The question about team selection is concentric with respecting the opposition, respecting the various competitions we are in, AND respecting sports science related to freshness/fatigue, human physiology and other performance issues. Jürgen's decisions have to be be made with each of these in mind. He can't just say, "this opponent could be dangerous so it's my top XI," or "I don't fancy this competition so it's backups." He has to manage all of these factors and he has to do it in anticipation of how things change match to match.
That and I think we really should try to win the League Cup, meaning I don't think we should change the whole team midweek against one of our toughest opponents. Make a few changes now and a few then.
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