Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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By Chris Bevan

1944: Good news. If you're in the UK, and you give this page a quick manual refresh, you can watch Midweek Final Score. Not only that, but you can also listen to Leicester v West Brom and (when it kicks off at 2000 BST) Man Utd v Wolves. What more can you possibly ask for?

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy: "I wanted some fresh legs in the team and I want all the squad to be able to play. It would be a huge boost for us to win today. We could do with a victory and it'd be terrific whoever it comes against."

Man Utd v Wolverhampton team news
Man United make wholesale changes as expected, with Portuguese striker Bebe handed a first start and third-choice keeper Ben Amos making his first appearance for two years. Chris Smalling, Fabio, Darron Gibson, Gabriel Obertan and Federico Macheda are also included. Wolves make seven changes from their 2-0 defeat at Chelsea on Saturday, with keeper Wayne Hennessey and strikers Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Steven Fletcher among those included.

Wigan v Swansea team news
BBC Sport's David Dulin at the DW Stadium:"Wigan boss Roberto Martinez makes seven changes for the visit of his former club Swansea. Ali Al Habsi is preferred in goal to Chris Kirkland and there are starts for Colin Caldwell, Victor Moses and Jordi Gomez, the latter having spent time on loan at the Swans. Charles N'Zogbia is on the bench. Swansea make eight changes with Alan Tate captaining the side, on-loan Marvin Emnes starts for the first time and midfielder Kemy Agustien makes his debut. Ashley Williams is out with concussion. Skipper Garry Monk is on the bench."

Man Utd v Wolverhampton line-ups
Man Utd: Amos, Brown, Smalling, Evans, Fabio Da Silva, Obertan, Carrick, Gibson, Park, Macheda, Bebe. Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Hernandez, Rafael Da Silva, Brady, Eikrem, Morrison.
Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Foley, Mouyokolo, Berra, Elokobi, Hunt, Mancienne, David Jones, Jarvis, Ebanks-Blake, Fletcher. Subs: Hahnemann, Van Damme, Edwards, Stearman, Bent, Milijas, Doyle.
Referee: Michael Jones (Cheshire)

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand on Twitter: "Not playing so gonna cheer the lads on from the stands! Would rather play but still enjoy seeing the young lads do their thing!"

From DeadRevel on 606: "Re 1905. I still think the conspiracy theory that Paul was 'whacked' by Lawro for fear of losing his Premier League prediction duties is the best one."

Leicester v West Brom team news
Leicester manager Sven-Goran Eriksson makes eight changes from the team that lost 2-0 to Swansea at the weekend, with Andy King, Lloyd Dyer and Franck Moussa the only survivors from that loss. West Brom boss Roberto Di Matteo makes 11 changes to his sixth-placed Premier League side which beat Fulham on Saturday. Simon Cox and Roman Bednar start in attack with Graham Dorrans coming into the midfield.

BBC Sport's David Dulin at the DW Stadium: "Roberto Martinez walked out on Swansea City 16 months ago to take charge of Wigan Athletic, angering many fans after previously saying he would have to be forced out of the club. Now he is set for a reunion with the Swans in the Carling Cup. Should be an interesting night."

Ipswich v Northampton team news
Ipswich boss Roy Keane brings in reserve keeper Brian Murphy in place of Marton Fulop, while Tamas Priskin - a scorer in the previous round - also comes in but there is still no return for Connor Wickham. Northampton's hero in the last round, Abdul Osman, comes in, while Craig Hinton earns a first start of the season, but John Johnson is suspended after a red card at the weekend.

Mr_Wobble_Head on Twitter: "Tonight could be the start of a special career if Ravel Morrison comes off the bench for Manchester United."


I've heard a lot about Mr Morrison, but not seen much so far, apart from highlights of a youth-team game he played in when I was staying across MUTV on the day the Wayne Rooney saga ended last week. He looked very handy, in a 'beats four players and slams home a brilliant finish kind of way'.

Leicester v West Brom line-ups
Leicester: Logan, Neilson, Morrison, Miguel Vitor, Berner, Abe, King, Dyer, Gallagher, Howard, Moussa. Subs: Weale, Teixeira, Fryatt, Kennedy, Wellens, Lamey, Hobbs.
West Brom: Myhill, Pablo, Cech, Meite, Zuiverloon, Reid, Tchoyi, Dorrans, Cox, Barnes, Bednar. Subs: Carson, Mattock, Shorey, Miller, Mantom, Tamas, Jara.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)

Birmingham v Brentford team news
Birmingham make seven changes from the side that beat Blackpool at the weekend, with Maik Taylor deputising for Ben Foster in goal. Brentford make just one change from the starting XI that defeated Peterborough with cup-tied Richard Lee replacing keeper Ben Hamer.

