8 games in December, 6 games in January, 6 games in February, 5 games in March plus 3 internationals (qualifiers for World Cup), 6 games in April. If we do go on a lengthy cup run then we could have 7 games in January, 7 games in February 6 games in March plus 3 internationals, 7 games in April...

I can understand our management team looking at the fixtures calendar and giving the FA cup a miss this year.