There is an injury hex placed on the month of November. I now believe so.
Gibbs looked to have survived any long term injuries from the international break and slotted right into the squad, with Clichy out. Obviously, Mr Wenger was unconvinced about Traore.
But now, Gibbs couldn't avoid what looks like the inevitable. His first metatarsal is fractured. It should keep him out for 2 months, if you believe the ever reliable estimates thrown at us.
Somewhat fortunately, there is still Traore. Maybe the forces of the universe want to give him an extended run in the team, by crocking the 2 left backs in front of him. What remains to be seen, is if Wenger will go for Silvestre at left back ahead of him for Chelsea.
I'm not sure if the Chelsea game will be the biggest Traore has ever played. He needs to step up.
As usual, thanks to being busy and it down to not being a zombie i.e. alive in the day, I missed the game. Well, I would have stayed up to watch if I had it on fuckin cable TV but it is all not meant to be. I am looking forward to next year when I switch to bloody Singtel and have all my football but not vote PAP at the next election. Hey, someone has to bear the brunt of all these frustrations. They just sat around and did nothing.
Our population is so small and it isn't viable to have multi competitors torturing the minute pool of consumers yet it is still happening.
I shouldn't get started.
So, Arsenal won 2-0 at home to Standard Liege thanks to goals from Nasri and Denilson. These 2 are coming back from injury pretty strongly, if goals were to vouch for them. Denilson's finish was nothing short of spectacular while Nasri looks to be growing into the 4-3-3 a little more.
The downside, was of course, Gibbs.
It's the 25th. 5 days to go. 1 match to see out before December comes. It doesn't look like we'll be getting any of the absentees back in December.
All I hope is that we do not add to the injury list.
Liverpool is probably hogging the headlines now with no good reason. I can't help but feel sorry for them but hey, Benitez and them pool fans have pride themselves as a club who does well in the Champion's League, better than domestically. Now they're neither.
Maybe every season there'll be one of the big 4 fighting with the wannabes for 4th spot. Last season it was us. This time, it's Liverpool. Whoever laughed at Arsenal last term should start eating their words.
I read the match report on Arsenal.com and it was hilarious, particularly the part on the goalmouth melee. Ahaha. Ever seen a funkier match report?
It all started when Fabregas took a corner...
* Arshavin's point-blank shot was saved
* Then Vela's collected the rebound and planted the ball against the post
* Then Gallas had two efforts blocked by the keeper
* And finally Vermaelen's vicious shot beat everyone, hit Arshavin on the line and flew wide
Stupefying.
I <3 my extremely short team.
I realised we have an additional day of rest, unlike Chelsea. Normally those are the things that happen when Man Utd have a midweek game and face a top 4 team. The fixture list so far, has been very kind. May it long continue. It also remains to be seen, if that extra day to recover makes a difference.Labels: Kieran Gibbs, Liverpool, Neves Denilson, Samir Nasri
A Little Drunken Madness @ 9:38 AM
It's midweek. The pointless international friendlies aren't all over yet, some still to be played tomorrow and all. Only France and Russia have good reason to play football with their World Cup playoffs.
I think the November international break is the sickest of its lot.
Gibbs is the latest casualty while Robin probably the most severe. He's going to seek alternative treatment with placenta fluid and there is a whole lot of misinformation about that one. I don't know if it's COW/HORSE or HUMAN placenta. It's just placenta. Hope it helps.
I think we were harping on how gifted Arsenal is at the left-back position. And Kieran goes down. I think that there's a possibility that Tom Vermaelen might deputise there while moving in Senderos or Silvestre to partner Gallas. But in view of Wenger's recent comments about not breaking up the centre-back partnership, I think Silvestre will just slot in at left back.
Bad news all around.
It would be quite fantastic though, to see how the Verminator plays as a full-back. He is quite a complete centre-back with goalscoring ability. I think I want to see his crossing. Our left-backs can't cross even if their lives depended on it.
But of course, the heart of the defence should still be top priority. I think playing Silvestre there instead would be diabolical. Senderos I don't know. I kinda feel that he should be given a chance to come on again. I don't think featuring in the Carling Cup is enough. At this stage in his career, he should be playing more. I would be sad to see him leave. If not for Djourou though, he could well be at Everton.
