Rovers Handed Tough League Cup Draw

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012:08:17:13:04:49 by Deadly Submarine.

Not good for progression but a decent tie otherwise for sure!

What an extremely exciting draw!

Can't complain could be some money in it for us

Sadly I don't think that it will be as much of a moneyspinner as you might think. Last season Villa got about 18,000 for the 3rd round FA Cup tie against Sheff U. That will have included a lot of blades fans (maybe half of the attendance) and I doubt that a midweek second round league cup match against Tranmere is going to attract a lot of Villa fans. So maybe 12,000, minus the cost of operating a huge stadium, with Tranmere taking 40% of what's left... not much really.

On the other hand Villa were probably the worst team in the second half of the last Premier League season so we definitely have a chance of causing an upset and from that point of view it's a good draw!

40 percent of 12,000 gate is good compare to a 3000 gate last night

A very exciting draw indeed im happy with the draw.

Will b a Intresting game 💩

Good draw this game ,has the result got to be finalized on the night or can it go to a replay if it could it would be good to beat Villa at PP or shall we just do the job first time and progress to another round at home.

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jade-trfc
40 percent of 12,000 gate is good compare to a 3000 gate last night

Yes, but it's only like an extra home league game. I'm sure that the additional money will be useful but I was just trying to make the point that we shouldn't go down there with the attitude that we've already got what we need out of the cup. We should be hungry for a pontentialy really big gate somewhere else!

I think we get 45% of the gate after sum deductions.

You're right Bigmart. My maths skills were temporarily knocked by the wave of digust when I read this in the financial rules:

19.1.2 10 per cent to the Cup Competition Pool (hereinafter called 'the Pool Account') the proceeds of which are to be divided at the end of the competition in the ratio 1:1 between
(a) the Clubs the Premier League
(b) the Clubs in the Football League

... so basically the Premier League has been bribed to take part by guaranteeing them a bigger share of the gate receipts.

Why do you think you'll beat us we had a bad season under a bad manager.

its a cup game and if am right upset happen in the cup someone correct me if im wrong.

and on another note there is no pressure on our players were going to your stadium and your the team expected to win none of use on here are going to your ground expecting a win but it is a winable game

I would be surprised if we won but shocks do happen.

You havent had a game yet under your new manager so youve no idea yet how you are going to do this season

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VillaJohn
Why do you think you'll beat us we had a bad season under a bad manager.

Actually John, there's only two posts I can see, speculating on the result and one says it would be nice to win and the other says Tranmere have a chance, but there aren't any that say Tranmere can or will win.

Realistically though, any team in any cup competition has a change. Look at Charlton playing Dagenham some years ago in the FA Cup; but for a Shaun Barltett equaliser in the final five minutes, earning Charlton a replay they won, a conferencde team would have dumped a Premier league side.

John Sillett knows that only too well when he lost to then conference side Sutton United with Coventry and they were the previous seasons winners.

Who would have thought Cardiff, last seasons league runners up and Championship playoff team would lose away to Northampton, who were not even a top 10 side.

If we were speculating on whether San Marino could beat Argentina in a friendly, I'd be on the hell freezing over, flying pigs side of the fence, but Villa will have to contend with one of the best defences in the country last season and I think Gibson will deputise admirably for Goodison and Cassidy will be itching to punk one of Wolves's rival teams, so Villa might not get the result they want.

However the odds are still stacked in Villa's favour. If Tranmere were a championship playoff team, that missed out on promotion and Villa just scraped premier league survival, I'd say it was more a nailed on result for Tranmere. All it could take is for Villa to switch off a bit early on, concede a goal, get panicky, then possibly get a man sent off or give away a sloppy free kick or penalty and Tranemre could steal a result.

Whatever happens though, it's going to be an interesting one, none the less.

Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.

Lambert has a proven record and he plays an excellent style of football. true about the above, my mistake.

same lampart that his brilliant norwich team get beat to us in a match that would have won the league for them