We would have been safe even with the cup run. And everybody knew it.

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There are three or four periods during the season when, if you have successful cup runs, you have a fixture pile up which means you may have to play 4 matches in two weeks. For the bigger teams with large squads they can cope with it but to the sides with limited resources, this is the time when the Cup vs Survival dilemma comes to the fore.

For this reason, resting players for cup matches becomes almost a necessity if you want to consistently play a strong team in the league.

We screwed our chances of the cup final by not doing our league business earlier.

No one will care that Watford lost to City in a couple of years anyway. Well, except Watford fans.

I am happy that we are virtually safe for another year.

why not both

I think you are totally missing the point. Watford and Wolves have had good seasons and were never stressing about league position. Not sure why you mention the top 6 because that is s different league anyway. If we were to win our league it would be 7th position.

I agree it caused Burnley problems. We would need more squad depth to play in Europe and I think we are 3/5 years away minimum from getting to that level (even if we do head in the right direction with our purchases, management and stadium), however it is something I very much look forward to seeing at some point in the future.