EFL Cup 1st Round

[Kenneth E End]

Most teams will probably use this as an extra pre-season friendly to try and get fringe players a bit more field time.

Matches involving L1 teams:

Middlesbrough v Doncaster
Stockport v Crewe
Accrington Stanley v Peterborough
Blackburn v Bradford
Blackpool v Port Vale
Chesterfield v Mansfield
Harrogate v Lincoln
Salford v Rotherham
Tranmere v Burton
Wigan v Notts County
Barnsley v Fleetwood
Bolton v Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield v Leicester
Cardiff v Swindon
Charlton v Stevenage
Coventry v Luton
Gillingham v AFC Wimbledon
Leyton Orient v Wycombe
Northampton v Southampton
Plymouth v QPR
Portsmouth v Reading
Cheltenham v Exeter

 

[kieran_vale]

I’m certainly hoping we rotate our squad as much as humanly possible. Got a much more important game away at Burton on Saturday so everyone who needs minutes should get them here. I’m expecting Blackpool to win comfortably anyway, they will undoubtedly have a point to prove after a pretty ordinary start to the season so can see a bit of a backlash coming our way.

 

[denzel ecfc]

Hard to say, we usually play quite strong sides, got to the fourth round two seasons ago (beat some Premier League outfit whose name escapes me..) but the prize money is pathetic and should we lose at Cheltenham i wont be too upset

 

[valefan16]

I would make 9-10 changes for this, last season we arguably played a stronger side in the BSM than we did this and expect the same, two years ago we made the quarters and got relegation (and made zero money) so not fussed at all about this one.

Game time for Marosi, Humphreys, Shorrock, Hennegan, Waine, Faal, Walters and Shipley, if fit enough to get minutes Gabriel and Garrity, in fairness thats still a decent enough competitive set of players but don't want anyone risking if possible.

 

[masi51]

No interest in this, give fringe players a run out.........Used to slaughter premier teams when they rotated in cup games.
We all do it now..............pointless cup

 

[valefan16]

No interest in this, give fringe players a run out.........Used to slaughter premier teams when they rotated in cup games.
We all do it now..............pointless cup

We made more money 2 seasons ago getting out the drop stage of the BSM Trophy than we did making the quarter finals of this our POD was discussing this weekend. Mad really.