Okay so there'll be a return to real football action this weekend at Sunderland. Can't wait. Then Liege again midweek. A good chance to all but seal qualification and be a step closer to taking the top spot in the group. Then Chelsea will come along and it's a good chance to see where we all stand after that. So far, Chelsea have been seen as solid title contenders. We'll find out if we're at their standard too.Labels: dying from the lack of Arsenal football, Kieran Gibbs, Robin Van Persie
A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:52 AM
It's funny how the next game is coming, yet much hype is still coming from the Sp*rs game.
It's even funnier when there are people out there with common misconceptions about derby rivalries. Sure, we do not live anywhere near Ashburton Grove, in the thick of the action but we sure as hell understand the importance of a big game like that.
It's kinda like before, when it was Man Utd vs Arsenal, and living next door is my devil brother.
But yes, we all grow up as the years pass by and it translates into mutual respect.
I don't think that will ever happen with Sp*rs because they will never match Arsenal's level.
But in Derbies, what makes it exciting is how lousy players (Sp*rs shites) can find it in their engines to step up their game just because it's Arsenal. Not that they managed that sort of gear shift last Saturday. In fact, they didn't. It was kinda like a walkover, but evidently, ol Harry didn't agree. He only harped on the goalless 42 minutes. That's all. It was like a desperate attempt to search for posivites from a match that had none for his team.
So yes, the boss says that Cesc would never be able to score that Sp*rs goal had he been 2 years younger.
Yup, I concur.
Injury news consists of Clichy being out with a possible stress fracture to his back. Once again, it's a matter of weeks. The boss reiterated that Bendy's injury is quite severe but it's just 1 month. Not a matter of months. The good news is, we seem to have a lot of back up in the left back position and I'd love to see Gibbsy play more. He's growing on me. His goofy smile especially. I feel so old.
The other good news is, Rosicky is back. Like HA HA HA. OMFG. Most unbelievable piece of news for the day really. Now I figured that being a negative arse when it comes to Rosicky helps a great deal. At least you're not looking for him to come back when the boss says it's a 'matter of days'. If you expect weeks or months then when he comes back in less, REJOICE!
When it comes to Champion's League press conferences, I am rather intrigued at how they pick who the bring along. Do they draw from a hat? Or does the boss decide?
It's Diaby this time, and he talked about why Wenger was frustrated during the Sp*rs game. I mean. It was simply because of youuuuu. Lol.
Maybe that's why he was chosen.
And probably to shut the fans up for giving him stick when the boss thinks he has a whole host of attibutes that can make valuable contributions to the game. Apparently he has a good attacking instinct from the deep positions and needs to find the balance between attacking and defending, somewhat similar to what Robin said about himself here.
I hope Diaby shuts me up. I really need him to. He has the boss's backing and all but he really needs to step it up all the time and not when he feels like it.
I shall end off with Arsha. He's soooo happy at Arsenal.
♥♥♥♥♥
I need to parade my arsha jersey more often. It's gorgeous and downright $ sucking.Labels: Abou Diaby, Andrei Arshavin, Arsene Wenger, Cesc Fabregas, Gael Clichy, Kieran Gibbs, Tomas Rosicky
A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:59 AM
There is an article on Arsha, paparazzi style here.
I don't particularly like it, since the interviewer has written his tactics all out in the article, on how to get Andrei to open up and start talking. Prolly ran out of things to say or Arsha was just plain uninterested.
It's just that maybe we've found the reason why Mr Arshavin hasn't performed to his high expectations yet.
He brought his daughter over from Russia! When he first came over he brought his son only. Now his lil girl (15 months old) is here too and they're both energy filled and keeping him up all night.
There are quite a few dudes at Arsenal he can take daddying tips from. Father-of-two Alex Song for example...
And soon to be father-of-two Van Persie.
I feel like a stalker when I siff for details on their personal lives.
My newly converted Arse fan is quite retarded. Everytime I bring someone to the Liz they simply can't wear the damn jersey there. Must make use of the wonderful toilet at the Liz. The only reason why this person got her jersey so fast is because it was a gift for her 21st birthday by her really extremely thoughtful Liverpool fan friend.
Why retarded?
Alex Song, last name being Song, should be Korean and not Cameroonian. I thought Song is Chinese.
