Man city -
Kolarov, Sagna, Mangala, Fernandinho, Toure, Navas, Dzeko = 7 regular players (more if you count milner..)
Chelsea -
Cahil - Azp - Oscar - Schurrle = 4 regular players
Arsenal = 2 regular players (wilshire, sanchez) 3, if you count chambers, but he is only a starter when players are injured..
I get that a lot of you dont value this cup.. but the other top teams at least manage to keep more of their normal starters playing.. having 9 players who are either new, youth, or old non-starters.. is just to much, and is a throw-away..
If this was a tournement that non of the top teams cared about then great.. but I would put money on atleast one of them getting to the final.. and giving their players a real taste of the latter stages of tournements.. something that arsenal players, up until last year, were really lacking.
Is it a big deal.. no.. certianly not to wenger.. - but for me its just a wasted opertunity, for no gain.
I would have loved to have done a city, started a strong team, hammered the oposition, then gone into the weekend massive on confidence.