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Even the captain himself doesn't think that Arsenal's a one-man team with him being the centre.

He did his research and apart from the Everton game which he missed, we've won the other 4. Nevertheless, we all know that an Arsenal team is better with him in it. There is no doubt about that.

He goes on, keeping both feet firmly on the ground, when broaching the subject of Barcelona. It's going to be a massive game for him and Arsenal, but he's looking more towards Birmingham. According to him, the mark of Champions is being able to look to the next game and focus, rather than the bigger game after that. If you asked any Arsenal fan though, they would rate the Birmingham game as highly as Barcelona. Slipping up in either matches could prove fatal to both of those competitions. Many a times in previous seasons, the team had performed spectacularly in Europe against the big teams but struggled badly in the league when we played the mid-table to bottom-table teams. This season though, with the amount of maturity the squad is starting to show, I hope that wouldn't be the case. The boss did mention in his post-match interview that the fuss of the Barca draw did play into their heads at the beginning, right until they were down to 10-men did the urgency come back. I hope the lads do not need a repeat of that to get things going at St. Andrews.

With regards to the title race, United did away with Liverpool with ease, while Chelsea faltered at Ewood Park. I guess it's not safe to assume everyone's going to roll over at Chelsea's feet. It is however, spot on to assume that they do it at United's feet. Liverpool is really a spent force. Chelsea play their game in hand midweek at Fratton Park with Avram Grant surely out to prove a point or two. Not sure about that game, but if Chelsea still wants the title they have to win it. It's going to be quite tough though, thank God for that.

We gotta continue to grind out results and abandon the showboating. Winning at all costs involves winning ugly and I'd like to see more of that. Finishing of chances as soon as you can, taking the shot first time instead of passing in order to show off our technical quality. A goal's a goal, whether it's pretty or not, and goals win us games. Since we're the Arsenal though, some might argue that showboating is part of the way we play, but I'm sure all fans will agree that it can come after we're at least 3-0 up instead of 1-0. If we had taken at least one of the chances after being 1-0 up in the first half, Vermaelen may not have been sent off at all, and West Ham wouldn't have had that golden chance to pull themselves level, served on a fucking golden platter by the linesman.

I'd rather 5 ugly goals scored than 1 pretty goal. Winning 5-0 is ultimately more satisfying than 1-0.

Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, portsmouth

A Little Drunken Madness @ 7:18 PM

When you're feeling BLUE, it helps to go for a run to release some endorphins. You'll feel exponentially better after you get your heart rate up. That's exactly what I did a while ago and my spirits are high again.

Of course, if you're feeling BLUE because you're a BLUE, I got no remedy for you.

*cue incessant laughter

...and the gloating should stop here.

Chelsea got knocked out of the Champion's League by Mourinho's Inter Milan. Oh how thou art moan and whine, you know, the same bunch who accused Arsenal fans of moaning and whining when we had players with broken legs. Now they're doing the M&W themselves. Pot calling the kettle black much? Not much sympathy there. Read the reports, they deserved to lose by the way they played. If you bothered yourself with what a blues supporter has to say, then you can go read their post Inter Milan musings. Gotta be a funny read where you can quote here, there and everywhere, examples of M&W.

So why the gloating has to stop is 1) Chelsea just cut out at least 2 midweek games from their fixtures. Pulling their concentration on the league perhaps is some consolation for their M&W fans.

2) Inter Milan, who have been quite impressive over the 2 legs, will be in the hat for the quarter final draw. Probably one of the teams to avoid, yet if there is a conspiracy theory out there, then I'll bet they'll draw an English side again, meaning Arsenal or United.

Barcelona play Stuttgart tonight while Bordeaux play Olympiacos. They'll be fighting for the last 2 places. Barcelona have a higher chance of qualifying at home really, while Bordeaux take their one away goal and the one-goal lead home. What were the odds of 2 French teams being in the hat?

So the 6 so far are:
1) Arsenal
2) Bayern Munich
3) Man Yoo
4) Lyon
5) Inter
6) CSKA Moscow

CSKA is pretty interesting. Everyone would remember the 0-0 draw we had with them which was like 20 chances and no goals thanks to players (TR7) missing from 2-3 yards in front of goal and all that. I hope it's a one time thing. It's nearing spring now so I don't think a trip to Russia would be more daunting then travelling there in winter during the group stages. Other than that, I think we'll take it as it comes.

Last season, out of the 8 teams in the draw, 4 were English. This season, only 2 English teams have made it. We have this consistency in Europe and it's no mean feat and down to Arsene Wenger. Hopefully, we'll be able to take it all the way to Madrid this season.

April couldn't come sooner man.

Liverpool beat Portsmouth emphatically and yet another conspiracy theory ensures that Gerrard does not face discipline action despite elbowing someone and then bringing him down. He'll be facing United and I'm sure the whole team will be galvanised for their upcoming clash with Man Yoo. It could well be a major title tilt.