And John Utaka is supposed to be Japanese.
Younes Kaboul should be from Afganistan. I sort of second that.
Robin should be from the Batcave then. Makes total sense.
And for a little sunday joy:
Group hug!!!
Diaby has became more GARANG with hair.I will try to ignore Gibbsy's leg muscles. He's like a photocopy of Gael. Same haircut, same head shape, same left foot, same build, etc etc.. And just as cute.
Arseblogger likes to call him the lovechild of Clichy and Cashley. He takes after Clichy more. Thank God.Labels: Andrei Arshavin, Gael Clichy, Kieran Gibbs, one of my many theories
A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:05 AM
What a match. We all have vested interested in the U21 Sweden vs England game and they did well.
I shall start with the grand cliche we all know too damn well - it was a game of two halves
This point can easily make me throw a fit when I recall last season so it is advisable to never touch a copy of the 2008/09 season review.
England were easily 3-0 up at half time thanks to set pieces. If height were a determining factor to how much of a threat a team would be from dead ball play, it wouldn't apply to Sweden. The Swedes are tall. Nicky is tall. Ibrahimovic is tall. I suppose I can safely assume that Scandinavian dudes are tall. And yet it was England who profited from all 3 corners which resulted in goals.
Come the second half and no one in hell would have thought that the Swedes would fight back. Not until the 70th minute at least. I left the match on while I was doing my own things like watching some other show on my computer since at 3-0 and the way the Swedes started the half, it looked like England were through.
It was kinda like a wolf in sheep's clothing. They led the Englishmen on the pitch to believe that the game was all but over. Then suddenly they pulled a goal back. And another one.
I stopped watching my show. This is the kind of fightback which just gives you the feeling that it'll go all the way, and boy did it.
In no time at all, it was 3-3, and that freekick leading to the third goal was sublime. Kinda like the Dani Alves winner for Brazil to send them to meet the USA in the finals of the Confederations Cup, minus the retarded goal celebration and the pointing of his fancy "Daniel" tattoo. Who tattoo's their name in cursive across their chest?
Anyway. The game then went into extra time and it was no longer any game of two halves since it became 4. Of course, Fraizer Campbell was on song to make his application good enough for Hull City by getting sent off for a bad lunge. All too familiar. He's going to fit into Phil Brown's setup perfectly, especially since he has Manchester United and Tottenham education already on his CV.
And then now with Agbonlahor suspended for the final too, Theo will most certainly be the man leading the front.
Frankly, I do understand why he has come under fire recently. He belongs to a good football team and has most things going smoothly for him. He's got the adoration of the fans and all so people just want to try and stick things up him when they find the chance. Everyone forgets that he is still a youngling who needs time to grow and he's been through quite a bit since his first shoulder injury, which I believe, is affecting his game a little bit.
you would recall a time where Arsene Wenger declared that Walcott has the potential to be better than Leo Messi when he reaches that age. One thing he is lacking now is the ability to successfully get past his man. Many a times he bombed forward just to be dispossessed and the attack breaks down. He's been plying his trade mostly on the right wing so when he moves to the middle he tends to be quite anonymous. That would be the other thing he needs working on, which is his off-the-ball movement. I believe that when he gets the hang of those 2 he can truly be better than Messi.
And all others, including the cuntbag brother laughed when Wenger said what he said.
Wait and see is what I tell you.
And for more wise words from Wenger, ESPN's football up close is doing an interview with Le Prof, to be aired at 7pm this coming Monday. I have no freakin idea how to tape it since I don't have a dvd recorder so I'll pray some wise Gooner will do it and upload it to youtube or something. Interviews like these ain't like those Spanish shit where the English media conveniently lift off whatever they think is useful in order to do what they do best, to give a warped version of the truth.
So anyway, it went down to penalties and James Milner did a David Beckham slip. The cursed number 7 shirt for you. Let's hope Walcott doesn't take that shirt for the World Cup. He did however dispatch his penalty with ease. It was unlike the Roma one where he placed the ball and turned for his run up and then just went for it without looking at the keeper. This time he placed the ball coolly on the spot and then ran up to take his shot while the keeper was being a clown, with flailing arms trying to put him off.
It's the small things like that which shows you that he's becoming a man.
