Well, regardless of whether or not you think professional footballers should be able to play on a Thursday and a Sunday (and I'm inclined to agree with you), this season was clearly indicative of what happens when you fail to rotate your squad AT ALL. I firmly believe it contributed to the injuries to Modric, VDV, Gallas, and Bale, all of whom either missed significant stretches (Modric, Bale) or were nursing nagging injuries throughout the 2nd half of the season (Gallas, VDV). To expect players to play 2x in 4 days is fine every once in awhile, but to expect it week in and week out is pure lunacy with a squad as deep and talented as ours. There is no reason that Krancjar should have sat the bench as much as he did. I'm not advocating Harry play an entire 2nd squad in the Europa League. Just that if we're hosting Chelski on the weekend, I wouldn't mind seeing Pienaar and Rose in place of BAE and Bale for at least 45mins. Getting a top 4 spot HAS to be top priority. I'd list our competitions for next year in order of importance like so:
1)Prem
2)FA Cup
3)Europa League
4)League Cup