Bad things happen when I drink. And it's not just being drunk. Last night I made a discovery and it wasn't anything pleasant.
Poo.
That aside, I think my friends really had a field day with my camera while I was at it in a drunken state. I have since not been able to muster any required mental ability to transfer the photos and view them.
Like onoz, what happened.
Anyway. Transfer season is probably going to peak really soon, even before the window officially opens.
I don't suppose the best piece of news is that Gareth Barry would want Arsenal to be his destination when he leaves Villa. Last time I check he was on his way to Liverpool during the last transfer window. I somehow don't really see him as a partner for Cesc and I can't explain why. Maybe in terms of reputation Barry stands out more since he's English and it's the English league we're playing in. And the age gap. Cescy is a fetus.
Then so am I. 1987 ahaha.
It'll be good if Barry came over. I don't think I'll have any trouble liking him. He will add quality and experience to the team and the desire and hunger to win things. The only thing I am concerned about is that he kinda is a Villa faithful so why join the team who dashed your hopes to finish 4th?
So, the day is quite young at almost 4 am but there's a piece of news which utterly made my day already.
Apparently Boro is blocking any potential transfer of Steward Downing to Sp*rs since they unsettled him greatly during the season.
Bahahaha.
Downing will be allowed to leave but not for Sp*rs. We would like to think that it's because Sp*rs absolutely cannot offer him Champion's League football but the main reason should be that it's because it's Sp*rs we're talking about.
I think it's time to curb whatever remnants there are of the hangover etc etc etc.
Have a fantastic summer holiday! Go back to Russia and bring daughter over perhaps. And make more little Arshas. RVP is expecting his second child already. Heh. Hope it's a girl.
My friend wrote in my fb wall:
HAPPY 22ND AGAIN!
Like. WTH. Lol. Again? This is about the only time I'll ever turn 22 in my life, unless of course, I own a time machine.
It's 5am and I'm not the least bit sleepy. Goodness gracious. There'll be a bout of partying tonight. The other day my friend kinda stalked me. She must have read something off my fb profile about doing something at a certain time so she managed to know what time I slept bahaha. Retarded. I don't think I have any other stalkers so I can safely announce where I'll be tonight? Heh.
Oh whatever.
I think stalking is fun though, cept that the speculations may not be real. In the case of my friend, she got it right. Then managed to drag me out of the house while I was still sick with the flu. Then suddenly everywhere I went there were MOH signs commanding people to be fully well before going out at all. lol.
I'm well but I feel like there's a sore throat coming back. And my wisdom tooth is acting up again. It's painful because my gums around it swells on and off. I have to extract it soon. Boo. Gonna hurt a shit load since I require surgery. It's the diagonal growing out kind which isn't completely out.
Splendid timing, considering tonight's party is Karaoke. I hope that when I wake up it gets better and not worse.
We'll all be missing our H1N1 friend. It'll be so different without her man. Probably get tortured by my singing the most. Supposed to call and sing Poker Face assuming kbox has acquired the track already. Heh. Sing with plenty of GUSTO.
I heard the Chinese tabloid got hold of her picture but it's quite pixelated. There are several conclusions which can be drawn: 1) they want to protect her identity. if this was their purpose, why release a photo at all? 2) they didn't get the right photo and made some random one blurry
She even deleted her facebook to ward off these flies.
Heh. If anyone got hold of mine they'll have photos from my whole life. 400+ photos to choose from. That's retarded. I think a third are from my Korea trip?
Then again I'm not famous. Banner of avoidance.
I present you the photo that seems to be everyone's all time favourite. I wonder why.
Disclaimer: I wasn't seriously getting into it. Must make it look real otherwise no point right? RIGHT?
So there you have it. The girl's kinda not very appealing anyway. My friend bought shoes before I appeared and knew I would baulk the minute I saw it. So it's revenge. Coincidentally, this is the same person who stalked me hahaha.
And called me a mophead. My hair is long again. I don't get why longer hair = mophead. But since it's the birthday I should go get a haircut before meeting the bunch of them. Later kena insulted on the birthday. Bad luck maybe? Haha.
I'm mixing 3 groups of friends tonight. Well they do know each other but if no one wants to sing it'll be me like 99% so. It's my mini concert. Imagine the torture I'll be meting out.
I have crazy bad sleep patterns. This comes from having a total lack of things to do or just basically, enjoying not sleeping.
I woke up at 4pm today. It's getting later and later. I sleep at like 10 in the morning. It's diabolical to say the least.
This way, I'll definitely sleep half my birthday tomorrow~~~
I'm turning 22, Arsha's turning 28.
In other news, the Singapore media really sucks, especially our sad and sorry excuse for a tabloid. They just won't leave my friend alone, her being the first H1N1 case. What sick people need is complete and undisturbed rest and it's something these gossip mongers do not understand. They even named her. What the shit.
No one understands that some of us like to live our lives under the banner of avoidance.
Maybe she should grant them a up close and personal interview at hotel TTSH CDC 2. Phone interviews not accepted. Come feel the virus. Bastards.
In other other news, the warring siblings is set to continue. But whatever. He wants to bask in the great joy of beating Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates then go ahead. Not like we never won at Old Trafford before. We kinda won the league there. It is so completely not the same as winning the semi final leg 2 at our home ground.
I am thankful for the boys of old.
Realistically, cuckoo United aside, we saw last night what the finished product of a football-playing team is like. And while Arsenal can boast to play the same type of football, it's just not the same thing. We do not have the players to finish off the game and to take each and every chance. Off the ball Barca are fantastic. Perhaps you could count the seconds they take to get the ball back once they've lost it. And they are amazing keepers of the ball and look at Arsenal, who give the ball away in the areas which makes us concede.
If the boss doesn't reinforce this summer beyond the 2 15-year olds he's adding, we're probably going to be screwed against next season. The good thing about Arsenal is youthful exuberance and it makes us all feel young watching them. This feeling though, is transforming to frustration and we need to start winning things.
Granted, the reasons why I support the Arsenal is because of everything else. Surely history is rich and much to be desired. It's about the present now. We emphasise player development and instil the Arsenal values from a young age. It is more of a footballing education. For this sort of system there is a need to excel and to graduate from it and winning things is the only way up. The fruits of the academy and the belief the boss has in his young guns has to translate into trophies.
I don't think the Arsenal fans can take this stick of not winning and fighting only for fourth any longer. We support our team with our heart and soul and we don't run and hide when things don't go well. We need to start winning and send those other dumbass fans to their graves or just shove it up their holes.
For us, the future is always brighter. For teams like United, Ferguson probably has found the right mix of young and old. Their old are getting older.
And it's funny how Sp*rs do not come into the mix of things at all. Ahahaha.
Multiple posting about a single topic is kinda stupid but ahaha, it has to get airtime.
So my FB status reads:
Sarah Lauis lol-ing at all the ManUre fans who thought they'd won before the game was played.
and then the loser called the brother had his status in reply:
Abel Lau2008-2009 Honours: Manchester United: EPL Champions, Carling Cup Winners. Arsenal: NIL. (since 05) Liverpool: NIL.
which is hugely entertaining.
I thank Arsene Wenger for pointing out that United only won 1 game against a top 4 team. That makes them ultra worthy champions. I wonder how that fuck face is going to reply to that.
Besides, he got it all wrong with my statement.
I was taking a swipe at the people who were counting their chickens before they hatch. So apparently he feels he's one of them. It's a dumb move really, since football is ever so unpredictable and you never really know who will win.
Of course, the Man Utd fans have now disappeared from the face of the earth. Or they'll be like the dumbass brother of mine who'll just be in denial and say oh, at least we won the league and the Carling Cup. Ahaha. Were United worthy champions? Benitez wouldn't acknowledge that. 15 of their total wins were 1-0s. Entertaining to watch? Not at all. The brother hates teams who play long balls. I don't suppose he'll appreciate those who play the ball on the ground? There's only one Arsenal who does that in the English league, yet he supports Man Utd. Hah. Tell me Man Utd do not pump long balls from defence to attack. They're always doing it to Rooney on the left. Why Rooney is playing on the left is also beyond me.
That's the business of United.
After all the drama, I've just come to realise that the fundamentals of winning a damned football game is to just play your best players in their best positions full stop. Then let the other influencing factors do their jobs. Things like players' attitudes and commitment and tactics. Just play the boys in the right positions please.
