I'm wondering how many of us want the current situation to be like the Amazing Race, where once per season there is a fast forward, skipping all tasks and going directly to the pit stop.
And if there was such a thing in football, who'd kill to have Arsenal skip leg 2 of the semi-finals and go directly to the final to win the ultimate prize.
At least for now, I think Portsmouth is seriously an unwelcomed distraction. I have no idea what feelings to have, going into the next game. I've said that the next game is all I live for. Now seriously? It's the next next game. On the contrary to what United fans are thinking, the tie is far from over.
The thing about Arsenal is that, when things start getting easy, like that cruising win over Boro, they take things for granted. Often where they begin the game with a lacklustre performance, and concede a goal, we all want to see how they respond and how they fight. And until the final whistle from then on they will be fighting.
Perhaps the great God of karma I prayed to saw this and the Arsenal team shall fight like no other. Reaching the finals is not something beyond them and I still believe that United fans are counting their chickens before they hatch. If they knew better, now wouldn't be the time to write off Arsenal completely. United may have 1 chicken now (since they're counting), but with another 90 minutes, they could just still have 1 chicken.
So it's up to Arsenal to hatch at least 2 chickens. If United gets another chicken, Arsenal must get 3 chickens. Just have 2 chickens more.
And it is not beyond us, provided people start playing in their best positions, and the people, fuckin PLAY. Pat Rice said in the Cesc Fabregas show that "what you lack in ability you make up with hard work". It never stops there. This bunch of dudes aren't lacking in ability. It makes the task simpler doesn't it? Just work hard. Work bloody hard. There isn't a need to overturn the cards on the individual level because they're all technically gifted. Channel that hard work into a fantastic team performace and they will overturn the cards on the team level.
They just have one more chicken!
There was another thing which crossed my mind a while ago - I mentioned that Eboue could have made a difference as opposed to Sagna. Why didn't I consider that if Eboue was deployed on the right wing with Theo on the left instead, it could actually have made a world of difference. Diaby was guilty of not trying hard enough. The boss probably put him there so that he could cover Gibbs when needed against Ronaldo but he couldn't give an arse about it. Eboue has shown that he tries. He could bomb forward with his pace and skill. The only thing he lack when deployed as an attacking player is the instincts required to make the right decisions in the final third. That is his biggest flaw. That we can accept. Diaby and his half arsed effort we just can't.
Same for Adebayor.
For the next game, it is quite certain that bendtner will start. And the lad knows that even if he scores 10 freakin goals in that game, Adebayor will most certainly start the United game. The competition for places before which pushed Adebayor somewhat is gone, with Bendtner misplacing his shooting boots ever since Adebayor came back. And the boss is still somewhat cautious over Eduardo and understandably so. Robin's in and out of treatment so Adebayor is by default, first choice.
Ibrahimovic has recently declared his interest in play in the Premier League and discounting how true it is, he will never come to Arsenal. Probably Man City or one of the 3 shits. But it doesn't kill to have another top class striker in your team and if you had an Ibrahimovic superstar in the team Ade-freakin-bayor will work his ass off, simple as that.
I'm a fan of Ibrahimovic but I think he might struggle a bit in the English game. A superstar nonetheless. Reputations too, can influence squad competition.
Silvestre raised his game last night against his old club and denied them quite well with his positioning and clearances even though he assisted O'shea. Did I ever mention how much United fans hate him? Har. I think they must have moaned and groaned when he was in the starting line up instead of Rafael. It's like us groaning about Diaby or Denilson but they fail to ever prove us wrong.
That's the difference between a team who wins and one who loses. Even the players unpopular with the fans suck it up and make the difference. The bunch of players we have belonging to that lot basically show how half-arsed they are match in, match out.
In football, the players have to be fighers.
In other news, Rio Ferdinand might have gotten a broken rib after Edwin Van Der Sar crashed into him. He's getting a scan and whatever to see the extent of the injury but we all know that it's not a broken rib but probably a bruised rib or some minor shit so it won't keep him out of Tuesday. Even though we wish and hope. They're just making headlines out of it because the BBC and Daily Fail have nothing else to report besides transforming whatever Ferguson said into Ferguson fires warning to Arsenal. Kinda made me laugh. Is that a mind game? Are Arsenal that good that you need to try and get an psychological advantage?
I BLOODY HOPE SO. Minus the part about the psychological advantage. I don't think they'll work against Arsene's magic words.
After all the nutella, I most obviously had a chocolate dream. Or a really rubbish one. Like I was caught dead wearing a pair of crocs. That is OMFG bad. Crocs shouldn't even be allowed as a footwear for adults. Children I can understand. Anyone above 15 wearing crocs shouldn't exist.
I know why I am emotionless with respects to last night's game. The score should have been 4-0 but it is 1-0 so it is in fact, a very good thing considering the circumstances. I just can't be happy since it is still a loss, and their goal was a result of poor defending and nothing of whatever attacking quality Ferguson speaks of.
Who is by they way, starting his mind games shit or it is just natural for him. I think his comments were funny though, with respects to the game at the weekend. United have to beat Boro to keep their lead over Liverpool. We play Portsmouth, and frankly, if we manage to rest our key players and throw the game, it might not matter. So Fergie says:
"Arsenal's big advantage is that they can play Pat Rice at right-back and Arsene himself at centre-forward on Saturday"
And it's kinda funny. The good thing is that Wenger isn't fat or anything like Benitez and is rather fit. He definitely would not say the same for benitez. How many times have you came across Wenger with the ball in training? Many many. Centre forward? No problemo. He might even be better than Adebayor, that useless piece of shit. He comes out to say he wants trophies, wants to end Arsenal's drought, wants to end his own drought and whatever nonsense his big mouth can spout. At the end of the day, when you put in that kind of shitty performance with no desire and commitment, all these things you've said before comes back to bite you in the ass. SO. I wonder what he's going to say now. Had a late night with Beyonce? She knocked his balls out?
Dudu came on yesterday at the 83rd minute or so and I think it is quite evident that when you play Eduardo you need a 4-4-2 simply because the centre backs tend to look at least a head taller. But when you have a lazy Adebayor instead, I'll have dudu any day.
I really miss the damn 4-4-2 formation. I really hate 4-5-1. It only work when Adebayor decides he wants to play. And then Cesc in the advanced attacking role is just wrong. He is not the fastest and the most powerful. He is a passer of the ball with fantastic vision to see the runs of his team mates before anyone does. That kind of quality we should use from deep to kick start the attack.
Diaby should never be in the team.
Now we all miss Robin. And Gallas. Gibbs has been doing so well we don't miss Clichy. Last night though, I did miss a little bit of Eboue. Do you know how well loved he is in the team? Because he is the funny man. Anyway. He links up better with Theo than Sagna does because he does possess that little bit more of attacking instinct. Even if he doesn't dive, he is capable of drawing fouls and is skillful on the ball. On the other hand, Sagna is more defensively sound and you would want that if you're marking the likes of Rooney.
Gallas getting injured like that probably cost us the most. The defence was having the time of their lives until somewhere out there, a higher being decided that Arsene Wenger can never have an almost full squad at his disposal to pick off his opponents. THAT REALLY SUCKS.
Now we await the return of Robin and hopefully, we can play a 4-4-2 in the return leg. Robin and stupid Adebayor up front, Nasri and Walcott flanking, Song and Fabregas in midfield. Even if Robin doesn't come back, play Eduardo please. And since Dudu links up soo well with Bendtner, I'd bench stinkin Adebayor and ship him off in the summer. Him and all this AC Milan talk makes me want to slap him. Drawing media attention to yourself is one thing. Doing what you say is a whole completely different story and people get pissed when you're shit. Asswipe.
I hate it when our attack is toothless and our defence is rubbish. Admitedly they defended better in the second half, but the attack still remained toothless. It should be quite evident what is missing - a good midfield. Midfield is where defence converts to attack and when you don't have your best player there it creates all sorts of problems e.g. zero goals at Old Trafford.
Now we need to win the game at Emirates by at least 2 goals regardless of whether United scores. They'll be employing Chelsea's favourite tactics (besides defending) of sitting in their own half and counter attacking when they get the ball and frankly, United are most capable of taking their chances that way.
If anyone wants to compare semi final 1 to semi final 2, there isn't much actually. I thought that they were both equally boring besides me having emotional connections to one of the teams. That's about it. Arsenal never rose to play their game and we didn't see what we were all expecting. That makes disappointment turn to anger because we believe in these players and even though they're young and lacking in experience, as long as they have the desire and commitment no one can fault them.
Did they?
Not enough. Not freakin enough.
The emotions are all surfacing and they're that of anger. Throw nutella at Adebayor. Skin Diaby. If we had 11 performing players and 2 are shit, the result is shit. Football requires all 11 to be at the top of their game. I hate Diaby and I don't see a point of him. Had he partnered Song in front of the defence, he would have been losing the ball in more crucial areas i.e. in our own half and that could have been more trouble.
