Burnley end Chelsea’s quadruple bid on penalties

In case you missed it, here are some comments made by Chelsea assistant Ray Wilkins prior to tonight’s home penalty shootout loss to Burnley in which he explains why their Carling Cup policy is so much more effective than Arsenal’s:

“It’s all about winning trophies when you’re a big club.

“The fact we’ve won the Carling Cup twice in the last four years and Arsenal have won none justifies our policy.

“You enter a competition to win the competition. Why go into it if you’re not concerned whether you win it?

“Playing a young or weakened team undermines the value of the competition.

“And we have not and will not do that. We want to win it, big time.”

To recap: Arsenal’s kids eased past Wigan, who held both Chelsea and the Gunners in the league last season, while quadruple-chasing Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side, featuring Deco, Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba and substitute Frank Lampard, lost at home to a Championship side.

Abroad, a similarly shocking cup exit could prove enough to cost La Liga winner Bernd Schuster his job at Real Madrid.