Well precisely. Bollocks I say.Originally Posted by Nayan
Two upsides.
1. Winning breeds confidence and belief. Clough used to talk about how winning the Shitty Whatever Cup gave his side the confidence to go on and win the European Cup. That's great, but frankly no amount of confidence is going to add depth to our squad, prevent injuries or be an extra striker. Ultimately that will be the real threat to any sustained challenge we hope to make.
2. It stops all the bleating about no trophies for X years. That's also great, but had Koscielny not lost his mind that day you suspect the lament would now be "only 1 COC in X years" (and look how far confidence took Birmingham City). The League Cup is small time. A small time trophy for small time teams. All the prestige is in the PL, all the money in the CL. Arsenal doesn't need to win a trophy for trophy's sake, we need to be up there trading blows with Man City and Man Utd, Barca and Bayern.
If deprioritising this, the least of the 4 competitions we are in, helps us do that, then fuck the COC. Win it or don't win it, who gives a shit?
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