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Town Look to Bounce Back at Carlisle
Tuesday, 28th Aug 2012 06:00

Town boss Paul Jewell will be weighing up whether to make changes to his side for tonight’s Capital One Cup second round tie against League One Carlisle United at Brunton Park (KO 7.45pm). The Blues manager will be looking for his team to get back to winning ways immediately in the wake of Saturday’s 6-0 defeat at Blackpool.

Jewell was yet to consider his team for this evening's tie when speaking after Saturday’s heavy loss at Bloomfield Road: “I haven’t thought about the Carlisle game.

"After tonight we’ll obviously be thinking about it. But I haven’t given it a second's thought yet. We’ll speak about that tonight.”

On Thursday, he said the Cumbrians had been watched and were due to be looked at again during Saturday’s 4-2 victory over Portsmouth: “The scouts have been watching them.

"We’ve already seen them once since the draw and we’ll have them watched on Saturday. We’ll treat that game with the utmost respect.”

The Blues squad remained in the North-West over the weekend with Jewell feeling the travelling home from Bloomfield Road and then back to Carlisle would be too much: “We worked it out, if we went up to Blackpool, came back and went to Carlisle it would be 24 hours on the bus, so we’re staying up north.

“We trained at Stoke on the way up there, which we’re grateful to Tony Pulis for letting us do, and then we’re training at Fleetwood on Monday.”

Given the heavy defeat on Saturday and the relatively small size of his squad, Jewell is unlikely to rest too many senior players, although he may make the odd change with matches having come thick and fast in the opening weeks of the season.


Scott Loach will probably continue in goal with skipper Carlos Edwards and Aaron Cresswell the full-backs. Luke Chambers is likely be partnered by Tommy Smith, although Damien Delaney may be in with a chance of a recall.

In the centre of midfield, Massimo Luongo and Luke Hyam have started up to now but Andy Drury could be moved into the middle, perhaps for Hyam, having returned to the starting line-up in a wide role on Saturday. Ryan Stevenson may also be in with a chance of a start.

Josh Carson could come back into the team on the left with Jay Emmanuel-Thomas on the right, unless Jewell decides to switch to 4-4-2, in which case one of those two will miss out, Lee Martin will switch wide and Jason Scotland will join Michael Chopra up front. If the Town boss sticks with his 4-2-3-1 formation, Martin will start behind lone frontman Chopra.

Byron Lawrence has travelled with the squad but was left out of the 18 at Blackpool.The 16-year-old could be on the bench at Brunton Park and may well be given a run-out if the Blues are comfortably in front at any stage.

New loan signing Guirane N’Daw is yet to meet up with his new team-mates having returned to France for a few days after completing his move from St Etienne on Friday.

Right-back Elliott Hewitt remains the only Town player injured having undergone hip impingement operations while with Macclesfield but has said on Twitter that he’s making progress: “Not too far off full training.”

Carlisle will be without on-loan Birmingham striker Jake Jervis, who hasn’t been given permission to play in the Capital One Cup, while another frontman, former Aberdeen and Middlesbrough man Lee Miller, is sidelined for a month with an ankle injury.

Ex-Everton and Bradford striker Danny Cadamarteri was replaced at the weekend and may be a doubt. Fellow frontman Rory Loy, a player Paul Jewell denied having any interest in after links last season, is out with a broken leg.

No member of either squad has played for tonight’s opposition, while Blues boss Paul Jewell and Carlisle manager Greg Abbott are good friends from their time as players at Bradford together.

Abbott says he and Jewell need to win tonight for different reasons: “I’m not sure who needs the result more. We do need to progress, because of the finances involved, and he will need to progress because of the poor result on Saturday. We will just lock horns and see how it goes.

“We will probably go into the game in better heart than Ipswich because of the weekend’s results, but you know there will be a reaction and they will be really upset with the performances and result.

“I expect an absolutely fierce response, like we gave against Portsmouth. We go into it in a better state of mind, and we have to go with the same determination that we can put them under pressure and cause them problems.”

The Blues last faced Carlisle, who beat Accrington Stanley 1-0 in the first round, in the 1978/79 season when they ran out 3-2 victors in an FA Cup third round tie at Portman Road.

Kevin Beattie was amongst the scorers against his hometown club, along with John Wark and Arnold Muhren.

Overall, the clubs have only met 10 times in total, the teams winning five games apiece. The clubs have not previously met in the League Cup.

