Don't get me wrong, I'd be well chuffed with a win.
But this is the Albion, and many, many years of disappointment have progressively reduced my levels of expectation, particularly in this competition, therefore I am fairly philosophical about the extremely likely prospect of a defeat.
Why is it worrying?
They're a Championship side, albeit one without their strongest team out.
We're a League One side, one without our strongest team out.
It's away from home at a ground we rarely win on.
It's the League Cup, where, Man City apart, we have a pretty crappy record over the...