Advantage United. They wanted a bigger one though.
I have attacked the tub of nutella in the fridge. It may well be a tub of butter but just something greasy and unhealthy in large amounts.
I'm pretty emotionless right now because I don't know what to feel.
Before the game there was so much hype and whatever and all the hopes and dreams that the people who can make a difference on the pitch will do so.
Sometimes, I hate it when the whole team talks too much about a lot of shit.
Diaby spoke. Adebayor spoke.
And those two were the idiots who should be shot. Adebayor in particular, for even saying that he will score at Old Trafford. What a performance to prove it without the damn goal.
Diaby was just being Diaby. Gives me a headache thinking about it.
Bendtner came on and did well but not enough. I would have preferred him coming on for Diaby with Theo shifting to the left.
Overall, the first goal was a result of diabolical defending once again and United fans would have loved it because it was an assist from Silvestre. He did okay though, for the rest of the game.
Almunia kept our bid to reach the final alive and I can't express how grateful I am to him.
Alright, back to my nutella. Too stoned to really do anything besides knowing we need to win 2-0 at the Emirates to go through without the horror of penalties.
And that is without United scoring. That means we'll all die of cardiac arrest watching the game, especially if the team holds out till the final minutes. Just one goal could just take away everything.
If you wanted a day off from work, there is one very workable yet not comparable to Pepe's 10 match ban for kicking out at a player he fouled.
Get some Mexican friends to visit you baby!
Vela missed training as precautionary measure. It was only a day. But this swine flu thing is very real isn't it.
The difference between how they handle it in England and how it would be handled in Singapore is that you won't get just a day off, you'll get 2 weeks off under house arrest. Okay, quarantine.
In school your teachers will stress at how you should make fun of mad cow disease, bird flu, sars etc etc. It kinda makes us all want to do it more.
Currently, it's not as near as Sars was, but the threat is real. Not like we don't eat pigs around here. What happened in Mexico could easily happen closer to where we are so being careful is key.
We can all be more halal for a while then.
Nothing much else before tonight's game. Gibbs is also a doubt along with Silvestre but I'm quite sure he will start anyway. He's a strong kid and I have faith in him. No one could stress any lesser that we do not have Arshavin with us. I thought that, and then his agent proves me otherwise. Doesn't know when to shut the hell up doesn't he? The focus of tonight has shifted from his star player and he wants to stir some trouble ahead of the semis, as if United isn't a big handful enough. Geez.
I believe it's all just a publicity stunt to draw attention away from the big game that Arsha's not involved in. And why would Fab be jealous of Arsha? Fab will always be our baby and he knows that. Robin wouldn't hate Arsha for what he brings to the team simply because they win as a team. If anything, Robin could up his game further and match Arsha's performances.
So whatever. Football agents really have nothing better to do when the deal is through and they're done earning their part of the transfer fee. Arsha is obviously happy at Arsenal and he loves the team and the fans and wouldn't have it any other day. Arsha's Yulia should take a broom prod Dennis Lachter's head the way Sokka did to Aang and Zuko. (AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER HEH)
It is as though Pep Guardiola and the backroom staff of Barcelona never bothered watching Chelsea tapes.
And Yaya Toure who spoke of how he was going to get tips from his brother Kolo, either completely forgot or never put it to good use i.e. telling Pep Guardiola about the way Chelsea plays.
This was all so well planned out on the part of Guus Hiddink and Chelsea executed it to perfect.
That my friend, is 90 minutes of non-stop defending, 11 men behind the ball at all times when Barcelona is in possession. Foul if you must, just try to not let the ref see it and try your hardest if he sees it, to protest that it isn't a yellow card offence etc etc. Ballack and his studs out lunges really should have seen red for doing it not once but twice.
But yeah, like I care really, they're not my favourite Arsenal boys there. I would have boiled Downing alive if Cesc got anything serious from his silly late challenge which the ref deemed to be legal.
Anyway, Barcelona thought that with all their attacking prowess, any form of defending from any team wouldn't make much of a difference with a man of Leo Messi and his technical abilities there to torment the defence. The only problem was that he failed to.
The game was so utterly boring I wanted to take out my Math to do but I watched it till the end because I knew from the quarter final and semi final draws, Barcelona would have a hard time against one of Liverpool or Chelsea with all their negative football. And I needed to see that they weren't all that invincible as the rest of the world think they are.
Positive do not always triumph against the negative as we the fans of Arsenal experience day in day out with all the negative football from the Premier League with teams who seem to only practice defending and nothing else. Barcelona has scored 140 goals all season long prior to this game and no one knows when was the last freakin time they had a goalless outing. Chelsea made history then.
Frank Lampard sulking on the bench after being subbed off for Beletti was one to savour. It was gay with all his cross-legged sitting position.
If Barcelona transferred to the English game they wouldn't be as attractive. There was a time not so long ago were Arsenal were dubbed babies by physical teams like Bolton because we couldn't deal with all their flying tackles and whatnots. The Barca players were dropping like flies with every Chelsea challenge. Football is a physical game and for all of a team's craft, there has to be some physicality to withstand the challenges when bombing forward. Too often they whined to the ref with Dani Alves falling and falling under Malouda and not get the decision they want. And then they get frustrated and lose focus and not play the football they are capable of.
Sounds all too familiar.
At least even with a freakin young squad, Arsenal is past this stage. You fall, you get up, you get on with it. Build your strength. Skip past challenges and leave on the ground the one who missed a two-footed lounge on you. Round him and head straight for the goal.
So with regards to the Chelsea game, they still have plenty to do at Stamford bridge but keeping a clean sheet against Barcelona was the top of their priorities and they did well. It'll be interesting to see how the return leg shapes up when they have to attack as well. Prolly sit back and defend defend defend then when Barca loses possession they'll pump the ball up field and counter attack.
United's team news ahead of tonight's clash is like near perfect with only one set to be absent and that is Gary Neville. And us? We have a load of shi to deal with.
Nevertheless, we all know what kind of game it will be tonight, a complete opposite of whatever boring shit I've just watched. Sometimes we all like scintillating football and all the goals and whatever. Be careful what you wish for.
I'm pretty bothered by the game. Last chance to win anything and the first leg is rather important. If the worst should happen, working hard to overturn the cards will be painful to say the least. If it is achieved it would be like the performance of the season but I'd rather the boys keep the task simple and save the performance of the season for the final when they go through.
It's going to be pretty tough and we don't have as many options as United but I believe in my team and they have the quality and ability to win at Old Trafford.
I really want Arsenal for the win so, God of karma, I want to claim whatever good karma I've accumulated so far in my entire life (I'm pretty sure there's quite a fair bit) and use it all on tonight's game and the next one in a week's time. And save some for the final against whoever.
karma makes the world go round. don't mess with it.
What do you make of Rosicky and balls?
TRAINING.
NOT FULL TRAINING BUT TRAINING.
You don't know how happy this photo has made me. Please come back strongly next season.
Everyone has the opinion that Arsenal lacks experience and all that. No one really considers that we do have experienced players in the squad. Tomas will be 29 in October and he is one of the older heads out there who hasn't featured. I wonder how many more seasons will we have to live with all the injuries to the players who can make a huge difference?
Arshavin's came in strongly to show how an old head out there can give that push to be winners.
How many times do we have to look forward to next season with the future looking brighter just to get to that future and then wish for next season again?
The want is now. 4 years with nothing. I hope that is enough to push the defending champion's out of the competition for what will be the biggest night for the entire squad.
Adebayor says he will score at Old Trafford. he has done it before and proved the difference in that game we won 1-0 2 seasons ago when he was deputising for Thierry Henry. Now he is our leading man so it is not foolish to declare that he will score there. Just do it. Forget Milan and Beyonce, do it for Arsenal. :D
The brother has the following theory about karma. His ethos is that he does to others what they do to him. Basically if you step on his foot on purpose, he'll step on your foot on purpose. Not exactly step harder, but step back. More of a tit for tat kind of treatment, hence in other words, be the one on the receiving end of bad karma, as well as inflict bad karma on other people. Apparently this way, justice is done.
That's a wrong theory about karma isn't it? People can do bad things to you but you don't take matters into your own two hands and do it back. That essentially spells revenge and nothing else. Revenge means that you hurt yourself in the process because you skip the step of forgiveness. Without forgiveness the anger in you builds up and eventually erodes your very existence. So now I've figured out why he is so angry all the time. How can anyone just keep it all in and try and be the ruler of all when it is just not possible?
Hence karma is a natural energy out there which sets the balance like yin and yang. You have to leave it to work on it's own. It is no one's duty to inflict bad karma. It just happens. Of course, since it is Man U vs Arsenal I didn't want to say more.
