Of course, but doesn't our 'first team' imply that it IS our best team and therefore have a greater chance of winning to one that was not described as such?
We lost this by not playing our best team at the Amex for the first leg. Simple as that.
Had we beaten them last Monday we would have had the momentum for the Wigan match.
Where has this resting and rotation got us - two HUGELY relevant defeats and, without wishing to be over dramatic, quite...