Perspective

Here it is. I'm finally ready to look back on the Carling Cup. Now we all know how upset I was so lets not dwell on that side of things. But I will share with you my remedy for cup final heartache. Two things. Number one: find somewhere to vent and let it all out. I went into my garden to swear but you screaming and crying are also good, just suit yourslef. Then Number two; ice cream. Lots of it. Prefereably straight from the tub.
Now onto the perspective. Firstly, yes we all know it was a final and a trophy and so on BUT the Carling Cup is the erm...lowest profile out of the competitions we had a shot at. Don't get me wrong I would have loved them to have won it and I'm not belittling the competition. Also lets all take a reality check here, the season isn't over we still have quite away to go, to let one game shape the rest of our season would be foolish in the extreme. They're all professionals they absolutely must get this in perspective and instead of letting it get them down they have to use it to their advantage and let it fire them up. Let this disappointment fuel our other aspirations. Defeat makes the eventual victory taste sweeter so don't let them forget that. 
As cruel as losing the final in that manner was, there are positives to be had there. For a start the fact that we were actually in a final after several seasons of near misses. Also we weren't comprehensively out played or badly beaten. We lost it on one stupid error. Its a problem but one that can be worked on. Another problem that needs to be worked on is the attitude problem that some of our players *cough*fabregas*cough* seem to have. The problem I'm referring to is that in the build up to the final it occasionally seemed that it was being treated as our only chance to win a trophy. What springs to mind was the whole "fabregas has waited so long to captain a final and now he can't" debate. GET OVER YOURSELVES. There are going to be other finals. I believe that wholeheartedly and it goes without saying that they should too.
To finish up I would like to add thatt I have a huge amount of respect for Arsene Wenger's response after the gaame. He said that he didn't blame any player for the defeat. Ass soon as he said it my dad said "its a good job it isn't you because you would have." Followed by, "You probably would have smacked them daft." Thanks Dad.