Yes.
No.
The cups. This team needs to experience it. Coming back and thrashing Milan boosted the teams confidence and you can see that in the way we play. If we'd have gone on to win the Carling Cup, I have a feeling the team would gotten stronger as the season went on. They need to get a taste of what it feels like to be champions and then they'll go on to do better.
Dalglish:
About Arsenal:
"It's amazing," said the manager of the criticism of his team. "You can pick out our league form and then you can look at someone else who has been knocked out of three cups, yet they take that as a good season for them. It depends how you depict it. We are not saying we were at our best [against QPR and Wigan] but there were circumstances, with three games in six days [seven in fact].We have got a problem winning games in the league. We have to educate ourselves and maybe we have to not play the lovely football that we have been." Asked whether that meant he was considering deploying a more direct style of play, he replied cryptically "maybe we have to change our philosophies a wee bit" and declined to elaborate.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ool-philosophy
Agree, itf a win both but if a just win the CC then no way 7/8 and the CC is no way a good season for them. If you asked Brum if they haved Swapped the CC for safety im sure all of the fans would.Originally Posted by Letters
But i suppose its how both our team build on what we have next season tbh.
Yeah I must have missed all of that lovely football.
I can see it now; "Carra hoofs it up to Big Andy.... and it goes out for a throw".
Last edited by Shaqiri Is Boss; 26-03-2012 at 01:40 PM.
Not sure Why he is worrying about Arsenal, i suppose he has to deflect the problems of himself and his team. They may go and do the double, but his team will still be as woeful next season.Dalglish:
About Arsenal:
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
I think our team needs a trophy in order to get the experience of successfully finishing off a job and pushing on to bigger things. Third/fourth should not be seen as an achievement or set a marker for success. That said, I would not want to swap places with Liverpool, simply because Liverpool, though they have won a Cup have not used that success as a platform for stepping up a gear. If anything, they are getting progressively worse and more fragile.
However, I honestly believe if we had won the CC, either last year or this year, the confidence would be there for our team to push on and be a threat for major silverware.
So, would I trade our season where we are likely to finish 3rd/4th for one or both of the Cups? With our squad, and based on what they are capable of, yes I would. Because I think we would use a win as a platform to push on.
But there is no way in the world I would trade places to be where Liverpool are - even if they do add the FA Cup.
Agreed about success breeding success. Just look how Liverpool have pushed on since winning it.
Prefer the domestic cup double anyday, more fun and exciting plus it actually means success......3rd/4th means sh*t to be honest and we're not winning the CL anytime soon.
This good form is great but it may well lead to Wenger believing little needs changing and we'll find ourselves in the same position next season making up the numbers in the CL.
Sorry but 3rd/4th place is a joke and shouldn't be rewarded with a place in the CL anyway, it makes a mockery of the competition IMO.
I'd prefer to have a chance of winning a trophy than being in with no hope by February personally.
Last edited by Özim; 26-03-2012 at 08:49 PM.
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