Then we have Gibbsy who did his bit as well. I guess it's safe to say that any Arsenal player is technically gifted and I'll add that to my list of why I love the Arsenal.
Twitter was a blast. It totally came to life with honest to God updates. Love it.
the_cannon sums it up beautifully:
Theo and Gibbs score - we've done our bit
I lol-ed at that one. And at this one too.
This is just why we need Sp*rs around. They're really a bunch of numbshite clowns who never fail to amuse. Now they're signing a petition to remove the mustard off their jerseys. When we wore the Herbert Chapman white jerseys in his honour they were going on about how wearing white is such a purity Sp*rs issue. Now they get yellow, which they refuse to call yellow but mustard. They can't tell colours apart can they? I can't say no one eat hotdogs in England since I should think it's the kind of food people eat at football games. Anyway, now we can laugh at them. Like hell Puma's going to change the kit because of some stupid petitions. If anyone knew better, petitions just do not work. They could get Arsenal fans to sign on it and it still wouldn't.
Another weird bloke is trying for reforms, but without a petition. Maybe he's one level smarter than the spuds. Phil Brown wants a 30 min timeout before post match interviews because he can't get his emotions in check like SAF and Arsene Wenger because he's inexperienced as a Premier League manager, not because he's a cunt. This has got to be the joke of the century. With the current technology, everything is reported in real time. Who wants to wait half an hour for post match reaction? It is not a fucking interview where we sit down with coffee and ask a whole host of questions listed on a piece of paper. It is meant to be spontaneous to capture the heat of the moment and why we bother watching sports at all. In Premier League terms where another fixture is to follow after the first game then who the hell is going to wait that half an hour to hear what the orange cuntbag has to say? Might as well just scrap it completely. The world would be a better place without having to listen to Phil Brown.
I shall end with the greatest bit of irony: the ref PB abused is taking over as the chief ref.Labels: A tag for cunts, English National Team, Kieran Gibbs, Sp*rs, Theo Walcott
A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:51 AM
So the LA Lakers ended NBA season instead of allowing the Orlando Magic to force a game 6. That essentially means that they've won the title.
Being football starved forces you to get up at 8 am (having only fallen asleep at around 6) to watch some form of sports to feed the ailing heart.
Except that it didn't complete work since I'm still football starved because it's BASKETBALL.
Fundamental problem of every month of June unless there's extra rubbish going on. I mean, it's 2010 next year and there's the world cup. Nothing out of the ordinary, once every 4 years.
What's hilarious is Singapore's thrown-away GOAL 2010 dream. Never was close. Never will be. You get the feeling that football in Singapore will always be a total fail. Even our greatest pride in Table Tennis still loses hands down to China, keeping in mind that they're from China too.
Anyway, Kobe Bryant is some kind of awesome. To be at the top, and then hit rock bottom and make it back to the top again, is no mean feat. Phil Jackson kinda reminds me of SAF but I'm missing the point where he isn't a cunt, or that I would never know since I don't follow. He did publish a book branding Kobe Bryant "uncoachable". Look where they are now.
We'll never see this with Ferg and Ronaldo will we.
Not that we want to.
Cesc doesn't want to. He thinks United will crumble without Ronaldo, who has opened a crab farm in America. He might fail his Madrid medical because he lost his P.
Cesc has been talking a little too much to the media really.
But he has his points.
Whatever it is, he will stay at Arsenal player. However much he loves the Barca players and Pep, he loves the Arsenal too. Growing up in one place doesn't mean you have to stay there forever and not fall in love with anything else.
Our airport has slipped to number 3. Normally I would care, but I just don't. Incheon International is number 1. Maybe that's why. It's hard not to fall in love with Korea because it's Korea. South Korea to be exact. You'll never find another as cultured society elsewhere, with probably closest rivals being Japan. The only things different with Japan are their masked kinkiness and their penis God.
42% of South Koreans do not have a religion.
How marvelous is that.
There is football tonight. Theo and Gibbsy will be in action for the U21s. I'm definitely watching. Gibbsy as a utility player? That's something I gotta watch. Stuart Pearce pushed him to cover in the centre of the park the last game and he was superb.
