Sir Humphrey Appleby wrote:Don't see why Martinez played his usual first team he should have keep a few rested for the league.They aren't going to win this Cup.All this shite about the winner gets a Champions League place is been made just for the teams who drop out of the champions league.
No team who has played the whole of the Channel 5 / BT Sport / ITV3 & 4 Cup will not win the Champions League.
He didn't play his "usual first team".
It is one of the weirdest things about football this season that Samuel Eto'o was played so Stephen Naismith, the most improved player in the EPL this past year, was kept fresh for Old Trafford on Sunday
And three of the past four Europa League finals have been won by teams which played in the competition all season, Porto, Athletico Madrid and Sevilla.
Only Chelsea have bucked that trend.
Alex Young, Howard Kendall, Andy King, Timmy Cahill, Dixie Dean and Mike Parry.....we'll never see the likes of them again.