Last season, when L'pool were right up there with United, we were the ones who were fighting for 4th and the ones to play both teams in the season run-in. This time, it's Liverpool's turn to have a say in this title fight. For once, I hope they do well.

Labels: Champion's League, Chelsea, Liverpool

A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:54 PM

How are Gooners feeling now? Well after going through the 5 stages of grief, I'm sure a win over Liverpool makes it all fucking better.

Thank you Liverpool. Not too long ago, we won at Anfield, thanks to Wenger's screaming half time team talk. And from there, we went on a great run to make up ground.

Now, we got a 1-0 win at home off them and that makes it 6 out of 6 points off them.

This is a very significant result, considering that Man Utd drew with Villa and Chelsea lost the Everton (hahahahaha), it sure makes the lead those 2 have at the top much smaller. For all of Ballack's bleatings, you stupid cunts beat Arsenal just to lose to Everton. I'm sure it's more satisfying to beat Arsenal but YOU DROP 3 POINTS you stinkin blue cunts.

And then there's Harry Redknapp and Steven Gerrard who were targeting third spot. With this win against Liverpool and Sp*rs losing to Wolves (yet another hahahaaha), we've put 8 points between 3rd and 4th, which is massive.

Who knew a 1-0 win against Liverpool could be worth this much.

All that remains now is to keep winning the remaining fixtures and the table could look very different at the end of the season. As Wenger will put it, we have an 'outside chance'.

On the game...
I think both teams started pretty slowly in the cold. Defensively, there were major improvements. Almunia actually showed why he dethroned Jens Lehmann and look a lot more assured at the back. He made a fantastic save from Ryan Babel's shot and that was a match winning save. The back four operated better as a unit and Clichy managed to reclaim his former self from the devil. Eboue and Clichy did very well going forward and it is obvious that in our formation, the full backs make good contributions too, and to do that, you got to be in control defensively first.

Eboue is proving to be a very useful player. The difference between him and Sagna is that he brings a lot more to the plate offensively. No disrespect to Sagna but Eboue has very quick feet and he draws the foul much more easily, save for his theatrics.

Bendtner did well. He led the line and it helps to have a big striker in place to hold up the ball and play in the rest of the attacking players. He had a couple of clear cut chances which he screwed up but you can't argue about his commitment. I hope Wenger sees that starting a striker makes a huge difference. Arshavin was doing what he does best - feeding the striker. Had Bendtner done better with the chances Arshavin gave him, we would have been a goal up sooner.

Things are looking bright again. We got the win, the top 2 who beat us didn't. And Sp*rs lost. I enjoyed that one the most. Teach twitchy Harry to not state ambitions he can't live up to. And screw Ballack.

Lastly, we all know that this win is going to be marred with Cesc's handball. Not going to give a shit. A win's a win.

Thank you Liverpool once more!!!

Labels: Bendtner, Chelsea, Emmanuel Eboue, Liverpool, Manuel Almunia

A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:47 AM

Wenger has claimed responsibility for the home defeat at the hands of Manchester United:

We lost the games and I am responsible for the results of the team. When you lose a game, you feel responsible. Of course, I want our fans to go home and be triumphant. When they go home and cry you feel responsible.

Did you go home and cry? I think we were up in arms in anger more likely.

Nothing much ahead of Chelsea besides John Terry being stripped of England Captaincy. Not dropped from England squad though. I thought that part was pretty important too. Anyway, you'd hope it'll play into his head.

Injury news is the same as the last game. Diaby has a chance of featuring. If he manages to pass fit then Denilson will be dropped for sure and we'll all be happy gooners. If he isn't though, Denilson will start the game for sure. I doubt the boss will go with Ramsey ahead of him because he seems to have a soft spot for that numb shite who doesn't help the team at all. We might as well be playing with 10 men really.

Tomorrow night's game is pretty important. We've gone to Stamford Bridge and won before but this won't be any easy game. Chelsea are a physical team and they've even spanked us when they came to the Emirates the last 2 times. Any chance of winning the game it would depend on the players on the pitch to make it happen. 2 different styles of football, one important result for both teams.

My hate for Denilson is growing stronger and it'll do good for him to know that and man up to the task.

Labels: Chelsea, Neves Denilson

A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:06 AM

For the most pessimistic of fans out there, we actually have a result that went our way.

Chelsea only managed a 1-1 draw with Hull City at the KC Stadium.

It's more good news for United really, since they're only 2 points off Chelsea. The table is somewhat easier to look at now with all 3 teams being level on games played. We're 6 points off Chelsea and we play them at the weekend.

The team knows that it's a massive game. In fact, this run of 4 games were all massive but they crumbled like cookies against United. If they're itching to set the records straight then they have to at Stamford Bridge. If they do not even put on a fighting display then I'm ready to concede the title. Sometimes the result doesn't matter. Desire and effort shows for it too and if you have both then you're most probably going to come away with something, barring complications.

