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The story of Arsenal.

Fabianski: It's good to be back!
Arsenal.com: Fabianski out for 3 weeks

Srsly. So the goalkeeping position is still down to 2 players, them being Almunia and Mannone.

And no one has any idea who's going to start tomorrow's game. Absolutely no idea. It's 50-50 both ways.

Nasri completed 90 minutes but reckons he's not completely match fit yet. He should be a substitute for tomorrow night. What the team really needs is a good ball keeper and he's one of them. The other one, however, is currently crocked.

As expected, an injury setback which was said to be a matter of days, has become weeks. It may well add up to a month and then probably a year too.

OH TOMAS. YOUR KNEE.

If he doesn't get more playing time under his belt he'll most certainly be released next summer when his contract runs out.

Another dude who's holding out for a new contract is Fran Merida. The lad scored a stunner and the team won and so he has a little bit more bargaining power at the contracts table. I hope he stays. I don't enjoy players leaving Arsenal unless they are Emmanuel Adebayor-ish. Speaking of whom, has told the press that Cesc Fabregas will quit Arsenal. When will he realise that it's completely none of his business. No matter what Cesc does, he'll always be in a better place than stinkin Adebayor whose dream was to play for Barcelona but now is at Man Citeh.

Srsly. Real Madrid has already had their crack lines being exposed at the weekend, suffering 4-0 humbling by a lower division side. Citeh's turn should come soon enough. They have people like Adebayor for one who likes to flirt with other clubs (ahem Milan) and then Robinho, who Barcelona are rumoured to be chasing after. Everyone there has a better place to go to.

At Arsenal, I can say that there is no better place. Cesc may one day return, but he won't leave unless he's left a legacy over here. Thierry Henry has set the precedence.

The desire to transform a nobody into a superclub doesn't last all that long. history will forever count for something. It is naive to think money can change everything. There are a lot of things money can't buy. Sure you can buy Adebayor. What you get is his temporary allegience. That's all.

So, Sp*rs tomorrow. I think it'll be wise to go to the Liz early to reserve seats. No Adebayor who likes to score against Sp*rs. We have a whole lot of other people who do as well. It's never too late to start scoring against Sp*rs. The whiners are playing up their injuries so that if they lose, they'll have a direction to push the blame to.

Labels: Emmanuel Adebayor, Fran Merida, Samir Nasri, Sp*rs, Tomas Rosicky

A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:05 PM

My stream didn't work last night and I didn't want to download another China program and I was totally in concussion mode. I did however wake up to check the result and went back to zzz.

It's Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1, goals here, courtesy of Merida and Bendtner, both of which I decided to arrow in my previous post.

It worked!

I don't know about Fabianski though.

The lads are through to the next round and there's nothing to be unhappy about. They beat Liverpool rather comfortably (as the match reports indicates) and are in the last 16. This means there'll be another game for the youngsters to gain important first team experience. The further they go, the better.

If you went to see the goals, you would see Merida's sweet strike. It won't get any better than that. I suppose Wenger did keep the faith in him and that probably gave him confidence. I think Arsene Wenger is the master of utilising the Placebo effect I tell you.

Football is such a mental game. It relies a lot on the strength of the mind, much more than common people know. Instead of feeding his players the magic pill before each game, he tells them he believes in them and they go out and put on a great show. Granted, it doesn't happen all the time. Works great with youngsters I'd say. It's always a plus to have someone believe in you when you're young. If your mind can handle it you have the potential to work those wonders.

I too spotted Cesc standing up and celebrating Merida's goal. Heh. He's so cute in a cap and informal wear.

Bendtner then scored the winner. The type of goal typical of him if he bothers working hard and hitting shots on the stretch. Thank you for not being lazy.

All in all a good game, would have been better if there was TV coverage. It's the friggin 21st Century and we're still debating about football TV coverage.

This is primitive talk.

Labels: Fran Merida, Nicklas Bendtner

A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:44 PM