I need to be clear that I'm not for converting positions because it's crap and we've seen too many people playing out of position last season and that totally did not sit well with me. Besides, Gibbs was converted once already from being an offensive lefty.
That's enough.
In boardroom shit, apparently Use-my-knob has came up with an ingenious plan to buy unsold shares and give it to the fans. Even a 2-year old can see that it's a bloody ploy. In his world, by accepting any little bit of his kindness would just inherit obligations from some numb shit. He never gets it that we don't need his help.
If there's anything to learn from what RM has done this transfer window, English clubs need to see for themselves that a billionaire's backing is unnecessary. You don't need someone to tell your manager that hey, I dug into my pocket and here, you have 10m to spend. Use it wisely. If you want more, you'll have to sell before you buy.
When Fans own the team, they can buy anyone. It benefits the stupid shit Ronaldo and his spread of herpes in Spain but at least he is out of England.Labels: A tag for cunts, boardroom drama ain't my thing, Cesc Fabregas, Kieran Gibbs, Korea, Theo Walcott, transfer window hoo-ha
A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:37 AM
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
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.Labels: A tag for nobodies, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kieran Gibbs, Nicklas Bendtner, Robin Van Persie
A Little Drunken Madness @ 8:35 PM
Need I say more about how delusional Liverpool fans are? Like hahaha. I'm so enjoying this.
They need 'cheering up' when staring at the match stats:
Liverpool had 26 shots; 14 on target.
We had 8 shots; 4 on target.
Reina made ZERO saves. Fabianski made 10.
And the pool fans are so weepy and depressed over it. Bloody thumb suckers. Isn't the message clear?
Arsenal - Clinical
Liverpool - SHIT
And Fabianski as opposed to Reina made a whole lot more saves. The Arsenal defence exposed him a whole lot. Reina on the other hand had better cover but didn't manage a single save all game.
HENCE. LIVERPOOL = SHIT.
No need to be weepy and depressed. And now they all hate Andrey Arshavin hahahaha. SRSLY.
Just because he thinks there shouldn't be women drivers since he had a bad experience with one. I think Liverpool should be annihilated along with their fans. That's just me.
Your very own Fernando Torres was SHIT. I have to say it over and over: He pales in comparison to Arshavin last night. I really hate his whinny face. Prolly trip over his own feet and burst into tears.
We could debate forever and ever but it was Arsenal who was more for the win. They fail to remember bendtner's goal ruled wrongly for offside and Cesc's effort which was deemed offside to which they failed to replay.
Pool fans suffer from short term memory. They only want to weep and be depressed it's so funny.
And they hate Arshavin's goal celebrations. Hahaha. Just because he doesn't dance like the rest? you just hate him scoring against you shits.
4 GOALS.
I need to print it on a bloody T-shirt and wear it everyday. Like IN YOUR FACE!
On the Arsenal side of things, youth development in the club is going strong with Gibbs showing the youngsters in waiting that their chance will come if they work hard.
In this light, then perhaps Denilson can be included as the bright spark. You can play shitty and you'll still be in the team because Arsene Wenger loves you. Less of him for the rest of the season the better. He can't pass for the love of God, neither can he tackle. Like Diaby, they're the twosome with no fulfilling purpose. Just there to make up the numbers on the teamsheet or the twosome to gift balls to the opposition. Diaby has great technical skill but when he starts to screw up and lose the ball it's hallelujah for the rest of the game. So less of those two if possible. They seriously do not make my day when I see the starting line-up with them in it. It just destroys all posivitity and happiness anticipating the game to know that there are two idiots on the pitch all ready to screw up. We have better midfield options so please, leave them on the bench.
I still don't understand how Vela has faded into the background. Instead of playing one of D or D, play Vela on the flanks or up front in a 4-4-2 and everyone's happy. We have a vast array of attacking talent and they should be used. Gibbs is an inspiration as Steve Bould puts it but he's in the team because gael is unjured. Vela on the other hand should be in the team because he is quality and it gives you that extra bit of leverage to rotate the squad to keep the offense fresh.
Please play him on Saturday.
In my livejournal gunner girls community I posted the vid of Arsene doing the jig over and over to Lady GaGa's Just Dance. I said that if he wants to dance again like that he has just one thing to do:
PLAY ANDREY ARSHAVIN.
And he did.
