MATCH THREAD [+POST p29]: Cambridge Utd V Charlton Athletic: Lge Cup Rd2 : Tue 26th Aug 2025 KO19:30

Who is this Insulin player we are hearing about?

TheHerminator said:

Out of interest, who from the first 11 would you have played today ahead of a 12:30 kick off Saturday? 

Would've been nice to go into the break with it 2-1 and potentially be able to give a few starting players 30-20 minutes to win the game. 

cafc4life said:

ForeverAddickted said:

cafc4life said:

Wins breed confidence, continues to build fitness and gives us an opportunity to get a decent tie in the next round and make a bit of money hopefully. For me this is a case of all eggs in one basket with no regard given for anything else.

But we lost in the First Round last season of this competition, and still got promoted?

Not really sure what your point is?

Forgive me for wanting my team to be competitive, and looking to win every game. 

Maybe some on here are to used to the losers mentality we’ve been accustomed too in recent years that this is acceptable. 

As others have said, if we go and roll over to QPR on Saturday, tonight looks even more ridiculous.

No it doesn’t. All starting 11 will have fresh legs and a weeks rest ahead of a massive game and won’t have even been at the ground tonight.

Saturday’s result will have nothing to do with tonight’s game as they’re all at home resting 

Launched into our box, Rylah tries to counter, Mbick loses it in the middle of the pitch.

MarcusH26 said:

TheHerminator said:

Out of interest, who from the first 11 would you have played today ahead of a 12:30 kick off Saturday? 

None of them. Type of game we would have lost a Leaburn in to another injury. 

Exactly 

ElliotCAFC said:

Algarveaddick said:

ElliotCAFC said:

Honestly don’t understand why so many people care about a cup we have zero chance of winning, are we so desperate to be pumped 6-0 by Arsenal in the third round? We’re playing the u21’s to see how they shape up against a League One side.

I can’t believe our fans in the ground are mockingly chanting “we’ve got the ball… we’ve lost the ball” etc to a bunch of academy boys trying their best.

You carry on not understanding Elliot, the rest of us will carry on wanting our team to win every game. 

I also want the team to win? Just won’t wet the bed over the second round of the Carabao Cup.

I wont wet the bed over it but would rather we werent dicked by a not particularly good League 2 side with that millwall reject in charge

The big positive about this game is that at least all of the Academy players or many of them are getting a game

On the plus side, we tend to bounce back after such a rubbish performance.. so hopefully it just means we go into QPR and utterly thrash them

Redvalleyeast said:

ElliotCAFC said:

Algarveaddick said:

ElliotCAFC said:

Honestly don’t understand why so many people care about a cup we have zero chance of winning, are we so desperate to be pumped 6-0 by Arsenal in the third round? We’re playing the u21’s to see how they shape up against a League One side.

I can’t believe our fans in the ground are mockingly chanting “we’ve got the ball… we’ve lost the ball” etc to a bunch of academy boys trying their best.

You carry on not understanding Elliot, the rest of us will carry on wanting our team to win every game. 

I also want the team to win? Just won’t wet the bed over the second round of the Carabao Cup.

I wont wet the bed over it but would rather we werent dicked by a not particularly good League 2 side with that millwall reject in charge

So you’d prefer we played our first team players to get one over Neil Harris?

ForeverAddickted said:

cafc4life said:

ForeverAddickted said:

cafc4life said:

Wins breed confidence, continues to build fitness and gives us an opportunity to get a decent tie in the next round and make a bit of money hopefully. For me this is a case of all eggs in one basket with no regard given for anything else.

But we lost in the First Round last season of this competition, and still got promoted?

Not really sure what your point is?

Forgive me for wanting my team to be competitive, and looking to win every game. 

Maybe some on here are to used to the losers mentality we’ve been accustomed too in recent years that this is acceptable. 

As others have said, if we go and roll over to QPR on Saturday, tonight looks even more ridiculous.

Your whinging about winning breeding confidence blah blah blah, but we lost in the First Round at this stage of the competition last season, and it did us no harm.

What bit about that did you struggle with?

I’m not whinging, I’m giving my opinion. 

Headed away by Mitchell, we try to break but it comes back again, cross into the box headed wide.

Wasn't that handball??

aliwibble said:

Wasn't that handball??

BBC Cambridge saying it looked like it. No replay. 

TheHerminator said:

Redvalleyeast said:

ElliotCAFC said:

Algarveaddick said:

ElliotCAFC said:

Honestly don’t understand why so many people care about a cup we have zero chance of winning, are we so desperate to be pumped 6-0 by Arsenal in the third round? We’re playing the u21’s to see how they shape up against a League One side.

I can’t believe our fans in the ground are mockingly chanting “we’ve got the ball… we’ve lost the ball” etc to a bunch of academy boys trying their best.

You carry on not understanding Elliot, the rest of us will carry on wanting our team to win every game. 

I also want the team to win? Just won’t wet the bed over the second round of the Carabao Cup.

I wont wet the bed over it but would rather we werent dicked by a not particularly good League 2 side with that millwall reject in charge

So you’d prefer we played our first team players to get one over Neil Harris?

That really isnt what I'm saying is it.