Town were last at Brunton Park in the Cumbrians' only season in the top flight, 1974/75, when the Blues were defeated 2-1 with Trevor Whymark on the scoresheet. Blues legend Beattie was made captain for the day and should have scored an equaliser.

This evening’s referee is Scott Mathieson from Cheshire, who has shown eight yellow cards and no red in his three games so far this season. Mathieson’s most recent Town match was the 3-2 victory at Doncaster on the final day of last season in which he booked only Lee Martin and one-time Blues target George Friend.

Squad from: Loach, Lee-Barrett, Edwards, Cresswell, Ainsley, Chambers, Smith, Delaney, Luongo, Hyam, Drury, Carson, Emmanuel-Thomas, Martin, Stevenson, Lawrence, Chopra, Scotland, Murray.


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suffolkpunchdrunk added 06:33 - Aug 28
As long as it is not a 'dead cat bounce'.

PJ and the team have a big point to prove to us doubters.

Nothing but a convincing win will do.
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bigolconnor added 06:52 - Aug 28
As long as we score more than the other team will do.
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DiamondGezzer added 07:00 - Aug 28
suffolpunchdrunk :- Carlisle will have a point to prove against Championship oppositition. Although I obviously want Town to win, I don't see a huge drubbing on the cards for them. Having said that, I didn't see it on the cards for us on Saturday.
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raycrawfordswig added 07:14 - Aug 28
Queeno and Clown have butchered the squad have we anyone to bring in .
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Back_The_Boss added 07:25 - Aug 28
1-1 ft, 2-1 Carlisle AET.
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WorcesterBlue added 07:41 - Aug 28
Stick with the same team other than Carson for JET and see what they can do - it will be a good sign of how unlucky we really were on Saturday.
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newtownfan13 added 08:27 - Aug 28
i second WorcesterBlue's comment - i think Jet should not be started as he has been given the chances to prove himself and has failed on each occasion. COYB a victory tonight is imminent........................
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brian_a_mul added 08:41 - Aug 28
Its a perfect game to start Murray.

As we are short on goals and striking options, give the lad a start and lets see what he can do!! In the pre season games he played in, he was always involved either scoring or setting them up. Plus he back from international duty so he should be fired up!
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bluey123 added 08:42 - Aug 28
Carlisle 4-0 JEWELL OUT
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NITFC added 08:44 - Aug 28
Please no extra time and penalties. It will be late enough by the time we get home without that!!!
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brittaniaman added 09:03 - Aug 28
NO flying up north now, I was surprised that they went by coach ???? I expect Marcus Evans is saving his money for the new signings ???? or the FFP..
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Langdon_Blue added 09:07 - Aug 28
Not fussed about tonights result. I'd much rather some signings this week than progression in this cup, whatever it's name is now...
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craigyboy10 added 09:47 - Aug 28
If this game was before the Blackpool game everyone would have fancied us for a heavy win, we are playing some good passing football and tbh before the Blackpool game kept a clean sheet and conceded one, i think alot of people need to forget about Saturday and move on. If we can't, don't expect the players to.. I'm going 4-1 to us! Chopra x2 Martin 1 JET 1
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StuartBrett8 added 09:51 - Aug 28
I agree 100% ^^^^^
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Kesgraveblue57 added 10:31 - Aug 28
Oh how great it would be to win at Carlisle PJ would become a real star, fact if you can't beat this lot Jewell just go!
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ITFC4daprem added 10:49 - Aug 28
Loach
Edwards-chambers-smith-cressy
Luongo-hyam-drury
JET-lawernson
Murray
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casanovacrow added 12:24 - Aug 28
A few players need to put in a shift else with the new bodies coming in and the shambles in the second half against Blackpool they'll be dropped.
I have visions of JET being benched only to come on all fired up and score a brace. One can dream ;-)
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craigyboy10 added 12:33 - Aug 28
Kesgraveblue57...

Was the Blackpool fans saying that when they lost to morecambe?
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Fatboy added 13:13 - Aug 28
Play the same team and let the players get Saturday out of their systems.
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bluemingood added 17:24 - Aug 28
Great chance for Jet to run riot.
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raycrawfordswig added 22:17 - Aug 28
Blah Blah Blah jewell you clown.
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Skip73 added 22:26 - Aug 28
What a joke!! Jewell get out of our club NOW!!
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