So Manchester United won the Carling Cup with half the team more accurately described as squad players - which is the the philosophy they've practiced in every round of the Carling Cup i.e. as match practice for the squad and exposure for youngsters. Ho hum.
Don't get me wrong. Winning a cup final is still fun, but it's a reflection of the times and priorities when Sir Alex Ferguson decides that the next mid-week Premier League match is more important than the Carling Cup final. Still, the fact that he played Cristiano Ronaldo from the start indicated that he did want to win the final a little bit more than he had let on. Especially since Park Ji Sung was available and sitting on the bench.
But I think that the most significant comment made after the final was when SFA said of goalkeeper Ben Foster : "The future is his, the present belongs to Edwin Van der Sar". That's the clearest indication yet of his choice between the two reserve goalkeepers, with Tomasz Kuszczak being the other one. And since Van der Sar is going to be 39 years old this year, surely the future can't be that far away ? I wonder if this will signal the departure of Kuszczak 'in the future', or will he do a Cudicini and stay a backup at Man United for multiple years ?
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