Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas believes there are not enough experienced players in this squad, who have the know-how to win trophies.
The Spaniard believes winning the Carling Cup this season would have been a massive boost for the team, but is worried at how long it is taking for Arsenal to become a force again.
Fabregas feels he has said all this before, going back to 2007, but doesn’t feel there’s been enough of a change since then.
He said: “From 2007 I had already started saying ‘we’re not winning, but we’re playing well’. And then you realise that’s no use.
“You enjoy yourself, during a phase of the championship – like this year, for example, when we were still in four different competitions. And you say to yourself ‘here I have everything!’ But then that final point is missing and it’s then when you have to make a decision: either go out and win or develop players.
“It’s difficult. For me it’s more a lack of a winning mentality, also of maturity in key moments.
“We have plenty of quality but lack this bit of confidence. The problem is that the team needs to win something. That’s why it was so important to win the Carling Cup.
“We needed this cup to be able to believe in ourselves as a team. (Robin) Van Persie has won an FA Cup, as I have, but there’s no more.
“Nobody in the team has won anything. We are missing that ability to say ‘now I know what it is to win and I know what it takes to win’.
“That’s what made the Arsenal team of ‘The Invincibles’ so strong, they knew how to win games, when to dig in, when to attack, they had a special intelligence to read games.”
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