Arsenal need to take the League Cup seriously
Arsenal are only 180 minutes away from reaching their first League Cup final in what could be seven years.
The Gunners are set to play Newcastle United in the two legged semi-finals come The New Year in January.
Gabriel Jesus flung The North Londoner’s into the semis after notching up a hat-trick against Crystal Palace saving face 3-2, meanwhile at the same time The Magpies toppled Brentford 3-1 in the quarter-finals five hours up the road.
Arsenal need to really get their hands on a piece of silverware in aid of Arteta’s reputation and because of the boiling frustration amongst fans who are desperate to see The Gunners lift a trophy like myself.
It can’t be denied that Arsenal haven’t secured a major honour in five campaigns nearly since heralding the 2020 FA Cup at Wembley 2-1 versus Chelsea in Arteta’s first season.
This simply isn’t good enough and The Arsenal community deserve better after recent seasons which have seen The Gunners throw away the title race in the dying stages of the past two campaigns.
Arsenal could potentially win the title this season but they simply haven’t been good enough at times, before they beat Crystal Palace 5-1 at the weekend they’d secured only three wins in eight games – hardly future champions form.
The Gunners sealed four FA Cups in six years from 2014-2020 and should be looking elsewhere to win, if not the Premier League or Champions League, the League Cup which they have destiny over currently.
I know many call it a “tinpot tropy” but The Gunners have only won the competition twice in 1987 and 1993 without winning it since over three decades ago, in my opinion this should be fixed!
You would have to be at least 40 years old to properly remember seeing Arsenal secure the League Cup, in other words the younger generation of fans weren’t alive to witness the spectacles Arsenal achieved.
However despite the complaining and forever growing bitterness Arsenal have the luxury to rectify their trophy drought with victory in the League Cup, which they have a greater chance at triumphing in this season than the Premiership right now!
Arteta’s Arsenal are only three games away from latching onto silverware, let’s go and lift the League Cup and end our virtually five year hunt for a trophy!
COYG!!!!!
LIAM HARDING
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“It can’t be denied that Arsenal haven’t secured a major honour in five campaigns nearly since heralding the 2020 FA Cup at Wembley 2-1 versus Chelsea in Arteta’s first season.”
I think you meant to say “Arteta’s first part season, with Emery’s squad “.
Strange that Emery’s been blamed for the league finish but not credited with the trophy??
Funny that
Are you high or something?
Very christmas
What’s funny about it
UE good coach but him and us were not suited for each other at the time
I believe history tells you
The manager who leads the team out is credited with the win
Merry
We need a trophy badly
A major one like EPL or UCL. Not the easier ones
Not the Carribou cup. It’s a trophy but its the trophy nobody plays for until the semi finals. A fun day out but not season changing and not worthy of the investment.
And if we win it great but win or lose, it is not a replacement for the proper trophies we SHOULD be winning.
Why? What happens if we don’t win one this season or next but continue to play well and finish strongly across all competitions? Should we sack Arteta and sacrifice consistency for the small chance that some other manager wins something but ruins the stability we are currently enjoying at the club?
We don’t need a trophy, simply competing is enough. Or at least you should be but fans have a ridiculous sense of entitlement like we should win something just because we have a good team. Lots of good teams don’t win anything. Maybe we should get Erik Ten Hag, after all he won more in his 3 seasons at MU but also got them the lowest league finish in decades, but he did win!!!!
Firstly, thank you for reminding me of how old I am, as I remember the 1993 campaign pretty clearly! Secondly, I couldn’t agree more with this post.
Whilst finishing as runners-up in the league on consecutive years, is fantastic, and not to be sniffed at and success in any competition is never guaranteed, failing to properly prepare is unacceptable.
I refute Arteta’s ridiculous claim that the Charity Shield victories should count towards his trophy haul. No one cares who wins the Charity Shield! So the league cup is an ideal opportunity to register some tangible success beyond the improved league performances.
What are your thoughts on this season without a trophy in regards to Arteta’s future?
I am a huge fan of his for what he has done for our club, but as you say, we’re at a stage where we need something tangible to show for it all.
Coming into this season, I felt that if we win nothing then Arteta has to go. That said, I am starting to waiver on my decision because I never seen a season with so many injuries, and key ones at that. Not to mention those 3 really early red cards that cost us a potential 7pts.
