The League Cup doesn’t always get the best reception from football fans nowadays, but that doesn’t mean the competition isn’t worth winning.

Whether it’s the fact an energy drink sponsors it or that it’s the second of two domestic cup competitions in England, no one seems to think the League Cup is even worth the effort.

Here are the reasons why that’s unfair:

A day out at Wembley

Say what you want, not much beats a trip to Wembley with tens of thousands of Arsenal fans, especially when the team tops that day off with a trophy.

Gunners supporters have had plenty of trips to the stadium recently, but I know I’ve personally enjoyed every one as much as the last.

Confidence and winning mentality

Jose Mourinho, for all his faults, always used the League Cup well in the past. He joins an English club, wins the cup, then wins the league. It looks like he’s not going to manage that this time around with Manchester United, but the plan served him well at Chelsea.

I think the competition could do something similar for Arsenal. The Gunners are in a very difficult period, with Alexis Sanchez leaving for United and Mesut Özil’s contract expiring.

Winning the cup could keep everyone believing the club is still on the right track. Not just the fans, but the players too, who definitely needed a bit of a boost before this week’s semi-final.

Arsene Wenger’s never won it

Wenger’s won 10 major trophies and seven Community Shields during his spell with the Gunners, but the League Cup isn’t one of them. Now the boss is coming to the end of his time in North London, it’d be nice to add it to his collection.

A League Cup triumph wouldn’t be a bad way for Wenger to bow out if he does leave at the end of the season, as it would prove he can win something he never managed to win before. Personally, that’s a pretty good note to go out on.

Manchester City can’t win everything

For the first half of the season, all the talk was about Manchester City winning the Premier League unbeaten. After Liverpool beat them, people started predicting a quadruple-winning campaign.

There’s no chance of Arsenal taking the league title away from Guardiola’s side, and the Gunners aren’t in the FA Cup or Champions League to stand a chance of winning those pieces of silverware.

As a result, the League Cup is the club’s only chance to do their bit to stop City’s potentially historic achievement. That’s as good a reason as any to go and win a match, in my opinion.

It really annoys rival fans

For some reason, all supporters get annoyed when they see a rival fanbase celebrating a “minor” achievement. They take to Twitter to post about “over-celebrating” and how “pathetic” it all is. Meanwhile, the club actually winning the trophy are too busy basking in the celebrations to care.

Deep down, those rival fans all know they’d rather be there watching their own team winning the trophy. No one can convince me getting knocked out by Bristol City and West Ham United is a better option. So let’s go win the trophy and get on everyone’s nerves. That’s what football is about.