On the initial topic, if Sini comes back then he's an option to play to give us more depth. The post that someone made showing which teams had their subs coming on and scoring (Soton were top IIRC and we were bottom) was an eye opener - if Sini strengthens the bench then get him on it. If the fans boo him and he still wins us games then meh. We can always chin him off when we're back in the PL.
I was about to say that. Unfortunately that was a different competition when clubs played their very best team. Get rid of the cup winners cup imo was a huge nail in the coffin