lets be honest, many teams play weaker sides especially just after christmas and thats without being top of the table and looking to win the PL for the first time in a generation….
you played a PL side that on there day and recenlty have beaten the likes of spuds at home and play decent football and are no push over
we played Blackpool with mainly kids but thats the level you can get away doing that, if we fielded that team against wolves we would have lost
its a case of priorities and fitness and fatigue etc
had you been 4th in the league and city running away then this game would have been more important, its a shame it came up after the fisrt loss of the season making two in a row
all teams lament fringe players that dont step up when given the chance but again, they are playing a PL team that play together week in week out, its a tough ask….bit of salt is needed in these circumstances