Carabao Cup Quarter-Final: Arsenal v Tottenham | December 19, 2018 19:45 GMT | Sky Sports

[gunner4lyfe]

This. Some people on here are out of their minds mate.

Said it before. I honestly don't know what people expected this season judging by some of the comments.

I dont understand. Why cant we win this cup?

 

[Jackie_Treehorn]

He wouldn't even need to crouch or anything

That was the idea! Won’t telegraph it or anything

 

[Jae]

I dont understand. Why cant we win this cup?

Sorry mate. I'm referring to the people who are acting like we are terrible when realistically given the dire situation we were in last year we are making great progress. We are certainly more than capable of winning any of the cup competitions that we are still in.

 

[SingmeasongSong]

Please god let us play the kids.

Nothing-cup with not much to gain there. We outclassed them in the league, there's nothing left to prove, but we can loose even more players due to unnecessary injuries. Let's focus on the important competitions and make that one important by giving young talents that invaluable experience

 

[krackpot]

We probably don't have enough fit players to rotate.

Hopefully we can bin the **** again and play the kids in the semi

 

[HBL]

Must win

 

[Penn_]

This really isn’t a cup we should be too bothered about and the two legged semi final could see us drop points in the league.

I know it’s Tottenham but if it was a choice between progress in this or finishing above them then it should be an obvious one.

 

[OnlyOne]

This really isn’t a cup we should be too bothered about and the two legged semi final could see us drop points in the league.

I know it’s Tottenham but if it was a choice between progress in this or finishing above them then it should be an obvious one.

Yep, I think we should put our a semi weakened team because we all know CL is the goal. However you also want to create that winning mentality at the club so two losses on the bounce doesn't sound great.

Ideally we rotate a touch, win in 90 minutes and draw Burton in the Semi Final.

I'd like to win, but I don't think it's a must win.

 

[Tosker]

Yep, I think we should put our a semi weakened team because we all know CL is the goal. However you also want to create that winning mentality at the club so two losses on the bounce doesn't sound great.

Ideally we rotate a touch, win in 90 minutes and draw Burton in the Semi Final.

I'd like to win, but I don't think it's a must win.

I think I'd rather lose to Sp**s tonight than be beaten 3-0 by City in the final again

 

[HBL]

According to some random dude on twitter; Özil, Mustafi & Bellerin (which we already knew) won't be involved today, I guess we'll see if he is correct in a few hours time.

Edit: Think he is chatting rubbish but again we'll see.

 

[A_G]

This really isn’t a cup we should be too bothered about and the two legged semi final could see us drop points in the league.

The fixtures around that time aren't bad:

January 5- Blackpool A
January 8/9- 1st leg
January 12- West Ham A
January 19- Chelsea H
January 22/23- 2nd leg
January 26- FA Cup 4th round

Could play the kids against Blackpool, then go strong in the Cup and West Ham knowing you have a free week before Chelsea.

 

[Maybe]

I would be happy to see Saka on the wing and the rest of the group should be senior players, and maybe Nketiah. It's quite embarrassing that from 25 senior players only 17 year old kid can dribble past players

 

[<<reed>>]

A real trophy > the Top 4 trophy.
Bring the Haribo Cup home, leave Top 4 trophies for Poch & Klopp.

 

[marting]

Go full strengh, Its a chance to beat Sp**s. Its our duty to stop them winning trophies.

Its not the best cup in the world but why not go for it again? a potential trip to Wembley, Something to help get that first one under the belt for Emery.

 

[rich 1990]

Hate to break it again to you lot, we're not rotating,

 

[GoonerBoy19]

Klopp had similar issues with Liverpool first two seasons, players were getting burnt down by Feb-Mar due to heavy pressing game style and small squad. We would be in trouble if we don't roatate squad intelligently. Already we lost Monreal for few weeks by playing him in pointless games.

 

[Mo Britain]

A trophy is a trophy. We have a chance in three trophies this year, Tottenham in two. Beat them tonight and it's FA Cup or nothing for that great non-winner of trophies Pochettino.

I wouldn't give up on this for the CL because it is by no means clear we will qualify for it even if we throw this away.

 

[Sniper Mik]

Accepting defeat to the enemy in our own home? Fvck that! I don't care if this was a charity match, nothing but a win here

 

[Beany]

Look at is this way - if we throw this away then draw Burton, we're going to look pretty silly.

Yes, we'll rotate a few positions (play Xhaka, rest Torreira, play Laca rest Auba, give Kos a chance to draw breath and give Ramsey and Özil starts); not really rocket science.

 

[OnlyOne]

F*ck it, took me 3 minutes of reading their forum to realise i hope we smash these c*nts. Go full strength.