You only have one Song.
If today was a parting gift before he left for the ACN, then it was a real good one.
The 4-1 victory was a repeat scoreline of the earlier corresponding fixture played in August.
Fabregas has been confirmed to be out for 2 weeks so the team knew beforehand that they will be without their captain. Not that the team really needed him today. Diaby started well and played well the entire game but was fading as the game wore on. He sure does look like he has the one-half syndrome. Lol.
So, Ramsey filled in for Fabregas and Denilson. He did well generally and got a goal for himself. His goal with Song's means 2 more for central midfield. So, what would you give to have the two players in front of you out of contention through injury for a place in the first team?
Same question directed at Armand Traore.
Who too, was excellent. This time though, he was really good going forward and if you lined up all 3 of our left backs, Traore is one gifted with the most pace and probably the more purpose going forward. Between Gibbs and Traore, there honestly isn't much difference except that sprint tests puts Armand faster than Gibbs. Clichy would be the more defensively sound option with the most experience but we have a lot of quality in the trio.
The odds of injury to the 2 front runners are always pretty slim but when you're talking about Arsenal, it's possible.
Pompey did put up a fight but we proved too much for them. Arshavin didn't need to show up for the game either but put in a decent enough shift. Nasri was excellent once more and he did really well to win the ball a few times in opposition area. The lads did a good job and enjoyed their football.
This probably isn't the highlight of the game but my highlight is Rosicky coming on. He miraculously returned from injury faster than anyone else. I am amazed. Hence my personal highlight. Now, we cross our fingers he doesn't crock his groin or hamstring or any part of him before the next game. Or the next.
So, Alex Ferguson delved deep and came up with several of his 'wise' words, declaring the league yet another 'two-horse race' between his team and Chelsea, completely writing Arsenal off. It pisses me off, but with Arsenal, you have to thank every lucky star out there they're still in it right now. It wasn't this way when the new year approached on a few occasions now. We can't count our chickens before they hatch. We get through one game at a time and I'll wait till we win the corresponding fixture before I diss people like Ferguson. It's sorta like a mind game too, by not taking Arsenal seriously. The only way to triumph is to prove him wrong and I hope that's on the cards.
For now, I'm going to enjoy this win and our league position and the endless possibilities. The most desired one being us winning the league in May.
P.S. Bolton have parted ways with Gary Megson. It could swing in our favour when we play them twice in 2 weeks in January.
Labels: Aaron Ramsey, Alex Ferguson, Alex Song, Armand Traore, portsmouth
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