There's extra context though you miss out when you just say "made it to the last 8" etc
Man City league cup. They played a few kids and reserves whilst we also rested for no good reason. If we had played full strength is likely we would have gone through on the night to a semi vs Bristol City (v winnable) and potentially a cup final.
Tonight we lost to an out of sorts Chelsea team who are 5th and in poor form. It was there for the taking and we didn't reach the required level. We would have played Southampton had we won (relegation zone and we beat them 1-4 at their place earlier this season) in the semi (v winnable). Another potential cup final.
In the league, save for Puel's first few games we've been frustrating and dropped points to teams we really should be beating. We haven't reached the level we know that this group of players are capable of. We should be competing for 6th, not languishing behind Burnley in 8th.