
Originally Posted by
Joker
Well we've had some extremely easy runs in cups and still haven't ended up with a trophy. Our run to the final of the CC wasn't the most taxing, and we managed to avoid Chelsea, Man Utd, Man City, Liverpool etc. The same when we went to the semi final against Chelsea, we only faced one top division club in that run (Hull in the previous round).
So even if your argument about the luck of the draw is true, we've benefited from that at times and still haven't capitalised, falling at the first "serious" challenge we face.