The Carling Cup - Part 2

      I have already wrote on this blog about how teams will fail in this competition and how daft it is here.  But last nights performances from Chelsea, Liverpool and Man City has made me want to talk about it again but hopefully in a different way as not to repeat myself.  Liverpool fielded a side which contained no of the starting eleven that played against Manchester United, City also fielded no players from the starting eleven that beat Wigan 2-0 at the weekend and Chelsea played two, Ferrira and Ramires, but they also played Terry for the first half.
     What I want to talk about is how Newcastle and West Brom beat the second teams from Chelsea and Man City.

The Carling Cup

For me the 'Carling Cup' is a very bizarre tournament, in my opinion the way some teams, mainly premiership sides, pick a reserve line up is a very bad decision.  I can see some of the reasoning behind it though, it is still very early in the season some sides are trying to let the fringe players get some game time, some sides, Arsenal and Manchester United for example, give the youth players a chance to prove themselves which for the top end clubs is probably a good decision.