Not a chance, not 3 days before Woolwich away.
I understand where you are coming from. But they are playing Beyern tomorrow. IMO coaches overthinking Europe have led to issues. Goals breed confidence.
If Dembele, Kane, Alli etc keep scoring under the lights it breeds confidence. Poch vs the scum in the cup caused turbulence in our season that we have just started to smooth out.
If we want to roll with the big boys, we have to stop fucking around and understand that we have to play more than one game a week, often, if we want to be a top 4 team.
If we put out Carroll, Townsend, Fazio, Njie etc, and Townsend plays a blinder: He will probably face the scum. We keep chopping and changing and I think we need to solidify the lineup.
What message does playing our best team say to the scum? It sends a message that we are not scared. We are fit. We don't cry because of fixture pileups like Wenger.
If we had already qualified, then fair enough. I have a winning mentality. A LONG term winning mentality. European football is NOTHING like the prem. It's probably about as grueling as Poch training sessions.
We need to stop acting the victim. Crying about Son being summoned to International games, Sunday and Monday fixtures etc. We need to embrace this shit.
If we win in Europe and win against the scum, what message will that be? That will tell this squad that we are ready to lift cups and challenge for the prem. A loss or draw on Thursday and a flipped coin on Sunday answers no questions. Two wins and everyone will freak out.
Footballers would rather play than train. Most will tell you that.