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Just Because.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
The Squad Has No Depth
I can't seem to get into blogger new post on my zune and that sucks.

So. I think we're all still ecstatic from the win at the weekend which isn't too long ago. I saw some dude in a Gerrard shirt and I'm quite positively sure he has brain damage. Anyone who likes Gerrard has brain damage and a set of screwed up morals.

Games are now flying in thick and fast. Burnley at Turf Moor is next and we know what to expect, given the manner they knocked us out of the Carling Cup on their grounds last season. With the current number of injuries we have it will be yet another tough game. The lads have to build on the Liverpool win and not do a Liverpool. I mean, they beat Man Utd and went on to lose the next game, making it quite pointless. Burnley pose a stern test and may well have an advantage mentally, having virtually nothing to lose and the last time they faced Arsenal they played very very well.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, there is very little time to ponder these things as they travel to that Godforsaken cold spit of a stadium for the game.

There aren't a lot of good news in the treatment room. I think the one closest to a return probably is Bendtner and that's been earmarked for the new year. One more injury and we'll be more screwed than we know it. I don't know how this very thin squad is going to make it through Christmas and still be in the title race come new years.

This is me, being utterly negative but it you'd imagine, an injury to one of Vermaelen or Gallas, or Cesc, or Arshavin and it's the end. Nasri's picking up with more playing time and I'd hope for something similar with Theo but this season he's just not up to the standard we all expect him to be at. His running at defenders has to improve. No one can rely solely on pace to get in behind and score/create goals. Technique is as important and at the moment, it is not showing. He's been touted countless times to play at centre forward but has never been deployed there long enough for judgments to be passed.

Once again, I think we'll have to rely on the flair of Arshavin to carry the team through. Denilson is stepping it up too, probably under the influence of one Alex Song. They were both crap before, but Song has since elevated his status and is doing extremely well and it should push Denilson as well, although it still drives me absolutely nuts when he chooses to pass sideways or back. The goal's on the other side dude.

January could be a very interesting month but we have December to get through first.

Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.

I'm going to bangkok for a couple of days. Kinda don't want to go but it's yet another family trip. I mean, who goes and books the damn tickets without your consent? Evidently, I'm not a big fan of Thailand. And what bums me the most is missing the next 2 games.

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