend that I'm overly bothered about the League Cup, but it doesn't say much for the academy if none of them are capable of coming in and offering more than Cleverley or Valencia in a one-off game.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Play a stronger starting eleven , get a comfortable two or three goal lead then make changes . Far too many times we mess around with the team thinking it is a foregone conclusion that we will win the match .....win the game first then make changes , it's not that difficult .

We couldn't. Rom was injured and that was the problem. No team selection could fix that problem.