It's called accumulating good karma. People who inflict bad karma on purpose probably are piling up on bad karma themselves so I'll leave him to it. Simple things like a football game is not within the controls of the fans so we rely on things above ourselves, like God and karma.
So the fellow living next door to me doesn't need to know how karma works. Just wait and see.
I wouldn't even mock Giggs being crowned PFA player of the year in fear of bad karma. Bad karma in which he gives the performance of his life and scores against us celebrating the biggest moment of his life. Nosirrr. We don't need things like that. So mockery shall be placed on put until of course, both legs are over and we don't play him again this season.
So now I am telling the God of karma out there that the Manchester United supporting brother just made fun of Adebayor and Beyonce.
Just a suggestion: MAKE ADEBAYOR SCORE AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED
He did it today. Which in actual fact, we all got the news yesterday and laughed it out already. It is just an analogy involving whom he thinks is hawt that's all. Lady GaGa next up? She has taken the world by storm with her fantastic music. Even I'm a fan.
To avoid collecting bad karma before tomorrow's game, I am signing off right this moment.
But they're ready! At least the captain is. I ♥ Cesc. I ♥♥ Cesc on facebook. It's really him so you should add. He has someone managing it for him.
I'm going to stop spamming my livejournal for at least the whole of today with just one post. I think I flooded my friends page yesterday with incessant ranting. Over there it's emo land with all my troubles and random shites.
I am tasked with preventing my friend who might turn 75 by just sitting at home doing nothing on weekends. So. You shall look at the men. The good men from around the world. Makes you realise that the Arsenal boys don't really do these things often and makes you wonder whyyyy they don't.
Cesc: I want to do a cesc-y pose
Boss: You can only expose as much as Freddy
Cesc: Can I do a Ramos instead?
Boss: Your boots might be too small
There is only one bright light in Real Madrid.
Maybe Cesc can try this:
I like his tattoo. Ibrahimovic is Swedish like Freddy. The brother has an obsession with Norwegian Fjords recently and it's on his list of places to visit. Scandinavia. What do we have from there?
A young Danish giant. For Arsenal, that's all you're getting. This is it. There isn't anything more.
THAT'S IT. There's only one Nicklas Bendtner. This is like a goal celebration i.e. match picture. Makes me wonder if the boys ever do any modeling.
Arshavin has been posting pictures on his website. When he said in the interview that Arsenal fans do not know him yet, except only when he scores, he probably means the more personal side of things. So we get a photo spam of him in his new house with is wife and son. I think he left his daughter in Russia. :O
A little Daddy love anyway..
His offspring is so cute. Arsha's birthday is coming! That means mine too. HEHE. ♥
He kinda bought the Arsenal car. CITROËN. He is so Arsenal. His wife loves London now. And through her, we got a little more insight on hospitality at the Emirates for the wife and kids of Arsenal stars. They might meet up with different Nasri girls each match.
Dudu's Lorena might Fancy Arsha's Artem or Robin's Shaqueel.
She has many to choose from, including Alex Song's 2 kids. I don't know if they're boys though. Need more info.
Anyway, Becks still has it..
You might wish that him training with the Arsenal squad to get to full fitness for England might mean him passing on some modeling tips but it is evident that it didn't happen. Did they learn anything from him at all?
Cue the most disturbing of all:
Oldest player in the Premier League at 38.
Althought if Cesc or any Arse boy did this we'd all be over the freakin moon.
Theo Walcott never ever takes off his shirt. Adebayor might consider if he wants Beyonce. Story here. She might give him a Halo for that.
She's studying Physiotherapy and is an understudy for the Arsenal ladies team in hope of knowing enough to support Theo in this area. Just when I thought that romance and girls supporting their men are overrated. They've been together since 14 and clearly, they both know what they want. Magic.
Cesc did some modeling anyway, just for Nike. Nothing much exposed considering it was all covered by red powder. :O
And if you haven't heard Cesc speaking Spanish before..
We all know why Cesc need more cesc-y poses, he is too goofy.
I am positively sure nightmares only happen at night
I had a torrid time sleeping at night. It is as though nightmares only occur at night. When I sleep in the mornings instead I don't recall having as much as a bad dream. Then I slept from 12-7 and I get up breaking out in cold sweat.
It is as nightmarish as the defence against Liverpool. I was chased by aliens.
Sleeping in the day is more like a nap or something, where the monsters afraid of broad daylight do not come out to play in your subconscious mind.
Or maybe it's just me.
At least I feel fresh but mentally tired. The doom and gloom of exams.
The morning's news are those associated with the next game at Old Trafford. Finally, I say. And we have Djourou and Almunia back. Almunia who did very well with whatever he had to do last night. My gooner friend pronounces 'Almunia' as 'A-lum-nia' which sounds close to alumni and it cracks me up each time. I tried to correct him but he continued so what was left to do was try my hardest not to laugh when he says it that way again. Heh.
Djourou had an uneventful game, which by any defender's standards, is a pretty good thing. Not until it can give you nightmares the way Silvestre did in the the defence against Liverpool and Chelsea.
So my point is, what's dominating the news ahead of the United clash is:
Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre is a major doubt to play at Old Trafford
which is the first line on the BBC preview page.
He has a back spasm, which probably happened at half time? I thought Djourou coming on was so he could warm up for the United game. Hmmm.
Arsene Wenger only watched the first half of MU vs Sp*rs and that game was United's version of a tale of 2 halves. And in the first half, Sp*rs was better. So perhaps, under Wenger's watchful eye United will play as badly.
And for future Sp*rs games, Pat Rice should stand in while Wenger takes a nice holiday in case the worst should happen, that is, Sp*rs doing well.
Over the Silvestre injury, I can't say how timely it is. But we are very fortunate to have Djourou back. If his season was over, Sagna would probably slot in at centre back. Actually, a Sagna-Toure centre back partnership doesn't look too bad doesn't it? Considering Eboue's best role is still in right back. He did have a torrid time with Malouda but overall, he's been playing there for the most of his Arsenal career and he didn't start getting bashed until he moved further up right.
Anyway Sagna-Toure isn't an option, now that Djourou is safely back and hopefully can last the rest of the season without any more niggles. His knees must have cramped up real bad from sitting on the bench since being demoted by Gallas.
Gibbs has been fantastic and I'm sure he will hold his own against United's wingers. Obviously there's Ronaldo who might not be as spectacular as last season but with this big game coming up, even glimpses of last season's form could take United through because he is a matchwinner.
Not to worry though, we have our own too. Captain Fantastic (as arsenal.com calls him) won the game with a brace. He's not exactly stretchy or anything but Cesc is a big game player and we can count on him to perform.
Nasri in a deeper role was more anonymous but superb. I never knew the defensive side of his game was sooo good until Liverpool and last night. His calling is definitely in the centre but with Arshavin ineligible to play, he'll probably slot in on the left. Not a big chance for a 4-4-2 so Adebayor will be the man leading the front. I hope Song plays and then it'll be down to one of Diaby or Denilson.
PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY ARSENE. I don't even know who's better because they both suck. Diaby's like the toss of a coin, either fantastic of downright horrible.
Like the commentators said, it was a stroll in the park.
The game finished Arsenal 2 Boro 0 with both goals from Captain Cesc.
We often want to see how Arshavin and Fabregas would combine to churn out the goals. This is how they do it. And this time, it was Fab with the goal. Normally it would seem like Cesc the provider and Arsha the goalscorer.
Tis sweet to have two potent midfielders. So Arsha got 4, and Cesc 2. It seems like we don't need strikers currently.
Other than the goals I suppose the players didn't have to overexert or anything of that sorts to get a comfortable win. Nothing much else since the game was played at a slower tempo and wasn't as crazy as the midweek game, which is good.
Alex Song was rested yet again, so Denilson played. I think he'll play regardless. This game he did quite well so credit to him. It is evident he tries but just can't hold his own against the bigger players. It's a long road ahead.
This is going to be a skimpy post. I am dead tired yeah, with good reason. I studied. It really takes everything out of me lol.
And it is evident that I don't study very often. :O
Going to do my Sunday fix of football right now since the rest of today shall be spent very wisely on my books.
I never liked Math but I have to get at least a dayful of it before the game. Early kick off at 8.30pm, what a rarity. So I'll just be back home in time for the game.
I'm not a big fan of preview posts. I just like to speak my mind. Preview posts often end with Go Gunners! Or things like that. Too much of it is boring sometimes. I personally like Arsenal FTW.
That's just me.
Saturday match day was without Arsenal. I let the TV play while I was burying my head and soul in Math. What a headache that caused. Neckache too. My TV is behind me while I am at my table. Everytime I hear the commentator exclaim anything I turn. Okay, neckache occurred during the Man Utd-Sp*rs game. 7 goals. Chelsea didn't manage to torture my neck with their uber boring football.
