FA Hit Covid Cup Ties

In the Covid Cup?

I know it will never happen, but the FA should consider postponing/cancelling the FA cup for a year, if as seems likely the numbers of Covid-19 cases continues to soar.

It's already a packed footie schedule and something surely has to give (even more so with the Euros at the end of the season.)

villa.boro hit by covid football finished next week imo

Liverpool price collapsing on news Villa are likely to play their U23's.

Seems madness to me to play any 3rd round ties.

What self-respectin gambler wouldn't relish a strong Liverpool side playing Villa's kids?

Or the chance to back Chorley before the news came out about Derby?

is the op a bit simple, why would those games being called off be funny

Jan 7, 2021 -- 7:52PM, JC1326 wrote:

What self-respectin gambler wouldn't relish a strong Liverpool side playing Villa's kids?

Last two games aggregate score of Pool v Villa. Aston Villa 12-2 Liverpool.  No thanks.

it's actually 7-4, last 2 games were Villa 7-2 and Liverpool 2-0, before that they lost 5-0 in the league cup when the real Liverpool were in Brazil playing the World Club cup, they played kids in the league cup at the same time.

That kinda of justification for not backing Liverpool has to be a joke? a fully fit Liverpool 8 times out of 10 will beat Villa, the other draw and loss.

I might be wrong, but was it not Dubai, when Liverpool were asked by UEFA to represent them in the Club World Cup?

And that despite playing the semi-final in another continent, Liverpool were then forced to play the League Cup match against Villa 24 hours later with the entire first team squad unable to play as they were in Dubai?

No surprise then that the youth team that played that night lost 5-0 to Villa. Despite I believe holding their own for the first 30 mins or so..........................

yeah in Qatar, they were playing a Brazilian team

its utter madness , can only assume tv money has the biggest say

just hope it doesnt cost us what could be a very exciting EPL finish , where is the sense of the cup matches its actually every region of the UK travelling around to other regions its insanity


its not as if small clubs will get gate money etc

Jan 7, 2021 -- 9:54PM, sofaking wrote:

Jan  7, 2021 --  8:52PM, JC1326 wrote:What self-respectin gambler wouldn't relish a strong Liverpool side playing Villa's kids?Last two games aggregate score of Pool v Villa. Aston Villa 12-2 Liverpool.

The reverse situation was 5-0 to Villa last season in the League Cup, if that's any help

I think football is on borrowed time(probably drag horse racing down with it unfortunately).
Lots of positive cases and too many millionaire footballers having parties ,rubbing everybody's nose in it with photos and some managers and the rulers of the sport doing feck all about it.

I wonder how many of these cases are due to footballers misbehaving. The fact that bellend Kyle Walker has it is no surprise. Grealish acting like a dick during the lockdown's as well.

The Liverpool price has collapsed even further so I now have a £52.76 all round green. Not a great profit, but no risk. just need the game to be played now.

Why didn't you keep your Liverpool profit knowing Villa are playing kids.

noticed oldham v bournemouth been reversed due to freezing pitch

Liverpool's 3rd rd match v Everton last year

3    Adrián   
12    J. Gomez   
47    N. Phillips   
76    N. Williams   
7    J. Milner Substituted   
20    A. Lallana   
68    Chirivella   
48    C. Jones     71'
67    H. Elliott Substituted   
18    T. Minamino Substituted   
27    D. Origi   


it's not going to be a full strength Liverpool team eiter, can't see the likes of Salah, Mane, Robertson, Alexader Arnold playing.

Can see none of our front 3 starting game, and kelleher in goal. Phillips and Williams Centre backs. Milner and Ox will play. So will Minamono & Origi., and don't know rest

Oh and Shaqiri will defo play

Liverpool will have a decent but far from full strength. I was happy with a no risk all round green, could have won another fiver or so if I kept all the profit on Liverpool for sure souldancer.

Some even saying Villa playing under 18s cos they've been training with 1st team. God knows

Klopp basically treats 3rd rounds as his 2 week winter break, don't expect any first teamers.

Scanda, even if Villa were to be at full strength, I would not want many, if an first teamers starting save for those needing minutes on the pitch or match fitness. This of all seasons its an unneeded distraction, not with standing the potential for further competitive injuries and bookings.

