[madsteve]

For the last few years the top PL sides have taken the LC seriously. In the last ten years, Man Utd have won it three times, Chelsea twice, Man City & Liverpool once each.

The 7 matches in 22 days will be tough but the Arsenal match is the only one extra to the rest of the division. Personally, I would play the team that won at Newcastle against Arsenal and play our best team in the other matches, probably resting Hutchinson against QPR & Brighton. After that we get a two week break again.

Out of interest, why would you rest Hutchinson in arguably the two most difficult games?

Hutchinson picks up injuries when he plays twice per week so in these runs of two games per week, we get more out of him by playing him in just one match per week. There are more league matches on weekends so he misses less matches if he is rested for midweek games.