Not sanctimonious at all then.

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More like a digital wet willy Rudi

This competition doesn't currently have a sponsor and although it's the lesser of the three annual competitions it's no less prestigious for the winner. Our trophy cabinet isn't exactly bulging is it? There is still entry for the winner into Europe which I pointed out in another thread.

The gates are usually lower because of the quality of opposition, and ticket prices are pitched accordingly to fill the stadium, but we were playing another Premiership team on this occasion. We only had to beat them to reach the last 16.

It is up to individuals whether they wish to turn up to support their team but they should reasonably expect their team to turn up too.

In my view, there is no excuse to field a very inferior team when you can make three substitutions during the game.

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We were poor, but then we did put out a second team for the most part. The peril of buying tickets to league cup games, especially in the early rounds.

The team we put out was poor, but that's the League Cup for you. We were putting out second and reserve players for at least a decade in the early rounds, regardless of what league were were in.

We'll probably do the same to an extent in the FA Cup.

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Couldn't care less about the 'EFL Cup' - 3 points at Sunderland is the priority. Therefore why oh why did our glorious manager play Scott Dann?
Inept management.

Scott Dan is the club Captain for a start and secondly how do we know whether or not that Scott made the decision himself to play?

As someone pointed out you can be injured in training (Remy) or have a car accident (Papa).

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