Yet again, the team who stands to gain this weekend is United. The result from the Chelsea-Arsenal game would yet again be influential.

I don't believe in calling games a 'must-win' since Arsenal is a top team and they're supposed to win every game.

So I guess every Arsenal fan is hoping against all hope that something special happens. It's times like these where you can see where the real fans are. Those who call for the head of Wenger should seriously take their own head. He brought us the good times, and has taken us through the ugly. He has made several miscalculations but they aren't light decisions. At this point, we can only trust that he knows what he's doing and the team will wake up.

A screaming Arsene would be a great welcome. He can start throwing boots in people's faces too. IDK, just get it together already and prove the world wrong.

Labels: Chelsea, Hull City

A Little Drunken Madness @ 6:12 AM

I caught the first half of the Sp*rs game. And then the beginning of the second half, up until the point where Defoe scored to make it 1-0.

And then I switched to watching Private Practice.

And went to bed without checking the score.

So I just did. And Everton came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2, with Defoe, the league's top scorer thanks to that fluke game with Wigan, missed a penalty. I mean, this has got to be the weekend of missed penalties. Cesc was probably the one who started it off and then Chelsea and now Sp*rs. What's funny is, Cesc's penalty miss did not result in points loss. In Chelsea's case it could have made a difference. In Sp*rs case, they lost 2 points. What should hurt more is that they missed the chance to overtake Arsenal once more in the league and stay 4th.

TWO NIL AND YOU FUCKED IT UP.

This has totally made my day. I mean, after watching Adebayor at the weekend and how he decided to become a defender as well and then scored an own goal. It's like Vermaelen for us. He's been a top top top defender who has goals in his Arsenal. So Adebayor, wanted to prove that he can do both as well. Of course, it's a one-match thing. He only steps up a gear when he plays the bigger teams. Oh how hardworking he is. He did create City's equaliser and City went on to win but no one's complaining since it's Chelsea. I don't know anyone in the world in the right mind who would root for Chelsea if you are a neutral supporter. Of course, being neutral means not being emotionally involved but that is hardly possible in football.

Just like how watching Sp*rs fuck it up totally sends glee through my veins.

No more Monday blues for me.

I wore my white kit out yesterday, the one dedicated to Arshavin. Should flaunt it a little more, that expensive thing. I met a Sp*rs fan. How often do you meet weird people like that, when you don't live in North London. Anyway ahahaha, it makes me so glad to know how he's feeling a lot of shit right now. It's priceless when this happens to the spuds. Why do they even bother.

So, there isn't any updates regarding the injuries suffered at Stoke. Man Utd is having a ball of a time with their extremely makeshift defence. Our problems probably lie in attack but that's where we have the greatest depth in. That's got to start showing soon. The lads would be getting a good rest while the youngsters take the field. Hopefully the senior players will play in the same way they did against Stoke, in addition to better finishing and no missed penalty. heh.

We've lost to both Chelsea and Man Utd already. We need to take the Liverpool game at least. Man Utd have shown last season that you don't have to take maximum points from the big boys to win the league but this season may not be the case with Chelsea taking lots of points from the rest of the title challengers. We need to keep on winning.

Labels: Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor, headless fans, Sp*rs

A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:34 AM

Instead of turning things around, it's 2 losses in a row. 4th of the season.

And the boys did put in a good shift, but not good enough to overcome Chelsea.

What hurts is Sp*rs leapfrogging us into 3rd place.

What hurts is the league leaders being 11 points ahead.

What hurts is Ashley Cole having a hand in the first 2 goals, which were decisive to say the least.

What hurts is the team falling apart without Van Persie.

And it's completely stupid to pin it all on Robin's absence. He led the team well and was key in the 4-3-3 formation. Eduardo hasn't been given the time to settle into the role and has been unconvincing so far.

I never wanted to admit it but height is really an issue for Arsenal. Chelsea were coming in with the blocks and defending in numbers and there weren't many clear cut chances at goal. Sure, the second half had more drive to make things happen but after handing a 2-goal cushion to the opposition it's going to be difficult. If there was a time to step a gear up it would have been nice if it were right from the kickoff.

The most optimistic of us hoped against hope at half time that the team would turn it around but it was not meant to be.

Another key incident could be when Arshavin's goal was disallowed when Eduardo managed to knock it off Cech's hands. I believed it should have stood, and getting a goal that early in the second half could have made way for a comeback or so. Honestly though, it would have been difficult.

It's going to get busier and we've got to be able to get through it. I never thought we would be counting the consequences of not signing Chamakh in the summer just so Wenger could spite Bordeaux and not pay a cent next summer. Then again, who knew Bendtner would do his groin either.

November is a horrible month. It's over. December will be here and it's time to get everything back on track.