The ManUre brother and I might share common ground when hating Liverpool but make no mistake - I dislike all teams but Arsenal. And probably Valencia, the team which I am convinced, hire on looks.
Hurhur.
Do I need to go on about how dumb he is in his personal life? Just a little further. He thinks Chinese girls are ugly, you know, in Singapore, where the Chinese is kinda the majority. Apparently his girlfriend is half Japanese. She's been to my place quite a few times and I still don't remember how she looks like. No impact visually, and if no one told me about the half Jap part, I wouldn't be able to tell. Not that I can, armed with the knowledge of it and all. But good luck anyway, at dating especially. Bahaha.
Being with someone is so much more than nationality and DNA. It's about the connection.
Thank you Barca for silencing ManUre fans, or rather, perform the vanishing act. Heh. Byebye?
It's about an hour till the kick off to the Champion's League Final in Rome which we're not taking part in because we sucked over 2 legs of the semi finals.
But I'm going to watch it anyway because there's Barcelona to root for. Please win so that the fella who lives next door does not own any further bragging rights. He is one of the biggest cunts on the planet.
Aside from that, I hope Titi plays and is the one who hammers the nails in the United coffin. He joined Barca for the sole reason of lifting the Champion's League in his career and he thoroughly deserves to have that accolade under his belt. Me being be will just sit and mope in one corner because he's right. He wouldn't have reached thus far had he stayed in North London.
It could have been Arsenal playing Barca but it wasn't meant to be. Don't want to bring up how much we do not deserve to be there anyway. If we were though, what a day out it would be for titi.
ANYWAY. IT WAS ALL NOT MEANT TO BE. SADLY.
So whatever. Just no United win please. They're a bunch of cunts.
And Barca better not come up with a "I want Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie" shit or I'll send rotten pizza to Catalonia.
P.S. I've added my current avatar to my sidebar. All in the name of swine flu.
You gotta see Cesc pulling down Bendtner's pants in the lap of appreciation.
Watch for the 11 second mark.
Srsly.
see a cheeky Cesc in the background.
Will the captain get fined for it? Maybe AW didn't see it. Doubt it.
On a completely unrelated note, Red Bull Cola contains cocaine. Hah. Not your regular red bull. I'm a huge fan of red bull. It's so extremely sweet it rocks. There is nothing sweeter than that. Maybe cocaine will make it more powerful. Last time I checked, I still fall asleep on Red Bull and have various caffeine dreams. Sleeping on red bull isn't really sleeping since your brain is still working but your body isn't.
So, Singapore has it's patient zero. The media is trying to get her mobile number ahahaha. It's funny. Srsly. Why would they want to traumatise an already traumatised person? What's more funny is that she got the praise from the health minister for being responsible. Heh. In contrast to how SARS came to Singapore, I guess she really did things right instead of spreading the germs around. If her symptoms came a little later, since the incubation period is up to a week, I could have got it with the birthday celebrations coming up.
And we can all joke about it because she's going to be okay.
And other unrelated topics.
Like how California has overturned the permit for same sex marriages. The option left is domestic partnership. The significance of that is basically the inability to file joint income tax returns. Or if your partner isn't American she can't get citizenship. Things like that.
Personally, I'm 22, and I think it'll be about 200 years before Singapore even has this argument. I don't think I'll live to 222. Sometimes, I wish I wasn't Singaporean really.
The whole sex education thinggy is completely retarded. Rubbish really.
Pre-marital sex vs homosexuality.
If they didn't want to invoke so much trouble they should just let nature take its course. Creating a stand like this doesn't make things any better. It just exposes the weakness of education and schools to socialise us into the supposed ideal set of values and social norms.
It didn't work with me. And deep down I'm a huge ass rebel. You want me to do one thing and it'll just make me want to do the other to piss you off so forcing people to be 'proper' really doesn't work.
Granted, the mass of Singaporeans are generally bochup, they don't really care.
It's the christians who do. They think that being armed with the bible gives them the power to judge humanity. It is the same way Israel uses the bible to claim their lands and destroy the homes and the families of people who came to occupy it before the holocaust. Just because the Germans wiped out 6 million of theirs they have the divine right to kill whoever they wish to.
All in the name of the bible and christianity.
I grew up a christian. Had a lot of rough roads to travel through childhood. Quiz me on my bible knowledge and I shouldn't disappoint you. I've been to Israel. The night I left, there were bombings in Bethlehem. You know, even the jews are confused within themselves. They don't even know for sure which was Jesus' tomb.
Perhaps I do believe in Jesus and all, but his followers are a bunch of retards. They claim whatever knowledge as their own and use these principles to back their so-called divine right to judge others and tell people that if they don't believe in Jesus they're going to hell.
And they treat gay people like freaks of nature. My own mother will never truly love me for who I am.
It's pleasing to beat Liverpool at any level. Suck that cunts!
I've been MIA for quite long aha.
Been really jaded from all the after exam stuff I have to deal with. And I forgot that the last game was on a Sunday so I didn't manage to go down to the Liz since Monday spells work for many people.
It was a good 4-1 win over Stoke and then football withdrawal came.
Thankfully though, there was the youth FA Cup final to satisfy it. Should be the last satisfying game to catch for a long time till August comes.
The lads were fantastic and they won 2-1 and so 6-2 on aggregate.
Silverware for the young guns and for Steve Bould.
This is why I love the Arsenal. It might not be the first reason I think off but it is a huge one. First reason could be just plainly Cesc Fabregas and the team because that's all we really think of. But truly, the way the club is run is phenomenal. Financially, we are sound. And when it comes to the academy, it's beyond phenomenal.
I laugh at the Liverpool youths because they're just a bunch of people there to fill those positions with no real chance of making the Liverpool team. Teams like Man Utd, Pool and especially Chelsea only know how to buy players conveniently without stressing development. Hence they're just a bunch of cunts and their fans are even bigger cunts.
They think their teams are all sooo great and whatever but they don't really dig down deep to the roots and how the teams come about. It isn't just about money and dipping into the transfer market to get whatever you need. It's just like shopping. Shopping that becomes human trafficking.
I prefer star-making.
And the star is obviously Jack Wilshere. He owns defenders.
Then there's Henri Lansbury. I am loving him.
Sanchez Watt? His pace is ballistic.
I also realised how tiny Arsenal is. They're all a bunch of shorties. It's like we get 10+ corners and never threaten. -_-ll Mao.
Do you think little Jack will grow taller?
heh.
I am going to watch semi final 2 of BGT. No more football, no more Grey's Anatomy. TV shows are all over. Gossip Girl is a sucky show. I got lost 3 episodes into season 2 and went to catch Boys Before Flowers. I think I took 3 days to complete that. It has renewed my great want to go to Korea again this fall. Except that there's the swine flu over there, but not as bad as other parts of the world I hope. The threat is very real.
P.S. I think I know the first person who has brought swine flu to Singapore.
Get well soon. xoxo. I'll send entertaining smses while they lock you up at ttsh cdc.
For all the hype surrounding the release of the new away kit, I kinda like it.
Especially this picture.
This is the answer to the question "how to put 2 darlings in 1 picture".
May babies.
Arsha needs a haircut. I thought his wife flew in his Russian hair stylist.
Cesc needs to shave. No need to leave stumps of hair anywhere on his face.
Back to the jersey. I think the blue is okay. It's not light blue. I hate light blue. It shouldn't be a colour at all. Dark blue is like the colour of policeman. Now we'll have a squad of Arsenal Police. They need the beret.
Anyway I had a good laugh at all the photoshopped images of the players wearing the jersey. Seriously. They're done pretty well but it's still funny. see them here. Also, I seldom dislike arsenal shirts. Love them all, including the white one which everyone thinks is hideous ahaha. Come to think of it, I can see why.
Dark blue would go nicely with jeans. Actually the yellow kit does too. Besides it being yellow. My friend can spot me 498530495480 miles away. but yeah, dark blue, with collar. Amazing.
The boy who should shave i.e. Cesc, has been cleared of spitting. This is good news, and it makes Phil Brown and his assistant Brian Horton look like clowns. If Hull gets relegated it'll be a bigger party. Wenger expresses his relief and also commits his future to the club. Or near future.
People who want him to get the boot are insanely dumb. It is a dynasty he's building and he'll intend to see it out. He is the boss. People might make wrong decisions sometimes but I think that's human. What's important is to move forward and he always does that.
