Uwes Grandad said:trublue55 said:After 34 years without a trophy, this was a golden opportunity missed.
Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs and Everton all out. this was a trophy we could have won. Just cast your mind back to last seasons quarter and semis against Arsenal and United, boy we wanted it then. What on earth now makes us think we are good enough or big enough to just chuck away possibly our best chance of winning something.
If we win on Saturday it will be a master stroke from Mancini but I can't help think that it smacks of arrogance. Surely we could have started with a few more first teamers. At the moment, I am really annoyed but if we get three points on Saturday, I will hold my hands up and agree that the right decision was made.
No it won't be a master stroke at all, Uwe, because our position is virtually unique by comparison to our rivals. Our second string is almost as good as our first. We could have gone for the win in both matches but he played a team of inexperienced strangers and now I have to go to work tomorrow and pretend that I don't give a shite. But I do.