Labels: Chelsea, Robin Van Persie

A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:59 AM

is what Robin says when he watches other teams on TV.

Imagining him saying it in his Dutch accent makes it funnier.

He had some tough choices to make at 14 and he chose football over drinking and smoking and stealing candy so that's a good thing.

This dude is desperate to win trophies with Arsenal, having only won 2 in his Arsenal career, a meaningless community shield and the FA Cup.

And we all know how Cesc is on the same frequency with this.

It's FABPERSIE!!

The way these 2 link up is awesome.

So anyway, the Wolves game was a good win. Yes. Now it's time to examine the other positives. They were all wet from the heavy rain and there was Ramsey. And then Nasri came on. Did you notice all the cute faces on the pitch?

Arsenal ain't just a team that plays beautiful football. They are beautiful.

And Nasri's English lessons have paid off (assuming he hired a tutor). His English is sexy.

So, last night, Chelsea and Man Utd played the ugly game. I mean, I got so bored I went to watch How I Met Your Mother, switching after each episode to check the score, not that it matters. HIMYM is friggin hilarious. Neil Patrick Harris FTW srsly. Anyway, I still managed to catch Johnny Evans' double kick on Drogba and his theatrics. Give that guy an oscar!!!!! He totally vibrated on the ground like he was reaching orgasmic enlightenment. If anyone didn't know, like the blind referee, he's just trying to get the player sent off that's all.

SAF probably thinks the ref was blind too. Everytime they lose, it's the usual complaints and the blasting of the referee. It's so typical it's boring now.

So Chelsea go 5 points clear and then the press has decreased Man Utd's title chances. That is purely lame. It's as though they have nothing else to write. Maybe their naive minds believe that Chelsea, after beating United, will go on to win every damn game this season so the 5 point gap is enough to win it for them.

So, Man City seems to be on a downward spiral. They should know that the rest of the world will laugh at them when things go wrong. And the City fans are labeling Mr Adebayor a lazy sulk. It's sooo funny. It's funnier when his last goal was against Arsenal. I mean, after he started the season with aplomb, scoring in every match leading up to the face off with us. And then his motivation went out the window.

Again.

I think he'll stay at Man City all his life. I don't think the clubs he dreams of joining (Milan, Barcelona) will want him now. He is a quality striker but his attitude is not there. He ain't gonna get more money for playing better really.

At this point in the season, Robin has 7 league goals while Cesc has 6. Adebayor has like, 4? That's on par with Arshavin who probably hasn't even kicked into top gear yet. And somehow, that's not down to being lazy.

Who, at the start of the season, would put $ on Cesc scoring more goals that Adebayor at this point?

Now, I read the City fans and how proud they are of Adebayor after that win against Arsenal and I really want to laugh. Guilty as charged. Counting chickens before they hatch. Celebrating a player not worth celebrating. Then 5 draws in a row. Hilarious.

Man Utd has lost a great player in Ronaldo. (Nobody mentions Tevez either) Arsenal ain't whining about losing Adebayor. In fact, he was a weak link. I mean, he was first choice at Arsenal and he had Fabregas and Van Persie providing good service to him. Yet he only moaned about how it sucks to play in the lone striker role. Look at Robin now. He is thriving. He had a rough start while adapting to this new role and now look at what hard work does for you. Peak of his career, scoring more goals than ever, enjoying his football, and of course, fatherhood.

I love you Robin Van Persie.

Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor, Man Utd, Robin Van Persie, Samir Nasri

A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:12 PM

I have reverted to normal human sleeping times and staying awake throughout the entire match was no mean feat. I mean, I let myself fall asleep at half time and woke up at the 60th minute or so.

It was status quo then, after Gallas scored yet another important goal in a second successive qualifier, the first goal that we need. I figured now for Arsenal, getting the first goal is crucial.

There was one Gary Caldwell, who showed us how much of a cunt he is. He went in on Cesc and claimed no foul but we got the free kick and we've got him to thank for that opportunity to put the ball in his net. Thereafter, he decided to do us one better and put the ball in the same place for us by expertly turning in Gael Clichy's cross.

This is the part where I say thank you very much.

And then pray and hope that all their cunty players who decided to keep Cesc at bay by going in hard on him did not hurt him. It's like he's receiving the Ronaldo treatment minus the part where he doesn't dive.

So we got the result we wanted. The passing and the movement of the team is fan-freakin-tastic and stray passes were a rarity. That is one part of the Arsenal game the boys have improved on greatly. That much said, in the past 2 games, we've been blessed with the chances to get the first goal and allow the rest to be history. There'll come a time where we might get off to a slower start and allow the opposition to get at us so that's probably the next test we might face. Too often a time last season we concede first just to have to put up a fight. That's going to be a good indication of the team's character development and that's one to look forward to.

