v West Ham United (a) - League Cup - 9/11/22

[Upside Down]

Let's face it, this is just a warm up game before we play the proper claret and blue scum in the biggest derby game in the world.

Optimistically going for a 3-0 win for a second strength Rovers side to cruise to the next round. 

[Oldgregg86]

I think we lose this on pens

[chaddyrovers]

Team for this game

                  Pears

Buckley Carter S.Wharton Edun

            A.Wharton Garrett

Markanday  Dack        Dolan

                    Vale

Subs:- Hilton, Hyam, Mola, Travis, Hirst, Szmodics, Harlock

[J*B]

Pears 

Carter Phillips Mola

JRC Buckley Garrett Batty 

Markanday Hirst Vale 

Fill the rest of the bench with the U23s/U18. Send Lowe to manage them. 

Everyone else stays at Brockhall and trains for the big one. 

[Mattyblue]

Listening to JDT on Radio Lancs, sounds like an 11 changes job… thank feck.

[Oldgregg86]

                  Pears

.JRC         Mola.     Carter       Batty

             Buckley.  Garrett

markanday.   Dack.     Dolan

                     vale

[Admiral Nelsen]

Completely agree with those saying make wholesale changes.

 

Hopefully gives a chance to the likes of Buckley and Markanday to get closer to the side, although it's not exactly going to be ideal circumstances for them to showcase their talent. 

 

[1864roverite]

I wouldn’t risk any first team players on this match 

[Oldgregg86]

I’m not one for wholesale changes , especially when we have a month off but this isn’t any ordinary situation. Play the u12s if you have to

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Yeah, unfortunately we drew a big fish away at exactly the wrong time. 

[Sparks Rover]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Team for this game

                  Pears

Buckley Carter S.Wharton Edun

            A.Wharton Garrett

Markanday  Dack        Dolan

                    Vale

Subs:- Hilton, Hyam, Mola, Travis, Hirst, Szmodics, Harlock

Buckley at Right Back against Said Benrhama...🙈😩

Edited November 5, 2022 by Sparks Rover

[JoeH]

Kaminski

Rankin-Costello
Carter
Phillips
Mola

A. Wharton
Garrett

Dack

Markanday
Hirst (would rather have Vale fully fit for Sunday than GH)
Dolan

[JoeH]

1 hour ago, J*B said:

Send Lowe to manage them. 

He'll be tired from the Rochdale game on Tuesday

[J*B]

3 minutes ago, JoeH said:

He'll be tired from the Rochdale game on Tuesday

I’m assuming you mean Jason and if so, I couldn’t care less, he can manage them for me. 

[rigger]

5 minutes ago, JoeH said:

Kaminski

Rankin-Costello
Carter
Phillips
Mola

A. Wharton
Garrett

Dack

Markanday
Hirst (would rather have Vale fully fit for Sunday than GH)
Dolan

Lenoard is a better option than Hirst

[tomphil]

Look how the Wigan cup game derailed last season with a strong side out/

Lesson learned ?

Team of kids please. let them have a go.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Play the reserves...Turd Moor Sunday is our focus.

[matt83]

For those going the rail strike has been canned. Well for now anyway. 

[matt83]

To echo all the above I’d play the reserves and rest all first xi players for Sunday. As far as the squad goes there’s plenty of outfield talent to play the one glaring position of very very low quality is pears. He’s one of the worst goalkeepers I’ve ever seen including opposition keepers. Probably the largest gap in quality between first choice and 2nd choice in professional football. 

[rigger]

1 hour ago, matt83 said:

To echo all the above I’d play the reserves and rest all first xi players for Sunday. As far as the squad goes there’s plenty of outfield talent to play the one glaring position of very very low quality is pears. He’s one of the worst goalkeepers I’ve ever seen including opposition keepers. Probably the largest gap in quality between first choice and 2nd choice in professional football. 

Pears is so poor I think his rightful place is on the bench, and never on the pitch. I honestly think if Kaminsky was out through injury he would be replaced by one of the younger keepers, not Pears.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, rigger said:

Pears is so poor I think his rightful place is on the bench, and never on the pitch. I honestly think if Kaminsky was out through injury he would be replaced by one of the younger keepers, not Pears.

Pears has been number 2 all season under JDT so I think you are wrong to think that Hilton or Eastham would replace Kaminski if he wasn't available to play 

[rigger]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Pears has been number 2 all season under JDT so I think you are wrong to think that Hilton or Eastham would replace Kaminski if he wasn't available to play 

As I said, Pears has been sat on a bench, the others have at least been playing. It's all opinions, until Kaminski is unavailable we will not know who is right. Personnally I hope we never find out.

Edited November 6, 2022 by rigger

[Mattyblue]

Strange/easy life being a second choice keeper in the modern, reserve team free game.

If no injury to the main man, they literally never play a minute of a football match for months on end (many months if knocked out of cups early). Bit of training through the week, then sit on the bench with your gloves on on a match day. Rinse and repeat…

Edited November 6, 2022 by Mattyblue

[chaddyrovers]

2 minutes ago, rigger said:

As I said, Pears has been sat on a bench, the others have at least been playing. 

Pears has played in both Cup games. I don't him not playing if Kaminski wasn't available 

[davulsukur]

Worst possible time to play this lot, with the big game on Sunday.

A team of kids/fringe players is fine but if West Ham put their first team out, it'll be an absolute pasting.