Capital One Cup 3rd Round Draw - Arsenal away

[nta786]

On the flip side, we might be on TV?

Lol ***** it, we are out lads.

[trousers]

Actually, thinking about it, Arsenal are bound to play a reserve team so with us at full strength we could stand a good chance.... #clutchingatstraws

[saint lard]

Well that's another chance of a cup run abruptly brought to a halt.

Struggle in the league and out of the cup.....seasons nearly a write off already.

 

 

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[doddisalegend]

Crap you really need a bit of luck for a good cup run........... still with all their other commitments maybe they will play the Arsenal under 12s while RK puts out our best side:D

[ashleyb5443]

Anyone know rough dates they're being played?

[S-Clarke]

Well that's another chance of a cup run abruptly brought to a halt.

Struggle in the league and out of the cup.....seasons nearly a write off already.

 

 

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2 games.

[Patrick Bateman]

What a ****e draw this is so far by the way.

 

That it is!

[Whitey Grandad]

This.

 

Full draw numbers, it's completely unseeded from this stage onwards:

 

1. AFC Bournemouth

2. Arsenal

3. Bolton Wanderers

4. Brighton & Hove Albion

5. Cardiff City

6. Chelsea

7. Crystal Palace

8. Derby County

9. Doncaster Rovers

10. Everton

11. Fulham

12. Hull City

13. Liverpool

14. Manchester City

15. Middlesbrough

16. Milton Keynes Dons

17. Newcastle United

18. Norwich City

19. Nottingham Forest

20. Reading

21. Sheffield United

22. Sheffield Wednesday

23. Shrewsbury Town

24. SOUTHAMPTON

25. Swansea City

26. Tottenham Hotspur

27. West Bromwich Albion

28. Leyton Orient

29. Sunderland

30. Bradford City

31. Burton Albion

32. Stoke City

 

Ties to be played the week commencing 22nd September.

 

I thought you said it was unseeded? All the top teams have home draws!

[stevegrant]

Cheap tickets (up to 9,000 of them as well), and they'll probably put their reserves out. Not a bad draw, I don't think.

[LGTL]

Anyone know rough dates they're being played?

 

Third week of September I think.

[DuncanRG]

Every chance of beating them if we field a good side. Looking forward to it

[SO16_Saint]

At least it will be on tv

[Whitey Grandad]

Third week of September I think.

 

Week commencing 22nd September.

[Dr Who?]

22nd ish.

[Saints foreva]

Not many stand out ties so can see ours being streamed/televised.

[Colinjb]

Oh cock.

[Chez]

Wonder how many we will take? Evening game sounds like fun to me.

[The Cat]

Cheap tickets (up to 9,000 of them as well), and they'll probably put their reserves out. Not a bad draw, I don't think.

 

Exactly. Reasonably easy to get to as well.

[Saint_Jonny]

W4NK draw. Hope we play our best side and they rest a stack / play the kids.

[stevegrant]

Full draw:

 

Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers

Arsenal v SOUTHAMPTON

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

Crystal Palace v Newcastle United

Leyton Orient v Sheffield United

Cardiff City v Bournemouth

Sunderland v Stoke City

Derby County v Reading

Liverpool v Middlesbrough

Milton Keynes Dons v Bradford City

Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday

Burton Albion v Brighton & Hove Albion

Swansea City v Everton

Shrewsbury Town v Norwich City

Fulham v Doncaster Rovers

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

[Puddings and Monkeys]

So many "fans" throwing the towel in. Embarrassing. Let's hope the players have a bit more about them.

[saintchris23]

Only 20 minutes away from me so nice and easy. Will no doubt feel like 4 hours on the way home though!

[LGTL]

Two evening trips to Arsenal this year then.

[John Boy Saint]

Better not play any nippers otherwise they will all be tapped up before they get back on the bus, with Master Chambers leading the whispers.

[doddisalegend]

Full draw:

 

Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers

Arsenal v SOUTHAMPTON

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

Crystal Palace v Newcastle United

Leyton Orient v Sheffield United

Cardiff City v Bournemouth

Sunderland v Stoke City

Derby County v Reading

Liverpool v Middlesbrough

Milton Keynes Dons v Bradford City

Manchester City v Sheffield Wednesday

Burton Albion v Brighton & Hove Albion

Swansea City v Everton

Shrewsbury Town v Norwich City

Fulham v Doncaster Rovers

Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest

 

Quite a few PL on PL games if we get through good chance of avoiding another PL team in the next round........... maybe

[saintchris23]

So many "fans" throwing the towel in. Embarrassing. Let's hope the players have a bit more about them.

 

It's called banter..... In fact it's called realism. Did you see the first half last night??