Besides, if he left, Cesc would ship himself back to Spain. Others could follow out of the club. Wenger is more than a manager or a coach. He is like a father. It could be said that there aren't any Arsenal faithfuls but Wenger faithfuls. We're unlike Chelsea where their managers come and go and they choose who they like and dislike. Look at Drogba, the great professional. He wasn't Scolari's fav so he decided to just give 50% to his club. Then Hiddink comes along and he decides to give 110% since it's Hiddink. Chelsea are going to get a manager change this summer. What will happen to Drogba? 10%? Or just shipped out of the club.
There's an Arsenal player who isn't an arsenal faithful nor a Wenger faithful. That person is Adebayor. Can't leave him out, can I? It seems that it's the last we've seen of him playing in an Arsenal shirt and if he was leaving, Wenger did not see the need to let him say goodbye to the fans or whatever, like he did for Jens. Jens, by the way, is still eccentric in Germany. Ahaha. The refs favour Wolfsburg!
So Ade is poised to be leaving this summer I guess. I think what we're interested to know now is his destination and his price, and of course, his replacement. I get the feeling though, that there might not be one. Bendtner is there and he could become something next season. We'll see.
There isn't much in the news since the season is ending. It'll be all but over come Saturday.
The good news is, the game will be shown at the Liz so I'll be going since my exam is all but over. Yes.
Renew membership lol. Byebye $30? Heh.
According to arsenal.com, dudu has undergone simple revision surgery on his left ankle.
I never thought surgery was every simple but we get that this is normal. More of a follow-up perhaps. Martin Taylor is going to be playing in the premier league next season. That's the reality.
The better news is that he'll do rehab in June and recover in time for pre-season training with the rest of the team. Somehow it's not always wise to trust such forecasts but it's better to, until bad news surfaces. Just take things in the positive light.
Tomas Rosicky should be another long term absentee who'll be back. One season off his career wasted.
That's it for today. I am going to watch my Korean drama.
We just get a clearer view. It's about Robin's wife's reaction to his rape allegations dating back 2005. They're good now, after she managed to get past the having sex with a stripper part. From what I heard, almost everyone in Holland is a stripper.
Doesn't discount cheating though. Not my place to judge. Dang it, cannot use the Rooney fucking a stripper in a back alley anymore.
Robin, why?
It would have been a cute article with too much info otherwise, like Robin who makes breakfast every morning right before they take a shower together. Everyday. Besides away games?
How many times does Robin shower per day? One in morning with wife, another one with Arsenal boys in afternoon after training. At night? heh.
It's funny when they get asked who's the longest in the shower. Thierry Henry holds the all time record.
I hope Titi will be able to play in Rome. He left Arsenal for the sole reason of adding the Champion's League trophy to his cabinet, not a runner-up one. He was right really, if he had stayed I doubt he'll reach the final anytime soon. Not sure how the current Arsenal team with Thierry Henry would look like but one thing's for sure, Adebayor wouldn't be able to put on such airs.
Barca better win otherwise Henry could be another Ballack, except that Ballack's a lot worse. Besides, Titi has won finals before. Sad to say but Barca are more capable of ruining a man utd party than Arsenal. They'll be without both their first choice full backs though.
A little late here post match. I normally shoot my views immediately.
Is because of the game having less importance I guess, and being caught up doing other stuff hahaha. But yeah, my Granddad's birthday celebration at my place was fun. I'll skip the part where I grab the food at 7.15pm, talk a little with my family members till 7.30pm, welcomed my newly converted Arsenal fan friend to my humble abode to catch the game at 7.40pm, grabbing a bowl of desert just before. Hoho. Cake cutting had to take place at half time? Bahahaha. And all along no one knew why I wanted it at my place instead of at a restaurant till now. I am such a planner when it comes to football. Besides, doing it this way means combining house warming too.
After I get rid of my exam study materials beside my TV I'll show you how it looks when the game is on.
I get to show you though, where I catch the game. It's pretty cosy and points in the direction of the TV of course.
And I only got to take such a neat photo because I cleared my stuff because people were coming over. Heh. But yeah, that's my bed and I love it. Kinda like a bed-couch. So far it's been tested to hold up to 5 people. Nothing dirty of course. Just watching show in bed. How cool is that.
Anyway, I caught a video of Adebayor on BBC. There is no doubt that there'll be people who'll take apart the interview and try and agree here and disagree there but I'm so sick of tired of this whole thing. I'm not sure what leaving him out of the United clash means. Perhaps it was to cool things off. The only other thing which is to be considered is how Arsene has branded the away fans fantastic and home fans otherwise. If that were the case, then there would be no harm playing Adebayor unless he was going to be shipped off somewhere. I have nothing to say about his interview because we've heard too much already and he blames the media for his dire state rather than himself. I've always thought that no one could be more in denial than I am and I've been proven wrong. Everything Ade has said about leaving and the lure of Milan was right from the horse's mouth. Plus, no one can doubt the aunthenticity of the Beyonce comment. So whatever he has said about being framed by the media is all bollocks.
He got one thing right though. No matter what he does he probably isn't going to regain the same support he got last season right before his summer madness. Other things he got really wrong was the booing of players. The fans will never boo Fabregas or Robin. They did to Eboue but not to Fab and Robin. There are those players who have Arsenal running in their blood through their veins and it's those two. Eboue was a different case. And if anything, he worked hard to prove the fans wrong and they applauded him for his efforts. These things don't go unnoticed. He can probably contend with the knowledge that it's Adebayor who has less chance of such a turnaround. It was funny when he referred himself in the third person. I had a laugh.
So tonight's game. It was a goalless draw. And a good performance at that. When I saw the starting line-up I was moaning and groaning over the formation and certain personnel.
Van Persie was tasked with leading the front once more with Fab in the hole with Arsha on the left and Nasri on the right. In the centre of the part it was Diaby and Denilson with Song partnering Toure in centre back, Gibbs and Sagna to the left and right. Fabianski kept goal.
Robin isn't a out and out striker to play alone up front. Fab shouldn't be playing off Robin. It should be Arsha. No Walcott. Diaby and Denilson. Song at centre back was okay.
And despite all that, the team put in a very good performance. No goals, but still good. It was a team effort and it proved my wrong. No matter what stupid formation takes the field, no matter who takes the field, it all down to how much the people want it. It could be a crap formation to begin with but it could still be a great performance.
I don't have much to say already, now that it has came down to this. The boys proved that they can do it if they want to. Does it take a shareholder meeting with player bashing to get the team going like that? It was a highly disciplined performance and they kept the ball well. Lost the ball, got it back. Everyone was committed.
This makes whatever analysis about tactics a piece of crap doesn't it? When it's all down to what the team wants. There isn't going to be any talk about wanting Fab to be in his preferred deeper role, Arshavin in the hole, Walcott playing, Diaby out of sight and all the usual stuff.
They can do it if they want to.
And anyway, I thought walcott not playing was a good choice. He got owned by Evra over the two unfortunate legs. We would have wanted to switch Nasri to the right and him to the left to torment O'Shea instead but it didn't happen today when he came on.
What an intense day yesterday was. Intense enough to garner such a blog post like "Grey's Anatomy fucked my brain" hahaha.
First I watched Angels & Demons. Wasn't planned. Just did. And that movie is intense 100% of the time o_o. It's been a long time since I watched something like that. Ewan in a dress!
Then my great friend decided to drop me an sms while I was out and unable to watch the season finale of Grey's Anatomy. IT WAS A SPOILER.
I nearly fainted.
And then I rushed home to catch Grey's. While I was watching, someone disturbed me!
I have an ethos: disturb me during Grey's and I'll stick a scalpel in you.
But I managed to watch my show anyway and since I got spoilt, in such a horribly way, whatever happening in the build up was enjoyed as much until the outcome came. That was really shit man. Seriously.
AND THE ENDING. OMFG.
I shall not commit any crime of spoiling people out there.
Except that it wasn't an ending but a huge chunk of cliffhanger stuff to take to season 6. Which airs in the fall. It's like I'll past the entire summer transfer window first. And a long period of no football.
Withdrawal will kick in.
And so today. With Arshavin in the mix of things for tonight's game, it's going to be another intense night don't ya think? Unless the boys do not rise to the occasion. Let's hope Arsha's bashing of the boys to the media after the Chelsea game did have a good effect.
I want to get a heart attack tonight. Please deliver.
