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Domestic Cups

HomeSteak

awooga83 I remember both Mourinho and Pep saying winning the league cup helped them in the league run in, as it grew the players appetite for silverware. I don't blame Wenger or Arteta for overlooking it in previous years as we did not have the squad to for it, but now we do.
I would be ok with either the Fa cup or the league cup and a top 3 finish.

Mirth I feel old watching this, Wilshere scoring at 16. Wenger never won it, but he sure made watching the league cup fun. And Vela really fucked it up, he had so much talent

lorddulaarsenal

Didn’t look good for Bentancur - hope he’s ok. Scary

Big Willie

Oh wow. What a double miss by Spuds.

GooneriC

Oh dear Stuart Atwell, they'll kill him in the media . How could he do that to poor Liverpool

Panda

Jones and Tsimikas were woeful. Salah was quiet too. He's already managed a whole season's worth of output so hopefully he starts slowing down lol.

lorddulaarsenal

They looked leggy. They’ll drop plenty of points.

Hope they get to the final though!

invisibleman18

Yesterday's result is probably for the best. Imagine losing a Cup final to Spurs...

Qwiss

invisibleman18 Spurs wont be in the final.

Sicario2

invisibleman18

I rather be in a final with Spurs with the possibility of losing it than getting knocked out in the semi final.

For those who don’t think this trophy is relevant/important imagine for a min Spurs winning a trophy before us. Let that sink in.

If he biggest bottlers of all time win a trophy this season and we don’t we are fucked.

invisibleman18

Qwiss Perhaps not, but they are significantly more likely to be there than us at this stage.

Don Pacifico

Sicario2 For those who don’t think this trophy is relevant/important imagine for a min Spurs winning a trophy before us. Let that sink in.

What do you mean before us? Last time Spurs won anything (a League Cup under that famous 'winner' who built the modern-day juggernaut that is Spurs - Juande Ramos) was in 2008. We've won 4 FA Cups since then and that's generally considered slim pickings by most Gooners.

Frankly, I couldn't give a toss if they won the League Cup. It wouldn't change anything about the sorry state of affairs their club is. Postecoglou will probably still be sacked some time in the next 18 months because they are going nowhere fast. A league cup doesn't change that or prove anything. Silverware is fun and If we win it, great but I'm not going to get vexed over meaningless metrics that the media trot out to whip fragile fans into pointless hysteria.

If Spurs won the league this season however...

Sicario2

Don Pacifico
If Spurs win something this year and we don’t we can’t banter them about trophies. No ‘when was the last time they won something’ when they would have won something more recent than us.

League cup or not, a trophy is a trophy.

Don Pacifico

Sicario2 so what? You can still banter them about being a mess. If any Spurs fan were to boast about a League Cup win to you, you can just give them a slow hand clap. Winning a league cup is something you celebrate as a big club but not something you boast about.

Honestly, it feels like you're looking for something to be angry/upset about.

daredevil

Why did almost everyone want Wenger out?

Why did many want Arteta out 6 months after winning the FA Cup?

Why did Man Utd consider sacking Ten Hag right after winning the FA Cup?

Why did LVG get sacked after winning the FA Cup?

Look, I love the FA Cup, we're the most successful club in it's history, but people clearly don't care enough about it otherwise all these managers wouldn't have been edging towards the exit following their success in it. Now the League Cup in comparison....

Sicario2

daredevil
The context is different with us because we are challenging but not winning.

Challenging plus winning a minor trophy is much better than challenging and winning nothing.

At least it shows our trajectory is positive.

We are not winning a minor cup to paper over the cracks as we are still challenging for titles.

Dom

daredevil

The FA Cup doesn't have the financial rewards of the league or CL. But it's a legendary tournament and has produced some of the greatest games ever played in England.

The 2001 final was one of the worst days of my life but the 2002 final ranks in the top 3 of my favourite days out as an Arsenal fan.

mohan

Liverpool started a 16yr old kid, Rio Ngumoha, at LW for this FA cup tie.

Qwiss

mohan I think Arteta would play fringe players against Accrington Stanley as well.

Claudius

This guy has gotten a great edit

JazzG

Claudius Now imagine the narrative if this was a £100m Arsenal attacking player who hadn't scored a goal in over a year.....

USArsenal

Tranmere is currently holding Spurs 0-0 in the 89th minute. Though wouldn't be surprised if they scored a jammy goal in extra time.

Edit.. not Tranmere, Tamworth....

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