After Christmas, English football is back in flames, and as the season enters the mid-to-late stages, teams begin to pick up the pace of their sprints.

In the near term, the fixtures have been very favourable for Arsenal.

The first game of the new year is at home to Cardiff City in the third round of the FA Cup, and the second game is away to Wigan Athletic in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals.

In both games, Wenger sent a large number of young players, on the one hand, to train the newcomers, on the other hand, the game is indeed not that important, or the opponent's strength is not enough for Arsenal to go all out.

Playing Cardiff City at home, Arsenal, with all-young players, did not leave too many chances for their opponents, and won the game cleanly and advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

In the League Cup semi-final with Wigan Athletic, Wenger had to send most of the first-team players, and it was already in the semi-finals, even if he gave the FA face, he had to play seriously.

However, Quaresma did not get the chance to start, but sat on the bench with several main players, and if the team's attack went well, he would not be needed, and the main purpose of his substitutes was to turn the tide in a critical moment.

Arsenal's bench strength is naturally not weak, Adebayor, Van Persie, Bergkamp, Eboue, Reyes, Senderos ......

In the Premier League, it is estimated that there is also a chance of relegation, let alone playing in the League Cup.

So, Quaresma sat on the bench for 90 minutes, didn't even get a chance to warm up, and his team-mates quickly snatched the opponent away, and Arsenal had already stepped into the Carabao Cup final with one foot.

From the bottom of his heart, Quaresma doesn't attach much importance to domestic cup competitions, especially the League Cup and League Cup winners, and it is estimated that they are not much more valuable than the Community Shield champions.

If there is no hope of competing for other titles, then it is okay to comfort themselves with any League Cup winner, but if there is a chance to fight for other titles, then the League Cup will definitely be the first to be abandoned, at least Quaresma's idea is to worship money!

However, Quaresma will not be absent for the next two Premier League games, and sitting on the bench, he feels like he is about to rust.

In the 21st round of the English Premier League, Arsenal hosted Middlesbrough, and with Thierry Henry's brace and a goal from Small, Arsenal beat Myburgh 3:0.

Quaresma didn't score, but he gave Thierry Henry an assist and a couple of dangerous passes were wasted by his team-mates, otherwise he could have completed a hat-trick of assists.

In the next 22nd round, Arsenal came to challenge Everton away, facing Moyes's team, although Arsenal dominated the whole game, but they were unable to win the opponent and only won a draw.

Quaresma scored a brilliant goal, but to no avail, the opponent's stubborn defence drowned out Arsenal's attack, leaving Quaresma and his opponents feeling very uncomfortable.

Quaresma also had to admit that Moyes still had two brushes.

A draw is not a good result, at least for Arsenal.

In the next face against Wigan Athletic, the Arsenal players vented their frustration of not being able to win on this opponent's head, even if they did not play with all the main players, they still beat the opponent and entered the League Cup final strongly.

It's just that Arsenal's luck has been cursed, sometimes good and bad, just advanced to the League Cup final, but in the fourth round of the FA Cup, the boat overturned, and when most of the starters were first-team players, they lost to Bolton Wanderers away and were eliminated from the FA Cup.

This result can be said to be a bit of a surprise.

Although Bolton is also a Premier League team, but the strength is destined to be inferior to Arsenal, if Arsenal sends all the main lineup, the chance of winning is still very large, and then it is not good to be forced to draw by the opponent, you can also change the home stadium to play again, and it will not be eliminated like this.

However, Arsene Wenger insisted on training young players in the cup, even at the cost of being eliminated.

Arsenal fans understand that although the historic FA Cup is full of gold in their eyes, it is still not worth mentioning compared to the league and the Champions League.

However, there has been criticism of Arsenal's approach in many media outlets, arguing that Arsenal do not respect the FA Cup.

"If all clubs have the same attitude towards the FA Cup and the League Cup, then these two competitions will lose their original meaning, English football will lose its traditions, and Arsenal are ruining English football!"

Many opponents, such as Tottenham fans, laughed at Arsenal with impunity, as if Arsenal had done something stupid.

Quaresma has been annoyed by the criticism of public opinion, and lately, he has been a bit of a grumpy.

A group of guys who don't have back pain when they stand and talk!

Everything you say is a special fart!

If Arsenal have 50 players in the first team, and all of them are first-class players, then Wenger will not give up the title of any competition!

The squad is relatively thin, and it will always be affected by injuries, how can Arsenal be qualified to play in the third or even fourth line at the same time?

It is already quite rare for Arsenal to be able to maintain the pressure on Chelsea in the league and maintain good momentum in the Champions League, not to mention that Arsenal have also reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Do you have to spread all your energy into all competitions and be dragged to death?

Then you people will be happy!

It's all farting anyway, Quaresma won't care, wait for Arsenal to win the Champions League, and see what else you have to say.

Next, Arsenal, which was affected by public opinion, was forced to draw at home by West Ham United, and the opponent's fierce style of play made Arsenal really a little uncomfortable, if it wasn't for Henry's goal at the last moment, I'm afraid Arsenal would have hated at home.

However, in the next round of the league, the well-adjusted Gunners won Birmingham City cleanly away, Quaresma and Thierry Henry scored a goal each, and Colo Toure also rarely blossomed, showing good form overall.

So far, 23 rounds of league games have ended, and Arsenal is firmly in second place in the standings.

Chelsea have also been a bit inconsistent in their last two rounds, and after two draws in a row, they have not left Arsenal behind, and there is still a five-point gap between the two teams.

Manchester United, on the other hand, have won just one of their last four games and lost two, with a five-point gap between them and Arsenal.

Liverpool are okay, sitting between Arsenal and Manchester United, in third place in the league, two points behind Arsenal and three points ahead of Manchester United.