I think his injury was more of psychological than physical. It'll always have an effect when you're on your way to full training and returning to action and then suffer a set back. One after another, any normal human being would tend to lose hope and he once thought his career was over.
He'll be 29 in October and frankly, I think the squad really missed him around. He's the kind of player who gives everything for his club on the pitch. Absolutely everything. Need I not contrast it with one Abou Diaby and one Emmanuel Adebayor. Even Eboue plays to the best he can. Those two really piss me off and I suspect we'll be seeing one of the two playing at Old Trafford, you know, the guy who before the first leg of the European semi-finals toyed with Beyonce and declared that he will score at the Theatre of Dreams.
That fellow truly dreamt.
I would play Bendtner. I would encourage him to take his chances in the last 2 games and score more goals than freakin shitty Adebayor. Bendy is capable and from initially being the lazy arrogant bastard of the side, he's now a whole new different fella who wants to play and wants to score. And it's definitely nothing to do with being caught with pants down. Hah. He really should get an endorsement deal with Emporio Armani. It'll be perfect.
If you go onto Arsenal.com, you'd be able to watch 4 parts of idk how many goals and you can vote your top 10. I was watching and it crashed my firefox due to reasons I don't understand. invalid use of cpu memory? Anyway I watched as much as I could. Arsha's goals are in the running too. His solo goal at Blackburn which is also his first, and the second goal at Anfield which was part of the 4. What a player he is. I absolutely adore the hell out of him.
And he'll be in the mix of things at Old Trafford having recovered from his flu. I fancy him scoring more than Adefucyor. That asshole is all talk only no action. Just get the fuck out the same way Danny Gokey is off. HEHE.
Wenger cites Defensive frailties as our undoing this season but it is far from that. The problem lies in the centre of the park and the failure to replace those who have left. He is not one who criticises his players so we'll never get him to admit. Also, he has called on his team to spoil the party at Old Trafford, perhaps presumably to get Hull relegated there while United are crowned champions. That would be a perfect slap on Phil Brown's face.
Except that he made the declaration when his defence is no better. Fabianski will be in goal. That itself spells trouble. I don't want to comment further on Old Trafford. If we win, we win. yay. If we lose I wouldn't care too much. Surely I love the players enough, but for all the trauma the fans have been getting with their performances all season, they should watch united lift the damn trophy they failed to get even within touching distance of. Defeat isn't all bad if they take it in a positive light. This wouldn't hurt us any more in the league so the timing is right.
Liverpool must be hoping then. Ahahaha. Actually if United fail to win all 3 points off us, Liverpool have reason to hope. If Hull really needed those 3 points to survive you'd wonder if any experience United have could prevent it from happening.
Let leave this till after the Saturday games.
I just want to scream no 4-5-1 please. And Cesc back in his central midfield role please. No Diaby please. PLEASE.
It is interesting now though, that there isn't any need to rest Nasri for Europe. Who will play on the left? With Robin and Adebayor it could be a 4-4-2 with Theo on the right. If it's a 4-5-1 then no Robin as lone striker please.
In Arsene we trust that he knows his player's best positions and he plays them exactly there.
>:O
Enough with the frustrations. Give us some reason to celebrate again instead of condemning us to be resigned to fate.
especially if you play Restaurant City hehehe. Get 1 free ingredient off each other. RC is addictive.
So. What's funny is rumours of Pat Rice retiring. The official club says otherwise. Hah. I thought that was funny. I've always wondered how anyone could play second fiddle for so long and be happy about it. That's our Pat. We all see assistant managers leaving to become managers but Pat Rice sticks around to support the boss and that's admirable. I don't get why people cook up stories about him leaving. What is their deal?
hahahahahaha. To replace outgoing Drogba. Wonderful. you can have him really.
And he says that at this stage in his career it's all about the moolah. Must be joking. We know it's about the money, but if you play football there's always something more, especially if you play for Arsenal.
So shit him. We'll all be too ready to wave goodbye. I don't think anyone is as stupid as Arsenal to offer him 85,000 per week to do shit.
I hate Adebayor and nothing's going to change. He can do a Cashley for all I care.
Anyway, I have a paper tomorrow, and I get a call to confirm I have to plan a Korea trip right around August and September. Nice. Should not put enjoyment into my head when I'm supposed to study!
But hell yeah I'm in, not to mention the need to master some basic Korean.
We Really Have Enough Youngsters, even a quota can't affect us
The transfer shit is starting.
Mr Andrey Arshavin has decided to voice his discontent at being played on the left.
hahaha. srsly.
How many central attacking players do we have whom Wenger has forced onto the wings? There Theo, who Wenger still deems as a striker but um, is playing on the right wing. He sort of like to do his Thierry Henry esque education where they start out on the wings first and then become the striker they were born to be.
Not the case for Nasri though. This dude definitely prefer the coveted central attacking role in the hole behind the striker. And then we had Hleb, who was also more of a central player than anything.
Everyone wants to play in the hole don't they?
And guess who Arsene Wenger puts there?
CESC FABREGAS.
Who doesn't want to be in the hole. Or shouldn't be in the hole. Geez. There isn't such thing as your wish is my command in Wenger's books, is there?
And then force Arsha on the left when he is more effective playing off the striker. Wenger seems to love 4-5-1 instead of a 4-4-2 we all love so much more so if he wants to play a damn )*$&#*$)&#&* 4-5-1, at least play the right players in the hole. And of course, I have to insert 'please sell Adebayor for a more committed and hardworking frontman'.
We've got good quality players but he chooses to play them waaaaaaaaaay out of position and it's pissing me off. Not to mention his faith in Abou Diaby who really sucks in more ways than one. And we all know he's not going to leave in the summer.
RVP has called for everyone to stay.
I want Adebayor and Diaby out of sight forever.
So, apparently Arsha overlooked Nasri who has been playing on the left more often than not and recommends Arsenal sign fellow Russian Yuri Zhirkov to fill in there. I guess Nasri has fully converted into a defensive midfielder and is thorougly established there. But anyway, we never get whatever we wish for at Arsenal so he should know that too. He said that the decision of whether to come to Arsenal rested upon Zhirkov's intentions to move. He got that really wrong. It rests on Arsene Wenger if he wants to open the chequebook and spend big, which he has said he won't.
And it's splashed all over the feeds on Newsnow and I want to destroy something.
Cesc wanted David Villa. Cesc then wanted Xabi Alonso. Now Arsha wants Zhirkov.
And all these will fall on death ears.
They should know better.
Another player lost that lovin feeling, not exactly in the same way Tevez has. Kolo spoke again about leaving when the team was performing badly and his form wasn't what it was supposed to be. It's kinda sounds like bailing on a sinking ship. He nows considers himself an Arsenal man forl life even if he doesn't end his career here. Nice U-turn. If he needs to constantly feel loved he should turn to the fans really. Anyway, I have to comment on the terror of a U-turn again from Adebayor. Yes. Please leave. The whole Arsenal made me, I can't leave shit is pissing me off everything I think of it. Go to Milan. That club is rich in history and whatever but it's really not up to past standards so go and rot there like what Flamini is doing.
Somehow I don't blame him for leaving. He was at the Emirates for the 2nd leg of the semis with dreaded David Beckham and he looked well. I mean, sometimes you can't fault a player who gave up $55,000 a week for $80,000 a week. He was never going to get that at Arsenal, at least at that point in time. Football for people like Kaka is more than money but for some people it isn't the case. I'm not flaming flam here. Just understanding. If I were in his situation I would think twice. Or maybe threaten to want to sign for Liverpool or Sp*rs to get my way and in the process incur the wrath of Arsenal fans. It just shows how passionate we are. Overly emotionally involved with the team I tell you, unlike fans of Manchester United, who really don't give much of a fuck if Tevez makes the switch for their fierce Merseyside rivals.
Another piece of news which pissed me off is the whole quota thing. Now seriously. I would like to think that Arsenal will have completely no trouble at all adhering to it since Fabregas can be considered to be home grown since their definition of home grown is the player being registered 3 years before he turns 21. They want at least 4 of these players in the match squads, not the starting line-up. It is hardly the end of the world really, because we do have a wonderful academy. The problem? It will affect our transfer plans. If Wenger signs an 18-year old to boost our squad I will cry. And then he will have the license to continue his obsession with average age of the squad.
That aside, since it's not the starting line-up where these lame things have to be enforced, then the young ones can warm their bums on the bench with no problem at all. Brings a whole new level to benchwarmers.
