English League Cup 2016/2017

Het-field wrote: Ultimately, this is just what the media are anxious for. Nothing incidents where plastic cups are thrown between men with mean expressions on their face. As somebody who was actually at the game last night it was well policed, and the security presence was successful in its attempts to ensure that the trouble that one might expect was never going to happen. The so-called "incidents" were noting, but the media will have a great time ranting about football culture and violence, when last night was nothing of the sort.

I was also at the game and thought the stewards at Stratford station are still pretty useless two months on from the first game. 

It was also quite obvious there was going to be a flash point between the two sets of fans as the blocks either side of the segregation areas weren't even watching the game and just finger pointing and billy big bollocks posturing for most of the game. It just looks embarrassing on TV from what were lads who mostly are knocking the bollox out of 40. 

When the flashpoint started, the stewards looked like they either didn't know what to do or didn't want to risk getting a slap for their troubles. It will only improve when they finally get that airwave radio system in place but that's now not until February. The met police have blamed E20, the stadium owners, for this and said they highlighted it back in 2014. It's amazing that they were allowed move West Ham in without this system in place. 

I wonder what odds on West Ham getting Millwall at home in the FA Cup third round draw?