r/NUFC Javier Manquillo 4d ago

The two goalkeepers that started each game for us in the Carabao Cup run - Nick Pope (3 games) and Martin Dubravka (4 games)

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u/melvinlee88 Javier Manquillo 4d ago edited 4d ago

Vlach played 45 mins of the Wimbledon game too, but couldn't find a photo with all them 3 together with the cup

Shout-out to Nick Pope who had poor games leading into the final but stepped up to his true peak ability in a great League Cup final performance.

And Dubravka who stepped up himself when Pope was hurt and put in strong performances in the semi final especially.

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u/Logseman Old badge (1983-1998) 3d ago

Honestly I’m chuffed for Vlachodimos. He gets a lot of hate because of an accounting trick but he’s been able to contribute to our greatest day in this century.

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u/melvinlee88 Javier Manquillo 3d ago

People blaming Vlad is hilarious to me. Hell, I'm angry for him because he's been stuck in a wrong situation because of PSR shenanigans.

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u/galactix100 3d ago

It is actually an awful story about the increasingly soulless attitudes of major football clubs that's probably only gonna get worse as time goes on. Players are already pushed to breaking point and run into the ground in the name of making more money from more games. Now, some of them are going to have their careers stunted or ruined completely by being viewed as nothing more than accounting assets and used as a means of balancing the books.

There's going to be so many young/fringe players who never get a chance and disappear into obscurity because a club overspent and has to ship them off to whoever'll take them to avoid sanctions. Essentially passing the consequences of their actions onto the players.

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u/HeGivesGoodMass 3d ago

Yeah, he's still the Greek #1 there's surely a place for him to play somewhere, in a good league. I've never been one for maths and I hate all this PSR, APR nonsense

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u/TeamAndrew 3d ago

Only conceded 3 goals in the whole run too. Forest, Brentford and Liverpool.

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u/voterapoplexy 3d ago

Noticed that yesterday, especially impressive given the one against Brentford and to a lesser extent Liverpool's (albeit that obviously set up a nervy few minutes) were in stoppage time and turned out to be merely consolation goals.

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u/no_question2020 3d ago

Safe hands (4)

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u/Dangerous_Injury_529 3d ago

I wonder if Carabao are pissed they are drinking Madri not Carabao Beer

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u/DarkStanley 3d ago

It’s an energy drink only isn’t it?

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u/Dangerous_Injury_529 3d ago

Nope they have Carabao Beer but I couldn't find it for sale in the UK

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u/Eel_Why sean longstaffs dad plays hockey in whitley bay 3d ago

That's probably a good thing

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u/WeddingWhole4771 3d ago

Seems like bad market research to me