Sam doesn't regret changes

lackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce has defended his decision to field a much-altered side in the FA Cup. Allardyce made 11 changes from the team narrowly beaten by Manchester United last weekend for Tuesday night's fifth-round replay at Coventry City.And the Rovers chief paid the price as a Leon Best goal condemned them to a 1-0 defeat and earned their Championship opponents a quarter-final meeting with Chelsea.Allardyce, though, is adamant he was right to look at the bigger picture as he aims to avoid relegation ahead of a run of four league games in 13 days against Hull City, Everton, Fulham and Arsenal.He said: "If we had beaten Coventry, we would have had a run of Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday games over the next fortnight with the Chelsea cup game in the middle.Priorities"One group of 11 players cannot start and finish all those games in such a short time. Hence you've got to play your squad players when the opportunity comes around."Playing them in the cup and falling foul of the result is much easier to take than playing them in the Premier League and losing three points."Do I regret the changes? I have to think ahead. I have to be the man who looks at each individual game but then what is beyond that and then look at the position you are in in the Premier League."With the games that are now coming up for us, three points in the Premier League is much more important than a win against Coventry."The Hull game becomes one of our crucial games in the run-in. You have to think ahead."

Source: SKY_Sports