Ok... I tried to lighten things up... obviously to no affect... so here goes.
If we win the cup, this season will be right down the middle. But the successes of the season shouldn't be dismissed too lightly. No trophies for 6 years and then both domestic cups in the bag would be a tremendous achievement:
- success breeds confidence. once you've done something once you know you can do it again
- success breeds success. having tasted success, the players will want more and they'll have the belief that they can get more
- Arsenal haven't won a thing for 6 years and you see the pressure it starts to create
Remember those 4th place or Carling Cup debates we had earlier in the season? Faz, if I remember correctly you were strongly in favour of the carling cup - the club's about winning trophies, and days at Wembley are more important than 4th was the argument I believe. We could have two in one season.
Of course the league has been a huge disappointment - and that's probably an understatement. But winning two trophies plus the number of chances we created could be something we can build on. Yes, we need changes. But these are primarily required to the playing staff. A creative midfielder and a striker could get the team playing more efficiently. With Lucas coming back, and say Raheem Stirling coming through there are some good possibilities if Kenny stays. It's not all doom and gloom.
Remember, there's no guarantee of the next guy succeeding whoever he is. But what is certain is that there'll be more upheaval and chances are we'll have to write off another season as the new chap gets used to the premier league and/or spends time building his own team.
Either way, unless a riculous new appointment is made, we need to agree to disagree and support the person in charge.
Off to watch the game now... bye.
I like that, can we adopt it as our new anthem?
