Gunners today

[William Treseder]

Why would you drop the best keeper in the world at the moment, for a cup final, unless he was injured or serving a ban.
Absolute madness.

[Trigger]

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They didn't drop him, Kepa has been the domestic cup keeper.

Would be bloody harsh to effectively drop him.

[William Treseder]

Re: Gunners today

They didn't drop him, Kepa has been the domestic cup keeper.

Would be bloody harsh to effectively drop him.

Ok. Then why would you not play the best keeper in the world at the moment for a cup final, unless he was injured or serving a ban. Absolute madness.

[Trigger]

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Ok. Then why would you not play the best keeper in the world at the moment for a cup final, unless he was injured or serving a ban. Absolute madness.

Because Kepa is a professional keeper on their books who has done well enough to help them to a final. He has likely been told he will have the domestic cup matches.

It's a decision for the manager but it's hardly madness.

[William Treseder]

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Because Kepa is a professional keeper on their books who has done well enough to help them to a final. He has likely been told he will have the domestic cup matches.

It's a decision for the manager but it's hardly madness.

They had a chance of making history. The first English team to win a quadruple.
They fall at the first hurdle by leaving arguably their best asset on the bench. Madness in my book.

[Underhill1980]

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They had a chance of making history. The first English team to win a quadruple.
They fall at the first hurdle by leaving arguably their best asset on the bench. Madness in my book.

I’d tend to agree, play your strongest team in the final. Playing a second string keeper worked for Man City though so you win some you lose some.

[insider]

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Man City managed to win with Trafford in goal!

[splott parker]

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Man City managed to win with Trafford in goal!

One of their Maine men:thumbup:

[delmbox]

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Man City managed to win with Trafford in goal!

there's a lad who's been absolutely stitched up in a season where he could have ended up as England's number 1

[William Treseder]

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We should know better than most about bad managerial decisions in finals.
Jones left our standout player, Arron Ramsey on the bench till the hr mark, and we were already behind by then. The same player who had run the show against another then premier league side in the qtr final.
It’s only my opinion, but leaving Raya out yesterday was the wrong decision . There’s a big difference between Raya and Keppa and Trafford and Donarumma.

[goats]

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They had a chance of making history. The first English team to win a quadruple.
They fall at the first hurdle by leaving arguably their best asset on the bench. Madness in my book.

Because they don’t care about the league cup.

[KingOfSiamIAm]

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Why would you drop the best keeper in the world at the moment, for a cup final, unless he was injured or serving a ban.
Absolute madness.

Unless my memory is failing me, we did the same during our league cup run, using Tom Heaton for the cup and David Marshal for the league.