Can we realistically win a trophy with such a depleted squad?
The Saka injury has all but ended any chance of catching Liverpool. I don’t like seeing players injured, but the only chance of us catching them is if they now have an injury crisis, specifically Salah missing a few months at least
Arteta must stay. He has brought stability and continued competitiveness in the league and the cannot be risked in the pursuit of ‘success’.
Do you think MU fans would trade the 2 trophies Ten Hag won for stability and consecutive runner-up league finishes? I bet you they would.
Unfortunately the success Arteta has brought to the club doesn’t carry a trophy in itself but it must still be recognised by the fans.
Winning isn’t everything.
Because a next barren year might be a little more than fans can bare.
Absolutely.
Arteta really needs a Trophy
Seasons’s Greetings dear readers! For some the Charity Shield counts, the League Cup does not. Strange indeed. Over reliance on a single player when there are 24 named in the squad for the EPL is more strange. That proves that the coaching is not at par with the required level. Cheque book managers get exposed as they rely on the player brilliance rather that their own genuineness. With Rodrygo out, it’s over and out for the Citizens, we noticed similar blips in the absence of Saliba, Gabriel and Odegard. At least there is some hope for us with our Martinelli on the right flank. Hope the lad managed well.
So your football knowledge told you that Pep and Mikel are not proper managers? Wow!!!! What a genius football brain you have.
So having your best players unavailable shouldn’t affect a team? Moreover missing the best player in the world in his position, who also happens to be the fulcrum of their midfield shouldn’t make any difference to the City juggernaut?
Similarly, Arsenal missing Odegaard, Saka, or Saliba shouldn’t affect the team in any way? That’s just silly. Saka, however, id eminently more replaceable than Odegaard.
The Charity Shield is a season opener and not much more and a chance for both sides to get up to speed.
Arteta’s remarks showed he was under pressure which is hardly surprising as he is getting towards crunch time in some quarters and I’d agree. I don’t think the fact that it’s nearly 5 years since the cup win is so important. There was a lot to rebuild- mostly in culture and better governance too. The club is now at the point where there is a higher level of expectation from the supporters. That said, only 2 clubs have won the EPL since Arteta joined. Also, outside of Utd, City and Liverpool, only Leicester have won a domestic trophy since Arteta joined. It’s a very small group and mostly the success has been by City and Liverpool.
@ Sue P
The community is a trophy recognized in England and the players put in their efforts to win it. Whether you rate it or not it’s still counts as a trophy. So Mikel is right in his remark ……
Chronicle
I can’t deny that it’s a trophy and I’d prefer to win it than lose. A bit like the preseason trophies. Mostly I think it’s a day out for the supporters who are keen to see their team play after the summer break.
You get no prize money, it doesn’t qualify you for anything and when it first started, it was classed as a friendly. I see no change in that. Its a trophy but with no standing.
A trophy is its own standing.
Top 4 qualifies for something and you get a lot of money and even more money guaranteed in the CL for it, yet some people insist that it isn’t a trophy, presumably because there’s no silverware involved.
It also qualifies for the CL, a big thing to any club. I remember Shearer being asked when Newcastle got to the final of the league cup if he’d rather win that or get top 4. He reluctantly said the league cup, because it was so long since Newcastle won anythiing that it would mean a lot to the supporters.
Different strokes for different folks – or for different clubs.
They are all significant achievements to me. Calling them “trophies” confuses the issue because nobody knows if it has to have silverware awarded and even that isn’t enough of a distinction since most regard the CS as a “non-trophy”.
Without a definition, its a meaningless argument. And everyone will define it differently, so it’s doomed to stay meaningless.
Charity shield, for one, is a shield and it is a pre season friendly shield. You get nothing for winning it. It has always been a friendly until people recently have tried to make it somit isn’t.
Sue P, once again seeing the big picture with an experienced eye. Refreshing comment. 👍
Exactly! 😎
Agree that any competition should be taken seriously at the semi-final stage. Most clubs would be more than happy if they won the league cup, it wuld be entitled arrogance to suggest that it’s not enough for Arsenal.
Re Arteta – he has to keep the Arsenal Board happy. The owners will be happy if their investment is growing i.e. if Arsenal is worth more than when they bought it.
They have more work to do to replace Edu as well. That will change a lot of things at the club. I wonder if the Brighton chap will be getting tempted.