21.43 - Back again, sorry I forgot to mention, Jason Shackell is our choice for man of the match, the winner of the signed photo of Shacks will be announced on the message board tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for Roeder's reaction. Gareth

21.40 - That is it for another season in the Carling Cup, referee Thorpe blows the full-time whistle. Hope you will join us again on Saturday as the Canaries face Blackpool at Carrow Road.

21.38 - You are right there Chris, I can not recall David Marshall having to make a save much like Coventry.

"'83rd- Marshall is hving another quiet day in the City goal.'

... and we are losing..."
chrisalmera

"Sounds like another disappointing performance in the League Cup, but I would accept a loss tonight for 3 points on Saturday..."
youngjedi1

21.36 - The fourth official has just signalled four additional minutes, or should that be a minimum of four additional minutes.

21.35 - I think I am right in saying that the Carling Cup substitutions arrangement is being trialled this season for potential rollout to the other leagues to England in line with some of the other European leagues and European competitions.

"Thanks for clearing up that subs thing G-man. A bit too much to hope that we may ever get any sense and balance with these things from the FA, the FL and the PL eh?"
Lisa

21.32 - Much to the delight of the Dons' fans Clingan slices his effort wide obeying the call from my colleague to "Have a go". Maybe she should have specified the accuracy of the effort.

21.30 - That rearguard action was almost undone as Drury's cross eluded Cureton and Croft stealing in at the back post behind his marker could only turn the ball in Gueret's grateful arms.

21.29 - Rearguard action from MK, packing men behind the ball as is the way with modern football.

"Snodgrass has scored for leeds, what a name"
boycarrow9

21.27 - One thing I have forgotten to mention, this season in the Carling Cup you can name seven, count them seven subs. Both teams have used their allocated three now though.

21.26 - That would be to Macclesfield of League Two. MK Dons make their third and final change of the evening, Carl Regan replacing Mark Wright.

"Blackpool losing 2 nil"
boycarrow9

21.23 - Croft showing good pace and endeavour down the right taking man and ball to keep that in-play, legally.

21.20 - Gueret gets a talking-to from the ref as he looks to wind the clock down with some time-wasting.

"fantastic support once again it just keeps growing and growing. If your going to give a prize out give it to a city fan that made the trip to mk tonight they deserve it. Lets hope we get the right performances and results this kind of support deserves this season."
bryangunnsha

21.17 - Florian Sturm replacing Jemal Johnson for MK Dons.

"Kick it off, throw it in, have a little scrimmage,
Keep it low, a splendid rush, bravo, win or die;
On the ball, City, never mind the danger,
Steady on, now's your chance,
Hurrah! We've scored a goal."
chrisalmera

21.13 - Fozzy lets fly from distance but over and a change Matty Pattison replaces Arturo Lupoli. Looks like Pattison has gone left midfield and Russell joining Cureton up top.

21.11 - City becoming camped in the Dons half and enjoying their best spell, Croft hugging the right touchline.

21.09 - A change in the heart of the MK Dons defence, Sean O'Hanlon replacing Danny Swailes.

21.07 - Going back to GCSE Maths, I make that roughly a third of the crowd being City fans, with those being located closely together they make the greater noise than their spaced out Dons counterparts.

"So we have taken 2,103 out of 6,261 that makes it like a home game."
face99

21.04 - Croft instantly involved laying off a pass to Russell, who slams a curling effort of Gueret's post, who was beaten. Both fans respond with lots of noise.

21.03 - That is Koroma's last action of the game and he and Hoolahan are replaced by Cureton and Croft.

21.02 - Koroma sticks the ball in the back of the net but is ruled offside, correctly, lovely rounding of the 'keeper and between-the-foot finish though.

"Are we finally going to get some width on the pitch????????"
thegreedy1

20.58 - Attendance tonight here of 6,261, a magnificent 2,103 of those travelling City fans.

20.57 - Peter Leven becomes the first player to go into referee Mick Thorpe's book this evening for holding back Hoolahan, he had earlier been spoken to, so that would be a combination of fouls.

20.56 - Lovely dummy by the big Wilbraham there but Baldock skies his shot from eight yards, reminiscent of Yorke and Cole there.

20.54 - Cureton, Pattison and Croft warming up in front of us here.

20.51 - Shackell immediately called upon to perform a last-ditch tackle.

20.49 - We're underway again here at stadiummk.

"Its always the same... A game Norwich really should win, and the game has been made harder- and by the things I have been reading, the players can only blame themselves...

C'mon Norwich!!! On the ball city!!!"
chrisalmera

Half-time - I have been reduced to drinking tea tonight, no coffee on offer, at least I did get two biscuits so life's not all bad.

"I crave to see city play in a cup final at wembley and every season I start dreaming again. Come on city hit that onion bag as hard as you can in the second half! Kick it off ......."
bryangunnsha

Half-time - An Airplane reference there, great film, great shout. I think it is ankles that needs to quit the whisky drinking. May I confirm people, we are playing MK Dons tonight and not Luton Town. Thanks!

"Looks like I picked the wrong night to give up Whisky........"
thegreedy1

"We do not sound secure at the back tonight, the amount of space Luton have found is worrying"
ankles50

Half-time - The announcer giving out some birthday shouts and telling the drummers to "keep it loud". Sure there is a Lupoli, Italian, Don headline in there somewhere.

