EFL Cup 2024/25 - Quarter-Final Matches - 18-19th December, 2024

[Stan]

all kick-offs 20.00 (GMT) unless stated

Wednesday 18th December, 2024
Arsenal vs Crystal Palace, 19.30 (live on Sky Sports Main Event)

Newcastle vs Brentford, 19.45 (live on Sky Sports+

Southampton vs Liverpool, 20.00 (live on Sky Football)

Thursday 19th December, 2024
Tottenham vs Man Utd, 20.00 (live on Sky Sports Main Event)

[Dave]

Based on this Arsenal team I take it Arteta sees the Carabao Cup as below his much loved Community Shield.

[Dave]

Seeing booed off at half time seems to have spurred Arsenal on.

Good first goal from Jesus, most modern players would have gone down. The second I think VAR disallows.

[LFCMike]

So comfortable until they got one back and then they made a game of it. Good to get through while resting a lot of the big hitters

[Dr. Gonzo]

Quansah's looked pretty shit this season when called upon, kind of mental considering how good he's looked in the past for us. I think a loan move for him so he can play consistently would be good - although that's probably not going to be likely at all with our lack of depth at CB.

[LFCMike]

4 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Quansah's looked pretty shit this season when called upon, kind of mental considering how good he's looked in the past for us. I think a loan move for him so he can play consistently would be good - although that's probably not going to be likely at all with our lack of depth at CB.

Yeah you can probably go back to that game at Old Trafford last season when he made the mistake for their equaliser (I think) that has shot his confidence. 

Edited December 18 by LFCMike

[Dr. Gonzo]

12 minutes ago, LFCMike said:

Yeah you can probably go back to that game at Old Trafford last season when he made the mistake for their equaliser (I think) that has shot his confidence. 

Getting subbed at half time (or was it before half time - can't remember) this season too, probably can't have helped his confidence either. I understand why Slot did it, he was looking like a real liability and getting him off the pitch did shore us up. But he looks absolutely lost out there lately.

Really not great though because CB's a position where you really can't dwell on your mistakes for too long. You've got to accept a mistake was made, clear your head, and do your best to stay mistake free for the rest of the match. It's one of those things, I think there's a good defender in there for sure - but he needs more experience to truly develop... and I just don't think he's ready to get that much time on the pitch for us unless we're having another injury crisis and we've got no other choice. I think Konate getting healthy ASAP and staying healthy ASAP is necessary for our hopes of having a successful season - it's tricky though given his injury history.

Honestly was quite impressed with Southampton again, despite how dogshit they've been in the league. That's now two matches against them where I don't think they've looked as bad as the league position suggests they are. Having said that, Spurs put 5 past them at half time - so it could just be they're one of those teams that we've got a tactical weakness against. Because they really probably aren't much better than their league position. Although today, as you say, we were without most of the usual names and faces you'd expect to see from a Liverpool side.

[Rick]

Pathetic performance from Utd yet again. Not looking forward to playing this Spurs side on Sunday. 

[Gunnersaurus]

6 minutes ago, Rick said:

Pathetic performance from Utd yet again. Not looking forward to playing this Spurs side on Sunday. 

Gonna feel weird having to want them to beat you

[Rick]

Forster being a top class wally tonight. 

[Stan]

Has Forster got a bet on Spurs to lose

 

[Stan]

That gets ruled out with VAR 

[Gunnersaurus]

Just now, Stan said:

That gets ruled out with VAR 

But but var is shit 

[RandoEFC+]

Almost didn't turn that on to watch the last half hour when I saw it was 3-0 .

[6666]

Without VAR there's obviously more mistakes but it did hit me that players seem to have become conditioned to cheat a lot less even without VAR. Nothing like how things were pre-VAR.