So yes, Sp*rs. Lol. Seriously. 2-0 and they lasted till half time and boo-ya! They thought they were going to win. Classic Sp*rs. They almost did a repeat of whichever year United won at White Hart Lane. It is funny. I guess poor Harry has Sp*rs running through his veins afterall. He did a Glen Hoddle, just failed to score 3. Anyway, Howard Webb again, responsible for a big decision which probably changed the game. I think Rafa Benitez has already set up an imaculate dart board with Webb's face on it.
Woodgate trying to clear Rooney's shot off the line after it had crossed was funny.
So Pool for all their troubles against Hull are still behind United. Now the concern would be United's next game, which is against us. And it sucks to not be able to make more concrete analysis since it is not the next game for us. It's boro, whom I think would cause us all sorts of trouble. They're fighting for their lives so it'll be interesting to see whose resolve is stronger. In any case it'll be a good match, but I do wish there is a chance to rest a few of our players ahead of the bigger game in midweek. Villa drew with Bolton so perhaps that frees up a little more breathing space and less pressure. Everton lost. What is most of concern is building momentum to take to the game at Old Trafford and we all hope Wenger get's his formula right.
I'll put $958374593705937058935907348957345 on Denilson starting. If I had that much money.
It's Valencia vs Barcelona now. I love the slashy pair of the 2 davids. Silva and Villa. This probably is an exciting game, but seriously, I don't see the great draw of playing in Spain. Fair enough there'll be barcelona dreamers, but the Spanish league is none like the English. Barcelona can play their free attacking football because that is in Spain. They're going to face Chelsea who plays more defensive than anything so it'll be interesting to see how Messi and co. try and unlock the Chelsea defence. I believe lesser opponents make the winners stand out a lot more and that's how it is with Barca. Real Madrid is the other Spanish team who stands out in terms of achievement but this season they're shit really. Pepe their defender applying for vacation via a 10 match ban for violent behaviour sums is not the smartest out there. The season is ending and Barca is just 2 wins away from the La Liga. The championship is not settled in England yet. And there's Sp*rs and Liverpool who think a 2 goal lead and a 1 goal lead respectively settles the game.
I guess the bird team really do have bird brains.
For the birds!
A Little Drunken Madness @ 4:18 AM
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Oh Moi Rosicky is almost no more.
It is evident that the Rosicky fan in me kinda disappeared somewhat or just took a convenient hiatus from following his news, and wondering when he'll be back.
Wenger is a bigger fan. He had a secret hope that Rosa could figure this season but it is all but dashed. Oh yes. We all have secret hopes.
I have give up hope. Sometimes, giving up hope is a good thing. It lowers expectations. We've been fooled time and again that he'll be back like in 2 weeks, then it became 4, then there were reports that he could play a reserve fixture against Sp*rs and come back to full fitness and into the team but it's all a load of crap so I've taken everything with a pinch of salt otherwise disappointment after disappointment would drive me up the wall.
We have so much quality in the squad that we often wonder how it will be like if everyone was fit at the same time. Who would play on the left flank? Would you pick arsha over Rosa? Where does Nasri come in then? Who plays up front? Adebayor and RVP? Eduardo on the bench? Walcott's right wing isn't all but sealed as well. All our wingers are effective at either flank.
Then for all the drooling and speculating over how pretty and awesome the starting line up in attack has the potential to be, we get hit by the stark and brutal truth that it will never happen.
It's always as though it is rubber stamped on everyone's records that to be a star at Arsenal, you have to be injury-proned. Men of glass where even the best bubble wrap out there will not prevent from breaking.
Of course, now we have secret prayers that Arshavin doesn't join that list. His fitness has been fantastic so far, right along with his goalscoring. Even Wenger can't stop watching the replays of the awesome foursome. 'Awesome foursome' is one of the most cheesy phrases I've ever read off the match report on arsenal.com. I was in tears laughing.
There's a theory about watching the games. Right after the match one feels the direct impact of whatever went on and the result obviously has the greatest influence. Then we get to bed and wake up and sometimes it does feel different. The results start to sink in and then there is the second wave of reactions. The thing about the awesome foursome is that the waves of reactions don't just last till the day after. They resonate for the whole week till the next game at least. And probably, for the rest of my life and in the history of Arsenal Football Club. And then we all know so well that there is more to come and next season could just be more awesome than an awesome foursome.
When asked if the Pool game was like a basketball match, cheeky cheeky Arsha reckoned it's not because he didn't score 90 goals.
HEH.
Multiple postings in one day have very specific meanings then. One, it has to be that I prefer to bask in the glories of Arsenal rather than bury my head in my books. Two, it means that I can't get to sleep no matter how hard I try. A while ago I had a headache so I decided to sleep it off. It was 10pm. I woke up at 2am, wide awake as hell. Hi, so I am here.
Three, there are things getting on my nerves like Rosa never ever coming back from injury. Or Fabregas facing two charges of improper conduct from the hull game. The shit is that. I don't think I want to comment further on that issue. It is pointless. Whether he did it or not, we'll always be behind him. We do believe that he did not and it was all imagination on the part of the losing team.
And yes, I got my fix of Grey's Anatomy. Season 5 episode 20 is awesome. They all are.
He had done his math and calculated that if thumb-sucking Liverpool keep up with them by winning all matches with United doing the same, they could lift the league trophy when Arsenal visits the theatre of shit on 16 May.
Without a doubt, Sp*rs is in his blood. 'cept that he forgot he was playing Sp*rs first this weekend. And then Arsenal will be playing United twice before the league meeting at Old Trafford.
Far sighted as he might be, he's kinda a bit on the blind side. Or he doesn't take into consideration that united could possibly drop points. And the thumb suckers on their part, could too. Perhaps he could waste all his energy plotting his little chart 'my road to the league trophy beating Arsenal at Old Trafford' and hope Liverpool wins all their remaining matches too. Who does that? Any sane person would want their rivals to lose, lose and lose some more so that the trophy is in the bag ASAP.
Have you met a dumber person?
This has Sp*rs' wit written all over it. Come to think of it, they're kinda like a mini feeder club to United. I read somewhere that they're moping over not signing Arshavin first. They chose the bargain in the form of Pavlyuchenko and he's a total flop. I'm sure the only advice Arshavin got from him was about living conditions in London and how to cope and not how to play the game.
I still can't get over the 4 at Anfield. I really don't care that we didn't win. Like completely. It's one of those draws where it's a happy draw, unlike those midway through the season where there was no attack. The 3 0-0s in a row? That was painful. This one? No, definitely not. I think the quartet of goals is the icing. He was on a roll and none of the thumb suckers would have imagined anyone could score 4 against them. They never figured out that they only had to mark one person in the whole Arsenal team to prevent it. Just allowed him to strut his stuff at their great fortress and look like fools.
I want Arsha for my birthday. Maybe we could like, celebrate together. How often do you find a player you adore sharing the same birthday? It's so freakin fantastic. I'm already thrilled with Cesc born exactly 25 days before me. Now my new love was born on my day, albeit 6 years before. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Ack. Lots of hoops to jump through before the day comes. That in fact, is exams. How can May, the happy month of my life be ridden with exams? It is just wrong on all accounts. And I start on the 7th, when the 100th episode of Grey's Anatomy will be aired. Splendid. I can't scratch the itch while the rest of the world does until perhaps the 21st? By then I think I'll have no energy left. Actually, I always have reserve energy to play. Hmm.
Now I'm condemned to the following:
This sign applies at all times. Snagged it from Korea last december. Went there and bought tons of Uniqlo back and it's in Singapore lol. Price wise it's the cheapest in Hong Kong and I don't really get the rationale of of having it here since their cool awesome stuff are mostly winter wear. Their thermal wear is one of a kind. It's not the itchy woolen long john we used to be condemned to wearing. Their cashmere is gorgeous. You'll never see another collection as colourful anywhere else.
I want to go back to Korea for Spris Star and Basic House. I only have one from Spris. :((
Yay for playing my favourite song on my Zune. I love the interface. itunes is boring. Everyone has an ipod. I have the zune. A red one. As always. You don't get red ipods. They come in gross colours like blue and green and pink.
I blog at the weirdest hours. At least it isn't freakin 4am now as usual. Or 5am.
I realised later, rather than sooner, that when I past the 2am mark and am awake, I can't sleep till it's daybreak.
Yesterday morning I flipped the channels and found Barney & Friends at 6.30am. There was Mickey Mouse too. Tom & Jerry's at 7. And I watched the Discovery programme on Gladiators of ancient Rome. It was fascinating at 8 in the morning. Gladiators are like slaves in the class system of old yet they were like celebrities, sort of like our modern day footballers, except that our Arsenal dudes aren't slaves. The emperor built the gladiator quarters and training ground out of marble and it's amazing how these people, being at the bottom are treated almost like royalty. And they enjoyed the sport. Statistics showed that in some parts of Italy a third of the gladiators were actually free commoners who signed their rights away to become gladiators out of passion.
