League Cup..

Discussion in 'The Hornets' Nest - Watford Chat' started by wfc4ever, Aug 9, 2022.

  1. simpleMASH

    simpleMASH Reservist

    Yeah I put the 11 changes bit, tried to come up with a team and realised we literally don’t have enough midfielders for that!! Forgot to go back and change it, I guess
     
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  2. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    One of the few lower league opponent's I feel strongly about us beating.
     
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  3. HELGO

    HELGO Reservist

    Surely we don’t want to win this.
     
  4. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Yeah. It would probably be counterproductive, but can't have Franchise FC getting above their station.
     
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  5. BigRossLittleRoss

    BigRossLittleRoss First Team

    Will there be radio comms for this on Hive ?
     
  6. SkylaRose

    SkylaRose Administrator Staff Member

    I would of thought so. Team sheet should be quite exciting.
     
  7. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Forde and Hungbo up front .

    Pollock and Morris in defence ?
     
  8. TomWatfordFC

    TomWatfordFC Reservist

    Best guess of the team:

    Okoye
    Troost-Ekong
    Pollock
    Cathcart
    Ngakia
    Gosling
    Kayembe
    Morris
    Forde
    Hungbo
    Manaj
     
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  9. Markoa$

    Markoa$ Squad Player

    I would definitely be playing Bayo and Manaj. Get them scoring (hopefully) to build some confidence. They have cost us 4 points because of their woeful finishing.
     
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  10. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    Yes I agree. Both should start. A goal for either could be useful longer term.

    I’d imagine Okoye makes his debut tonight. Pollock too.

    I’d like to see Hungbo start.

    I hope we go fairly strong. It would be nice to keep our unbeaten run going, and to get a few players into some sort of form.

    It’s a quirk of fate that it’s a second successive Tuesday night where we come up against a manager we were heavily linked with back in Spring.
     
  11. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    Definitely start Boyo,A Trois and Haribo.

    A Welshman,a threesome and a packet of sweets.

    What could possibly go wrong?!
     
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  12. Supertommymooney

    Supertommymooney Squad Player

    Manaj has already scored, but agree with your point.

    Isn't this the kind of game we lose tamely every season though?
     
  13. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    Got to get them in the shop window too.
     
  14. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Will this game be too early for Hause to play a part I wonder? From what I'd heard, he'd just got back to full training by the time of his transfer here, could he at least play a cameo role in the last 20 mins or so? I expect Davis will do similar
     
  15. TomWatfordFC

    TomWatfordFC Reservist

    Saw an article yesterday, published a week ago, that said he was a month or two away from playing.
     
  16. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    Surely no way we sign someone on loan who could be 2 months away from playing?
     
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  17. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    Well he’s not had a pre-season due to injury.

    I’d imagine we would err on the side of caution based on..

    1. Our defence, for all our criticisms of it, has so far only conceded twice in five matches

    2. It’s a very long season ahead

    I guess the club will think it’s much better to get him fully fit and match ready rather than throw him in too early into a defence already performing fairly well and risk him getting injured.

    Same with Davis.
     
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  18. Crezzy95

    Crezzy95 First Year Pro

    Surely Davis will feature at some point. Needs match fitness.
     
  19. TomWatfordFC

    TomWatfordFC Reservist

    Would hope we can get 30 minutes out of him
     
  20. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Would be nice if one of our new signings was able to play some footy for us at some point in the new month or two !!
     
  21. VR94

    VR94 Academy Graduate

    Okoye

    WTE
    Pollock
    Cathcart

    Ngakia
    Gosling
    Kayembe
    Morris

    Hungbo
    Bayo
    Manaj
     
  22. Who are we playing in the next round?
     
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  23. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    We have been excused.
     
  24. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    Some of the most memorable Watford games I've seen have been in the League Cup. So sad to see us treat the competition as an irrelevance these days
     
  25. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Would also be nice if some of our older signings could play soon!
     
  26. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    That just wouldn’t surprise me.
     
  27. Leighton Buzzer

    Leighton Buzzer Reservist

    I do agree, but on the other hand, I do think that the whole of this competition including it's general importance has been massively downgraded since those days.
     
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  28. Lloyd

    Lloyd Squad Player

    That's true, but I don't get why that should be. It's one of only 3 competitions we enter so surely we should be trying to do as well as we can in all of them. Back in 'the good old days' we managed to combine going for promotion with a decent cup run so why can't we do the same now?
     

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