What I don't get with cup games, unless you're playing in Europe an extra half dozen of games ain't going to wreck your league campaign. Never understood why the Premier teams unlikely to be relegated or finish top 4 don't pull out all the stops to win a trophy.
Understand why league one and two clubs don't take the Asda Vans whatever it is called now play the youth academy big teams Cup seriously. But to have clubs in the prem and other 3 divisions resting players for FA and League Cup games is bizarre. It does devalue the competition and to hear managers say they take it seriously and put out a team they think will win the game, but leave the majority of the best players out is a slap in the face to paying spectators. If you can have stupid rules for our stupid competition stipulating telling clubs what players can or can't play then it should be even stricter rules for governing bodies flagship competitions...