They Gave Us A Scare Last Time At Doncaster
Sep 19th, 2017 by 'holic
Although the memories of Chelsea are still fresh in the mind it is time to look forward again to the visit of Doncaster Rovers in the Carabao Cup. Suffice it to say I knew precious little about the current Doncaster Rovers set-up so I’m grateful for the online presence of the club and their local press.
The visitors are currently out of the League One relegation zone only on goal difference having won just one of their opening eight fixtures. However their journey to this tie is more impressive. Hull City were beaten 2-0 in the first round and Rovers won a Yorkshire derby at promotion-chasing Bradford City 2-3 in the second.
Doncaster are managed by Darren Ferguson, son of Arsene Wenger’s old sparring partner at Old Trafford. He sounded as defiant as his father too when asked about the upcoming fixture.
“We are going down there to shock them and in a one-off game you never know, we are not going there for a night out.”
They are captained by James Coppinger, the only survivor of our last meeting which was in the quarter-final of the same competition twelve years ago. We were just seconds away from a shock defeat when Gilberto Silva equalised and we went on to win the penalty shoot-out 1-3.
For the second midweek running there will be an enthusiastic visiting support. They have sold almost all of their allocation of over 5000 tickets so while they will be fewer in number than Cologne I’m sure they will help to create another excellent atmosphere.
As for the Arsenal this time around the manager has already said it will be a similar team to the one that played against Cologne in the Europa League last week. The excellent arsenalyouth.wordpress.com blogger, Jeorge Bird, tweeted that Hector Bellerin, Laurent Koscielny, Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette were rested from today’s training session. Mesut Ozil is still out along with Danny Welbeck, Francis Coquelin, Matthieu Debuchy, and Santi Cazorla.
Expect the team to look something like David Ospina behind a back three of Calum Chambers, Per Mertesacker, and Rob Holding. Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Reiss Nelson could well be the wing backs.
Mohamed Elneny and Jack Wilshere could be paired up in the engine room behind Alex Iwobi. Theo Walcott is likely to start with Olivier Giroud as the main attacking threat?
The ‘holic pound
If you listened to Monday night’s A Bergkamp Wonderland podcast (see below) you will know I was bullish about the outcome, predicting a 4-0 home win. I have punted on that despite the rather disappointing odds of 15/2. If you are from Donny I suspect the offer of 40/1 against your team winning will be hard to resist.
As ever I hope those who have tickets will thoroughly enjoy another League Cup experience at the Grove. I just hope there will be a stream to be found somewhere.
Have a good one, ‘holics.
116 Responses to “They Gave Us A Scare Last Time At Doncaster”
Doncaster makes me think of an Osmond brother on wheels.
But that’s better than the reality
Harsh Cynic.
I like it. ?
get a room
Will you be at West Brom Holic?
what is it wi you lot ?
Will you be at West Brom CBA?
no
will you be at our Caoimhin’s christening ?
Thanks for that, H. I now know infinitely more than I did about Doncaster.
A 4-0 victory would be very nice indeed but it would be even nicer to stick 8 past Fergie Minor..
all mouth c100
all mouth
Sadly not invited. How do you pronounce that?
aw bollocks
the skirt wearers
arove
cba, can we all come if we bring a bottle?
I’m looking for someone to have a pint with pre WBA. Going on my own as my lad will be punishing his liver in Freshers week.
keeee veeeen
baff loves me
an sure
why wouldnhee
KeeeVeen. That’s lovely.
love may be a tad hyperbolic, cba. 🙂
one hint of racism
and I’ll BUST YER FACE
“inverted commas”
nope
run out
yeah
etc
baff you know
come on
Scotland is a big part of my life
.
Our last, indeed only defeat at the hands of Doncaster Rovers was in March 1902 in their first season in the Football League. We had beaten them 1-0 the previous November at the Manor Ground, the goal being scored by centre forward Andrew Swann, one of his two goals in his only seven games for Woolwich Arsenal. We beat them twice the following season, at the end of which they dropped out of the Football League.
The next encounter was a 3rd Round FA Cup tie in January 1953, which we won comfortably 4-0 at Highbury. We would go out in the quarter finals to Blackpool, who went on to win the cup, beating Bolton Wanderers 4-3 in the ‘Matthews Final’.
It would be almost three and half decades before the next match between the two clubs, a two-legged 2nd round League Cup game in 1987, won 4-0 on aggregate. We fielded eleven Englishmen in the second leg (and ten plus David O’Leary in the first).
Then the most recent game ‘Holic mentions above, which was also the first time we had conceded a goal against Doncaster Rovers since the 1902 defeat.
LPAG
Official attendance at Wembley tonight 23,926.
I’m saying nothing until I count the crowd tomorrow.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kgu71d81U
.
my ears hurt
adequate genius makes genius dance
@22 DUP?
on me christmas cider
bugger me its brutal
says 7.8
feels worse
i will be quiet now
CBA
I’ve kept my silence but enuff is enuff as we Cockerneys say.