[OttawaSaint]

'bout time we have this gunners a good licking...

[Dr Who?]

So many "fans" throwing the towel in. Embarrassing. Let's hope the players have a bit more about them.

 

Yep, let's hope they have a lot more than they had in the FA Cup last season. Here's hoping!

[Puddings and Monkeys]

Did you see the second half?

 

Banter?? Wtf has that got to do with it?

[Gorgiesaint]

Come on guys. On a night when QPR got beaten by Burton, Villa got beaten by Leyton Orient and Steve De Ridder played for FC Copenhagen in a Champions League qualifer - just proves anything is possible.

[Lord Duckhunter]

So many "fans" throwing the towel in. Embarrassing. Let's hope the players have a bit more about them.

 

Agreed . What's the matter with some people?

 

They'll rest a few and after winning the fa cup last year to get people off his back, Wenger won't give a shiny shiete about the league cup. If we play our best side we'll have a sniff.

[Nolan]

Likely that that will be on TV, so we'll get extra money on the coffers and get to play against the Arsenal players who aren't knackered from Champions League ties.

 

We might as well knock out the 'top' teams on the way to the final.

[Sour Mash]

On the basis we're taking the competition seriously and intend to put out a side close to full strength and Arsenal will rest the vast majority of their key players, we do have a fair chance, certainly will be a close game - look at the 2nd half at Anfield for evidence we can certainly compete.

 

We can have a massive allocation at cheap tickets, up to 6-10k tickets I think, so a good chance for all those that don't manage to get a ticket for the league game there.

[Saint_Jonny]

Come on guys. On a night when QPR got beaten by Burton, Villa got beaten by Leyton Orient and Steve De Ridder played for FC Copenhagen in a Champions League qualifer - just proves anything is possible.

 

*like*

[saintchris23]

Did you see the second half?

 

Banter?? Wtf has that got to do with it?

 

Banter because I don't think for a second that up to 9000 fans will pay £25 each to watch us beaten on a Tuesday night away from home. Yet we'll all moan about how difficult the tie is.

 

Grow up and stop being so aggressive.

[Hatch]

Arsenals perfect.

 

Got my tickets already !

[Sour Mash]

It's called banter..... In fact it's called realism. Did you see the first half last night??

[The Cat]

Banter because I don't think for a second that up to 9000 fans will pay £25 each to watch us beaten on a Tuesday night away from home.

 

It could well be £10-£15 a ticket. And if we put out a decent side we'll have a good chance of getting through.

[saintchris23]

It could well be £10-£15 a ticket. And if we put out a decent side we'll have a good chance of getting through.

 

If it's that cheap I might buy two tickets. One for each arse cheek!

[DuncanRG]

If it's that cheap I might buy two tickets. One for each arse cheek!

 

You're going to rub them on your arse cheeks?

[alehouseboys]

I'll take that, top night out. Love big away cup games, particularly in the capital.

 

Potential for one of those "I was there" moments, hopefully price it right and we could get a good few thousand up there.

[Bucks Saint]

It's called banter..... In fact it's called realism. Did you see the first half last night??

 

So you wont be making the long trip then. Ok

[saintchris23]

You're going to rub them on your arse cheeks?

 

If it brings a little luck!

[Batman]

Got to be on telly?

[saintchris23]

So you wont be making the long trip then. Ok

 

The long trip, all 20 minutes of it. Yes I'll be going, just like I went on Saturday and also Liverpool away the previous weekend.

 

Point?

[Lets B Avenue]

I have bad memories of 3rd rd League Cup ties at Arsenal.

 

1979 and we had gone 10 years without scoring at Highbury and me and a mate got thrown out of the seats in the West Stand for basically being pis sed and abusive to cheating irish divers (Liam Brady). Spent half-time trying unsuccessfully to get back in, so went for a pint and missed Steve Williams getting an equaliser. Then came back and got in the North Bank, just in time to see Brady get the winner.

[JxgrSaint]

Well there's always the FA Cup!

[Hatch]

2012 Arsenal knocked out by Bradford

2011 Ipswich

2008 Burnley

 

 

it can be done.

[sandwichsaint]

I'm in, never been able to get tickets for the Emirates but been to Highbury plenty of times.

 

Wanted Arsenal/Fulham/Palace away (in reverse order) so can't really complain..... but we will need two of yesterday's second halves and their squad/youth X1 will need a massive off-day for us to go any further.

[Pat from Poole]

The only way we'd sell 9,000 tickets for that game is if we'd never played at the ground before. If it's on telly, we'd probably sell about 3,000 tickets. If it isn't on TV, maybe 5,000 tickets. Think Arsenal tend to charge their own fans cheap prices for these sort of games, so it may be close to a sell-out.