There were league games going on at the same time and I found Sunderland really funny. Darren Bent scored once more after his sole goal in the league opener secured 3 points. I suppose he might have thought his against Chelsea might have the same effect. Who knew Chelsea would hit 3 back after the break to beat them comfortably. Wigan with their new manager enjoyed a solid opening game at Villa Park, just to lose to Wolves in the next game.

This just shows how much the first game is not a good indicator of the season to come. We have won 6-1. Like Fab says, it's just one down, 37 to go. I get the feeling the squad is more focused than ever and this could be our year. We couldn't have known that the weak links of the team were Adebayor and Toure, you know, Adefuckyour, who claims Cesc will walk out Arsenal's door if we don't qualify for the Champion's league. I suppose he must have been rooting for Celtic.

I still don't understand how a player can choose to fight for a team to achieve Champion's League status over a team who is fighting for the Champion's League trophy. His IQ is probably in the region of -10 or he doesn't have a brain. I guess we can safely assume that he thinks with his motor mouth.

If we manage to lift the trophy in May, I might send him a postcard on Cesc's behalf with 'HAHA' X 8924779342984 on it. Isn't it more prestigious to be a part of Arsenal's history?

He indeed does think with his ass. We do not need to hear anything else he has to say about Arsenal because he's not one of us and has no business speaking about us.

Oh yes, we beat Celtic 2-0 at Celtic park. We're halfway there. Fuck off Adebayor.

Labels: A tag for cunts, Celtic, Cesc Fabregas, Champion's League, Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor

A Little Drunken Madness @ 4:42 AM

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.

Labels: Andrei Arshavin, boardroom drama ain't my thing, Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor, Man Utd, one of my many theories, Sp*rs

A Little Drunken Madness @ 8:10 PM

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.

Labels: Chelsea, Kieran Gibbs, one of my many theories

A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:23 AM

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.

And Ballack.

My personal favourite:

How much do you love gifs like that?

Labels: Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor

A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:21 PM

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.

I want to sing karaoke. Hehe.

Byebye Drogba! :D

Labels: Barcelona, Chelsea

A Little Drunken Madness @ 7:38 PM

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:

Arsenal made me, I can’t go

So.

Took him that long to realise. And um, srsly, the fans do not want him. Faint.

Meanwhile, a Gooner hung himself over the semi-final result.

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.

Labels: A tag for nobodies, Barcelona, Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor, Nicklas Bendtner

A Little Drunken Madness @ 3:42 AM

Tuesday, Tuesday, Tuesday.

Makes me wanna scream.

Anyway, where is Aston Villa? They're like another Liverpool. Torres just said that he's playing with the best Liverpool squad everrrrr and they'll win the league title. It's just like Villa who made a claim on 4th spot but somehow faded....

when it all became mathematically impossible for them to do so. If Pool knew better, they'd be out of the running on mathematical terms too. Then they'll somehow fade awaaaaaaaay too...

Hahaha.

So Chelsea attacked all the did last night. It's funny really. After playing such anti-football midweek they kinda unleashed their attacking whatever and in the midst, conceded a goal, which should have been taken care of comfortably by Cech, but he didn't. 3-1 they won. Barcelona, after being stifled in midweek by the greatest anti-football on the planet, doubled Chelsea's score. They beat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu 6-2. Scored twice as many, conceded twice as many.

So now we know why Chelsea decided to play defensive. It's quite evident that their attacking prowess cannot match Barca's and they know it! Their semi-final tie will have goals since they both have to go for it. On Barca's part, the 0-0 at home they got shouldn't be taken as a bad result. All I know is that they'll be more fired up to whoop the asses of Chelsea who pissed them off the game before.

But before these two angry teams clash, it's Arsenal's game first.

And I don't know how angry they are or if they're angry at all.

We know how much going through to the finals would mean for the fans, but do the players know that?

They'd better. After the youngsters gave them a nice weekend off they should be raring to go.

Anyway, Cesc turns 22 tomorrow.. :DD

Labels: Aston Villa, Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea, Liverpool

A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:33 PM

It is as though Pep Guardiola and the backroom staff of Barcelona never bothered watching Chelsea tapes.

And Yaya Toure who spoke of how he was going to get tips from his brother Kolo, either completely forgot or never put it to good use i.e. telling Pep Guardiola about the way Chelsea plays.

This was all so well planned out on the part of Guus Hiddink and Chelsea executed it to perfect.

That my friend, is 90 minutes of non-stop defending, 11 men behind the ball at all times when Barcelona is in possession. Foul if you must, just try to not let the ref see it and try your hardest if he sees it, to protest that it isn't a yellow card offence etc etc. Ballack and his studs out lunges really should have seen red for doing it not once but twice.

But yeah, like I care really, they're not my favourite Arsenal boys there. I would have boiled Downing alive if Cesc got anything serious from his silly late challenge which the ref deemed to be legal.