I set up the deal for you to buy out Stan and you appoint yer mates like Countryman to little sinecures but do I hear a dicky bird( more Cockerney) from you ?
Then you don’t invite me to Caiomhin’s christening and I’d bought a new suit. Fine mate you are.
See if I care?
my arse won’t
been fartin like a fuckin trooper
.
.
.
as an aside
one for the young man out on swally
NEVER TRUST A GUINNESS FART
TTG
Stiff upper lip old chap.
Not the done thing to bleat.
thunder T
pull yerself together
34>35
although
33>>>>EVERYTHING
I’m looking for someone to have a pint with pre WBA.
If only Ollie Reed was still alive…
been fartin like a fuckin trooper
What, including the guitar solo?
cynic , any danger ye could houl me coat while
I DEFEND
.
.
.
.
.
yet
AAATTTAAACCKKKKKKKKKKK !
40
that’s not yesterday
?
OK, but if you need back up I’ll be too busy going through your pockets to help out.
Ned
Remiss of me not to thank the Monks for the in depth info requested in previous drinks.
Much appreciated.
Just reading about Doncaster on Wikipedia.
Apparently it was recently discovered that it technically belongs to Scotland in light of ancient agreements laid out in the Treaty of Durham.
But this was never formally administered.
Dodged a bullet there Bath/BTM.
It is about 20 miles from Sheffield,and both Cities are jointly served by the local International airport called i kid you not, Robin Hood. !!
S’okay
grumpy
has shown up
with a shorter than normal ETC from on high
so i will
.
yeah
(blows kisses a-cliveward)
RAMBLERS !
my arse
oooooh
45
You’re a bit cantankerous tonight, cba. Has someone stolen yer swally?
ye’d think i made this stuff up wouldn’t ye
eh ?
cba@14: Is that not just Kevin?
fabulous to mundane
involves much
RAMBLERS !
my arse
First farting Iron Maiden tunes and now an attack of the ramblers. That cider must be good stuff.
You’re getting yourself christened, cba? Can I be godfather?
Having Googled I find that godparents should be people who you know you can trust and who’ll be there to advise on the bigger questions in life; questions about faith, hope and football. It didn’t actually say football, but it stands to reason, ay.
Okay, I may not have the faith and only minimal hope, but I’m sure you’ll agree that footballing wisdom is evident in my every post.
There’s a drink in it for you…
Thanks for the preview Holic.
Sorry to miss the post Chelsea bar but a full diary, carpenter, chair delivery man, flooring people and roofers – not to mention two trips to the dump – sorry, Household Waste Recycling Centre !!! – have stolen all my time.
Great performance against Chelsea – round pegs in round holes and a strict positional plan works wonders, eh ?
And so to Donny Rovers – that means a start for our, ahem, most gifted striker, Mr Theodore Walcott. What ? – in our fourth priority competition ?
Chris is currently being tended by Nursey …..
Littlewoods, Milk, Rumbelows, Capital One …..
and now the Caribu Cup, deer deer ….
53
as if we’d do it without ye ?
.
lurch aboard sunshine ?
Damn! This
Damn! This Apple IOS 11.0 is the bloody bomb! ?
7 to the Arse to further knock Ox-Chambo’s Kloppity Flopp nose a-skew! No losses since ya left big-eating fella! And concomitantly, no wins for your new Mugwashers – with that personal back-to-back hammering fer ya! ?
Thanks for the preview and
the link to Jeorge guvna.
I learned all sorts of interesting
stuff. Our under 18 goalie’s name
is Virginia. And Perez is still on
the bench and Joel is not even
in the squad – different place,
same old story.
And I think Rob Holding will play
because it’s his birthday.
Hello Dan,
After the game Klippity lamented
the poor defending and lack of
clinical finishing. And I thought
Ox wanted a change!
A quick and wild guess at the
line-up
Osp
Calum, Mert, Rob
Nelson , Elneny, Jack, Ash M-N,
Theo, OG, Alexis
Seems the right time to give
Jack and Alexis a start.
But if not for Alexis then
Jack at 10 and Willock at CM.
The midfield looks very young
in that case though.
Mostly, I agree with Holic’s team
but I’d like to rest Iwobi.
Flooring people and roofers, Trev? Are your walls okay?
Mr Theodore Walcott? No such person in the club, Trev. Did you mean Theo Walcott, our #2 striker (after Alexis) or possibly #3 if Laca lives up to his rep? 🙂
Clive@43: At your service.
Doncaster is part of Scotland, you say. Possession is nine-tenths of the law would be my riposte.
King David of Scotland and his son Henry, to whom Doncaster was given under the first Treaty of Durham in 1136, had designs on incorporating Northumberland and Cumbria, northern Lancashire and much of Yorkshire into their kingdom, and launched two invasions of Yorkshire to that end. If successful, the county championship would have looked a lot different.
