[madsteve]

dont see the point of winning the game though ms we will only get a big boy in the end and burn out like we did against Stoke !! and promotion out of this league now seems possible , so again not worth the risk of an extra midweek game ? and playing bloody Fulham there is every chance of a draw with the master draw specialist SG !!

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If we lose we could also get a rest some saturday down the line which may or may not help depending on the suspensions and injurys when if it came around ? again sometimes a game in hand helps ? sometimes it doesnt ? but it gives you an option !!

I get what you are saying but a good win for our shadow team gives them game time & increases their winning mentality. Where we went wrong in the LC was that once we drew Arsenal, our approach changed & we played mainly first choice players which gave us a glorious win against Arsenal but it stretched our better players & caused fatigue & injuries, probably costing us at least 7 points. If we continue to play with our shadow team then winning is good.

I think the reason you want to lose is because you don't trust us not to do the same thing again and blow points by bringing in first team regulars.