100% second fiddle team. I don't care about the cup, I don't care about the opposition, and I don't care about risking it on late winter nights. Should not play anybody that is part of an imagined best 11 line-up.
Absolutely not. It's an unnecessary competition with a worthless trophy and an inconsequential opponent. Why on earth they have a two-legged semi is beyond me. Nobody remembers the caribou winners. No stars go "oh, I want to play for the winners of the caribou cup 2019". We do not have the squad to go on and compete and compete and compete, and there is a very hard and long winter/spring season coming up starting with CL.You have got to be kidding.
Absolutely not. It's an unnecessary competition with a worthless trophy and an inconsequential opponent. Why on earth they have a two-legged semi is beyond me. Nobody remembers the caribou winners. No stars go "oh, I want to play for the winners of the caribou cup 2019". We do not have the squad to go on and compete and compete and compete, and there is a very hard and long winter/spring season coming up starting with CL.
Absolutely not. It's an unnecessary competition with a worthless trophy and an inconsequential opponent. Why on earth they have a two-legged semi is beyond me. Nobody remembers the caribou winners. No stars go "oh, I want to play for the winners of the caribou cup 2019". We do not have the squad to go on and compete and compete and compete, and there is a very hard and long winter/spring season coming up starting with CL.[/QUOTE
While I get where you're coming from, it's worth bearing in mind that there are only 4 trophies up for grabs each season. With the financial clout of the elite European clubs, winning the CL is highly unlikely. Of the remaining 3, the competition in the Premier League is with other clubs who are hugely financially doped. MoPo said himself after the Tranmere match that we have to compete in a different way. I hope,as I'm sure you do, we can overturn the odds and win it. But it's a tough ask. The FA cup is a great trophy. However, we are still some way from the final. So if we want to convince both our big players and others considering joining us, a trophy,any trophy, is a step in the right direction. And I have great memories of the 1973 final. Crying at Wembley in 82 after losing to Liverpool in extra time. The wins against Leicester and more recently against Chelsea. Our history. Our club. Things my dad and I shared and things I can share with my kids.
And Mourinho and many other top managers know the importance of getting the first win. And how that achievement lifts players on to greater heights.
You live in a world of hypotheticals, I live in a reality. Reality is, caribou breeds nothing but tired legs and injuries.Breeds Mentality, experience - knowing how to manage big occasions, feel good factor, shows more progression, self belief, bragging rights,
It can only be a positive despite your vision of the significance of the competition.
Let’s be honest - currently champ league is above us, prem is still tough and go so that’s leaves 2 trophies. I’d take both.
100% second fiddle team. I don't care about the cup, I don't care about the opposition, and I don't care about risking it on late winter nights. Should not play anybody that is part of an imagined best 11 line-up.
It doesn’t matter that it’s the league cup. The players need to get the monkey off their back. They know that rival fans and the media call them legends and that they can’t get over the line. Until the first trophy, it won’t change.You live in a world of hypotheticals, I live in a reality. Reality is, caribou breeds nothing but tired legs and injuries.
I believe a strong PL campaign, a strong CL campaign and securing CL next season to be more beneficial bot financially and to the spirit and winning mentality than one small, domestic trophy. The FA is of course prestigious enough that it's worth fighting for.
We are better away from "home"! We don't need to manage anything!We just need a lead going into the second leg. We can then go to the bridge with a 352 and just try manage it.
You live in a world of hypotheticals, I live in a reality. Reality is, caribou breeds nothing but tired legs and injuries.
I believe a strong PL campaign, a strong CL campaign and securing CL next season to be more beneficial bot financially and to the spirit and winning mentality than one small, domestic trophy. The FA is of course prestigious enough that it's worth fighting for.