Anyway, Barcelona thought that with all their attacking prowess, any form of defending from any team wouldn't make much of a difference with a man of Leo Messi and his technical abilities there to torment the defence. The only problem was that he failed to.

The game was so utterly boring I wanted to take out my Math to do but I watched it till the end because I knew from the quarter final and semi final draws, Barcelona would have a hard time against one of Liverpool or Chelsea with all their negative football. And I needed to see that they weren't all that invincible as the rest of the world think they are.

Positive do not always triumph against the negative as we the fans of Arsenal experience day in day out with all the negative football from the Premier League with teams who seem to only practice defending and nothing else. Barcelona has scored 140 goals all season long prior to this game and no one knows when was the last freakin time they had a goalless outing. Chelsea made history then.

Frank Lampard sulking on the bench after being subbed off for Beletti was one to savour. It was gay with all his cross-legged sitting position.

If Barcelona transferred to the English game they wouldn't be as attractive. There was a time not so long ago were Arsenal were dubbed babies by physical teams like Bolton because we couldn't deal with all their flying tackles and whatnots. The Barca players were dropping like flies with every Chelsea challenge. Football is a physical game and for all of a team's craft, there has to be some physicality to withstand the challenges when bombing forward. Too often they whined to the ref with Dani Alves falling and falling under Malouda and not get the decision they want. And then they get frustrated and lose focus and not play the football they are capable of.

Sounds all too familiar.

At least even with a freakin young squad, Arsenal is past this stage. You fall, you get up, you get on with it. Build your strength. Skip past challenges and leave on the ground the one who missed a two-footed lounge on you. Round him and head straight for the goal.

So with regards to the Chelsea game, they still have plenty to do at Stamford bridge but keeping a clean sheet against Barcelona was the top of their priorities and they did well. It'll be interesting to see how the return leg shapes up when they have to attack as well. Prolly sit back and defend defend defend then when Barca loses possession they'll pump the ball up field and counter attack.

United's team news ahead of tonight's clash is like near perfect with only one set to be absent and that is Gary Neville. And us? We have a load of shi to deal with.

Nevertheless, we all know what kind of game it will be tonight, a complete opposite of whatever boring shit I've just watched. Sometimes we all like scintillating football and all the goals and whatever. Be careful what you wish for.

I'm pretty bothered by the game. Last chance to win anything and the first leg is rather important. If the worst should happen, working hard to overturn the cards will be painful to say the least. If it is achieved it would be like the performance of the season but I'd rather the boys keep the task simple and save the performance of the season for the final when they go through.

It's going to be pretty tough and we don't have as many options as United but I believe in my team and they have the quality and ability to win at Old Trafford.

I really want Arsenal for the win so, God of karma, I want to claim whatever good karma I've accumulated so far in my entire life (I'm pretty sure there's quite a fair bit) and use it all on tonight's game and the next one in a week's time. And save some for the final against whoever.

What a big game.

Labels: Barcelona, Chelsea, Man Utd, one of my many theories

A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:20 AM

I have a problem.

I think too much about football which results in, as you can see here, multiple postings. Like many many. Considering I posted the first one at 4 in the morning or so and one in the late afternoon, this is post number 3 of the day.

And it's because I have something important!

Or I'm just thinking too much about comforting techniques to get myself positive and happy again, positive and happy enough to watch Liverpool vs Arsenal tomorrow night.

And it has to do with Chelsea once again hahaha.

Well.

Do you see anyone saying Hiddink 1 Arsene 0? Or how about Hiddink 1 Rafa 0?

I haven't bothered looking but trusting that shite fans are smart enough they won't.

Why?

HIDDINK IS THERE ON BORROWED TIME AHAHAHA.

He's off in the summer. Unless he's a total twat who goes back on his word. Enjoy the good times while he's there. I don't think there are many who can walk into a teamful of cunts and make them win, and by winning I mean winning ugly. When they beat Liverpool 3-1 in the first leg at Anfield, they were good with their passing and all the shit. Why? Because they were up against another stinkin long ball team who uses Alonso to pump all the balls from in deep to the penalty box and beyond. So then they decided to play with the ball on the ground. Against Arsenal who have fancy footwork they just went back to their defending deep and counter attacking. They can beat Pool in a passing game but not Arsenal they figured.

And the funny thing about putting Diaby to lock up the midfield is, the first point as discussed, him totally sucking in that game. The second was, that with a long ball to Arsenal's penalty box and beyond, it kinda bypasses whatever's in midfield so Diaby or not, it wasn't going to matter.

Chelsea do not need midfielders at all when attacking. Their midfielders are defenders.

No Hiddink next season. Win all you can if you can. We'll still have Wenger. He does make mistakes, but he'll forever be the man for the job.

