If there is one man who has symbolised Arsenal over the past five years, it is Cesc Fabregas. The Spaniard has enjoyed his fair share of highs as well as lows and will now look forward to ending the Gunner\u2019s trophy-less run that extends back to 2005\u2019s FA Cup win.<\/p>\n
Prior to the Carling Cup semi-final first leg against Ipswich the Spaniard warned against complacency and said that Ipswich would be a sterner test that most imagined. How right he was proved, not only in the first leg where a Tamas Priskin goal ensured the Tractor Boys had something to defend in the second leg, but also the two thirds of the match at the Emirates where they managed to resist Arsenal\u2019s attractive drives forward.<\/p>\n
It was Fabregas, who was at his best on Tuesday,\u00a0 that helped pull Arsenal through to the final of the competition, and it is Fabregas the club will have to thank if they do indeed break their trophy-less run. His influence coursed throughout the team as he, alongside the immaculate Jack Wilshere, orchestrated an impressive Arsenal win and performance. With Birmingham to play in the final The North London club will surely be installed as favourites by football betting<\/a> pundits.<\/p>\n Wenger hailed his \u201cmaturing\u201d side after the game and it may well prove to be a turning point; emblematic of a season still full of promise. The fact Arsenal have gone without a trophy does play on Wenger\u2019s mind and also that of his team. An interview with the Guardian recently revealed Wenger\u2019s determination to right the wrongs of the past five years and win a trophy this season. But if the club were to fall into the trap of chasing trophies above all else, Wenger\u2019s ethos he has worked so hard to instil over the past decade and a half will be gone. Arsenal are about more than trophies; they are about a style of play, the cultivation of the finest young talent and a financial model most other Premier League clubs would die for. Equally the club need them to survive, and must have their approach validated by the arrival of silverware. Second in the Premier League the club are still within a shout of winning their fourth title under Wenger. If not out-right favourites, most football bets<\/a>\u00a0will see them as amongst the front-runners at least.<\/p>\n With Fabregas as club captain the chances of that becoming a reality are vastly improved. Barcelona\u2019s public courting of him has yet to affect his performances and as captain it is unlikely they ever will do. It is a ark of the man that he still gives all to a club he undoubtedly loves when his future most likely lies elsewhere. What a fitting goodbye it would be for one of the best players to wear an Arsenal shirt in the last ten years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If there is one man who has symbolised Arsenal over the past five years, it is Cesc Fabregas. The Spaniard has enjoyed his fair share of highs as well as lows and will now look forward to ending the Gunner\u2019s trophy-less run that extends back to 2005\u2019s FA Cup win. Prior to the Carling Cup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[21,43],"class_list":["post-1188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arsenal-fc","category-fa-cup","tag-fabregas","tag-wilshere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arsenaltalk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}