Ned
Your Monks are diligence personified.
Sorry countryman. No West Brom for me.
Not much interest in Doncaster –
the actual birthplace of Robin Hood
– in the bar today.
Perhaps we can call it the
Not Really Bothered Cup next
year.
I must admit I’m not getting up
at 4AM to find a dodgy stream.
Re: Chris @61. Astute question what with all the hurricanes and earthquakes going around. Trev?
It’s the DGATUWWI Cup
Don’t Give A Toss Unless We Win It
CBA
Sorry I let myself go
It happens to even the stoutest hearts
I’m back on track now
Give the bloody job to C100 see if I care
Cynic,
Then it’s a trophy like the
Community Shield but even
better cos it’s from Carabao
A game to showcase the bench strength and some of them to dust the cobwebs and put in a shift. Chambers and Per to start maybe? we should have enough ammunition to win the game in the second half after probably a cagey first one. jack to play the complete 90 hopefully and show us the obvious talent he has and hopefully the endurance as well needed to last a full game.
I am not convinced about Maitland Niles and in whatever i have seen, he does not seem to be defensively sound to step up to the next level,these are games which may go a small way to prove me or anyone else who has these doubts or want to see him progress.
No telecast in India for this one so hoping to catch this online and beam in the end seeing a win and seeing jack play well.
Am of that mind too Cynic@68, except it would be nice for the kids (and Feo) to get a competitive run out every now and again for a few months. Then again, we have the Europy League for that, at least until Christmas.
So, I got one wrong. Alexis starts, not Iwobi, otherwise I nailed it.
With this squad am expecting nothing short of 5-0 pasting
well in, holic.
i’m assuming nelson and a-m are our wingbacks, nelson behind alexis (good, because of alexis’ propensity to vacate the left for the middle, gives us four across the front who can score) and am behind theo (good because i think he’ll stay home a bit more and play to theo’s speed, enabling us to have a fluctuating 4 at the back). though i daresay if am plays midfield and elneny wing, it could be even more exciting, though more risky, not least because it’s certainly not mo’s natural position.
this has got to be a pasting, aD. i’ll be pleased if i can watch part of it!
Good prediction on the line-up Holic
It should be more than adequate even though we haven’t got proper wing backs . I’m not sure I like the best prospect for years playing out of position . Still I’m just an old misery
COYG
goals galore!!!!!!
Bet 365 have a live stream but if you’re not a member you have to deposit £10 to watch. You could bet it on the Holic pound ( or ten pounds)
espn3 are playing it in the usa, available if you have a common cable/dish carrier.
Go Gunners Go!!!!
holy crap, that would have been some goal from giroud.
nicely taken, theo.
well done lads
darren ferguson looking resigned to, perhaps, a spanking unlike any the ferguson clan have endured. one can only hope.
disappointing half in the end after a brilliant start. we looked sluggish that last 20 or so minutes, after the goal.
Can anyone see Arsene facing off against Sir Alex’s grandchild one day?
Walcott come on! FFS!
from delicacy of chip to blasting an even better chance over. i just don’t get him, our theo.
We always have to make it extra hard has to be said!
i’m gonna need a drink.
Not a very good performance it has to be said!
A pint of DOOM BAR for you scruz!
thanks, arthur. and a pint of “who you callin’ WUSSIE” pils on the bar for you, too.
Cheers fella 😀
Poor game lads. If they can’t get 4 more, then it’s a loss. Wenger should have played under 23s.
Chelsea 4 Forest 0
Utd 4 Burton 0
well…
after all the potential of the first half hour, the last 45 have been dire.
iwobi for theo. let’s get nketieh on for giroud, too.
Nelson is not showing much that everyone is raving about mind you Alexis is trying his hardest but it aint working for him either!
Akpom for OG, Nacho for M-Niles.
BIFFF
Jesus scary moments and Doncaster should have been level now
So many misplaced passes it very bad to watch!
man, i hate the shitty feeling on games like this.
willock on for nelson. huh.
For me those kids are not showing any glimpses of first team players sorry
Got lucky there
jay-zus. that deflection could have gone anywhere.
worldie, ospina.
I honestly thought this was going to be goal fest! How wrong was I???
Everton 3 Sunderland 0
like i said, goals galore.
you and me both, arthur. what a senseless game.
Is Wenger not seeing that our left side is being exploited or what exactly?
Not taking anything from the Chelski display but this is well below par!
Everything was too slow! Thank god for that it was a shit game end off!
even were we to score another it would be complelely unfair gloss on the scoreline. doncaster are good for the 1-0 loss; alternatively, we’ve not been good enough for a 2-0 win.
ugly.
When is OG getting his 100th goal? ?
Wenger should have played that 8-2 video to them on all their training days for this match. Disgusting display.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Phew