| CFCBhoy wrote: |
| The Arsenal fans do care mate. If any Arsenal team from the 1st choice XI right down to the U-15's beat Spurs by the same scoreline in the cup, we'd be forced to hear about 'the best footballing team ever'...'the stars of the future'...'Wenger is a genius' cack for weeks. Now that they were pumped it has suddenly became a 'diddy cup' against 'the reserves'... |
Well, I honestly don't really give a toss. Before the 1st leg I admitted that we'd go out over these two legs and I knew it'd be a good learning experience for some of the inexperienced players. We've done well in the competition up until that game and even though we got hammered, I thought the players reacted well despite never really putting a foot on the pedal [with exception to Bendtner and Adebayor of course].
The Carling Cup is never a priority. It's a cup to give the youngsters a chance and that's what Wenger did. To help the younger players he usually sticks in a First XI player or two to strengthen the side a little so that the younger players can learn off them and not struggle against strong opposition like WBA,
Everton,
Liverpool,
Spurs,
Newcastle,
Blackburn etc. who we've dumped out of the cup with mostly non-First XI teams in the past seasons.
It's been really good and reaching the semi-final was an achievement in itself.
Now, losing to our fierce rivals in that manner is not nice and nobody seen it coming but these things happen. At the time I was gutted for the players and the Gooners that were there singing until the end [the very few that stayed]. But personally I was grand with it, we were outclassed and deservedly beaten. If it had of been us outclassing
Spurs and deserving something, I'd be absolutely devastated and I would care if we lost, despite dominating.
However I knew we'd struggle very much in this round against
Spurs and expected an exit. So really, I don't care about the result or the cup exit. Even if we don't win any of the main trophies this season, I won't look back at that
Spurs tie and regret that Wenger didn't start his strongest possible selections in both rounds; nor will I regret getting knocked out.
Spurs need to be successful in that competition more than we do and Ramos has a great record in cups so they were going to be formidable. I can honestly see them beating
Chelsea in the final.
