I don’t know, I think there’s a split, some do some don’t. Personally I’d like to see us win it, and I don’t think there’s much chance of the kids playing. I’d expect some rotation across the two games but that will be of the main first team group
a split is fair but ive never really understood any fan wishing us out of any competition to be honest, i include the league cup in that
IF there was a guarantee we'd win a big one by not playing in it then i think it would be easier to understand but you cant guarantee that so my view is go and win what we can.
The semi final will see some rotation, theres no doubt. the calibre of opposition should allow that and a ll the big guns will be on the bench at worst anyway
the final will be a big match, most likely versus River Plate or the Brazilian team that comes through (what i mean is the South American team will prevail to the final in Qatar youd assume)
We miss one match (west Ham) to play in it. We may miss a league cup match but thats a fringe team that plays anyway so re arranging that wont cause us too much angst.
The flight time is minimal really and most importantly we can call ourselves world champions if we win it and we put another pot in the cabinet.
People can have their views on Qatar, fair do's, but from a football point of view, we've qualified as European Champions, we've never won it before - go and get the job done and worry about the league afterwards.
edit - on top of this there was loads moaning about the Super Cup too. Didnt do us any harm at all did it?
