Last season Arsenal ended their nine-year trophy drought by winning one of the world's oldest and most prestigious domestic cup, the FA Cup. After winning at Wembley on May 17th, many of the players targeted more silverware for their club, but should the players have taken the League Cup more seriously this season?
Arsene Wenger has traditionally used the league Cup as a competition where he can try out some of Arsenal's new young talents. But, this season some of the more senior players got the chance but did not perform. It is a potential trophy target, as are all the other trophies, and Arsene Wenger should be targeting it as well, it is the only trophy he hasn't won in English football. Also, Arsenal showed last season that they can handle a tough draw, and if they got through to the business end of the trophy they might have got that. The players know what a trophy can do and should have been desperate for more.
On the other hand, getting through to the quarter-finals and beyond, could have given Arsenal some fixture congestion. With Arsenal's already poor luck with injuries that could be a bad thing. Also, if Arsenal go out, all guns blazing, to win the League Cup some of the younger players who would have played may not. Despite the League Cup being a trophy, some fans would prefer that Arsenal targeted a more prestigious trophy, like the FA Cup, because the League Cup is not seen as prestigious.
Overall, a trophy is a trophy and although winning the League Cup wouldn't result in another open top bus parade, it would have been great for the players, for the fans and for the manager
