Quote Originally Posted by Canton Kev View Post
I don’t see why? If it was exclusively a closed competition between the big 6 at the latter stages I could see an argument for it (although I wouldn’t agree with it) but it isn’t.

In the last 5 tournaments Fulham, Boro, Forest, Leicester, Brentford and Southampton all made the semis and Newcastle and Villa were both finalists.
Fair enough, but I can't really see any benefits for a club like ours to take it seriously. If Championship sides (even lower division teams) can't be bothered until one gets to the latter stages, is there a point to it?