I suspect this will be implemented next season. Last season they increased the number of substitutes from 5 to 7. This time they want another major change to have 4 home-grown players in the squad. This one completely unnecessary. It'll just increase child trafficking from a young age ahaha.
Anyway, here's a brief list of our HG players, i.e. joined 3 years before turning 21: 1) Cesc Fabregas 2) Alex Song 3) Senderos (assuming he comes back :O) 4) Djourou 5) Traore (assuming he comes back as well >:O) 6) Theo's bff Gael 7) Gibbs 8) Vela 9) Theo of course since bff Gael is in 10) Rambo 11) Denilson 12) Nicky with pants up
So we really have no problem with this additional rule and we have the boss to thank. If he could look at it from a different angle, like they are all younglings still developing and there is plenty of room for experienced players to come in. Screw the damn average age thing. You don't win anything with that feel-good factor. Football is about winning.
The news in the football world today is amusing to say the least.
That to be touched on later, I've read other Gooner's reaction to the Chelsea game and we all share a common thought, that it was a game to forget. Hah.
I think I've long put it behind. After string of bad shitty results after so much hope what more is to be expected with a squad like that. Even the very basics of team selection is all wrong with players playing out of their best positions.
And we have Emmanuel Adebayor who frankly, should leave in the summer. We don't need a non-committed player like him really. We know how good he can be. If he really wanted to, he could score a goal like the one against Villarreal. That goal did put us on track for the semi-final, even though it more more of psychological help going into the 2nd leg since we didn't really need it with a 3-0 win. And after going through you'd expect him to be fired up to win something after he keeps talking about trophy this and that but he played like shit so why did he even bother in the first leg.
And then Man Utd have a player in Tevez, who wants out since he doesn't feel as loved as berbatov. Now seriously, I can understand how he feels with him being on loan and stuff and not a permanent member of the squad, with his status for next season not quite cemented. But he goes and declares he wants to play for Liverpool instead and I think it will have United kicking and screaming. The truth is, it could be a ploy to send some urgency to sign him permanently since he took heed from Heinze who used the same tactic to engineer a move out of United, ending up at Real Madrid instead. The players who don't feel the love. I already told the brother that he'd want Pool since Arsenal wouldn't buy him in a million trillion years while it's just highly unlikely with Chelsea since I don't see how he can fit into their squad. Anyone can play for Liverpool really.
Ha.
Chelsea flop Shevchenko who is on loan at Milan has ruled out moving back to Chelsea even though he has a year left to see out. Hah. He went back to Milan and didn't really dazzle as much as before. What happened? Lol. That I can't figure out. Or perhaps being kidnapped by Chelsea greatly reduced his ability. Or he's just getting old. Paying 30 million for a 30-year old will always be the joke of the century especially when the 30-year old failed on all accounts to be the star player he used to be. Such is with players from the Italian league. They seldom thrive when they make the move to the English game.
And I'll have to contrast Sheva with our Andrey!
God I love him so much and I really want to gather all his haters and cook them in a cauldron of fire. Just a few bad comments to the press about lady drivers and whatever and they all hate him. No one really considers that these interviews are translated from Russian and need I say that things often get lost in translation. But I don't care about these people because they can go fuck themselves. Majority of the bitter ones are the pool fans who can't fathom 4 great goals at Anfield. Did they hate Baptista after his 4 as well? Nope. They couldn't bother themselves with Julio because Arsha is so much better and is a greater threat to Reina.
Ledley King will be charged for causing bodily harm and now Harry Redknapp wants to ban alcohol from Sp*rs dickheads. I couldn't laugh more really. keano might go into withdrawal. Jamie O'hara might have to break up with Danielle Lloyd. She's a party girl who loves alcohol. He likens footballers drinking alcohol to pumping diesel into a Ferrari which is a joke really. We all know that Sp*rs are no Ferrari. They're Chery QQs if they had to be a car, old rotten bicycles they are.
So then, the 'fit and proper' test for foreign owners have more rules now. It could prevent any takeover bid by fat cunty oily Usmanov (he should try the Face Shop green tea wash). 777 rules at that. There were 322 rules before, and none of which included a no to Thai fugitive. There should be more boardroom drama come the summer. It's weird to keep branding the month of June summer because in freakin Singapore, it's summer everyday.
I take my exam papers at expo and when I'm there, my middle name is 'eskimo'. It's like freakin cold. I went as far as wearing a woolen vest. When you're doing an exam and sitting there for 2 hours or more with only your hands moving, the rest of your body kinda is more susceptible to the cold. I wore 3 layers. Of course, when stepping up of the igloo expo is, I start stripping but not so much as the 2 fellows did at Holland V. That was outrageously funny. Streaking in Singapore is a no-no no matter how hot it is. If they wanted to expose themselves so badly, just record a sex tape and have it released. Afterall, the laws only persecute the distributors of pornographic material not those who make it. That in itself, is flawed. It's like Tammy, oh the famous Tammy of NYP, who got her phone stolen by her jealous friend who distributed some of the home-made goodness in the phone and got charged for it. I don't think the law will go as far as charging poor Tammy with possession of pornographic materials since she's kinda in it. These are the classic stories which will never be forgotten. My sympathies.
So now we should just hope and pray that the magic 777 rules are not as wonky and will keep out use-my-knob and leave Arsenal as the only club in the big 4 not participating in the billionaire's playground.
Britain's Got Talent and Footballers performing the vanishing act
England is the land of opportunities. Actually, it's America.
I learnt a valuable lesson today: do not watch Britain's Got Talent while eating.
You might throw up. There is so much more bad than good. I caught episode 5 of season 3 which aired on Saturday and they went to Birmingham. Apparently there aren't talented people there. Gareth Barry might want to go on stage and perform magic or something. Like a vanishing act and say sayonara, I'm appearing in Liverpool. 3 yeses to that?
Martin Tayor could show how he did his horror studs out tackle for no reason since the player wasn't even going on goal and he'll get 3 Xs before he starts. And then 3 nos.
Birmingham, city of cunts.
Normally entertainment comes from America. But Simon Cowell created BGT and it's got me hooked.
Imagine Adebayor and Eboue going on stage and performing a dance for BGT. Confirm 3 NOs. Although Adebayor makes a better dancer than a footballer so that means he really sucks at kicking a ball. His commitment level is attrocious and he has all summer to fix that or say goodbye. Could do the same vanishing act as Gareth Barry. I doubt he'll be staying at Villa after their failed campaign. I do remember Arsenal being interested but fell short at the price tag, which is always the case. Wenger always wants quality at a bargain and I'm not sure how that is beneficial. In the case of Arshavin, it could have been more but because he was cup-tied for the Champion's League, that greatly reduced the transacted price.
And now we've all been left to imagine how things would have turned out if he had been playing in our European games. If we got him last summer and paid, perhaps, 5-10 million more, the outcome of this season could have been dramtically different.
But that's a gamble the boss doesn't seem to want to take ever. He likes to balance the books as much as balancing the team but it somehow shows that he does his financial planning better.
Experienced players are what we need now and he says he needs 2 so we'll be waiting for those 2 arrivals amidst the big names more linked with Man Citeh. They want David Villa with Valencia's financial woes but Villa is a player who would take pay cuts just to stay at the team he loves. How often do you get that? Villa to Man City is definitely not happening unless Valencia forces him out of the club. A more probably destination if he had to leave would be Pool to join Torres and that would make me throw up my lunch more than watching BGT while eating.
Of course, we all know Villa is best mates with Cesc but I don't see that happening because we want Villa but what we want doesn't coincide with what Arsene wants.
Some things we just know for sure.
Anyway, in response to last night's game, the boss couldn't have put in any better. We can be completely negative or just be positive. If we had won Wenger might see even lesser of a need to go out and spend the money. Losing now is way better than losing come next season. If next season is anything similar to this season I think we might all join that unfortunate gooner who hung himself. Of course, we won't actually do it. Just figuratively, die on the inside, be numb, so when the team loses we can just say whatever.
Which will not happen because I don't believe Gooners have hearts of stone for their team.
For all the passion we have, we truly need some repayment via results. Even when results do not go as expected, we still love the team and look to the future. The future is what matters. Death cannot change anything. If I had to be brutal, it didn't look like that poor Gooner's death changed any of the results anyway. The team still crashed to Chelsea.
So death is never the solution. It's just normal to want to die but not carry it out. Heh.
