The point of neglecting this shit cup has been stated recently - it's only seen as worthy if United or the like win it. Won it in 08 and it did fuck all, still lost players, still sacked a manager, still got laughed down about having won a trophy. That's generally how it goes regardless of who wins it, again, unless it's United's ilk.
Like it or not, it's now truly a tinpot that does nothing for the club, players, or managers. Only the supporters get anything out of it, and that's only until they tell a mate who will immediately take the loss out of them for bragging about it.
Fold the cup, take the PL teams out, whatever is needed - but it's truly just a calendar constipating blogger at this point.