Away Match Build Up 9/8/23 Carabao Cup R1: Bristol City v OUFC

[Northstandboy]

Carabao Cup R1 action tomorrow night.

Bristol drew against Preston at home.

Since the turn of the 00's, we have played them 5 times, 3 in the league 2 in the League Cup

Last 6 meetings:

02 Oct 1999	Oxford United v Bristol City	W	3-0	League Division 2
24 Apr 2000	Bristol City v Oxford United	D	2-2	League Division 2
30 Sep 2000	Oxford United v Bristol City	L	0-1	League Division 2
03 Mar 2001	Bristol City v Oxford United	D	0-0	League Division 2
10 Sep 2002	Bristol City v Oxford United - James Hunt	W	0-1	League Cup
12 Aug 2014	Bristol City v Oxford United - Carlton Morris + Danny Hylton	W	1-2	League Cup

W: 3
D: 2
L: 1

 

[SteMerritt]

I'm going for an OUFC win. That'll make 3 consecutive away cup wins there, I'd be surprised if we have ever done that to another team.

History beckons!!!!

 

[Malc]

Difficult one to forecast. Think we will lose by just 1 goal, 3-2 to City.

 

[andystroud]

Do they have extra time or go straight to penalties? Not that I’m expecting it to matter.

 

[Carpy]

Think we'll actually be much improved against them, they won't stick 10 players behind the ball like Cambridge

2-1 win with goals from RR and Harris

You just know it'll be one of the ex-OUFC players that will score against us.

 

[SteMerritt]

Do they have extra time or go straight to penalties? Not that I’m expecting it to matter.

I believe it is straight to penalties up until the semi finals.

 

[Wandering Yellow]

I believe it is straight to penalties up until the semi finals.

I prefer that, to be honest, no club wants that midweek before a league game saturday.

I also favour ET and pens for FA Cup instead of replays (although I'm aware that's an unpopular opinion)

 

[SteMerritt]

I prefer that, to be honest, no club wants that midweek before a league game saturday.

I also favour ET and pens for FA Cup instead of replays (although I'm aware that's an unpopular opinion)

I'd go back to replays in the League Cup also, but then I guess I'm "Old Skool" when it comes to that. Without replays we would never have had the glory of 1983...

Oxford United 1 Manchester United 1
Replay: Manchester United 1 Oxford United 1 (aet)
2nd Replay: Oxford United 2 Manchester United 1 (aet)

We played 11 games in the League Cup run of 1983/4

 

[Foley]

Manning suggested a couple of changes.
Mills for Tyler I assume will be one.
Then Stevens and/or McGuane in as well?

I assume that Beadle will play if he wants to build an understanding in defence rather than 'rest' players and give the back up players a chance?

 

[werthersoriginal]

I'd go back to replays in the League Cup also, but then I guess I'm "Old Skool" when it comes to that. Without replays we would never have had the glory of 1983...

Oxford United 1 Manchester United 1
Replay: Manchester United 1 Oxford United 1 (aet)
2nd Replay: Oxford United 2 Manchester United (aet)

We played 11 games in the League Cup run of 1983/4

I don't like extra time, nothing much normally seems to happen, and replays seem OTT in the League Cup now it's diminished in importance. I quite like going straight to pens, it gives you a real chance of going through if you can desperately scrap a home draw against a big club.

 

[Sarge]

I'd go back to replays in the League Cup also, but then I guess I'm "Old Skool" when it comes to that. Without replays we would never have had the glory of 1983...

Oxford United 1 Manchester United 1
Replay: Manchester United 1 Oxford United 1 (aet)
2nd Replay: Oxford United 2 Manchester United (aet)

We played 11 games in the League Cup run of 1983/4

those really were the days

I really do detest the devaluation of cup competitions - proper ones, League cup & Fa cup , (NOT the damn pizza slice trophy) , since the advent of PL, and PL calling thefuckingshots in English football, I
used to enjoy extra time and replays. ( like in 83/84)

when will the devaluing of cup competitions stop? theoretically, why even bother playing cup matches any more, they, all the ko rounds, could all be sorted on just one day by having penalty shootouts, instead of actually playing any matches , could even decide the winners by just having a penalty shootout final without playing a match first

 

[Sarge]

I fancy an ( unlikely) away win - old fashioned smash n grab would be great

 

[Jolteon]

Feeling oddly confident. Bristol City won't sit with 10 players behind the ball giving our attack the space to play the way we want. Hopefully a win and a confidence boost going into the weekend, although City looked decent in pre season (against our second string, admittedly).

Am I right in thinking there's no way to watch this one online?

 

[Northstandboy]

Feeling oddly confident. Bristol City won't sit with 10 players behind the ball giving our attack the space to play the way we want. Hopefully a win and a confidence boost going into the weekend, although City looked decent in pre season (against our second string, admittedly).

Am I right in thinking there's no way to watch this one online?

Not this season. but from next season Sky will be showing All 93 Carabao Cup matches

 

[notThisWayButThat]

I'll be there, got my ticket. Win or lose, up the U's.

 

[Dilla]

Any reason this game is on Wednesday rather than today?

 

[Big Ron]

Any reason this game is on Wednesday rather than today?

I had it moved due to a work meeting.

 

[Sarge]

Any reason this game is on Wednesday rather than today?

probably Brizzle City play their midweek home games on Wed evenings? .... OUFC used to, certainly in the Manor days

 

[tonyw]

Was looking at how they approached the League Cup last year under Pearson, and Brizzle looked like they took it fairly seriously. Made five changes from their team the previous weekend - mostly the same defense, but rotated the forwards.

Guess they'll do something similar tomorrow, so they'll be a handful. Suspect we'll see Dickie (who started on the weekend) and Sykes (who came on as a sub). But Atkinson is still on the road to recovery from his ACL injury. Probably see frickin' Mehmeti as well (the good one that they signed from Wycombe, not our one!)


Suspect we might play Stevens, McGuane and Mills in place of Long, McEachran and Tyler. They're going to be important squad members, so we should be getting them some game time early.

 

[Kamal]

Is this on iFollow for "international" fans?