Wenger: FA Cup and finishing third

[Klaus Daimler]

Yes it is- It means you're a winner! not of the premier league but then again neither coming 3rd is either.

I've never argued that finishing third is equal to being a winner. I've argued that winning the FA Cup doesn't mean that you're in any better position to win the league if you aren't good enough to do so anyway.

I don't know why you mentioned Cardiff

Because they made it to the final. Any extended explanation of why that fact is relevant to the point I made is superfluous, really.

 

[Eirico]

Well, I would certainly take a third place and no trophys, rather than fifth place and the FA cup. But than again, I would prefer a fourth place and a FA cup trophy.

 

[CKD39]

I would rather take third place and the FA Cup. We might as well have played the first team in the Stoke match seeing how our form has nosedived since. Don't see why Wenger feels he has a choice as to which trophies he wants to win.

 

[Eirico]

I would rather take third place and the FA Cup. We might as well have played the first team in the Stoke match seeing how our form has nosedived since. Don't see why Wenger feels he has a choice as to which trophies he wants to win.

Yes, of course. But the choice of a top four spot and the FA cup is what a make out of these quotes from Arsène. That's the only explanation of the quotes that makes sense.

 

[CKD39]

If he thinks going on an FA Cup run will harm the team's chances of finishing in the top 4 then surely that means he knows that this team isn't good enough. He's preparing us for another empty handed season with these comments... after the Yanited game he apparently franticly tried to bring in a couple of players before the window shut, but to no avail.

 

[qs]

I hope though that Gazidis does have a frank talk with Wenger; that they both listen to the pleas of fans to sign one or two experienced players in key positions; and that we take the FA Cup seriously.

I get the feeling Gaizidis wont do anything unless he gets the word from Kroenke and it seems Stan is just as conservative as the board are.

 

[MDGoonah41]

We shouldn't have to choose between the FA Cup and the League. Sure, injuries are going to happen, and sometimes its tough to cope, but we're Arsenal, we should have a squad with enough depth at every position to withstand injuries in January.

 

[qs]

We shouldn't have to choose between the FA Cup and the League. Sure, injuries are going to happen, and sometimes its tough to cope, but we're Arsenal, we should have a squad with enough depth at every position to withstand injuries in January.

If it was something that happened this season due to injuries I'd say you were wrong, because you could just be unlucky. However it happens every season so its clearly a problem.

Any coincidence that when we were winning FA cups we were **** in Europe? I don't think so. We've never competed on all fronts.