"I was hoping for a Lupoli first goal to get my Soprano's / Don's play on words up here"
ankles50

"Maybe the Cambridge cold shower treatment would work better than the hairdryer.."
jigs69

"The Glennster giving them the hairdryer treatment at half time should do the trick!"
Lisa

20.33 - And that is the half, some debate about how Roeder will approach the half-time team talk.

20.32 - One minute to be added on here at the end of the first half.

"Patience is a virtue. Comon ladds and ladiess lets keep our spirits high"
olliekeely3

"Too bad I can't listen to the game or anything, but I guess that this game is the best chance our strikers has to prove themselves before reinforcements are being signed. If the rumours about us signing Iversen are true, no attacker in ous line-up is safe..."
chrisalmera

20.27 - Free-kick to City 20-yards out on the diagonal, Fotheringham and Hoolahan stand over it. Hoolahan's delivery evades everyone, needed a runner round the back, easy to say from the Press Box though.

"1-0 down, theres a suprise...

Beckfords got a hat trick for Leeds, could do worse than getting him in."
vaz_ncfc

"Shall we have the old 'value of the cup' (any cup) debate again?

I'd suggest a cup is only a dead duck once you're out of it. I don't particularly care who we're playing, at any level - I just always want to win."
Lisa

20.25 - Make that four!

20.24 - Dons pressure now with three back-to-back corners and the MK Army chant out again.

"I dont know if I should post on here tonight................I dont think I can do better than 2nd. (where's w/star?)"
hamster456

20.20 - Goal for MK Dons, number 15, Sam Baldock. City opened up twice in the space of minutes.

20.19 - I think OJ Koroma would disagree with you there Face, the Gambian going through and having his shot saved by Willy Gueret, potentially a heavy touch in there by the youngster taking him too close to the 'keeper. He is enjoying his chance in place of Cureton.

"Oh the thrills of the Carling Cup first round.

Who said this competition was a dead duck ....... quaaaaccccccck"
Face99

20.16 - We have the pleasure of Clark and Roeder in the technical area tonight, Glenn choosing to go pitchside first half instead of his usual elevated seat.

"Too loose at the back, lack of cohesion at the front. Need a leader on the pitch to grab this game by the scruff of the neck & take control. Who is capable of stepping up?"
ankles50

20.15 - So Lisa wants a yellow font although I don't think yellow on a white background really works to be honest.

"I'd prefer my comments in yellow actually G-man?"
Lisa

20.12 - It is eerily quiet at times, the MK Army are in full voice right now though as Otsemobor blocks a Johnson shot.

"I'm trying to get myself in the mood here but it does sound quiet on the radio. I'm sure I was making more noise chasing dodgy balls around the tennis court half an hour ago!"
Lisa

20.08 - This should spark some debate, green font instead of italics for your shouts, controversial.

"Quiet on the pitch and quiet in the chat room."
Face99

20.06 - Patient build-up from City there with the City end calling for Cligan to "Shooooooooot", he ignores the advice of the fans however.

20.03 - Thanks Lisa for that, for clarification Fotheringham is our left-girdle and Russell our right. Lively start to the match, one chance each so far and one appearance from Simon Spencer, our physio, treating Omozusi, playing at centre-back for what looked like a head injury, but the Fulham loanee seems okay now.

"Those wide points of the diamond are called the girdle Gareth.

I'm not sure I'm happy with the mental image that conjures up though?"
Lisa

19.59 - Kick it off, throw it in, have a little scrimmage! The first chorus from the City faithful of the evening, long may it continue!

19.55 - Just as I say it is all Norwich, Sam Wilbraham introduces himself to the game for the Dons with a blast over the bar, his reaction afterwards tells me he thought he should have done better with that effort and I agree with him.

19.53 - Norwich doing all the pressing again like against Coventry, Lupoli forcing a second corner.  Come on people, we're in serious danger of this becoming the ankles and Gareth show, not that, that would be a bad thing of course.

"Finally depth in the squad is obvious, couple of chnages that doesn't weaken the wide & we have a bench with options on it

This bodes well for a proper campaign in the league"
ankles50

19.50 - First corner, first chance, Koroma heading narrowly wide. The MK Army chant has started.

19.49 - Almost as many Norwich fans as MK Dons here tonight but they have the added advantage of blow horns and drums.

19.47 - Looks like a diamond midfield with Clingan at the base, Hoolahan at the top and Russell and Fotheringham making up the erm...wide two points, what do you call those parts of the diamond?

19.46 - ankles kicking us off again with an interesting point there. The boys emerge from their team huddle and it is City to get us underway here.

"Curo & Croft warming the pine, looks like Roeder not suffering dithers on the ball this season"
ankles50

19.39 - To answer hrsthenwc's question, the stadium isn't complete but what is there is nice, black seats all around, empty black seats at that, only 6,000 or so expected with 1,600 of those travelling Canary fans, which is another impressing effort following on from Coventry.

19.34 - Hello and welcome from a bright stadiummk on this Tuesday evening.  I think it is fair to say that the League Cup has not been our best friend in the previous years. In Joe's absence, I hope you will join me, Gareth Payne for tonight's action. The teams news is in on 'On The Ball' and changes have been made. Four changes, two in defence, one in midfield and one in attack.