Quote Originally Posted by Dave Blue View Post
Some of our fan base are moaning that progression in the cup is preventing them watching Hull City on a Saturday. We’ve no chance of getting through to Europe through the cups. No doubt it we got in via the Welsh route, they would be calling for the kids v Real Madrid as we had Barnsley on the weekend.
We do have a chance of qualifying if we win a cup and we've been in two finals since 2008. Bolton, Fulham, Leicester, Ipswich, Norwich and the like have all tasted European football, and deserved it too.

I just don't see the point in this. It cheapens it massively and it feels a lot like cheating. What's the point in qualifying for Europe in this way?

And if it means we can't qualify via the leagues and cups what are we doing it for? To become a bigger club and get promoted and then be a second class citizen in the top flight?

It's a mess