If it increases our chances of a win on Tuesday night then so be it.

Exactly, there are some very weird people that take this defeat as anything but a blessing so we can concentrate on Tuesday night instead (think we'll nick a win there)

Honestly did anyone think that team put out today would be capable of a win? starting with Mutch FFS

Hopefully, minimal injuries and a strong, winning side in place for this crunch match at Bournemouth, where a win will begin to turn our season around.
In our circumstances, a cup run would have been a dreadful distraction so pleased we are out today.

Quite simple, because they didn't want him at the club and want him to fail probably with Palace going down as the icing on that cake. I wonder if these same people had abbreviations for Mr Pardew (I very much doubt it) or to them was he GOD?

Bring back Brolin

City put a side out to ensure they won, so even with a full-strength team we would have found it hard. This way we got to have some extra match practice under Allardyce but at the same time it is not a humiliating defeat (unlike it was Brighton or Liverpool) so we can easily move on. If we'd lost to Bolton I think that would have been of concern, but the only damage this will have done in my opinion is getting Schlupp injured.