There's an entire summer to make it right. Since 4th is all but secured, it is time to turn our attention to the other end of the table. Phil Brown and Hull going down would cheer us all up and they aren't really doing themselves any favours by losing and losing. How many times have you checked the league table and saw Hull stagnant at 34 points? hahahaha.
Tonight, it's Newcastle vs Boro and the winner will drag Hull into the bottom 3 with them out of it. Or at least on level points with Hull with only goal difference to separate the positions. If those 2 teams draw though, it'll be complete and utter rubbish. Hull City face Man Utd on the final fixture of the season so their prospects are really slim. The only way we can make Man Utd fight for a win against Hull is if we beat them at Old Trafford, with United needed the points to secure the title.
And if we lose at Old Trafford, they'll win the title and we'll be watching them lift the trophy. Frankly, some people are anticipating such a scenario but I don't see how it wouldn't help the players. If they love Arsenal so much they should let it happen. If it happens though, perhaps it could be burnt on their hearts that they should fight to do the same in the coming seasons when the opportunity arises. Sometimes these things aren't all bad. If humiliation can bring out the passion then why not.
The only problem would be if they didn't care.
In essence, to orchestrate the banishment of Hull to the championship, we need to win at Old Trafford. Phil Brown and Brian Horton can take their spitting hallucinations with them out of the top flight and justice will be done.
BGT is going to be summer reprive from all the speculation the media is going to cook up.
humiliating result, but I pray it sends the right signals
Now seriously. That was terrible. It has little significance though. 2 months ago if 4th spot was offered to us regardless of whatever result and humiliation the team has to weather we would have taken it.
Now everyone hyped up stealing 3rd spot from a heartbroken Chelsea and I didn't really see it happening but still went along.
All I can say is that I really hate 4-5-1. Everytime I see the squad lining up that way it really sucks.
Nothing much to say about the Chelsea game really. We started like we wanted to win but wasn't clinical enough. The point is, being not clinical enough is way better than not creating enough chances. There is a huge difference between the two.
I'm kinda glad they threw the game. Well the boys didn't exactly do that. I wasn't really pissed or anything by the margin of the defeat since defending was diabolical once again and it isn't anything new. When someone like Malouda wins man of the match it pretty sums up how bad the defence was.
This could finally send signals to the boss that the defence requires reinforcements. The press talks up Sakho and I haven't seen him play but he rocks in Football Manager ahahaha.
And then the 21 match unbeaten run is finally over. Frankly, I am not a huge fan of an unbeaten run especially since 0-0 draws and 4-4 draws are included. I am only a fan of winning streaks. So glad that is long over.
We could lose to Man Utd and the boss says he doesn't understand why because we're unbeaten in 21 games in the league. Doesn't take a genius to know that league form really do not matter in a European cup game, not that Arsene Wenger isn't a genius. This unbeaten run has always been lurking at the back of his head, perhaps giving false signals that the squad is good enough when it clearly isn't.
Plus, after Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 at the bridge earlier in the season he thought everything would be okay.
Boooo.
So the squad needs new additions so the boss has to consult his scouts or whatever and get it done. I'm sick of being disappointed. Surely he could keep up his ethos about youth but these youngsters need someone ahead of them to learn from and not be thrown on the pitch to die.
And the experience of Chelsea showed today, where you don't have to be on top of your game to be 2-0 up. Of course, from there they played better. This is trying to say that they're damn tyco in a nice way, the same way your form teacher says you're opinionated in your report book to cover up the fact that you talk too damn much in class.
I think that appeared in my report book year after year. Those were the days.
A good example of mentorship with an (arguably) experienced player in front of him is Gibbs and Clichy. And Gibbs was fantastic. It was a wonderful way to bounce back from midweek and he did fantastic. I think the 2 remaining games could mean more experience for him to earn while Clichy has started his summer holidays pre-maturely.
And now, finally, everyone appreciates Almunia between the sticks. There is without a doubt, that the game could be much different if he had played. At least Malouda wouldn't score against him.
There better be changes being rung come next season when the summer is over. Plenty of time to take stock and make things right.
There is a game tonight. The third last game of the season.
I was thinking back to august last year and what my thoughts were about the fixture list. There and then we could see how the run-in to the end of the season would be. We would be playing Chelsea and Man Utd back to back, with Stoke City as the last game. Playing the last game at home is always a bonus but that wasn't what I was thinking about completely.
It would have been so exciting to face Chelsea and Man Utd while still being in the title-race assuming it was still a 4-horse race for the title. But anyway, it wasn't meant to be. I don't trust that with the current squad it would have made a whole lot of difference if we were in the title race still with 3 games to go. Currently it's just Man Utd and Liverpool and frankly, I don't see United slipping up the way pool wants them too.
On to the Chelsea game. It'll be at home. We've already beaten them at the Bridge. I don't know how things will be shaping up, not really knowing what to expect. It's like 2 losers from the Champion's League meeting each other with nothing to play for.
Gibbs will be playing and I suspect it'll be the best team we can afford to put out on the pitch. I don't know about Arshavin but he might tell the boss that he's good to go and want to play.
I want to see more of Vela though. I think Adebayor is an asshole and I can't remember myself celebrating a goal he's scored since last summer. I'll just go yay, Arsenal scored, and that's it. No punching fists in the air or anything. Arshavin's 4 at Anfield sent me jumping up and down. I really don't have room for traitors. Bayou flirted with other clubs and said one thing and meant the other like all the time. It's just like what men like to say about women being 口是心非. We have a man like this and it doesn't look like ending anytime soon, unless he gets offloaded in the summer. Then we'll all scream with joy and anticipate the prospects of whoever comes in to replace him.
Ibrahimovic wants to play in the Premier League!
I don't think Mourinho would want to let him go though.
We'll be seeing bayou playing tonight. If I see Diaby play I might cry. He was good for a brief period until it all went wrong.
The manager is thinking through his transfer plans. It will no doubt be influenced by the impact and change Arsha has on the team. Isn't it obvious that bringing in an experienced player like that works wonders? All we need are a couple and we'll be good to go. By experienced I really don't mean a player like Silvestre. We srsly don't need rejects anymore. Good thing he didn't make a go for Sami Hyypia.
Tonight we'll see who emerges from the loser v loser fight. Hah. I could say that I couldn't care less about the result but I want a win. Defeat hurts but it all depends. Defeat Chelsea suffered midweek was painful but no less than they deserved because they had it a long time coming with their anti-footballing tactics, time wasting and failure to kill off the game. Why rely on penalties when you had the chances to score from open play?
Then they blame the ref for their incompetence. The refereeing can be a total nightmare but the 11 men on the pitch can still make the difference. Had they gone through no one would be complaining the way Drogs did.
Andrey had a flu scare and I don't think it's the H1N1 but he might sit out the Chelsea game. It does not make sense to push players who are not fully fit to play when the season is ending with not much to play for. People want Arsenal to steal 3rd place from Chelsea but I'm pretty contented sitting at 4th.
That said, I still want Arsenal to tear them apart if possible even if it means nothing. Thumbs down to anti-football. Blue Bolton. Blue Blackburn.
There is joy and jubilation over Walcott's new contract which is set to run through to 2013. I love the player and his attitude and he's so down to earth it's inhuman but he's just Theo.
Another youngster though, lost a little money as his pants dropped down.
A little pity, but I suppose it's the right thing for the club to do, since it has to be level headed on these things which affect the image and reputation of the club. We don't however see Rooney being fined for screwing a hooker at the back of a strip joint.
I am going out of my mind with all the exam stuff.
I think I wrote my essays in the same style as my blog. And it is bothering me. It's like over and it's bothering me. I do have 2 more essay papers coming up and I cannot do those blogger style or I'll be screwed. Bleargh.
This is where I go get my long long sleep after just 4 hours in 2 days. I'll just ignore the fact that I went out today and had great food at Shokudo. Good food messes with your head when you're selecting a venue to celebrate your birthday.
Moooo.
Or oink.
Exam fever has transformed my room into a pig sty. I have no use for neatness when I have to pia. Anyway, one funny fellow managed to find space to sit amongst the clutter.
What a badass. She loves Nicky with his pants down. Who doesn't?
I walked out of the examination hall with the feeling of failure. Insert any form of panic.
So I can't not post today after Chelsea's glorious exit from the Champion's League. Arsenal's exist wasn't much to mope about considering that clearly, we weren't good enough over both legs. I wonder why.
