I was gutted initially too. But we'd probably have lost it, and it would have meant even more than our half arsed loss to Swindon. Plus Harry would've felt obliged to field a full strength side- bit of a distraction from the league imo.
Would have loved for us to have still been in the mix with that Chelsea home draw, but quite a number of our potential promotion rivals (Wigan, Forest, Leeds, Watford, Leicester, Birmingham) still have the distraction of those extra games, while we rest, practice, lick our wounds etc? The draw for Round 3 of the Capital One Cup is as follows: Manchester United v Liverpool Sunderland v Peterborough United West Ham United v Cardiff City Manchester City v Wigan Athletic Burnley v Nottingham Forest Newcastle United v Leeds United Southampton v Bristol City West Bromwich Albion v Arsenal Swindon Town v Chelsea Tranmere Rovers v Stoke City Watford v Norwich City Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur Hull City v Huddersfield Town Leicester City v Derby County Birmingham City v Swansea City Fulham v Everton All Round 3 ties are scheduled to be played week commencing 23rd September 2013.