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I largely agree, but we do also have to be realistic about the fact that no non-top-flight team has won the Cup in over forty years, and no Championship side has even reached the final since Cardiff in 2008 (the one year we really did have a chance). Winning this season wouldn't quite require Leicester 2015-16 levels of fairytale magic, but it wouldn't be far off; the stars would have to align pretty favourably, and we'd still have to beat one or two full-strength elite teams along the way in all probability. It's just an astronomical unlikelihood in this day and age.

Realistically, if we give it our all then it'll be in the hope of a run to the quarter-final or thereabouts, and we'll probably be trading some league form for the fun and romance of it. I'd be happy to see us do that, and if the dice fell as they did in 2008 then we'd be in a good position to take advantage, but that possibility is 99% wishful thinking, and we can't kid ourselves otherwise.