And that's something about Arsenal I love a lot - there is stability. I love stability in my life. Sometimes being a fan of a football team isn't all about football but the things which make the football club. With Arsenal you'd want financial soundness without having to depend on a sugar daddy or be in huge debt. Do Man Utd fans live their lives in debt? Heh. Chelsea fans could all be sluts for their sugar daddy. How do you like the new shoes I bought you?

Pool fans might like their owner's bickering and playing 'I don't friend you' with everyone. Or assault people in pubs but escape because you're Steven Gerrard.

Arsenal is a philosophy. I believe it it. No one can take that away from me.

P.S. I might just enjoy making a farewell Hiddink post when he leaves. Oh cry you Chelsea sluts.

Labels: Arsene Wenger, Chelsea, Hiddink, Liverpool, Man Utd

A Little Drunken Madness @ 9:12 PM

I can only assume that meeting Chelsea in the final of the FA Cup wasn't motivation enough for Man Utd to win it.

I can't really decide who was the better side in this game since they both had flashes of dominance yet it didn't result in goals. If United thought keeping it 0-0 till the end or on level terms and going down to penalties would get them through, they should figure out that they only can do it against Sp*rs and of course, Chelsea, whom they nicked the Champion's League trophy from.

The repercussions from United's loss means that they have narrowed down their possible trophy collection to 2 - the League title and the European crown.

Their league hopes could hinge on the result they get against us in May, where I hope 4th spot should be all but secured when Villa drew with West Ham. We still have to try and win every game still and Liverpool's next. 7 points all but separate us.

Then there's that Champion's League semi final.

It is scary thinking of it, but you just hope against all hope that in one and a half week's time, we can get rid of Silvestre entirely with the return of Djourou.

So it'll be an all blue Wembley final. I hate the colour blue. Nothing personal, just don't like that primary colour and every other colour derived from it. I love red. But I hate Liverpool red which is too much on the bright side. It's like chili red.

I like our white stripe. And then I think I'm a little late watching the special program on football rivalries between Arsenal and Sp*rs and Herbert Chapman who was from Sp*rs and how he added that white stripe to our jersey when he was at helm, apparently injection some of Sp*rs' apparent 'purity' into us. I thought that was funny really. Sp*rs and purity?

They all go for the same girl Danielle Lloyd. First up, Teddy Sheringham, then Jermaine Defoe and now Jamie O'Hara. They sure like passing the baton. And this girl is like the sluttiest tramp you can find out there who has a preference for footballers. She likes to be enroled permanently in the WAGs club. And then three dumbasses from across the street fall prey.

Perfect.

Any club with a bloody bird in their emblem is just no good. Like Charles Itandje and his monkeying around at a memorial service.

Did I mention I hate birds too? Nasty flying thinggys with abundance of shit and no toilet.

There are bigger games coming up. We already knew going into this week that at the end of it, we'll know exactly how our season will shape up. It's rather like if we have anything left to play for. Thankfully to the higher being up there, we are still in one competition. There was a potential to be in none. And if we had to choose which trophy we want to still be playing for, eyes closed, hands down, it's the Champion's League.

And hopefully, against all hope, we'll stay till the final and beat whoever comes our way.

Labels: Champion's League, Chelsea, FA Cup, Liverpool, Man Utd, Sp*rs

A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:46 AM

It is hard to admit, but Chelsea were the better side...

..in terms of how they play their long balls? Teams with no balls play long balls 99% of the time. That is like Liverpool. And some dumbass Chelsea fan can declare that his team plays beautiful football. He is definitely 99% vision compromised.

The blame or 'reason for losing' should not lie with the other team. They do what they can (and srsly, what they only can) to win the game. Now take a good look at our Arsenal team.

Before the game, we knew we were horribly short defensively. For a team in this state, the cliche of attack being the best defense was the key to winning the game. In a cup game like this, the damned purpose is to outscore your opponent, even if it's 10-9, you still win. And look at the team being put out there.

So much for having all the attacking options in the world.

ARSHAVIN ON THE BENCH?!

That fucked me up when they flashed the line-ups. And I see Diaby playing in his place, Diaby who wants to be the next Vieira, Diaby whose position is more central that anything, playing on the left wing where Arshavin is fully adept in. You know, the Arshavin who didn't feature midweek. The fresh Arshavin with that one week break. The dangerous Arshavin who can torment the Chelsea defence.

And then Denilson. When he wasn't named in the starting line-up against Villarreal with Song partnering Cesc, you don't know how happy I was. And then suddenly Song loses his place? Song who most definitely is fantastic as of late. Denilson and all his sideways and back passing. Denilson who got owned by every player in the Chelsea midfield. Denilson who let 80% of his man get past him. And you have Diaby who likes to show off how skillful he is, by attempting a turn but loses the ball. Where he loses the ball is another issue altogether. Like in our own penalty area to Anelka. With Denilson partnering Cesc, you will never see Cesc being freed from defensive duties and getting balls up front more.

