Not alone. I’ve only ever seen us win the FA Cup once and we’ve only won it twice in 62 years. The CL will come when we’re good enough, defensively we gave away four easily preventable goals over two legs against Spurs - tells me we’re not ready to win the CL!I'm probably alone here but I'd enjoy an fa cup win as much as getting to the final of the CL.
Shit happens on the pitch. Defenders make mistakes, attackers miss chances. That goes both ways too. What Pep can control is priorities and team selection for each game. Playing KDB against Brighton then resting him against Spurs. Playing Delph. Not giving Sane 180 minutes to run at Trippier. These are costly errors that have been influenced by the sheer number of games we have.The quad was always more than a possiblity, but you cannot prepare, train all week, rotate players, AND legislate for world class players missing sitters or fuckin' up a pen attempt! Two pens go in and we march on, still in one comp and breathing space in another. No matter how much Pep wants to achieve personal perfection he is still left to trust world class players with doing their job. Unfortunately, shit will continue to happen to the most prepared, the most technical and gifted players!
You’re definitely on your own.
I hope.
Have we really got to the point where we're so arrogant that we'd throw cup competitions in order to win the most corrupt one?
We will never be allowed to win the CL, we could rest our strongest XI for every game except CL games and still never win it.
win every game, or at least try to
What is arrogant about prioritizing cup competitions? Most top clubs do it.
I still think we should have started with Bernardo in Dave’s position and Leroy out wide
That the quadruple isn’t going to happen and play reserves and youth players in the two domestic cups. It’s been a heck of a ride and something the club can be extremely proud of.
But we cannot put ourselves in a position again where we play a full strength team in the FA Cup one day and have to rest players a few days later in a CL quarter final.
I know how some will react to this post, especially those that dislike the CL. But when domestic cups become detrimental to success in bigger competitions then something has to give.
I’d like to be in a position to make the comparisonI'm probably alone here but I'd enjoy an fa cup win as much as getting to the final of the CL.
Not to mention seemingly being quite content to lose it 1-0.The team we played at Spurs could still have got a result had we gone there and played our normal game. It was the change in approach that screwed us there.
I'd take winning the League Cup & FA Cup over winning the "Champions" League every year. If we don't manage it this year, the target for next season should be the domestic treble.