But Chelsea, oh Chelsea, think that there's a conspiracy theory where UEFA do not want another all England final.
Let's take a moment to..
LAUGH OUR ARSES OFF.
It was just poor refereeing, but Abidal did get sent off right? It wasn't like Barca didn't have their share. Granted, it was more painful Chelsea's way, but srsly, they decided to do an Arsenal and concede 3 minutes into stoppage time out of 4. And mind you, Barca was down to 10 men.
That's what you get for anti-football. After their 1st goal they thought it was settled and Drogba, oh Drogba, failed to settle the time. He had the chances to put the game beyond doubt but he didn't and now he blames the ref. hahhahaha.
This is like the best comfort any Arsenal fan can get after bowing out.
Don't you just love this? I came back dead tired from a 3 hour paper full of writing till hand is broken with no energy left and now I've been refueled. By laughter, no less.
And Chelsea were employing time wasting tactics towards the end of the game thinking 1-0 was enough. HAH. After all their anti-football they are no more. Must be so pissed they had to defend their asses off at camp Nou.
Hehehee. Can't gloat enough. We all love all these drama mama crap. It's fun when it's not your team. No one cares about the crappy respect referees campaign. In fact, I think this ref has already received 89503489490845345345 death threats from Chelsea fans ahahahaha.
He's so bald like Howard Webb but even Howard Webb can't match up to him.
I am going to watch American Idol and go to sleep before I pia for tomorrow's paper.
Nicky has came out to apologise for certain footage.
Well no one really cares.
At least the ladies don't. It's Emporio Armani, a step up from Calvin Kleins Ronaldo bought Welbeck who gets his undies at some place Ronaldo can't stand. I mean, between men, do you care so much about how your mate's package is stocked? I think it's weird.
Bendtner has sexy legs and we all enjoyed all the exposure. With a bod like that who really cares.
I'm at half time in the Chelsea barca game btw. I think the world might see a repeat of last year's final. Chelsea has the stuff to stop Barca who is without titi. But whatever, I don't really care who wins.
And me being evil totally enjoys Fletcher missing the finals. His lounge on Fab may have got the ball but it was hideous. So is he. And I don't see how important he is to Man U anyway. Easily replaceable in their books.
So then I read another piece of news which made me cringe. You'll figure that Bayou finally realised that Beyonce is married to Jay Z. No more Milan talk. Now he says:
I don't see why that is necessary. When it comes to Arsenal, the future is what we look to. This season didn't end the way we wanted, but there's always next season. Arsenal is a huge part of a lot of our lives but I don't think I'll hang myself over a bad result. In fact, it is Arsenal who keep me alive.
Sympathies to the fellow's family.
And I wonder if someone dying like that would motivate the team to not drive fans to suicide. Hah.
[EDIT] the chelsea-barca game is over and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Why? Iniesta broke Chelsea hearts. Awww. Hahahaha. This is the game where the ref had a huge part to play in and several decisions were quite attrocious. But hahaha. Drogba confronted the ref after the final whistle and got a yellow. It was funny since it had no more effect on the game. The ref's face was damn funny. Drogs had the chances to finish the game off without the help of a penalty but he didn't so why is he blaming the ref for his own poor finishing?
Barca had 1 shot on target all game and Cech only had to make that one save and he didn't. Stupid carrot. Brutal as it is, it's funny for a hater of Chelsea.
London clubs total fail!
Barca have the ref to thank, and we thank him for not setting up yet another cunt vs cunt final where it's difficult to choose who to win. Now it's clear once more.
Football rarely gets boring. Just when we all needed a nice breather to get our minds off that effing defeat, the daily mail rises to the occasion.
Or they just do tabloids for a living and I happen to pay a little more attention considering there isn't a need to be reading things like Evra saying the semi-final was 11 men vs 11 babies. People like that should keep their mouths shut. Were Arsenal being babies? There wasn't any moaning or groaning or wailing. They took it like men and lost like men. No hard feelings whatsoever. We'll just forgive him for his limited vocabulary. He's French and he insulted French England. Give him candy for being smart. besides, his swimmers only produce ugly babies, none with the cuteness of Arsenal. Could Evra ever parent Theo and co.? Not a chance. Must be adopted.
We'll start of with Nicky, who proved to be no baby at all. he apparently went to drown his sorrows and whatever after the game and met with bouncers who couldn't care less if he had his pants on. Oh yes you want to click that link because you get to see his Emporio Armani underpants. People think it's embarrassing but srsly, is it his fault he was too drunk to pull up his own pants? Not like he's naked or anything. If you want naked search Pato and you might find some webcam bits as he searches for attention online. Or Ronaldo and his ex-gf while they were still at it. Hanky panky-ing on the beach and after they broke up, she did her tits and showed them to the world.
What a fantastic break-up gift. Can't think of anything better.
Then there are two nobodies who want to be in the news. Jamie O'hara and Danielle Lloyd. O'hara's ex apparently punched Lloyd in the face but didn't so much as to knock her lights out. Lloyd intends to press charges. How silly. Srsly, who would want to fight over a lowly Sp*rs footballer? And nice break-up gift from the ex, cept that it wasn't for Jamie.
In Hong Kong, Miss HK and the runners up in between tend to go on and become great celebs in the media circle. Apparently in England it doesn't work that way. Miss England/Miss Great Britain will boast a playboy spread and go after footballers with no future. Did I mention she's from Liverpool? And then she goes after Sp*rs men. Must like birds, migrating to and fro, cept that her preference for men tends towards Sp*rs.
Adebayor's Beyonce then shows off her brand new state of the art heels which don't look too comfortable. Oh right, Beyonce belongs to Jay-z.
So then, Adebayor's best friend is sweating over his wife's comments about an affair with an 18-year old. That is pedophilia on all fronts.
Fine, not Bayou's bff because he's not at Milan.
I guess I need to show you the real bff.
If there were positives to that game, it would be this one.
And if I'm still here by the end of the week meaning Saturday, it means I survived 2 papers. Marxist/Weberian/Soci nonsense tomorrow and then Stats on Friday. It's going to be one hell of a ride. And then it'll be 3 to go. How can an exam span 2 weeks or more? It kills.
Arsha could have made a difference with an old head
I was saving this till perhaps the 29th of May when Arshavin turns 28 and I turn 22 but I guess I need to do it now because I'm in dire need of cheering up and I have to do it myself.
The reasons are simple - I haven't let anyone into my life and I intend to stay that way. Besides, being independent has its perks. I have thus developed a dislike for smsing which has pissed a few people off when I ignore my phone to do my own things at my own convenience. Yeah I joined the irritating bunch everyone hates. But sometimes it's because I'm in the shower. Ahaha. What are the odds.
So. I don't have a pic of Arsha in the stands last night but the camera did show for like 1 second. He was sitting next to Eduardo with his hoodie all up. He looka-lika snowman.
Must be painful for him to sit out those games. Must be really painful for us when he has to sit out those games. He is now officially one of the older heads around and attitude wise, he's been perfect. The way he blends into the team is fantastic and everyone loves him. Must make the rest disappointed to not have him in the team as well.
I don't know if there exists an Arshavin effect on the team where when he doesn't play, the team looks out of sorts. If I had to pin point one thing which went wrong last night, it was the formation. We beg and wail for a 4-4-2 which provides more defensive cover as with attacking threat. We depend deeply on our wide players and what better than a 4-4-2 rather than forcing the ball through the middle and failing terribly. So the lost game aside, I don't know if the team reacts differently when their star player isn't playing. It's like there is this dependence on him even when he's not there.
To me, Arshavin is kinda like a dream. He came, as a superstar signing where the negative asses of the world expected him to lose his mojo after his move to Arsenal. He is so good Liverpool fans hate him. Hah. It's funny. Kinda like C. Ronaldo, except that Ronaldo's easier to hate and he has the face of a jerk and basically free falls into every challenge like he doesn't possess something called a centre of gravity. So perhaps, Arsha's only hated by stinkin pool fans after his 4 goal haul against them.
Why he is like a dream is because to me, he feels like a player who came here on borrowed time, i.e., on loan. That would explain why he's cup-tied for the Champion's League just like Jo is cup-tied for the FA Cup. The only difference is, Arsha's not on borrowed time. He isn't a loanee. He belongs to Arsenal.