And then I knocked out for a mere 4 hours of shut-eye and I was up again. I have a sleep problem I don't know how to cure without medication.
Back to football. It's good news in the injury room. You get the feeling that for Arsenal, it seems like one after another all the damn freakin time. First we had all the issues in midfield and then Cesc went out for a long long time. We were tortured by the midfield which provided no cover for the defence and no guile in our attack. And then it improved, Alex Song became magnificent with Cesc back bossing the midfield. Nevermind that the boss chooses to play him out of position in the hole.
We were getting back to full strength with the close season looking stronger and stronger then one by one, the personnel in the defence fell one by one, leaving Toure the lone survivor. He didn't win a million dollars for that but a partnership with Silvestre we've all come to loathe. As much as we love Toure and pushed all the blame to Silvestre, Toure too had a large part to play. We're all just more critical about Silvestre for obvious reasons. Fan analysis can never be 100% objective eh? Anyway, our defence is just non-existent. In the last 2 games we've been punished by 6 retarded goals. Seriously. I can't believe Chelsea sluts and Liverpool thumb suckers are so happy about their goals which contained little or no technical quality. The Torres goals stand out the most out of the lot but that's about it. All a bunch of cheap goals we wouldn't concede had Gallas, Sagna, Clichy and Almunia been in the defence. Cheap goals give rise to cheap thrills on the part of the sluts and thumb suckers. The later more heartbroken though, even mastering the stupidity of criticising Arshavin's goal celebrations. That's 4 for you, and I will never get tired of repeating.
And Benitez with his hand gestures. Do you know what his body shape resembles?
The panda not the mouse.
And he is as comical as a cartoon character with all his inappropriate gestures. After he put pen to paper a new 5 year deal he feels so darn invincible he doesn't need to give a shit about anything. Retard. Kiss the league trophy goodbye because United just won again. If I had to choose, I'd choose United for title even though they don't deserve it. Nothing much to remember about their recent performances. They play shitty yet still come away with a win. But whatever. The thumb suckers can mope and cry like they always do and there'll be world peace.
So yes, Almunia and Djourou are close to returns, with Adebayor probably having to face a late fitness test. Robin is out until the return leg of the Champion's league and that's rather horrifying. It just means more 4-5-1s and Denilson playing. Nothing can horrify me more at this point than Denilson and Diaby in the team. They just spell trouble. Everytime I see Diaby playing I tell myself that he can score goals to comfort myself and he plays like shit. Self-soothing never works does it? There isn't anything potentially comforting about Denilson. Nothing. Completely nothing.
I'm completely evil here but why doesn't he get injured? Does he have God-empowering fitness or he simply doesn't try hard enough? Why are our best performers forever and ever in and out of the treatment room?
They're all good Daddies who are faithful to their wives. They're not like Frank Lampard who knocks up his girlfriend twice just to drive her away by his infidelity. They're unlike Sp*rs whom I'm convinced, had Danielle Lloyd sleep with the entire team. They do charities and let people draw their caricatures on a car to raise funds for the Cancer Society. And come on, even Alex Song has 2 kids. We're 22 and I have none.
I need to redirect good karma in their direction.
Anyway, I didn't realise we aren't playing on Saturday. That's extra rest from the Liverpool game, but less for the Man Utd one. I suspect there'll be rotation. Anyhow, Almunia will play if fit. Fabianski can sit on the bench with his head held high. Liverpool fired 14 shots at him and he saved 10, unlike Reina who had 4 at him and saved none. I think we might see a bit of Eduardo whose could play a big part in our Champion's league campaign as well.
Next week I might have a new name for Man Utd fans.
Need I say more about how delusional Liverpool fans are? Like hahaha. I'm so enjoying this.
They need 'cheering up' when staring at the match stats:
Liverpool had 26 shots; 14 on target. We had 8 shots; 4 on target.
Reina made ZERO saves. Fabianski made 10.
And the pool fans are so weepy and depressed over it. Bloody thumb suckers. Isn't the message clear?
Arsenal - Clinical Liverpool - SHIT
And Fabianski as opposed to Reina made a whole lot more saves. The Arsenal defence exposed him a whole lot. Reina on the other hand had better cover but didn't manage a single save all game.
HENCE. LIVERPOOL = SHIT.
No need to be weepy and depressed. And now they all hate Andrey Arshavin hahahaha. SRSLY.
Just because he thinks there shouldn't be women drivers since he had a bad experience with one. I think Liverpool should be annihilated along with their fans. That's just me.
Your very own Fernando Torres was SHIT. I have to say it over and over: He pales in comparison to Arshavin last night. I really hate his whinny face. Prolly trip over his own feet and burst into tears.
We could debate forever and ever but it was Arsenal who was more for the win. They fail to remember bendtner's goal ruled wrongly for offside and Cesc's effort which was deemed offside to which they failed to replay.
Pool fans suffer from short term memory. They only want to weep and be depressed it's so funny.
And they hate Arshavin's goal celebrations. Hahaha. Just because he doesn't dance like the rest? you just hate him scoring against you shits.
4 GOALS.
I need to print it on a bloody T-shirt and wear it everyday. Like IN YOUR FACE!
On the Arsenal side of things, youth development in the club is going strong with Gibbs showing the youngsters in waiting that their chance will come if they work hard.
In this light, then perhaps Denilson can be included as the bright spark. You can play shitty and you'll still be in the team because Arsene Wenger loves you. Less of him for the rest of the season the better. He can't pass for the love of God, neither can he tackle. Like Diaby, they're the twosome with no fulfilling purpose. Just there to make up the numbers on the teamsheet or the twosome to gift balls to the opposition. Diaby has great technical skill but when he starts to screw up and lose the ball it's hallelujah for the rest of the game. So less of those two if possible. They seriously do not make my day when I see the starting line-up with them in it. It just destroys all posivitity and happiness anticipating the game to know that there are two idiots on the pitch all ready to screw up. We have better midfield options so please, leave them on the bench.
I still don't understand how Vela has faded into the background. Instead of playing one of D or D, play Vela on the flanks or up front in a 4-4-2 and everyone's happy. We have a vast array of attacking talent and they should be used. Gibbs is an inspiration as Steve Bould puts it but he's in the team because gael is unjured. Vela on the other hand should be in the team because he is quality and it gives you that extra bit of leverage to rotate the squad to keep the offense fresh.
Please play him on Saturday.
In my livejournal gunner girls community I posted the vid of Arsene doing the jig over and over to Lady GaGa's Just Dance. I said that if he wants to dance again like that he has just one thing to do:
PLAY ANDREY ARSHAVIN.
And he did.
And he got 4 goals.
Now I shall say:
DON'T PLAY DIABY OR DENILSON.
PLAY VELA.
And whee, my favourite movie of all time is playing on the Disney channel - The Emperor's New Groove bahahaha. Oh loveee.
KUZCO-TOPIA!
Taking stock: Chelsea sluts Liverpool thumb suckers
LOLS TO THE LIVERPOOL SHITES WHO THOUGHT THE GAME WAS WON AT 2-1
Bahaha.
I would be lying if I said I didn't care if Arsenal didn't win tonight. The game finished an amazing 4-4 at Anfield and we actually looked like winning except that our defence is porous and leaky hence the scoreline.
But what the hell. For us, we'll take that point. It puts Villa 8 points behind us. It is still a massive point. Would be wonderful if we had 3 plus bragging rights but I'm sure we would have it anyway.
Liverpool for all their domination, never really looked like winning. They are yet another pack of cunts with all their long ball whatevers and it's basic instinct that when their defenders get the ball, it's pumped straight up field.
So in your faces long ball cunts! You get 1 miserly point!
HAHAHAHA.
ARSHAVIN 4 REINA 0 LOLOLOLOLOLOLS.
And Bendtner had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside.
Anyway now I can say from the bottom of my heart that it's ok that Arsenal didn't win. I had such a fantastic time watching the game and I hope 4-5-1 with Denilson and Diaby in it is rubbish. Diaby coming on for Bendtner was a mistake. Once again, that person was tasked with defending the lead but did he? Isn't that enough to show that he doesn't even deserve to come on as a sub?
And the game turned in Arsenal's favour when Denilson came off for Walcott. The questions which should be asked is why couldn't we just play a simple 4-4-2 with Song in midfield with Fabregas, Nasri and Walcott flanking with Arshavin in the support striker role to Bendtner?
WHY?
Isn't it obvious that it's a system which works?
And the dude who was made to sit 75 minutes on the bench shows why he should be picked for the team every single time. Not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4 freakin goals.
FOUR! FOUR WORLD CLASS FINISHES!
Good enough to be in the starting line-up yeah? Instead of Denilson or Diaby. I really hate those two. I know the big purpose of them but seriously, they don't happen to fulfill what they're supposed to do and exposing the defence.
That's it for now. I'm going to continue laughing my ass off.
