West Bromwich Albion boss Roy Hodgson is happy to be out of the Carling Cup.

With refreshing honesty about what is the 'third competition' for most of the Premier League, the West Brom boss confessed he is happy to move on.

Hodgson, whose side lost 2-1 after extra time at Everton on Wednesday, said: "It is very easy to draw a line under it.

"Any game you lose, even in extra time after a good performance, you don't feel great about. But our priority is the League."