Thursday, October 9, 2008
Stop the Press!!!!!!
I would close my eyes if I would say I am strong. That would mean I don't recognise I did have a few bad performances - as recently with my club against Hull City. Maybe I feel a little tired.
Do I experience the most difficult period since I joined Arsenal? We could say yes. Above all I miss consistency. One match is good, the other one is not so good. However, I am doing everything to get to my best again.
It gets even better though because not only do we find out that Gallas is a rubbish defender, we also find out that he's not very good at too many other things:
At school he was a right wally – he would sit at the back of the class as far away from the blackboard as possible. One day the maths teacher gave us a test – she knew that William understood nothing about maths, so she allowed him to use the textbook. But even with the book under his nose he still only got four out of 20!
That's according to some half-footballer chump who no ones ever heard of called Rotten or something like that. Rothen also goes on to say how Gallas once stole 1500 francs from another random footballer when he was like 15 or something... wow... fancy that... Captain Criminal... Criminal defending... criminal activity... you get the picture.
On the other hand we have United's Goofy telling the world what a bloody awesome player Theo Walcott is/ will be:
'When you have that pace and an eye for making runs, sometimes it does not matter what you try to do.'It is the same with Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United. When players like that see an opening, they are quick enough to get through it and not be caught.'Michael (Owen) was quick, direct and could score a goal. You can see that in Theo too.'
Er...hmmm.... right.... So does that mean that after the age of 25 we may never see Theo Walcott kick a football again? Bloody Hell... that's a freaking catastrophe... well at least Ferdinand is smart enough to see what everyone else saw in Theo...
Three Years Ago...
But i'm sure that Ferdinand was able to pass mathematics...
or at least get a 5/20...
In other news, Robin van Persie is out for the Dutch squad with a hamstring injury. I suspect that means he'll be out for the rest of the season for Arsenal and we can look forward to his annual run of 10 games come August next year.
More Arsenal News tomorrow...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Boring Boring Internaaaaationals
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Downing a Shot of Port
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Port-0
Our squad, as announced by BBC looks like this:
Almunia, Clichy, Toure, Gallas, Sagna, Fabregas, Denilson, Nasri, Walcott, Adebayor, Van Persie, Fabianski, Djourou, Vela, Bendtner, Wilshere, Eboue, Silvestre.
Now Wenger said that he'll ring the changes tonight and golly, I sure hope he does it after the fuck all game against Hull on Saturday. The return of Samir Nasri is like a breath of fresh air. We haven't really seen him play too much with Cesc but I think that just like Flamini, Nasri will link up well with Cesc and we just might see Cesc return to his glorious best, albeit in a slightly different manner as Flamoney was an out-and-out defensive player. Let's see. I think the gaffer finally sees how fucked we are when it comes to corners. Kinda like Rosicky playing 3 games in a row for us because at some point you know he probably has to be stretchered off. Our strike force on RvP and Ade looked nonexistant on the weekend and I think there'll be a change there. I was a bit concerned hearing Kolo Toure say:
"I was scared to play the game, sometimes people, not the players, play the game before it's started and that's a problem because there are no small teams in the Premiership. Against Man United everybody thinks it's going to be a tight game but when you play against Hull it's harder because you are expected to win and score in the first minute. But it doesn't happen like that. I was scared against Hull because there are no easy games."
Right. Now I'm fucking scared too. If a player like Kolo Toure gets scared playing for a team like Arsenal against smaller teams then what about the fans? I honestly don't believe that a comment like that could come from a guy like Kolo. It will obviously have a resonance effect on the rest of the team and who knows? Against Sp*rs in October we may have to send out our 12 year olds because our first teamers are wearing pink skirts and mascarra and are too scared to go into a tackle with wankers like Fattom Hundredstone.
Anyway for tonight's game I expect the line-up to look something like this:
GK: Almunia
DEF: Sagna, Silvestre, Gallas, Clichy
MID: Eboue, Denilson, Fabregas, Nasri
ATT: Adebayor, Bendtner
Prediction: 2-0 to the Arsenal!