From Andy, via text: "Does anyone think Wolves have any chance tonight. We need a boost or I fear for our Premier League survival."

Birmingham v Brentford line-ups
Birmingham: Taylor, Carr, Dann, Ridgewell, Parnaby, Bowyer, Gardner, Michel, Derbyshire, Phillips, O'Connor. Subs: Foster, Johnson, Ferguson, Fahey, Zigic, Redmond, Asante.
Brentford: Lee, Spillane, Legge, Osborne, Woodman, Wood, Bean, O'Connor, Weston, Alexander, MacDonald. Subs: Royce, McCracken, Balkestein, Hunt, Grabban, Diagouraga, Simpson.
Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)

Ipswich v Northampton line-ups
Ipswich: Murphy, Eastman, Delaney, McAuley, Smith, Edwards, Norris, Leadbitter, Townsend, Priskin, Scotland. Subs: Fulop, Peters, O'Connor, Hyam, Brown, Murray, Griffiths.
Northampton: Dunn, Rodgers, Hinton, Hall, Davis, Gilligan, Wedderburn, Osman, Mckay, Jacobs, Thornton. Subs: Walker, Guinan, Holt, Konstantinou, Harris, Slowe, Kaziboni.
Referee: Eddie Ilderton (Tyne & Wear)

1921: Kick-off for that Wigan-Swansea game has been delayed by 15 minutes because some of the 4,500 travelling Swans fans have been caught up in an accident on the M6. Kick-off will now be at 2000 BST.

Wigan v Swansea line-ups
Wigan: Al Habsi, Stam, Gary Caldwell, Alcaraz, Figueroa, Moses, Watson, Thomas, Diame, Gomez, Boselli. Subs: Kirkland, N'Zogbia, Steven Caldwell, McArthur, Rodallega, De Ridder, Di Santo.
Swansea: Ma-Kalambay, Rangel, Tate, Serran, Taylor, Cotterill, Pratley, Agustien, Van der Gun, Emnes, Beattie. Subs: De Vries, Orlandi, Dyer, Dobbie, Monk, Sinclair, Allen.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)

1917: You can talk Carling Cup, you can talk cephalopods, you can even talk about the blooming Ballon d'Or. But please, talk to me tonight. How? Tweet me at chrisbevan_bbc on Twitter, get on board the good ship 606 or text me via 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide).

1916: A bit more team news - and slightly more predictable this. West Brom have made 11 changes from Saturday's win over Fulham for their game with the Foxes. Full details to follow very shortly, I promise.

1914: What else is happening? Well, Wigan and Swansea meet in what will be a bit of a grudge match at the DW Stadium, what with Roberto Martinez having left the Swans last year to take charge of the Latics. And new Leicester boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has his sights on Wembley ahead of his side's tie with West Brom. He never managed a team there while he was in charge of England, because it was being demolished or built.

1911: A bit of team news to whet your appetite: Bebe makes his first start for Manchester United. No Nani to look after him though.

1908: Enough already. So, what is in store for us over the next few hours? Erm, quite a lot actually. We've got five games in total, including holders Manchester United against Wolves and two of the giantkillers from round three in action too. Northampton (who beat Liverpool at Anfield) take on Roy Keane's Ipswich and Brentford (who knocked out Everton, also on penalties) will be looking for another Premier League scalp when they play Birmingham.

1905: There have been plenty of puns about Paul in the hours since his demise but most of them have sunk without a trace (sorry). However, I've picked the best one out of Davy Jones' locker (not sure what the Cardiff boss has to do with this, but still) for you to enjoy/endure... by BBC Sport's very own Honest Frank, who tweeted earlier: "Sad news. Paul the Octopus has died. Perhaps they can give a posthumous award for Underseas Sports Personality of the Year."

1902: I'm sure a few of you feel like going out and drowning your sorrows after hearing about the demise of Paul the Octopus earlier today but the show must go on. It's the Carling Cup fourth round tonight and we are going to have a whale of a time - go on, it's what your favourite cephalopod would have wanted.

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