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An easy, glib answer is all competitions. But seriously, that isn't realistic this season. I loved seeing our youngsters on Thursday but now I've had time to calm down, it's time to think rationally. Once the preliminaries are out of the way, the EL is going to provide stiffer competition. Remember how Allardyce got slated when we went out of the Cup against Forest for fielding a team youngsters? Well that is going to be necessary this season again. I'm sure the fans will be more sympathetic to Slav, but, which competition do we field the youngsters in? The League Cup will come along, which is arguably out easiest route to silverware. For me, I love the F A Cup more than anything. However, we absolutely have to maintain Premier League status this season and getting off to a good start in the Premier League is critical. Come August and September, the matches begin to come think and fast. Our squad size isn't much bigger than last season. Hopefully Slav mixes it around in the EL and the LC, keeping our best team available for PL games and FA Cup games. But that's just my opinion. I have to say, it's great to have to worry about such things!