As u indicate, the teams playing Everton (and Shrewsbury or Chelsea) last year are pretty good yard sticks.

noticed oldham v bournemouth been reversed due to freezing pitch

Not a hope that Ice Station Zebra would be playable , no home fans so no advantage lost in switching.

Can recall back in the 80's when we were one of the few with undersoil heating putting on a friendly for top flight Stoke City as they hadn't played for ages.

Hard to imagine now with the gazillions available in the top flight.

Vasiliev and Ramsey played in the u-23 8-1 loss to Sunderland.  So Villa will be weaker still

Mane and Salah start against the kids, lol he moans about fixtures congestion all the time and too much football at this time of year yet after playing Salah in a dead rubber for 90 minutes in Denmark for the last CL game, now he plays him in a cup he doesn't care about against a youth team, he's a strange fella, Salah hat trick probably.

this is gonna be slaughter.

Klopp off his
ROCKER

Say it again, don't know how any punter wouldn't look at those two line ups and salivate. 0-7 for me @ 15's.

its unbetable

sunderland beat villa u21s in efl earlier this season 8-1, this could be about 25 nowt

That was a much better Villa team than this one.  Only 2 starters.

Don't know why they are making a big thing of this.
For years now the bigger teams showing no respect for the FA Cup and playing 2nd / 3rd string players.
Okay so this time they have an excuse. Or more appropriately are using a valid reason as an excuse.

Over 8.5 goals for me at 8.0.

Be interesting to see the next Villa premiership game.
Don't think i want the vaccine. The magic sponge works again.

ridiculous selection really ,considering nobody moans more about players needing a break ,couldve played Origi and Shaqiri up front and still win by 5 or 6.

Liverpool: Kelleher, N. Williams, R. Williams, Fabinho, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Jones, Mane, Minamino, Salah.

Subs: Alisson, Thiago, Firmino, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Origi, Shaqiri, Robertson, Phillips, Alexander-Arnold.

done a same game multi featuring lots of goals and mane/salah to score anytime

Aston Villa 0 Covid 19 for me.

Actually, over 2.5 first half goals at evens.

villa have barcelona players in the team!!!

could we get to 10-0 ?

why is it suspended    Khants

Villa put out the local basketball team

seems unethical this match

Villa did well to get a corner (and that's not a joke)

liverpool are rubbish

wow

wow lol

lol indeed. Liverpool been $hite in the last 3rd.

the barca  player scores!

Liverpool playing the same rubbish pass and stand still rather than the pass and move at speed of last season …..coasting on last year's win.
Wonderful finish and memory for live for the young lad.

Has Klopp lost it? I said the other day nobody should be frightened of Liverpool. Sterile passing most of the time leading to nothing.

Williams woefully exposed for the goal. Nice finish.

Villa will almost certainly tire and Liverpool will win, but it won't excuse that performance in the first half.

Sterile passing needing to nothing , yeah nothing apart from English champions, European champions and the best home record in world football.

Nobody really cares about the FA cup, players going through the motions - time it was revamped or scrapped. I had a small lay on Pool when they were 1.03 and even after the villa equaliser the profit is minimal but given its this mickey mouse competition the FA cup has become may leave it a bit before trading

leading*

how many subs are you allowed here, 3 or 5?

P0Oi declare after 74 mins
4-1 up

so it was 5

Still a free cash job, even if the bum did get a little sweaty.

Next up on the 1.04 mug train, Marine v Spurs

This years comp is going to be a farce.
Should not have bothered.

Derby are playing their U23s but I still expect them to beat Chorley.  They're 3.9(!) atm.

Derby was more like under 18s with 5 under 23s all 11 making there debut

One deflected shot on target put Bournemouth ahead ....Oldham passing like Brazil leads to penalty and deserved half time draw .....oooooh Roger Palmer

bruce and dyche to throw cups whilst pretending not to still better nbet than some teams playing the canteen girls
what a relief for burnley/newcastle fans not having to pay to see their mob take their wembley suits back

Toons playing well

no one stinks more grounds out than   WIL I ARNT. pound for pound worst buy in epl history

Arsenal got him on a free

you,ll be telling me the 200 hgrand a week,signing on fee, is tax deductable

you said he was the worst buy in epl history, but Arsenal didn't buy him he was a freebie, at Chelsea he was one of their top players

You leave willian alone.  He has made bank thats the main thing.  Probably still counting it all mentally