Let's never buy into that 'now we can concentrate on the league' nonsense after a cup defeat. Let's try and avoid cup defeat by not treating it as a distraction on the park or off it.
Firstly, evidence shows that plenty of clubs have enjoyed strong league form during a cup run. Not all, but enough to know that being turfed out of the cup does not increase survival prospects. Secondly, our position is salvagable but we're still odds on for the drop, so a cup run would engender confidence. Confidence and melding a side together are the things we need above all, and cup games represent an opportunity to guage progress with a bit less pressure. Thirdly, depending on circs, it gives us a chance to do what we can't necessarily do in the EPL: play a forward looking, positive game.
I'd like to see us give it a real go, not just pay lip service to the idea. Don't know why, but I think Harry may have a positive attitude towards the cup - unlike Warnock, and I don't recall Hughes firing them up to really have a go.
What d'you reckon?
Firstly, evidence shows that plenty of clubs have enjoyed strong league form during a cup run. Not all, but enough to know that being turfed out of the cup does not increase survival prospects. Secondly, our position is salvagable but we're still odds on for the drop, so a cup run would engender confidence. Confidence and melding a side together are the things we need above all, and cup games represent an opportunity to guage progress with a bit less pressure. Thirdly, depending on circs, it gives us a chance to do what we can't necessarily do in the EPL: play a forward looking, positive game.
I'd like to see us give it a real go, not just pay lip service to the idea. Don't know why, but I think Harry may have a positive attitude towards the cup - unlike Warnock, and I don't recall Hughes firing them up to really have a go.
What d'you reckon?
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