last tuesday i went to blackburn for the second time this season to see arsenal play them, this time in the carling cup. the carling cup (or league cup to use it's non branded title) is a competition that's not usually given much importance, particularly when the top clubs are challenging for the fa cup, league title and european cup. however this has changed in recent years, in my eyes anyway, as it's a good opportunity for the younger players to see how they cope playing against proper opposition. in some cases we seem to do better as youngsters than with a full strength squad - we only managed draws against newcastle and blackburn in the league but beat them both with a (relatively) inexperienced team in the carling cup.

anyways, enough about football, the photo itself has been quite heavily edited. in fact i've added an entire section that wasn't there before. i don't think that it's that noticeable at first look, but i'm sure that it's more obvious after you see the original

last tuesday i went to blackburn for the second time this season to see arsenal play them, this time in the carling cup. the carling cup (or league cup to use it's non branded title) is a competition that's not usually given much importance, particularly when the top clubs are challenging for the fa cup, league title and european cup. however this has changed in recent years, in my eyes anyway, as it's a good opportunity for the younger players to see how they cope playing against proper opposition. in some cases we seem to do better as youngsters than with a full strength squad - we only managed draws against newcastle and blackburn in the league but beat them both with a (relatively) inexperienced team in the carling cup.

anyways, enough about football, the photo itself has been quite heavily edited. in fact i've added an entire section that wasn't there before. i don't think that it's that noticeable at first look, but i'm sure that it's more obvious after you see the original