Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
But the games are on a Thursday night in Shithole Creek, huge difference. One less day recovery than all our opponents. Game over. This squad can barely handle what we have, in fact it can't even do that. We're in a shit state and the Dropout League will be the shit icing. And anyway - aren't we supposed to be up there with the elite of European football? That fucker who gets paid £3mill for his advice better start with the suggestions because we're deep in shit now. Better get his fucking crusty old, faded chequebook out in January.
Those obscure games happen in the group stage but the better teams in mainland Europe get through and the destinations become more normal. Thurs/Sun, Weds/Sat, what's the difference? We can kid ourselves we are up there with the elite and keep getting knocked out by the real elite every year, or go for a trophy we can win. And a trophy we'd enjoy. Beating Birmingham a few years back wouldn't exactly have been '71 all over again but enjoyable none the less for the silverware. We are absolutely kidding ourselves if we think that all our eggs in one basket will improve Wenger's management of the squad. We are built for cups not long campaigns.