Come on boys! Stop being scared! Put the Hull result behind and let's go for an unbelievable show!
Monday, September 29, 2008
I'm Pissed Off
First off, our defence. Gallas needs to be dropped. We have conceded 3 goals from corners this season and Gallas can be blamed for ALL of them. He is simply not good enough. His placement and aerial ability are rubbish. He came from Chelski with a massive reputation and he simply hasn't delivered. Not once. Gallas on the bench. I would go so far as to say Mikael Silvestre should partner Kolo Toure cos Mickey is as tall as Adebayor and he is powerful in the air. We have seen his prowess when he used to play for Manure and if he can replicate that for Arsenal, I don't see why he shouldn't start for us instead of William Gallas.
That brings me to the issue of the captaincy. Arsenal's captain should be Cesc Fabregas. Who gives a shit that he's only 21. The fact is he is one of the best midfielders in the game and he truly deserves being captain. Gallas cannot command the team. He does not lead nor does he motivate and rally the troops. Cesc can do it. He is the keystone of the team and just his physical presence (he could play like shit) but just being there, he can make things happen... the team is lifted.
The problem against Hull was complacency. Sheer complacency. We're Arsenal. 3 points should be easy in a game like this right? WRONG. I honestly believe that if we fielded our Carling Cup side against Hull, we would have got the three points. The Carling Cup Kids (CCK) have that desire and burn to win TOGETHER. To play FOR EACH OTHER and to STAY TOGETHER. Is the first team a bit full of themselves? Look at Robin van Persie. A class act but you could FEEL his arrogance on Saturday through his relative anonymity. He was selfish, didn't pass and took wild shots. Things like that don't happen with the CCK. Quite the opposite in fact.
Wenger says we could be looking at significant changes for the Euro tie against Porto on Tuesday. Gooners are incensed and Arsenal need to play like a group of fucking heroes to smother the anger that us fans are feeling now. A preview tomorrow... i'm pissed off...
Friday, September 26, 2008
A Dent In A Ship's Hull
What a weekend this is going to be!
I can't wait for tomorrow because it's just going to be fucking awesome! The F1 night race qualifying round is tomorrow and I'm looking forward to that cos I managed to get a ticket...
Onto more serious issues though...
Right-o! Arsenal! I think we're going to see a slightly (only slightly) different line up from the gaffer this week. Although he says Clichy is fit, I'm not sure he's going to be risked. Song is going to have a fitness test before kick-off. Surprisingly there isn't any information on Samir Nasri but we hope he's ok. After the showing of our kids the other day, Arsene could be presented with a bit of a selection dilemma. Does he rest his big guns for the game against Porto in mid-week or does he go all out and field the strongest side we have?
The last time we beat Hull was in 1988 and we ran out 5-1 winners... times have changed however and I think Hull are a decent side who may cause us some problems. Windass is their obvious goal threat and though unproven relatively at Prem level, we know he's a frickin huge guy who looks more rugby than football to be honest. They've got some pretty decent players in Geovanni, Boateng, Ricketts, King, McShane and Stelios so expect some intesnity. To call Hull the twighlight players club may be accurate but we all know that on their day, each of the players I have mentioned above can do some damage.
I'm still a little concerned about the central defensive partnership of Gallas and Toure and Adebayor's ability to stay onside and finish. If Ade can deliver the same finishing ability that he showed last season, we're in business.
The possible team line-up:
GK: Almunia
DEF: Sagna, Toure, Gallas, Silvestre
MID: Eboue, Fabregas, Denilson, Nasri (or Walcott depending on Nasri's fitness)
ATT: van Persie, Adebayor
SUBS: Vela, Bendtner, Djourou, Walcott (see above), Gibbs, Song, Wilshere
Prediction: Arsenal to run out winners with a score of 3-0.