AND TORRES, THE MIGHTY TORRES, PALED IN COMPARISON TO ARSHAVIN. The Torres who played the ball into his own stupid face and backs into Silvestre from the impact looking for the foul. Like whaaaaaat?
I think too much about football which results in, as you can see here, multiple postings. Like many many. Considering I posted the first one at 4 in the morning or so and one in the late afternoon, this is post number 3 of the day.
And it's because I have something important!
Or I'm just thinking too much about comforting techniques to get myself positive and happy again, positive and happy enough to watch Liverpool vs Arsenal tomorrow night.
And it has to do with Chelsea once again hahaha.
Well.
Do you see anyone saying Hiddink 1 Arsene 0? Or how about Hiddink 1 Rafa 0?
I haven't bothered looking but trusting that shite fans are smart enough they won't.
Why?
HIDDINK IS THERE ON BORROWED TIME AHAHAHA.
He's off in the summer. Unless he's a total twat who goes back on his word. Enjoy the good times while he's there. I don't think there are many who can walk into a teamful of cunts and make them win, and by winning I mean winning ugly. When they beat Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg at Anfield, they were good with their passing and all the shit. Why? Because they were up against another stinkin long ball team who uses Alonso to pump all the balls from in deep to the penalty box and beyond. So then they decided to play with the ball on the ground. Against Arsenal who have fancy footwork they just went back to their defending deep and counter attacking. They can beat Pool in a passing game but not Arsenal they figured.
And the funny thing about putting Diaby to lock up the midfield is, the first point as discussed, him totally sucking in that game. The second was, that with a long ball to Arsenal's penalty box and beyond, it kinda bypasses whatever's in midfield so Diaby or not, it wasn't going to matter.
Chelsea do not need midfielders at all when attacking. Their midfielders are defenders.
No Hiddink next season. Win all you can if you can. We'll still have Wenger. He does make mistakes, but he'll forever be the man for the job.
And that's something about Arsenal I love a lot - there is stability. I love stability in my life. Sometimes being a fan of a football team isn't all about football but the things which make the football club. With Arsenal you'd want financial soundness without having to depend on a sugar daddy or be in huge debt. Do Man Utd fans live their lives in debt? Heh. Chelsea fans could all be sluts for their sugar daddy. How do you like the new shoes I bought you?
Pool fans might like their owner's bickering and playing 'I don't friend you' with everyone. Or assault people in pubs but escape because you're Steven Gerrard.
Arsenal is a philosophy. I believe it it. No one can take that away from me.
P.S. I might just enjoy making a farewell Hiddink post when he leaves. Oh cry you Chelsea sluts.
Hating Denilson doesn't help if the boss loves him
There is an activity which Arse fans do in unison when something goes wrong. Something going wrong would be a thing like losing to a pack of Blue cunts. Or any cunts.
That is criticism. On my part, I have coated Diaby and Denilson in flames.
And for the rest, it's more centred on Denilson.
For both goals, the main culprits were Eboue for the first, and Silvestre and Fabianski for the second.
Yet all that stick is heaped on Denilson. Lol really.
I think we've all given up on Silvestre. Firstly, he's from the red devils. And then we don't like him already and he won't be first choice if there weren't injuries so he's just there before who we want to be there isn't. To put things simply, we dislike him and that's not going to change. The way he gave up which put his young keeper in jeopardy and led to the goal which knocked us out speaks a lot about his commitment to the club. We should be saying 'goodbye' in the summer. The only hard fact is that he's going to continue featuring in the team.
Thanks to Fabianski, everyone now loves Almunia. Adores our number 1. I hope that wasn't his intention. I need not say more because everyone knows he's still young and learning. The downside is that he got a nightmare for a birthday.
back to Denilson. I've read in forums that we'll be happy fans if we never saw him in an Arsenal shirt again. We can dream that because we have Cesc back. But when cesc wasn't around, he did his job the best that he could do. He is still young and possibly learning but I don't see how I can see beyond whatever's in front of me now and declare that he has a great future for the club. Just not going to happen.
He is just not good enough. Period.
he had better not be in the starting line up anytime soon when Song is available otherwise he'll be the next to be on the receiving end of booing.
And I want Sagna back for tomorrow.
I think Arsene Wenger is too obsessed with the average age of the squad on the pitch. I think he managed to bring it down further with Almunia out and Fabianski in so he axed Arshavin for a younger Diaby? Quit the obsession with age. We need to win things.
And there's only one left. What's going to happen when there's none?
the colour blue and birds just do not sit well with me
I can only assume that meeting Chelsea in the final of the FA Cup wasn't motivation enough for Man Utd to win it.
I can't really decide who was the better side in this game since they both had flashes of dominance yet it didn't result in goals. If United thought keeping it 0-0 till the end or on level terms and going down to penalties would get them through, they should figure out that they only can do it against Sp*rs and of course, Chelsea, whom they nicked the Champion's League trophy from.
The repercussions from United's loss means that they have narrowed down their possible trophy collection to 2 - the League title and the European crown.
Their league hopes could hinge on the result they get against us in May, where I hope 4th spot should be all but secured when Villa drew with West Ham. We still have to try and win every game still and Liverpool's next. 7 points all but separate us.
Then there's that Champion's League semi final.
It is scary thinking of it, but you just hope against all hope that in one and a half week's time, we can get rid of Silvestre entirely with the return of Djourou.
So it'll be an all blue Wembley final. I hate the colour blue. Nothing personal, just don't like that primary colour and every other colour derived from it. I love red. But I hate Liverpool red which is too much on the bright side. It's like chili red.
I like our white stripe. And then I think I'm a little late watching the special program on football rivalries between Arsenal and Sp*rs and Herbert Chapman who was from Sp*rs and how he added that white stripe to our jersey when he was at helm, apparently injection some of Sp*rs' apparent 'purity' into us. I thought that was funny really. Sp*rs and purity?
They all go for the same girl Danielle Lloyd. First up, Teddy Sheringham, then Jermaine Defoe and now Jamie O'Hara. They sure like passing the baton. And this girl is like the sluttiest tramp you can find out there who has a preference for footballers. She likes to be enroled permanently in the WAGs club. And then three dumbasses from across the street fall prey.
Perfect.
Any club with a bloody bird in their emblem is just no good. Like Charles Itandje and his monkeying around at a memorial service.
Did I mention I hate birds too? Nasty flying thinggys with abundance of shit and no toilet.
There are bigger games coming up. We already knew going into this week that at the end of it, we'll know exactly how our season will shape up. It's rather like if we have anything left to play for. Thankfully to the higher being up there, we are still in one competition. There was a potential to be in none. And if we had to choose which trophy we want to still be playing for, eyes closed, hands down, it's the Champion's League.
And hopefully, against all hope, we'll stay till the final and beat whoever comes our way.
Sordid tales from a sore loser? RIGHT UP YOUR ASS IF YOU THINK SO
It is hard to admit, but Chelsea were the better side...
..in terms of how they play their long balls? Teams with no balls play long balls 99% of the time. That is like Liverpool. And some dumbass Chelsea fan can declare that his team plays beautiful football. He is definitely 99% vision compromised.
The blame or 'reason for losing' should not lie with the other team. They do what they can (and srsly, what they only can) to win the game. Now take a good look at our Arsenal team.
Before the game, we knew we were horribly short defensively. For a team in this state, the cliche of attack being the best defense was the key to winning the game. In a cup game like this, the damned purpose is to outscore your opponent, even if it's 10-9, you still win. And look at the team being put out there.
So much for having all the attacking options in the world.
ARSHAVIN ON THE BENCH?!
That fucked me up when they flashed the line-ups. And I see Diaby playing in his place, Diaby who wants to be the next Vieira, Diaby whose position is more central that anything, playing on the left wing where Arshavin is fully adept in. You know, the Arshavin who didn't feature midweek. The fresh Arshavin with that one week break. The dangerous Arshavin who can torment the Chelsea defence.
And then Denilson. When he wasn't named in the starting line-up against Villarreal with Song partnering Cesc, you don't know how happy I was. And then suddenly Song loses his place? Song who most definitely is fantastic as of late. Denilson and all his sideways and back passing. Denilson who got owned by every player in the Chelsea midfield. Denilson who let 80% of his man get past him. And you have Diaby who likes to show off how skillful he is, by attempting a turn but loses the ball. Where he loses the ball is another issue altogether. Like in our own penalty area to Anelka. With Denilson partnering Cesc, you will never see Cesc being freed from defensive duties and getting balls up front more.
How many times must we go through these midfield problems? Finally, Song hits his best ever and is doing the job right - and then he gets dropped, ahead of Denilson whom the manager says isn't getting enough credit from the fans. Quite rightly so? Does he deserve credit?
