I think Wenger should stop the Habit of using this­ young players for an important Cup like this,the likes­ of Chelsea and Man Utd.Arsenal have not lifted this cup­ and i think we need matured players to make this dream­ a reality.I think this is a leason,and we are tired of­ watching only entertaining foothball,

Same old arsenal, guns the biggies and are rubbish­ against the smaller teams that play with their hearts. ­ NO TITLE FOR THEM AGAIN THIS SEASON.

ok granted he is the thickest player i have ever seen­ putting on football boots and the way he shoots i am­ convinced he is more suited to rugby (johnson take­ note) but with those pink boots he will be battered­ black and blue (serves him right) i still say he is not­ a footballer i have seen babies score the chances he­ missed i am guessing his excuse would be the ball did­ not match my boots.
on evidence last night he should­ be dropped and the boys behind him given a chance­ (vela,simpson,fonte,merida etc).
c'mon when we let­ hoyte go we should have executed the two for one deal­ and gotten rid of him as well.

i can see anywhere in this thing where arsene wenger­ has pointed at Bentner.....what is wrong with the­ media?

Arsenal should stop undermining "smaller"­ teams. They is why they lost. They thought Burnley were­ a push over and lacked seriousness. Burnley deserved to­ win the game after such a poor show by the young­ gunners.

Arsene Wenger seems to be one of the managers that­ can't defeat the "smaller" sides in­ football. Look at the their performances so far this­ season, they have beaten both MANU and Chelsea and yet­ have lost to teams like Stoke and now Burnley (which is­ a lot better than Stoke by the way).

I think the­ problem with is that the players' so badly want to­ prove how good they are against the big sides and­ therefore play well BUT then undermine the ability of­ the so called "smaller" sides and then lose.­

Wenger will need to address this issue and soon they­ can't carry on like this. I'm a MANC but I love­ the way Arsenal play their brand of football its­ awesome to watch but also feel for their fans how long­ they'll be able to handle being tropheless again is­ beyond me.

I can't see anyhwere in this article that Wenger­ names Bendtner so your heading is a little unfair.­ However, it's no real surprise that Wenger thinks­ Bendtner isn't up to it, only surprising it's­ taken him this long to work it out.

It is indeed a problem when strikers can't score­ but I think Wenger got it wrong. The main problem is­ the way Arsenal always easily concedes goals. The best­ attacking team starts from the back, with a good­ defense.
Conceding those goals did put more pressure on­ inexperienced players.
Get it right Arsene : get some­ experienced players ESPECIALLY in a defensive system­ (there is no cover from mid-field for instance).

Peri, don't make the mistake of rising up against­ the drivel written by the children who use this site.­ Most of them have no idea about football, as is clearly­ represented on this string. Wenger hasn't whinged­ about losing, he has explained why we lost. Our­ strikers were poor, Burnley were a better team on the­ night, they put their chances away, and were generally­ up for the fight and therefore got the win they­ deserved. Good luck to them, and to Watford tonight!

I have said it is severally that NIKOLAS BENDTNER is­ not a striker. He does not worth the premiership nor­ the championship. He lacks everything that makes a­ footballer. He cannot control the ball, he lacks­ vision, he is zero in the air as he cannot nod the ball­ down for his team mates and cannot make a through pass­ to his team mates. he laze around the field as if there­ is nothing nothing at stake. i have over one thousand­ footage of this guy ineptitude but it seeems our­ untouchable wenger just realised that even a­ championship club want accept this moron on loan.­ please, WENGER let this boy go, if you keep for thext­ five he wont develop. BENDTNER, please leave our­ darling club and go. you do worth wearing that no. 26­ jersey. please go to italy where you might fit to the­ lower league.

Arsenal could win most of their games including against­ Burnley, if they give some respect towards their­ opponents who are below them in the league table and­ not be too over confidence. When they play against big­ teams like Chelsea and Man U, they show respect and­ more focus towards the games and the results shows. I­ guess that part of maturity still lack in this young­ team. I also think Adebayor and Bedtner should go­ because Arsenal have good feeder but these two are not­ good enough striker.

well, thewookie, the same can be said for alex ferguson­ who never will give an interview after a match is lost,­ rafa benitez is also rare to give an opposing team the­ credit they deserve, and mourinho.. need i say more?

I see that once again Arsene Wenger cannot give praise­ to another team when they are beaten!!!

Why is this­ man such a bad loser?! If they win it is because they­ are OBVIOUSLY the better side. If they lose it is­ because something has not gone right for them. NEVER­ that the opposition played a better game, or had a good­ gameplan. He makes me sick!

Just for once it would be­ good to see him give someone else some praise! Even Old­ Whiskeynose can do that now and again!!!

was he in the pink boots???~~~

I'm glad people are beginning to see that Bendtner­ is not Premiership top 4 quality. I have been saying it­ for ages! Yes he scores goals every now and then, but­ so would i if i had the rest of the arsenal team behind­ me giving me the opportunities he gets. I think it is­ time Wenger puts Vela ahead of him in the pecking­ order! The boy is genius! He is playing for the Mexico­ national team (admittedly he got sent off last time)­ but he isn't above Bendtner in the order?!
Take­ nothing away from Burnley though, I thought they­ deserved their win last night (and thats from an­ arsenal fan) because they worked extremely hard, chased­ everything and didnt allow anything to go to their­ heads (i'm looking at bendtner there again too). He­ wears pink boots yet he has done nothing substantial in­ the sport. He strutted around the pitch expecting to be­ the best one there last night. When he did get the ball­ he either missed 1-on-1s (plenty of them) or hogged the­ ball and didnt pass! Time for him to go I think, then­ we'll give our young strikers (vela, simpson etc)­ the chance to come through properly.

Of course, now­ the young'uns are out of the league cup, where are­ they going to get experience this season? They need to­ be playing or Wenger's youth plans will get knocked­ back a full year! Expect to see vela, lansbury and­ ramsay play more of a role in the 1st team squads from­ now, especially with our injuries and full schedule­ through deceber/january. Hopefully Merida will get in­ on the act too!

Well done Burnley. You were the better team. And­ I'm an Arsenal fan.

Too much whinging about Arsenal and not enough credit­ being given to Burnley in my opinion. Good luck to­ them. It would be nice to see them get to the final.

First of all, i'm not going to knock wenger, he­ made the Carling a proving ground to test out Bendtner­ and Carlos Vela. I hope he'll place Vela in front­ Nicolas in the pecking order of Forwards, Bendtner can­ be a great supersub, but not a great Starter. This Cup­ doesn't mean a thing to Wenger, if it did, he'd­ be playing his first team, that the price he paid for­ winning at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, then to play the­ Carling Cup 2 days later, Burnley had their game 3 days­ before the cup match. Be Serious, which domestic cup­ would you rather win, Carling or FA Cup?

Arsenal isn't meant to be a youth academy, it's­ supposed to be a premiership team trying to win­ trophies.This team with bendtner up front wouldn't­ have had a chance against the team with henri and­ vierra.stop messing about wenger, and start winning­ some trophies.

its a pity that arsenal has to leave the stage now