Arsenal take the positives, Chelsea take the Carling Cup, Pretentious Alan Green

Arsenal fielded perhaps the youngest ever team to play in a major cup final packed with as much fledgling talent as the dominant Farnham Town Under 9's back in the mid 90's.

I think I was the Phillipe Senderos of the team, had no pace and although I did well on the whole the odd mistake which would always lead to a goal!

Arsenal felt no pressure and the set the tempo of a very entertaining game. Chelsea were restricted early on as they were under far more pressure. Their experience told and they went home with the cup.

A few of points to clear up at this stage;

1. Drogba was just offside when the ball was played, however when the linesman heard or saw the ball being played, by the time he had turned to see Drogba (maybe 1/3 of a second)he would have been offside. Therefore you have to question that decision. If it was me, in a final between 2 teams who I had no bias towards, I would have given it offside as it was so tight, no-one would have complained if that was the case.

2. Alan Green is a pretentious idiot. He had made his mind up that Chelsea were going to win before the game and the fact that he was praising the officials for their performances sums it up. After replays Drogba is marginally offside, yet he maintains he was on. Adebayor is wrongly sent off and he maintains he should have been sent off. No justification given, Green is a show pony who has never played the game at the highest level. Fuck off Alan.

3. The scenes at the end of the game were not a brawl. The Man Utd 0 - 1 Arsenal game of the 1990/91 season was a proper brawl. That was like fighting with your mate after a night on the lash. Seems like a big deal at the time but should be instantly forgotten.

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Overall Arsenal played the better football and their young side acquitted themselves very well against the multi million pound Chelsea side. However Chelsea had a bit of luck (which you must always have to win something)and used their experience well by scoring a good winner.

Arsenal will take all the positives in what was in truth a no lose game and Chelsea will continue under the upmost pressure to win every game or be called failures. Arsenal are slowly closing the gap and come next season it will be even closer.

No massive expenditure, just have the time available to nurture the world's best youth into a formidable unit indoctrinated in the Arsenal culture.

We still need a world class goalscorer like Drogba and Keeper like Cech as they proved the difference in the end. If we can supplement our promise with a fully fit Henry, Eto'o or Torres and a keeper of Buffon's standing then we can be unstoppable.

Congratulation to Chelsea I am not bitter towards them for winning as although this time they take home the cup, there will be a time not long from now that it will be us, and it will have been done in the right way and with a bright future ahead of us.