[Albion] Is this the season?

[Munchkin]

Is this the season we finally take the league and FA Cup seriously and give it a good go?

Without being to presumptuous I would like to think maybe we’ve moved on from the mindset of previous seasons and the fact maintaining PL status always impacted team selection in cup games.

Under RDZ I wonder if his attitude to progress in cup competitions will be a bit different to those of Hughton and Potter historically.

 

[Seasider78]

Hope so but the PL fixture congestion is going to make the cup an interesting and demanding competition to make progress in this season

 

[brighton_tom]

I think i'd want a few more wins on the board before we assumed our safety and risked full strength squads in the Cups.

 

[RowZ]

Europa League is the goal......the cup competitions it's better to try out fringe players.....it's not like we will win one of them....would rather Europa group stage than win FA cup...it's not what it once was.

 

[Quebec Seagull]

Throw in the half the bench to start Cup matches. I'd rather the club made Europe than reach Cup quarters or semis. Give the kids some meaningful playing time.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Periid of EPL consolidation following the wholesale asset-stripping of our club a few games into the current season would seem to me to be a decent outcome that will only make us stronger. Well at least til the asset-strippers next come calling

 

[Swansman]

His cup record isn't great so I'm not sure he's a cup-man.

I'm thinking it will probably be as usual. He'll care little about the cup (Cabawow) that people care little about and more about the cup people care more about (the FA cup).

I think he'll take the Arsenal game as an opportunity to have a look at players who haven't played that much recently.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

It seems to be an unwritten rule that you play your reserves in the early stages of the League Cup, wherever you are in the table, whoever you're playing, whatever the fixtures situation, and I don't expect anything different.

 

[dangull]

Pep at City values the League Cup. I don't see why we should be different. A major Cup win would be a big thing for the Club, as if 1983 is totally forgotten by most people here.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

His cup record isn't great so I'm not sure he's a cup-man.

I'm thinking it will probably be as usual. He'll care little about the cup (Cabawow) that people care little about and more about the cup people care more about (the FA cup).

I think he'll take the Arsenal game as an opportunity to have a look at players who haven't played that much recently.

RDZ has won the Italian equivalent of the Papa Johns Trophy and the Ukraine Super Cup - I’d say that’s a reasonable cup record

 

[Swansman]

RDZ has won the Italian equivalent of the Papa Johns Trophy and the Ukraine Super Cup - I’d say that’s a reasonable cup record

I'd say its a bit of a stretch calling it a reasonable cup record... Copa Italia is more comparable.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Europa League is the goal......the cup competitions it's better to try out fringe players.....it's not like we will win one of them....would rather Europa group stage than win FA cup...it's not what it once was.

Doesn't winning the F.A cup get you a place in the Europa league and winning the league cup get you into the conference league thing?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Doesn't winning the F.A cup get you a place in the Europa league and winning the league cup get you into the conference league thing?

Yes. Our easiest route to getting into Europe is winning a cup now only 1st-5th are guaranteed places through league position. Plus a cup win would be remembered for years and while finishing 5th would be a huge achievement it doesn't come with a day out at Wembley, a trophy and a place in the history books.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I think i'd want a few more wins on the board before we assumed our safety and risked full strength squads in the Cups.

Oh come on behave, 7pts above 18th with a game in hand, how safe do you need it?

 

[studio150]

Oh come on behave, 7pts above 18th with a game in hand, how safe do you need it?

7 points above 18th with only 2 games left to play for the all teams below us.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

No.

 

[Sheebo]

I felt Potter did give the cups a good go. You’ll always get some rotation but I think he did. Would love to go on a cup run and you never know we may sneak something in the league cup at arsenal depending on the selection…