There is no doubt about the fact that Arsenal would have gone on to win three of four more domestic Cups in recent years had Arsene played our first eleven but he made a judgement call to use the matches as an opportunity to blood our youngsters.
He sacrificed potential trophies to secure what he saw as his future stars and his policy has worked out up to a point.
A while back he played an 18 year old Anelka ahead of Ian Wright on the way to winning the F.A Cup. Helping to turn the moody git into a record transfer fee.
Fabregas 18, Diaby 20, Walcott 18 were all selected ahead of the likes of Thierry Henry and Bobby Pires on the way to the Final against Chelsea just losing out to a team that had Cech,Terry, Carvalho, Bridge, Makelele, Robben Lampard, Ballack, Essien, Shevchenko, Drogba!!!
Adebayor ahead of RVP found his feet in the Cups against Spurs.
And Jack, well Jack is just a class act!
This year three extra matches missed in the League Cup in the New Year might be a blessing in disguise!
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Blood and Sacrifrice!
posted on 1/12/11
Darwin,,,,, are you trying to kill my career?!
posted on 1/12/11
Hopefully he plays the youngsters in Greece as well, nothing to lose only experience to be gained. Another blessing in disguise we didn't have that luxury in previous years
posted on 1/12/11
Alexars,,,,
I dont want to see one single first teamer in Greece as that lot are going to be playing for their lives! Dirty, dirty..
So nice to put our feet up for a change!
posted on 1/12/11
Hopefully he plays the youngsters in Greece as well, nothing to lose only experience to be gained
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I'd love to see AOC play in Greece.
posted on 1/12/11
We better not field any first teamers!
Otherwise I will have Wengers head on my wall!
posted on 1/12/11
I'd love to see AOC play in Greece
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HE very likely will play, would be madness not to build further with these guys while the chaNCE IS THERE. Coq, Frimpong, Miquel and other youngsters, they all should play. It is different than against Man C. We do not need to try to win. So rest Kos, Djourou, Gervinho etc. Send them a week to some exotic island to rechrage their batteries, except for Arshavin, send him to Siberia
posted on 1/12/11
except for Arshavin, send him to Siberia
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To be fair, I think he'll love it!
posted on 1/12/11
To be fair, I think he'll love it!
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The body language of this guy is such that you wonder if he likes anything, so weird. Happy he's not my son, I would question my reproduction skills for ever
posted on 1/12/11
The body language of this guy is such that you wonder if he likes anything, so weird
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The atmosphere in the team has changed these last couples weeks. You can feel that the team has finally started to gel. Players are looking much more happier apart from him.
posted on 1/12/11
apart from him
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And AW until we are 3 goals up, jee he can look stressed at times, scary