Theo was amazing. He was doing his thing and causing Cashley all sorts of problems. The Arse fans never fail to boo his every touch which I thought was funny and this loss all but removed all gloating there for the taking when Walcott's goal came off a deflection off Cashley's hand. And I don't think it's ever the factor where when Theo scores we go on to lose to Drogba's winner. In the Carling Cup, what people conveniently forget (dumb Chelsea fans in particular) was that Drogba's equaliser came from an offside position. If it weren't for the official's visual impairment, there wouldn't be a winning goal.
This time, fucking Malouda that cock sucking faggot pushed Cesc in the penalty area and gestured to the ref that it was a dive. Ha?
This is precisely why Chelsea is a team of cunts. And so are their fans.
Silvestre's apparent handball would not escape me yeah. It was up against Drogba's shoulder, which raised and propped his arm up against the ball. Not that I forgive this idiot of a defender. He just totally gave up when the long ball came from Chelshite, exposing birthday boy Fabianski, who evidently, isn't ready. How soon can we get Almunia back? And the rest of our defence?
I'm not even citing our defensive issues as a 'reason for losing'. It's the attacking options all wrong.
CLEARLY.
On the plus side, Gibbs was fantastic. He stood his ground many a times and I can't recall if he ever let his man get past him.
TAKE THAT DENILSON.
SELL HIM.
He had so many chances and Wenger fancies this little fucker ahead of Song who has had fewer chances that him but took them so well JUST TO SIT ON THE BENCH.
Diaby is also a big mess. Before his injury, he was fantastic. After he has came back from injury, he's shit. So, are we supposed to flip a coin and hope for the best?
Forgive me for being pissed but tonight, everything was wrong. Nothing went wrong. Things were induced by these circumstances to be wrong. Things which could beforehand, be influenced to get things right on the night when it freakin matters.
ARSHAVIN ON THE BENCH FOR 75 MINUTES? BIG HUGE ASS GRAVE MISTAKE EVER.
DIABY AND DENILSON ALLOWED TO SCREW UP OUR SECOND LAST TROPHY HOPE?
DIABOLICAL.
And now I look to the next game at Anfield and I wish it'll never come. Will our season always end after an FA Cup defeat? We'll be finding out soon enough. We've got to thank West Ham for drawing with Villa though. We still have 7 points over them.
P.S. anyone recovering from a virus should be in bed and not at Wembley
You've got to love gif making. I wanted the xvid version of the second half of last night's game to make into a gif of Le Boss. Too slow. Someone else did it faster hehee.
Enjoy.
He might break dance if we win a trophy at the end of May.
Currently, with the last 8 of the Champion's league down to the last 4, the newspapers are hyping up both games. I'm only concerned with the Arsenal-Man Utd one for obvious reasons.
So the greatest punch line so far is: sit back and watch pizzas fly
That totally cracked me up. According to Ashley Cole it was Mr Fabregas whodunit.
So, something I missed was how well Kieran Gibbs did last night. It was as though we didn't miss Gael one bit. Same for Fabianski. So these two definitely are able to give Almunia and Gael a big run for their money. Healthy competition like that is fantastic. Gibbs should be facing Chelsea next, probably against Malouda or Kalou. Srsly? I really don't know Chelsea's system of play. 4-3-3?
Nobody cares. What is of concern now is how Arsenal will line up. One thing's for sure, Arshavin will feature. Wenger has joked about how he's going to show Hiddink that he deserves his place in the Russian side. The downside of that is Hiddink should have an idea of how Arsha works and how to stop him. He's quite a bit of a tactician so we'll see if he gets it right. What's going for us is that Arsha isn't the only one he has to keep from playing his game. Hiddink got it right by setting Essien on Gerrard. Cut off Gerrard and you cut off Torres. That's probably the worst kept secret in the Football world but not every team has Essien to mark Gerrard.
So play Liverpool, mark Gerrard.
Play Arsenal, mark who?
Cut off Arshavin and you still have Fabregas to deal with. Fabregas not the goal scorer but the goal maker. These two players can be touted as the prime providers for Arsenal. Surely you can mark both and then steps in Robin Van Persie. With him and Adebayor on the pitch, we have up front a fantastic partnership where they do compliment each other. Chelsea could be on the defensive if they choose to play both Essien and Mikel. They could mark both Arsha and Fab and we'll still have Theo.
It'll be interesting to see who lines up for the game.
All England final possible again with our Englishman on song
I remember the brother dissing me because Arsenal is not in the title race. And then he said that he won't give a shit if Arsenal beat Man Utd from now till the end of the season.
I'm sure he'll want to take that back right this moment.
Remaining fixtures are: 18 Sat Chelsea (FA Cup) 21 Tue Liverpool (A) 26 Sun Boro (H) 29 Wed United (A) (CL)
02 Sat Portsmouth (A) 05 Tue United (H) (CL) 10 Sun Chelsea (H) 16 Sat United (A) 24 Sun Stoke (H)
Cough. That's playing Man Utd 3 more times before the season ends. There are a hell lot of big games coming up.
So the headlines following Arsenal's 3-0 win over Villarreal at the grove are that of Arsenal cruising. I didn't think that was the case, besides the point where them yellow submarines didn't really give us a run for our money. No scares of any sort, which is so characteristic of Arsenal when you watch them and not go into cardiac arrest.
A very pleasing change, but we had to wait an hour for 2 goals which pointed more to safety. And it was well worth the wait. Villarreal were showing signs of getting back in the game, which was the best they managed. Showing signs. Nothing concrete resulted and Adebayor came up with another important goal. It was kind like Drogba when he scored for Chelsea who were 2-0 down at that time. We need someone who can score this kind of goal which gets the team going when they start to lose their footing somewhat.
That said, I kinda skipped Theo's goal. They're coming from out of the blue aren't they? In the last 2 games he broke his goal drought. Against Wigan it was crucial and it honestly came from nowhere after Arshavin was on the ground but what a splendid finish. Tonight's finish was spectacular so to speak, and it did look like out from nowhere. Who'd expect Captain Fab to back heel the ball so neatly into his path en route to the goal.
I conclude that Cesc Fabregas does not have blindspots. Either that or he has eyes behind his back. That would make him a total freak so yes, Cesc does not have blindspots. Wow.
The penalty was earned by Theo, who really had a fantastic game. He's coming of age isn't he? I read a recent interview about his growth physically and he upped a shirt size with all the work in the gym. Melanie Slade would be pleased and so would we all. He has the strength to hold off defenders and is still quick on the turn. The penalty is quite debatable since the defender was adjudged to get the ball but in truth, it went in that direction because Theo was attempting a turn so he could pass it. He wasn't going in for the penalty. Gotta love the dude. There isn't a bit of dirtiness in his play, unlike a few players we have. They're hilarious by the way. We all know the level of dirtiness of Robin. If he could stick one in without the ref looking he would. Haha.
Dirty but not dangerous.
The dancing is funneh. The dancing from the players is funneh. The dancing by the manager? That's the funniest. It's like they all practiced together during training but Arsene got it all wrong. They should make a gif out of it. It's so fantastically funny.
Back to United, they look like they're starting to get their footing back. They got their clean sheet in Porto with their 2 rock solid central defenders back. It's going to be a tight clash for us two but still fantastic nonetheless.
I didn't realise that we both played the teams which were with us in the group stages. United did what we couldn't and beat Porto at home while we did what United couldn't by beating Villarreal. It's like it all is fated.
So now, depending on Chelsea, the final could be all English once again. At least 50% of it will be. Either that or Barcelona's there to welcome either us or United in Rome.
I am not counting any chickens.
And there isn't as much adrenaline as compared to last night. Boohoo.
Watching football releases adrenaline. Adrenaline keeps a person from sleeping, even when it's human sleeping time.
Not that I was watching any of Arsenal in action. They play tonight in what I think should be heart stopping. I'll get to that later.
So, Chelsea 4 Liverpool 4. Chelsea progress 7-5 on aggregate. That is amazingly a lot goals more than Barcelona's 5-1. Whatever it is, they're going to be the teams battling out for their side to feature in the final.
8 goals.
Liverpool got 2 early ones which brought them back to perhaps getting through. By half time it was still 2-0 but I don't know what happened and they let Chelsea peg 2 goals back and Chelsea didn't look the side which beat them in the first leg. But they manage the goals somehow. Liverpool did put up a fight. At some point in the contest, they needed 2 goals, then they managed to score and made it back to 1 goal. Then Chelsea will score and then it goes back to where it was. I thought that was quite retarded. If you wanted to put up a fight, follow through till the end where you get a result. They went in half-heartedly and while being in reach of qualification with the deficit reduced to 1 goal. Then the deficit increased.
Retarded, but a match with goals where it leaves you second guessing who'll go thought is quite thrilling. Doesn't matter to me who goes through. I was just thinking of Chelsea having one extra day to recover before they meet us at Wembley so if Liverpool got a 3-1 and forced the game into extra time that'll be awesome. But it wasn't all meant to be. And I thought Liverpool would have won but miss qualification anyway.
bahaha. So whatever. At least the FA Cup isn't all Chelsea is playing for?
