Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
Not a lot. Pardew was manager at that point.
It was the same season though, wasn't it?

Brighton got to the semi-final of the cup and survived in the league, Newport progressed in the cup and have got through to the play-offs, Bristol City (a couple of years ago) progressed in two cups and ran out of steam in the league, Wigan got to the final and were relegated going back further in time. If you have a smaller or weaker squad then cups become a distraction but there is no excuse for not going for it otherwise - we know from personal experience how exciting the latter rounds are.