The So, Ed how you doing?

The proprietor.

That makes it sound very grand doesn't it?

Yes, I'm pretty good thank you so how much did you enjoy the

carling cup final wherein we won our first trophy of the season I did it's great

silverware silverware isn't it and it was it was an okay game it

wasn't the stunning game but great great to win we've got one more trophy

than anyone else around at the moment you know the

the lads are all delighted and and hopefully all there further on to kick on to

bigger and better things and it'll be the kind of catalyst for the confidence in the team going forward.

Yeah I've never ever in my life cared about the League Cup final before but I did this

weekend I just felt like it was really important you You say Silverware is Silverware and for sure I agree.

But there was just something about how much that

semi-final had galvanized the squad and how much improved

we've been since that game with one

exception the game against Everton and just I don't know it just felt like it was

really important well we've spoken a little bit before about how the car the Cup's taken on, as you say, more important this season.

And partly it's because the team's just not as good as it has been in the past.

We've lost a lot more games this season than in recent years and as a result our kind of

progression to a fourth Premier League title in a row is in doubt.

We're clearly going to face some tougher competition in the Champions League

assuming we get past Milan next week. So the Carling Cup was our best shot at

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