Coventry City manager Aidy Boothroyd has said that he will take the FA Cup seriously.
Much was made of his decision to field a weakened team which lost at Morecambe by those who spent a lot of money and time travelling to the game on the Lancashire coast and it is fair to say that some of the City support felt there was a stain on the manager's character after that game.
The FA Cup, however, appears to be a different matter and Boothroyd is desperate for a good cup run not to interfere with league football, but he also wants a good cup run. He is in little doubt that he can manage a good cup run without ruining their league form.
"It can work with you," Boothroyd said to the CT. "At Watford we had a situation where we were having a few problems in the Premiership and struggling to win games but the FA Cup run got us to the semi-finals and galvanised us and allowed us to maintain our focus and get that feel good factor going again, so that was very important."
