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Said many times before, when the semi-final is drawn whoever comes out first/third are the designated home teams and get to choose which end their supporters will be allocated.

Not sure of that. The alternative is having to deal with rakes of skooshed Hearts and Hibs fans on a Saturday evening instead and it will defo be an equal split of the ground for them. That's a lot of fans heading for public transport back to Edinburgh at once, some of whom are raging and the others looking to douse the enraged in salt. It's literally a choice between the two hardest games to police in Scotland outwith a new Glasgow derby but I wouldn't be surprised that within this context our game would be easier to manage.

Does anyone know which end of Hampden we’ll get? 😐

That's gonna be a fun Saturday evening shift for Glasgow cops whichever way around it is.

Why does nobody call out this utter charade.

Surely we don't need a better incentive to beat that lot in the semi by facing hearts or hibs in the final. COYR

Dinnae hud yer breath......

Exactly, yet another chance for AFC to query why we don't toss a coin for "ends" at neural hampden.

If it was a weekend after Conference League games then Hearts v Hibs would have had to be on the Sunday as the diets would have played on the Thursday night prior to it, however it is not a European week so Hibs v Hearts will be on the Saturday and we will be on the Sunday. No fucking way we are getting a Saturday evening kick off time v them after having had hours of fans getting pished pre match. Just my thoughts. Oh and we'll be getting the end with the shite pubs

A tricky trip to Civil Service for Formartine.

We are on sleeper and not liking it at all. A lot of folk complained about NFL app but I liked it.

Keith away for the mighty Hive.....tie of the round.

Nae loving this ESPN app, too much going on.

1st Round draw

Waiting for TDs from Swift, Burden and McMillan for tonight’s bet builder.

Good.

Tuesday would be the game to maybe give Frame some minutes if GW is flagging after playing the full game v Killie, although be interesting to see where this new signing will play. He has played LWB, which Robinson noted in his press conference the other day.

Aye, it's a shame Frame doesn't get a game.

Both Peter Leven and Jonny Hayes announced in the Scotland youth team coaching set up.

Yep fair points. I’ve posted this in the wrong thread but the point I’m making is the new signings since Robinson arrived - the jury is out on all of them apart from GW who has done well (although it’s a shame Frame is not getting a look in).

We've been a bit all over the place with systems, formations and line-ups, and then making multiple subs at half-time in games, which is clearly playing a big part in why we don't look anything like a settled side. Would make sense with two away games and then an international break afterwards to just stick with the 5-3-2 / 3-5-2 that has given us some success in recent games. (Didn't realise it's actually a three-week break and we're not back until 11 October, but that would be the time to work on any new systems etc). I'd play a slightly more defensive midfield though. Not because I particularly fear Motherwell, but just because I don't think we've quite cracked who should play in the middle yet and can see Aremu or Briedl if playing DM alone getting dragged about quite a lot. I'd play two deeper midfielders together.

I'm breaking forum etiquette here, but semi-final chat should not be hidden away in a generic League Cup thread. Last time we were at Hampden we won the cup against Celtic, so let's not fear this mob. The last time Stephen Robinson faced Derek McInnes in a semi-final at Hampden he skelped him 3-0 (Motherwell against... doesn't matter who it was against, but the team he beat were wearing blue shirts). The last two times Robinson has been at Hampden - and in this competition - he won 4-1 (semi) and 3-1 (final). So aye, we're winning this. Final against Hibs (I'm calling it now, think they'll beat Hearts) on the sacred day that we celebrate Eoin Jess' birthday (and Kristers Tobers). Dates and kick-off time are either Saturday 31st (17:15 or 17:30 kick-off usually is the slot) or Sunday 1st November (14:00 or 15:00).

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Olusanya just chapped the door and asked if he could get a game.

Are they all his signings though? The point of the head coach set up is that recruitment is dealt with elsewhere. Cadden, Mayo, Lyons, Ronan, Smith may well have been his. Happe possibly. The two German goalkeepers I think were Lutz. GW, Ntelo, Mouloua, Mahou and Briedl were all very likely from the scouting team. Olusanya, who knows.