Thomas Frank brings his Tottenham Hotspur side to St James' Park tonight to take on Newcastle United in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup live on Sky Sports and ITV at 8 pm.
The Magpies are, of course, trying to defend their League Cup crown, but Spurs will be feeling confident they can put themselves in the draw for the quarter finals after inflicting Everton's first defeat at their new stadium on Sunday.
The quarter-final draw will take place after the Newcastle v Spurs game, as all other ties kick off 15 minutes earlier.
Newcastle had to take the hard route to lifting the trophy last year, and after drawing Spurs in the fourth round, it looks like we'll have to do it again if we want to retain our title.
Thomas Frank wants the League Cup to ditch the two-legged semi-finals
Speaking ahead of tonight's game, Thomas Frank has called for a change to the rules in the latter stages of the competition, hoping to see the semi-finals switched to a one-leg affair rather than two.
"There should only be one semi-final. I said that before at Brentford and that's why I'm very happy to say it again. For the smaller clubs, if you want to beat a bigger club, it's much much easier to play only one game.
"So if we really want someone to break out and it's not the same boring same teams that are winning - of course, except for Spurs - then we need to skip one semi-final. For everyone else that plays so many games, it should only be one.
"So if it's about money then someone needs to fix it. If it's the Premier League paying money to the EFL, because as far as I understand it's because of that, so someone fix it. It should be very very easy.”
We have to disagree with Mr Frank on this one
We're not sure we agree with Frank on this one. The tension of playing a semi-final over two legs is amazing. It's what football is all about. You can take a good lead into the second leg, but you still have those nerves that keep things exciting.
As for him saying it gives the smaller clubs a chance and keeps things fresh ... we lifted the trophy last year. We hadn't done that before until then. Yes, we were finalists two years prior, but that was the first time since the 70s.
We're team two legs over here, how about you?