Come next season he will feature in all competitions. I thought about this semi-final before and everyone's gutted that he can't play. I thought about Arsenal winning the Champion's League without him. It didn't feel good and if that gotten the better of me and influenced the result somehow by the cosmic waves I sent out to the world, then srsly, screw me. The lads, with their young heads and all, made it to Europe's top 4. Who would want them not to go all the way?
So there's always next season to look forward to and our season is over on the 6th of May. Last year it was much earlier. They were chasing ghosts a long time back. This could be considered progress.
It'll be interesting how the summer shapes up then. We all know Wenger will stick to his youngsters. They'll all be one year older and I'm not sure he would go out and sign an experienced player. In fact, I think he won't. His footballing principles are that solid. A pity his belief hasn't translated into the results we want.
If Adebayor goes I wouldn't be gutted at all. His commitment to the club as of late is rock bottom. I'd rather Bendtner be given more chances or Theo moving to be more central than someone who couldn't care less in the team. He compares Milan with beyonce but forgets that Beyonce is married. It's a bad analogy in that sense, since married people are supposed to have everything they need already, save for those who indulge in infidelity.
The future always looks brighter but I don't know how the rest of the team sees it. Wenger can be their father or something but in the end, a footballer's career is rather short and they need to make the right decisions to move forward. I'm not sure if we could argue about this season being a step forward from last season. The last campaign we were doing so well all right up till the end. This season the boys reached Europe's top 4. And if I had to draw simlarities we seem to be knocked out when luck favours the other team. In the Liverpool quarter finals the little bitch Ryan Babel dived like a pussy and got the penalty which killed us. In this last game our 19-year old defender slipped, followed by our keeper who should have done better.
So yeah, I'll let Arshavin cheer me up. He's not a loanee. He'll be a permanent fixture next season. He's going to make more people hate him. :D
Greatest game the Emirates ever graced? The kids went down without a fight
Is there any blame?
I don't think I'm in any position to point fingers.
Looking at the starting line-up, it was what the fans wanted, with Diaby absent and Djourou instead of Silvestre. There was no doubt about Gibbs in left back.
Except that the formation was a 4-2-3-1. Sometimes I wonder why Arsene Wenger is hell bent on putting Adebayor up against arguably, one of the best centre back partnership in the world. They're good, but when Gallas was around with Toure, it could rival that too. The point is that Adebayor vs either 1 of them is a handful already. Adebayor handling 2 of them at the same time is probably creates the least chances. And then he forced Robin out left with Fab in the centre, who interchanged with Nasri.
Arsenal started out well, but that lasted all of everything before the 7th minute.
The mentality was that they had to score 2 more to win so they went on a full scale attack from the beginning and if the lack of experience failed to remind them that they have to defend. All United needed was an away goal to seal their passage through. They already had the lead they brought from Old Trafford so counter attacking was what they should employ. And they did it to perfection.
The first goal was key. And Gibbs has been doing well till perhaps a while ago but there is no blame here.
Playing an odd 4-2-3-1 formation means it's not so straight forward who has to cover the full backs. In a 4-4-2 it is understood that the left and right flankers cover the full backs on their side. In a 4-2-3-1 the 3 up there tend to concentrate more on attack, leaving the full backs utterly exposed. Obviously SAF knew that to send on Park instead of Tevez to cause trouble and it worked. Took all of only 8 minutes.
The only thing I enjoyed was Robin going over to Gibbs to tell him it's ok. So you'll expect the more senior players to rise to the occasion.
And then Almunia fails to keep out Ronaldo's free kick.
There is yet again, no blame here. The quality of the shot was impeccable. And no one did their homework. After that goal Almunia improved to keep out the rest of the freekicks but it was a knack too late.
And this is precisely why Arse fans do not want any 'Almunia for England' talk. That kind of added pressure to try and entice Fabio Capello instead of concentrating on the game is not welcomed. Almunia may not have set out to do it, but mistakes like these drags him into the spotlight, and and rather bad one at that.
Still nothing compared to David James' error at the weekend but no Almunia for England please.
And there is also no blame for the third goal because this is a cup game and Arsenal threw so many bodies forward, all United needed to do was nick possession and send it towards our goal instead.
Then just before the last 15 minutes of the game, Darren Fletcher brought down Fabregas from behind, which the entire world proclaims to be a bad decision. I don't really care. Like it matters. I have no sympathy for a team who's worrying which player they won't have for the final.
I have only anger for the team who allowed it to happen yet can anyone pin point who to blame? It was a collective team effort and a comprehensive defeat, like SAF planned every minute of that game. Not to perfection though, because he wouldn't have wanted that red card.
Biggest game of their Arsenal careers? Makes me want to cry thinking about it. The fans did their part until some couldn't bear to watch when it was 3-0. The players want the fans' support and watch till the last minute but srsly, do they deserve it?
60,000 in the stadium with their flags and voices, placing their happiness and trust in the hands of the 11 people on the pitch and they get screwed over in the 8th minute.
I tried to be positive and it lasted all of 3 minutes before Ronaldo's freekick went in.
sidenote: David Beckham couldn't be a bigger cunt. He made use of Arsenal to maintain his fitness and now comes back to jeer. He should have flown back to Manchester instead. Does SAF take in strays? Or will he take the opportunity to throw a boot again?
And I now know why everyone misses Highbury. The Emirates is magnificent, but the games she has hosted so far haven't lived up to it's billing.
And I don't want to read in the news about revenge or whatever shit because the team will be playing Man Utd again on 16 May at Old Trafford. It doesn't work that way. It's a load of crap so if anyone even mentions that I'll get really pissed.
With all the hype surrounding Almunia for England, we the fans of Arsenal do not want it to happen for purely selfish reasons because his commitment to the club is all we need, not that being in the English squad complicates that. It just exposes him to more pressure and who needs to mix with the likes of Ferdinand, Lampard, Gerrard, Terry and other cunts? His life is complely cunt-free right now so we would all love to keep it that way.
And it sure as hell doesn't mean that we do not that he has the required quality to excel at the international level. He is well capable, and has done a fantastic job since replacing Jens Lehmann as number 1 at Arsenal. Old Harry thinks Lehmann is much better, and goes on to proclaim that he'd rather lose the world cup than win it with a Spaniard in goal.
Give the English fans the world cup and they won't give a flying fuck about who's in the team. Old Harry also thinks David James is waaaaaay better than Almunia. I'm sure he missed the Portsmouth game at the weekend since Sp*rs was playing at the same time. Didn't bother with replays I guess. Lost his TV remote.
And he thinks that had Lehmann stayed another year he could be in the running for England's no. 1 as well. Ha ha? Lehmann has played for Germany and was number 1 at that point in time. And Lehmann is also waaaaaaaay better than James. Dumb old Harry did not do his research for the column. Lehmann spent 5 seasons at Arsenal. That translates into residing in England for 5 years. He will never be considered for the England custodian post because he has played for Germany before. Obviously, with a Sp*rs-like brain, he must have forgotten anything to do with foreigners representing England.
To make fun of Almunia not making it to the Spanish team is really low of him. If he had bothered to notice, the Spanish team is rather Spain-based throughout. Almunia did not make his mark in Spain but in England and already in front of him is Spanish favourite Iker and then Reina. I think Almunia has spoken more English than Spanish in his entire football career. Harry failed to mention that Almunia married an Englishwoman.
Harry Redknapp is really a huge dumbass but who can blame him? He manages Sp*rs.
Alrighty then, as reported, RVP will make it for the United game. That is the best piece of news we've had in a long long time. And that should mean that Arsenal's going to play a 4-4-2 which I think, makes us all very extremely happy. Like yay! So it's going to be a fantastic game to watch and I think Man Utd should be very afraid.
Them and their one chicken think the world of themselves. We often pay when we miss opportunites to put results beyond doubt. Now we should turn the tables and inflict the pain instead, for a damn change please.
The greatest game the Emirates has ever hosted, kicks off in 26 hours or so. Sp*rs down the road will be so quiet you'll hear the mice squeak.
His royal hotness has turned 22. Still a boy. A man-boy. A cute man-boy.
[EDIT] Not to take anything away from this special day but Birmingham City beat Reading to gain promotion to the top flight.
Know what that means?
Martin Taylor will be back in the premier league and Arsenal will travel to St Andrews at least once next season where it all went wrong for us there and we lost an important member of our squad who is still suffering from the effects of his horror tackle.
It was there where we threw away the title and Man Utd had Martin Taylor to thank.
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