Life’s too short to stay sober

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.

Labels: Abou Diaby, Emmanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboue, Man Utd, Nicklas Bendtner, one of my many theories

A Little Drunken Madness @ 9:41 PM