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With a starting line up like that I'm not surprised. We should have played a few more experienced faces. Southampton are no pushovers and were never going to be beaten by our second string. A real shame as I think we could've gone on to win this competition
Maybe this season will be different.
Meh.
In isolation it isn't that big of a deal especially with an already busy fixture list but it's pretty disappointing because we've been here before in the past where a cowardly & poor exit out off the League cup had a knock on effect on our league performances over the winter months.
Meh, I hope things will be different this year but somehow I doubt it. As LDG said in the other thread, limp through winter, not sign anyone in January and only crawl into the top four on the last day of the season. Rinse and repeat.
I will buy a Nebuchadnezzer of Champane the day that ossified old fart leaves this club. Same crap each year.
Our reserve teams used to crush sides between 2005_2009 now it seems we have less strength in depth but our star players are A lot betterQuote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
What happened to all the other posts? :lol:
Purged by Letters?
Is dissent against the chosen one not allowed anymore on here?
Kim Jong-Letters :lol:
The problem is that we should be at least competing at home against Southampton, we just don't have that strength in depth. Key to any title challenge is having the lesser squad players stepping up in tough times and we don't have that any more compared to 2004 teams were we had .edu,aliadiere etc
Some of mine have gone too :(Quote:
Originally Posted by The Emirates Gallactico
The embarrassing thing is, Southampton only fielded three from the side that beat Everton at the weekend, so they weren't exactly their best team either. I agree with resting some players, but we could have had someone on the bench to help out when needed, I know it's only the league cup, but I think we could all have done with a boost at the chance of a cup.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicks and chicks
I don't think the lineup was the problem
Jenkinson, Elneny, Gabriel, Gibbs, Ramsey, Iwobi, Coquelin......that's seven players in the team with a good amount of top flight experience
Perez is a 16 million signing not a player from the youth set up
So all this is nonsense, the fact is the players might change but the tactics and performances remain the same.
Calling Wenger all the names under the sun I find rather counter-productive, but at the same time i totally get the frustration. Tickets may be cheaper for the League Cup but still people are paying good money to watch squad players who get paid far in excess what they do a year in a week perform like contemptible cowards partly because that's what they are, and partly because you have a guy sitting on the bench who looks increasingly out of his depth in the modern game.