IMO, if we had won the Carling Cup but didn't make top 4 then Mancini would still probably go at the end of the season. If not having the extra matches helps us get top 4 and helps us have a genuine chance of winning the Europa League then the decision to not pick first team players tonight will have been the right one. If we don't finish in the top 4 then I won't be thinking back to tonight and wondering what might have been in the Carling Cup, I will be gutted that we have failed in our main goal for the season. I'll probably get a load of stick for saying it but I'm not that arsed that we have gone out and I think the only mistake Mancini made was to risk Silva, Milner and Zab in a match that he was clearly happy to write off.