Left feeling blue as team and Big Phil outfought and out-thought by the Clarets

I NEVER did like the Carling Cup anyway, it’s a Mickey Mouse competition; I’m glad we’re out, it means we can concentrate on the league — have I covered all the cliches yet?

Of course I’m gutted to be out of the Cup and embarrassed that we were outfought so completely by a so called inferior team and that Phil was out thought by a so called inferior manager.

I should have saved myself the time and the heartache of staying for the penalty shoot-out as I can’t ever see us winning one again. Especially when we put Mikel in to take the crucial spot kick with Alex available. Mikel is a great player, but, like Makelele, shooting is not his forte — whereas Alex can take aim from almost anywhere on the pitch and have a half decent chance of bursting the net.