Anti-Football, Idiocy and Evil Win as Arsenal Hand Birmingham the Carling Cup

Note: The writer of this article apologizes in advance for the devastated tone and lack of quality in this article. It's hard to write anything of substance when you're in a state of depression.

Idiocy:

1.utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.

2.Psychology . the state of being an idiot.

Profligacy:

1.shameless dissoluteness.

2.reckless extravagance.

3.great abundance.

Here they are, straight from dictionary.com, the words that pretty much define Arsenal against Birmingham in the Carling Cup final, a tournament Arsenal lost when they were guaranteed to win, even though they fielded their strongest squad on the day.

The Gunners were a disaster waiting to happen. The legendary saying that Arsenal's season always goes down the drain in only two weeks is yet again becoming a reality—losing in the final of the Carling Cup, getting Robin van Persie injured by scoring the goal, not to mention the injuries sustained by Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott last week against Stoke. 

Once again, Arsenal's season seems to be going nowhere faster. They end up facing Barcelona in less than 10 days time and their injuries are starting to catch up to them, not to mention the depression bewildering the fans and the players at the moment.

Arsenal fans stated that, should Arsenal win the Carling Cup and finish second in the league, they would consider it a successful season.

Apparently even that was out of the question as the Gunners quite literally gave Birmingham a free goal in the dying minutes thanks to the idiocy of Laurent Koscielny and Wojciech Szeczsny.

What went wrong:

It all started well for the Gunners. Players dedicated the game to Fabregas should they win it, which after a game like this, one can be sure he'll be hoping to return to Spain as soon as possible. No one can blame him for getting sick of the mistakes committed by the Arsenal defenders and keepers.

That's not to say the Carling Cup was that important, but it's effect on the players could be very devastating.

Should RVP and Co. enter a game against Barcelona thinking, "We couldn't even win the Micky Mouse cup, how can we possibly beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp?" then they might as well just forfeit the game and avoid inevitable embarrassment.

After a few minutes into the game, Sczeszny seemed to be quite nervous, almost getting sent off and appearing to lack confidence. The Polish keeper looked more like last year's Lukasz Fabianski than the impressive Sczeszny from weeks passed.

Koscielny wasn't terrible throughout the game, but of course fans will only remember the shambolic moment that ruined it all for Arsenal, a moment that will be celebrated by Spurs fans for weeks to come. Koscielny might not be the main culprit, but he most definitely will be damned by association.

RVP scored one of his signature volleys, in the process getting injured (again), and now Arsenal are wondering how on earth they are going to face Barcelona with the team collapsing yet again.

Indeed, Arsenal appear to be cursed. It's a frustrating event in football when an anti-footballing side wins, but with a team like Arsenal ruining so many chances and making such frivolous mistakes, how can you consider them worthy of being champions?

All it takes is one player to choke and the entire team will be labelled as such, especially if it's a crucial player in the squad, such as the keeper. The only thing worse is seeing Wenger replace Sczeszny for Manuel Almunia, but even with that freakish mistake, it remains unlikely.

The Gunners took the significance of the Mickey Mouse Cup for granted, and now they are still trophy-less. And with Barcelona in the Champions League and Manchester United in the FA Cup (assuming Arsenal don't collapse against Leyton), does it all look so good for Arsenal?

It seems that Arsenal might end the season trophy-less and enter their seventh year without silverware after all.

Somehow things went from good to shambolic—not mediocre, bad or any other steps in between, but a sudden collapse that for some reason seemed imminent without the fans realizing it. 

They say an optimist is someone who thinks BS is a fertilizer... It's time to see how optimistic Arsenal fans and players are after tonight.

From here on out, it's safe to say the possibility of Arsenal winning silverware this season is slim to none, perhaps football365.com said it best:

"Winning just isn't an Arsenal thing."