Just what the frig was Wenger thinking?? He - along with Ferguson - was one of the originators of the idea of playing a shadow squad in the League Cup, give the fringe players & some youngsters game time in a less important game. These players are certainly motivated, and it allows you to rest the first choice team.
Worst of all worlds tonight for your lot - the first choice players don't get a well-needed R&R, you lose two forwards to injury, and after all that you lose & go out of the cup anyway.
Utter madness - and I just hope Klopp doesn't make the same mistake tomorrow.
Originally Posted by: Saint Snow
The following is a conversation between an unnamed footballer running the Secret Footballer website and an Arsenal scout.
Very damning if even remotely true.
http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/tsf-diary/29031/setting-the-agenda-massimo-cellino-son-heung-min-tim-sherwood-phil-jagielka/#slide-2
"I pointed out that Tottenham Hotspur’s summer recruit, Son Heung-min, is one of the most impressive players I’ve seen at White Hart Lane since Gareth Bale.
Immediately, the scout took his phone out of his pocket and showed me a scouting report from last season. This is how it read …
* Scares the life out of defences. Feet are scarily quick, can turn in any direction.
* Keeps his shape, good discipline, counters quickly, carries the ball a long way up the pitch, aware of team-mates in better positions.
* Scores goals from great positions in the box that others don’t take up (Ljungberg). Hard to pick up and track.
* Fit, doesn’t stop working.
* Different to anything that we have in the building.
* CAN PLAY FOR US ALL DAY LONG!!
That was one of several reports he showed me that got better and better."
Apparently, Arsenal were set to sign Son, but Wenger dithered.