Depends who would replace him. Every reasonable manager knows it's a poisoned chalice, and their arrogance won't let them appoint one of the lesser known managers.
I'd be pissed off if the nicked Poch from Spuds, but it would be quite amusing if they got Fat Sam.
As for the match: Can I assume the split between "didn't want the League Cup anyway" (bit like the rags not wanting Pep) and "hate losing to that shower of shite" varies significantly between those of us who actually went and those who didn't?[/QUOTE]
No, i went, and think he picked the right side which i'd expected all along, he did the same at Swansea and nobody at all on this board would be complaining if he'd picked that side at Liverpool for example and we'd got the same result.
Only one side in this weeks round decided to play their best available 11, the rags, that says more about them than us. We've won this competition twice in 3 years partly because everyone else has fielded weaker/younger sides until the latter stages and has paid the price. Now that's not me saying i wouldn't have liked to have beat them and gone on to win it again however i'm of the view that it's the least important on offer and players need resting before crucial periods of the season come along. Also we would never know which kids are available to move into the first team squad if we weren't going to blood them in this competition, the Rags learn't nothing on Wednesday, we now know Maffeo and Garcia can jump into the first team at any given time and contribute.
Like i've said in other threads regarding this game, more people are concerned regarding bragging rights and having the piss took than actually going out, only the really deluded rag prick in work tried getting smug, all the others realise after that how far behind they now actually are.