How many times must we go through these midfield problems? Finally, Song hits his best ever and is doing the job right - and then he gets dropped, ahead of Denilson whom the manager says isn't getting enough credit from the fans. Quite rightly so? Does he deserve credit?

Theo was amazing. He was doing his thing and causing Cashley all sorts of problems. The Arse fans never fail to boo his every touch which I thought was funny and this loss all but removed all gloating there for the taking when Walcott's goal came off a deflection off Cashley's hand. And I don't think it's ever the factor where when Theo scores we go on to lose to Drogba's winner. In the Carling Cup, what people conveniently forget (dumb Chelsea fans in particular) was that Drogba's equaliser came from an offside position. If it weren't for the official's visual impairment, there wouldn't be a winning goal.

This time, fucking Malouda that cock sucking faggot pushed Cesc in the penalty area and gestured to the ref that it was a dive. Ha?

This is precisely why Chelsea is a team of cunts. And so are their fans.

Silvestre's apparent handball would not escape me yeah. It was up against Drogba's shoulder, which raised and propped his arm up against the ball. Not that I forgive this idiot of a defender. He just totally gave up when the long ball came from Chelshite, exposing birthday boy Fabianski, who evidently, isn't ready. How soon can we get Almunia back? And the rest of our defence?

I'm not even citing our defensive issues as a 'reason for losing'. It's the attacking options all wrong.

CLEARLY.

On the plus side, Gibbs was fantastic. He stood his ground many a times and I can't recall if he ever let his man get past him.

TAKE THAT DENILSON.

SELL HIM.

He had so many chances and Wenger fancies this little fucker ahead of Song who has had fewer chances that him but took them so well JUST TO SIT ON THE BENCH.

Diaby is also a big mess. Before his injury, he was fantastic. After he has came back from injury, he's shit. So, are we supposed to flip a coin and hope for the best?

Forgive me for being pissed but tonight, everything was wrong. Nothing went wrong. Things were induced by these circumstances to be wrong. Things which could beforehand, be influenced to get things right on the night when it freakin matters.

ARSHAVIN ON THE BENCH FOR 75 MINUTES? BIG HUGE ASS GRAVE MISTAKE EVER.

DIABY AND DENILSON ALLOWED TO SCREW UP OUR SECOND LAST TROPHY HOPE?

DIABOLICAL.

And now I look to the next game at Anfield and I wish it'll never come. Will our season always end after an FA Cup defeat? We'll be finding out soon enough. We've got to thank West Ham for drawing with Villa though. We still have 7 points over them.

P.S. anyone recovering from a virus should be in bed and not at Wembley

Labels: Alex Song, Arshavin, Chelsea, Denilson, Diaby, FA Cup

A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:22 AM

You've got to love gif making. I wanted the xvid version of the second half of last night's game to make into a gif of Le Boss. Too slow. Someone else did it faster hehee.

Enjoy.

He might break dance if we win a trophy at the end of May.

Currently, with the last 8 of the Champion's league down to the last 4, the newspapers are hyping up both games. I'm only concerned with the Arsenal-Man Utd one for obvious reasons.

So the greatest punch line so far is: sit back and watch pizzas fly

That totally cracked me up. According to Ashley Cole it was Mr Fabregas whodunit.

So, something I missed was how well Kieran Gibbs did last night. It was as though we didn't miss Gael one bit. Same for Fabianski. So these two definitely are able to give Almunia and Gael a big run for their money. Healthy competition like that is fantastic. Gibbs should be facing Chelsea next, probably against Malouda or Kalou. Srsly? I really don't know Chelsea's system of play. 4-3-3?

Nobody cares. What is of concern now is how Arsenal will line up. One thing's for sure, Arshavin will feature. Wenger has joked about how he's going to show Hiddink that he deserves his place in the Russian side. The downside of that is Hiddink should have an idea of how Arsha works and how to stop him. He's quite a bit of a tactician so we'll see if he gets it right. What's going for us is that Arsha isn't the only one he has to keep from playing his game. Hiddink got it right by setting Essien on Gerrard. Cut off Gerrard and you cut off Torres. That's probably the worst kept secret in the Football world but not every team has Essien to mark Gerrard.

So play Liverpool, mark Gerrard.

Play Arsenal, mark who?

Cut off Arshavin and you still have Fabregas to deal with. Fabregas not the goal scorer but the goal maker. These two players can be touted as the prime providers for Arsenal. Surely you can mark both and then steps in Robin Van Persie. With him and Adebayor on the pitch, we have up front a fantastic partnership where they do compliment each other. Chelsea could be on the defensive if they choose to play both Essien and Mikel. They could mark both Arsha and Fab and we'll still have Theo.

It'll be interesting to see who lines up for the game.

Arsenal FTW!

Labels: Andrei Arshavin, Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea

A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:06 PM