Exceedingly Good Carabao
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Manchester City eased past Newcastle to set up a Carabao Cup final with Arsenal. The master meets the apprentice.
Today, Marcus and Luke consider how the result of the upcoming Carabao Cup final will impact the rest of the season. Plus, we find out whether you really can find a car parking space that is more expensive than the League Cup prize money.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:25.2 | Welcome to the Football Rumble on this rainy Thursday in the Kingdom. |
| 0:29.1 | It's the morning after the second leg of the semifinal of the Carabelle Cup |
| 0:32.7 | between Manchester City and Newcastle United. |
| 0:36.1 | It ended 3-1 to Manchester City, of course, 5-1 on Ag. Luke Moore, easy-peasy for those citizens. Yeah, it's a rainy day in the kingdom, a rainy Thursday, but it's not going to dampen our spirits, is it, Marcus? Oh, no. And if one thing was going to dampen our spirits, though, probably be that Omar Mamouche fortunate goal |
| 0:55.1 | after seven minutes last night, on which you and I both knew instantly that the game was up. |
| 1:00.6 | Put your clothes on, Newcastle. |
| 1:01.9 | It's all over. |
| 1:02.9 | Yeah, very little for the neutral after that, you would add. |
| 1:06.3 | And then, of course, he gets somewhat of a fortuitous second not too long after that but i mean we know that |
| 1:13.1 | newcastle i've got a stinking record at the eti ha um absolutely the only way to describe it |
| 1:18.2 | it's the only way to describe it but i was hoping as a neutral for more than seven minutes yeah we |
| 1:24.9 | both were i mean it's our reasoning as well. We've given up our evening. |
| 1:28.3 | It's our job. We know that. And we're happy to do it. We're very grateful to have this opportunity, of course. And we will never forget that. No. But sometimes it's good when the games meet us halfway. And seven minutes in was pretty, pretty thin gruel. And like you said, the goal after 29 minutes as well. |
| 1:45.0 | That basically ends it as a tie. |
| 1:46.5 | And despite Marcus, you banging that. in was pretty, pretty thin gruel. And like you said, the goal after 29 minutes as well, |
| 1:45.0 | that basically ends it as a tie. And despite Marcus, you banging that drive as hard as possible, |
| 1:50.2 | saying that you're never out of a game when it comes to Man City, which might I add, |
| 1:54.9 | they probably weren't because they had so many chances and City lost so much control. |
| 1:59.7 | Again, Newcastle just aren't in the position where they can take these chances or really so many chances and City lost so much control again. |
| 2:05.7 | Newcastle just aren't in the position where they can take these chances or really push a team consistently because they've been so inconsistent themselves. |
| 2:09.2 | Yeah. |
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