About as far from meaningless as it's possible to get. Fair enough, a meaningless trophy. But we need to win this, not draw and certainly not lose. And we need to win it by playing them off the park. Then we are in the hunt. If not we can forget it. We go out there and smash them and then people (including the players) can believe. But if we can't control this game and exert the pressure required to win it and overcome the usual faults when we are up against a defensive set up then the focus will be on past seasons and how we've nearly done this or nearly done that. Has to be a new Arsenal this season if we want to see something other than the usual.

Build momentum from day one and then avoid doing stupid things, and try to overcome the stupid things the manager does. That's the goal.