Source: Team_Talk
Brown: No sympathy for Wenger
Wenger has hit out over his side's Premier League fixture schedule after being held to a 1-1 draw at Burnley.[LNB]The game came three days after a trip to Liverpool and with another game against Hull to come at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.[LNB]Hull, in contrast, have not had to play in midweek after their game against Everton was moved due to the Merseyside club's Europa League commitments.[LNB]Wenger intimated Hull could therefore have an unfair advantage but Brown points out his players have not had time off and feels Arsenal should have a squad big enough to cope.[LNB]Brown said: "We have had a free time of it, so everyone tells me - but as far as we are concerned it has been nose to the grindstone after a great clean sheet against Blackburn.[LNB]"The Premier League is physiologically brutal. It does take its toll, there is no doubt about that.[LNB]"Rest and recuperation is key but at the end of the day we have got our preparation to do for a big game on Saturday.[LNB]"I have looked at the size of squads. We are probably trading at around the third or fourth smallest squad in the Premier League.[LNB]"Wolves - topical this week - is one of the smallest and Bolton and Birmingham are below us.[LNB]"But in the top half some of these teams can boast 50 or 60 players.[LNB]"With that in mind I can't see any problem with two or three games in a week.[LNB]"If you ask any player, I was the same, games are the most important. They are the best way to keep fit. I think players just want to play."[LNB]Wolves manager Mick McCarthy this week sparked controversy by making 10 changes for Tuesday's game against champions Manchester United.[LNB]That also annoyed Wenger as United, one of the Gunners' title rivals, eased to a 3-0 win.[LNB]Yet McCarthy was prioritising this weekend's clash against Burnley and resting players accordingly.[LNB]That is something Brown - although he advocated a more positive policy in his side's seven-goal thriller at Old Trafford last season - does not have a problem with.[LNB]Brown said: "I think Mick is well within his rights. I know it was drastic, the fact he made 10 changes, but who is to say what is Mick's strongest team?[LNB]"There is only one man that can answer that and that is Mick McCarthy.[LNB]"He has identified two games in a three-game period where he can possibly get points, Manchester United not being one of them.[LNB]"Mick is in the early process of building a team and it is a bigger picture. I agree with him. It is the season-long aim of Mick McCarthy and Wolverhampton Wanderers to be in the Premier League for another year.[LNB]"We are all in the same boat at that end of the division.[LNB]"We played Manchester United last season and came away having been beaten 4-3 but getting something in terms of pride.[LNB]"Performances from individuals also painted a good picture for me for the following games and fortunately we stayed in the Premier League.[LNB]"But I'm not going to sit here and disrespect or disregard Mick McCarthy."[LNB][LNB] Arsenal 1/5, Draw 5/1, Hull 14/1
