Whom do you want in the Semi-Final?

Being disrespectful to Palace I expect Man Utd to join the other Manchester and Liverpool long with us in the draw tonight. I would like to overlook Liverpool and see one of the Manchester clubs, as our opponents in the semis of the Carling Cup my reason being both managers would probably play weaken teams.

The first leg is scheduled to be played the week commencing 9th Jan. The Saturday before (7th) is FA Cup time with the Third round kicking off so potluck who everyone will be playing. The following Saturday United are home to Bolton while City face a trip Wigan has for Cardiff they are away to Doncaster.

The league games before the second leg on the week commencing 23rd will see the both Manchester clubs have take tough games which will see United take on Arsenal away and City face Tottenham at home. They will be out in full strength for those games without a doubt Cardiff have a home game with Portsmouth that weekend. The following weekend its back to the Cup with the Fourth round of the FA Cup.

Ok it could be Liverpool in the draw and their two league games around the time of the semi-finals legs are Stoke and Bolton. Cardiff will face a possible eight games in January if they progress on to the fourth round of the FA Cup, plus four league games and of course the two semi-finals.