T Bell
Footballguy
Yeah, I don't care about trophy droughts. I certainly don't think winning the Oceania Cup means anything more than winning the dumb Emirates Cup in preseason.
In terms of the health of the club, Arsene is right. "Fourth place" is a more significant trophy than the F.A. Cup. And it's a lot more significant than the League Cup. Arsenal got over 40 million from being in the Champions League last year.
I want Arsenal to win, or at least to strongly compete in, the EPL and the CL. Which means not finishing 20 + points behind the champs. I don't care about anything else. Arsene can start Gedion Zelaylem against Bradford City in the League Cup. If it works, fine. If not, I won't lose any sleep.
As I said above, the League Cup win wasn't even enough to save Dalglish's job three months later, so that tells you right there how insignificant it is.
But they'd damn well better start spending some money on improving the team - and improving the first team this year not in some future year, e.g. Sanogo or Bernard.
He couldn't carry Cazorla's jock.
If Arsenal pulls a rabbit out of a hat with some neat transfer dealings which improve them, and Spurs hold onto Bale, it's not automatic by any means that United even finishes top four. And if they lose Rooney to Chelsea, who do they get? Ronaldo, Cesc and Bale supposedly are staying put. Lewandowski wants to go to Bayern.
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