Completely disagree with this thread....
The Premiership and Champions league qualification is by far the most important target, its well documented what a slippery slope and vicious cycle it becomes to compete and attract top talent if we don't get 4th.
All the domestic cups and Europa league are no good for us, blood the youngsters give them the experience, the incentive to win these cups financially and brand wise are not strong enough at all. Look at all the players we are missing out on purely because we are not in the Champions League, additionally how much longer do you expect Suarez, Agger, Reina, Skrtel to stick around if we go another year without CL football.
We should be treating every premier league game like a cup final and ensure we make top 4. We do not have a strong enough first 11 to treat these cups with any importance.
Didn't do us any good last year when we weren't involved in the europa. Also the cup games were too far and between, we would wait a month for one game, that is noway a distraction especially when the league is off during that time as the other teams play in the cups too. I understand this thursday-sunday thing could be damaging a bit but overall I think its better we are involved. If Rodger's does not fancy it, at least we will have the youngsters have a go.
