Quote Originally Posted by Ernesto View Post
Didn't they knock us out last season?

I'm in two minds. Either go out v Southampton and focus on staying in the top 4 or go through and face a mentally damaging two legged semi against Manchester United or Liverpool
Nah that was the season before.

The squad's a lot deeper and we're *touches wood* seemingly less injury prone right now so I don't think it's a major issue, provided we play the same sort of lineup we've done before (squaddies plus top youngsters). If anything, we need the games to give the likes of Giroud, Perez, Gibbs etc etc game time to keep them reasonably happy.