A road to Wembley but it’s always a quiet start

[swansnews]

The Carabao Cup provides one of two chances for Championship clubs to end with a cup final at Wembley but it will always start with a quiet night in August where the larger number of fans elect to stay away and watch what is often two second string sides battle it out. You can contrast […]

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[Pegojack]

As much as we want to progress, it's more important that fringe players get some game time and match fitness. As the article points out, there's no reserve league where these guys play week in, week out, but we expect them to be instantly up to speed if they come on as a sub in a league match.