I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment but the fact is that these days it's just a romantic notion. Football is a business first and a sport second these days whereas when we were growing up it was all about the glory and the FA Cup final was THE main sporting event on the calendar. The fact...
The other issue for me is that 75% of Premier League teams field their fringe squad players and kids anyhow so the kudos that may have gone with winning the league cup say 15-20 years ago is heavily diluted now in my opinion.
I hear what you are saying but it's a long old season (46 games) what's more important attempting to go deep in the league cup and making your key performers play an additional 5-6 games (not including international fixtures for some) or giving the league our best shot in a bid to reach the...
Unnecessary games, we can now concentrate on bringing that striker and winger in and kick on from the excellent start we have made in the league this season.
COYS!!!
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