Now onto our Villarreal game. I think they're going to attack from the first minute with nothing to lose. That frightens me. And I'm sure Pires will start this time. He is capable of causing us all sorts of problems. And with our defence in the state that it is in, it is highly worrying. But we all have to be positive. Maybe they can attack us at the grove but we have a lot of quality on the counter attack. If we get the first goal then they will have to attack a lot more and we should work to kill them off on the break.
Once again, the match is so dependent on that first goal. Chelsea went into their tie with a 3-1 lead but they were made to work to get through. We have a 1 away goal advantage and that means something, but truly, it really depends on tonight.
No goals for Villarreal please.
Alrighty then, since I can't sleep, I should get breakfast.
Villa and Everton draw like I said so hence Arsenal will win the Champion's League
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It's dudu! I wanted to but Arshavin in too but that'll be a little too much. Eduardo can hold his own. :D
Anyway that's not what I'm here for.
ASTON VILLA 3 EVERTON 3
HAHAHAHA.
What a laugh. This weekend of football has left me in stitches. First Silvestre scores and puts us ahead. Then Jason Koumas lays a perfectly weighted pass for Arshavin to ram home. And father of 2, Alex Song scores. I hope this father of 2 thing won't get old. It funny.
And I read about Villa and Everton who talk up their ability to snatch 4th spot from Arsenal. Considering the way Everton played last week with that 4-0 trashing of Wigan, you'd expect them to have the momentum to take 3 points off Villa and be 7 points behind Arsenal in 5th spot. The did start better, with 2 early goals and 2-goal leads twice in the match which they conveniently threw away. I said Villa is losing much steam and good performances not followed by results can be a problem and it showed early on. They however, found that extra drive to peg Everton back almost immediately and Howard Webb on their side.
The Howard Webb who yellow carded Messi for a dive in a blatent penalty claim and sent Pep Guardiola to the stands. I don't suppose awarding Villa a crucial penalty which would put them on level terms any kind of redemption considering that it wasn't a penalty at all?
And he is England's best, globetrotting and receiving hate mail by the tons.
So I wanted Villa and Everton to draw and I got the result I wanted. They both lose 2 points, and are 8 and 9 points behind Arsenal respectively. That is a good buffer to take into the games with Liverpool, Chelsea and United in the league. Sometimes in football it can be worrying when one team is playing to keep 4th and another is playing for the title. In all logic, the one going for the title is going to have something extra to take the game. It is just the mentality of the situation presented. In any case, thank you Howard Webb for the penalty hahahaha. I think Martin O'Neill will be thanking him too while Moyes, Ferguson's preferred successor, should be red-faced in anger. He was screaming really hard on the sidelines. Expect a fine. Who can blame him anyway.
Since I've been magical as of late in my wishing which led to all the immense gloating and I'm not jinxing the team, I should just lay out my declarations and may it all come to past:
ARSENAL TO WIN THE CHAMPION'S LEAGUE THANK YOU ..AND THE FA CUP TOO
and completely believe in it so that the laws of attraction shall take effect.
This game of 2 halves theory is getting old. Like really old. Old in the sense that it's going on and on and on.
But who can give a shit?
The team grinds out results which matter. The final score of a 4-1 win over Wigan really does not reflect the game one bit. That puts us 9 points over Villa who face Everton tomorrow, where these 2 teams are under the illusion that they can steal 4th spot from Arsenal.
I HOPE THEY DRAW.
That's essentially 2 points lost on both sides. The momentum is with Everton though. Villa has been putting in good performances but not getting the result they want. It's not something that's easy to work with and keep going at it.
So, the Wigan-Arsenal game.
The first half was terrible. As the press wanted to put it, 60% of the Arsenal defence is not there. Fabianski in for Almunia, Djourou in for Gallas and Gibbs in for Clichy. Before the game, I went out for a little while to have fun and came back half an hour prior to kick off. And I made a quick check of Arsenal.com and I see confirmation of Gibbs in for Clichy instead of Silvestre. Silvestre will be covering the centre back position behind Johan.
Oh how happy I was. Like super happy. Happy enough to announce of Facebook status. And these things like to come biting you in the butt. *chomp*
Gibbs is young and still learning. He does show the drive and the determination when marking and it was him who did the goal line clearance for Mido's header. From my point of view, the unaward red card for the foul on Valencia was a 50:50. If it was Howard Webb he would be off since that baldy has something against Arsenal I reckon. That was meant to be a joke. Like Alan Wiley explained, Valencia wasn't in complete possession of the ball nor clean on through. On the other side of the argument, it was a sloppy challenge. But I don't think it warranted more than a yellow. And from an Arsenal point of view, there have been incidents where the opposition never got sent off even when there were similar grounds.
Arsenal did try and finish the half strongly but it didn't really carry on to the next half. Mido was causing all sorts of trouble up front till Fabianski collided into him and what a tough man he is. Macho.
Then at the other side, out of nowhere, Arshavin was dispossessed in the box, as far as the tip of his right foot and while on the ground, he knocked the ball into the path of Walcott who made no mistake.
As an Arsenal fan, you always know that once that equaliser comes, it is rare that the opposition gets the luxury of regrouping in order to even get a point out of the game. From then on, it will be all Arsenal, at least 99% of the time. I knew that they would take the game, just didn't expect 4 goals.
The brother is back from Redang hahaha. And he thinks Pool losing midweek to Chelsea would make the title challenge more difficult for United. He is adamant United will still go through to the semis. He loved goal no. 3 by Arshavin the most. Whoever that Wigan defender was, he laid the ball so sweetly into the path of our no. 23 to put it in Kirkland's net. Bahaha. It was like an assist at the wrong end.
What needs to be addressed was the second goal.
You could say that it was all of Michael Brown's undoing. He brought Cesc down off-the-ball and got a yellow, which prevented him for going too much into any challenge, allowing Fab to dribble a little further down the byline with a first time cross that skipped past Adebayor and to the most unlikely of players to put home. Mikael Silvestre. The one I didn't want coming on for Clichy. I was crying from laughing. He really needs to work on the goal celebration but who gives a shit when the ball goes in.
And if anyone wanted to see how Cesc and Arshavin could link up, I suppose they got a little teaser from that goal.
The season's really shaping up nicely.
Besides the injury pile up which doesn't seem to stop. Djourou looks to have a serious injury and it should be Silvestre slotting in there with Gibbs on the left. Perhaps it was a game of 2 halves with the defence settling a little bit more with yet another huge shake-up. This win should give the lads the confidence going into the second leg. There's a little concern over Gibbs but I think he came in at the right time to at least get some more experience against Wigan, albeit just a little bit, but we can be contented that he was up against Valencia who can cause problems but did not result in goals. Mido's goal was from a corner even if Gibbs conceded it because of Valencia. By the time it gets to a corner kick it should be the team's responsibility to clear it.
This is where I say hahahahahaha to Liverpool. Ivanovic 2 Liverpool 0.
The remaining fixtures of all the teams are quite juicy. With the battle for European places and the other one to stay up, the games are more like cup matches and better to watch. They're going at it with more purpose and there is less sitting back.
That on the other hand, cannot be said about Chelsea. 4-0 on 66 minutes and Bolton clawed 3 back. There is no time to nest. If this was a game earlier in the season it would be different. Bolton wouldn't have been able to knock 3 goals in return. How this affects Chelsea I wouldn't know, but it might give 4-0 winners Liverpool some ideas. In any case, they still have that 3-1 lead so Pool will need everything working for them on that day to go through. If Chelsea holds on and meets Barcelona, I would put my money on them going all the way to the finals. Barca have their weaknesses. For them, their best defence is their attack, and it doesn't always work. I believe Chelsea have the ability to stop them.
The next game's going to come 4 days later and hopefully there'll be more news on Djourou, preferably good news.
I forgot about the father of 2, Alex Song. Hahaha. The reason why Arsenal can be on the backfoot when the game starts it's because the opposition presses us high up the pitch. And then they tire. So how our late goals come about is when they are tired, we aren't. And that's when their half-hearted challenges don't get in the path of our goals. I don't know why Wenger took of Denilson but he made the right choice. And tactics wise, 4-2-3-1 does not work if Adebayor's not the '1' up there. Bendtner is nowhere near the finished product to hold his own up front. And Cesc is much better with a defensive midfield partner in the middle of a 4-4-2. He is a distributor of the ball and needs to do it from our own half so when he plays to far front he tends not to get into the game.
And we have all seen the effect Adebayor has on the team. He comes on and they spring to life. And we finished the game with him, Robin, Nicky and Arshavin in the front 4. It is terrifying when Adebayor and RVP are on the pitch. Put Arshavin in the mix and it'll be more than nightmares.
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