And he got 4 goals.
Now I shall say:
DON'T PLAY DIABY OR DENILSON.
PLAY VELA.
And whee, my favourite movie of all time is playing on the Disney channel - The Emperor's New Groove bahahaha. Oh loveee.
KUZCO-TOPIA!
Taking stock:
Chelsea sluts
Liverpool thumb suckersLabels: Abou Diaby, Andrei Arshavin, Carlos Vela, Kieran Gibbs, Liverpool, Neves Denilson, one of my many theories
A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:13 PM
This game of 2 halves theory is getting old. Like really old. Old in the sense that it's going on and on and on.
But who can give a shit?
The team grinds out results which matter. The final score of a 4-1 win over Wigan really does not reflect the game one bit. That puts us 9 points over Villa who face Everton tomorrow, where these 2 teams are under the illusion that they can steal 4th spot from Arsenal.
I HOPE THEY DRAW.
That's essentially 2 points lost on both sides. The momentum is with Everton though. Villa has been putting in good performances but not getting the result they want. It's not something that's easy to work with and keep going at it.
So, the Wigan-Arsenal game.
The first half was terrible. As the press wanted to put it, 60% of the Arsenal defence is not there. Fabianski in for Almunia, Djourou in for Gallas and Gibbs in for Clichy. Before the game, I went out for a little while to have fun and came back half an hour prior to kick off. And I made a quick check of Arsenal.com and I see confirmation of Gibbs in for Clichy instead of Silvestre. Silvestre will be covering the centre back position behind Johan.
Oh how happy I was. Like super happy. Happy enough to announce of Facebook status. And these things like to come biting you in the butt. *chomp*
Gibbs is young and still learning. He does show the drive and the determination when marking and it was him who did the goal line clearance for Mido's header. From my point of view, the unaward red card for the foul on Valencia was a 50:50. If it was Howard Webb he would be off since that baldy has something against Arsenal I reckon. That was meant to be a joke. Like Alan Wiley explained, Valencia wasn't in complete possession of the ball nor clean on through. On the other side of the argument, it was a sloppy challenge. But I don't think it warranted more than a yellow. And from an Arsenal point of view, there have been incidents where the opposition never got sent off even when there were similar grounds.
Arsenal did try and finish the half strongly but it didn't really carry on to the next half. Mido was causing all sorts of trouble up front till Fabianski collided into him and what a tough man he is. Macho.
Then at the other side, out of nowhere, Arshavin was dispossessed in the box, as far as the tip of his right foot and while on the ground, he knocked the ball into the path of Walcott who made no mistake.
As an Arsenal fan, you always know that once that equaliser comes, it is rare that the opposition gets the luxury of regrouping in order to even get a point out of the game. From then on, it will be all Arsenal, at least 99% of the time. I knew that they would take the game, just didn't expect 4 goals.
The brother is back from Redang hahaha. And he thinks Pool losing midweek to Chelsea would make the title challenge more difficult for United. He is adamant United will still go through to the semis. He loved goal no. 3 by Arshavin the most. Whoever that Wigan defender was, he laid the ball so sweetly into the path of our no. 23 to put it in Kirkland's net. Bahaha. It was like an assist at the wrong end.
What needs to be addressed was the second goal.
You could say that it was all of Michael Brown's undoing. He brought Cesc down off-the-ball and got a yellow, which prevented him for going too much into any challenge, allowing Fab to dribble a little further down the byline with a first time cross that skipped past Adebayor and to the most unlikely of players to put home. Mikael Silvestre. The one I didn't want coming on for Clichy. I was crying from laughing. He really needs to work on the goal celebration but who gives a shit when the ball goes in.
And if anyone wanted to see how Cesc and Arshavin could link up, I suppose they got a little teaser from that goal.
The season's really shaping up nicely.
Besides the injury pile up which doesn't seem to stop. Djourou looks to have a serious injury and it should be Silvestre slotting in there with Gibbs on the left. Perhaps it was a game of 2 halves with the defence settling a little bit more with yet another huge shake-up. This win should give the lads the confidence going into the second leg. There's a little concern over Gibbs but I think he came in at the right time to at least get some more experience against Wigan, albeit just a little bit, but we can be contented that he was up against Valencia who can cause problems but did not result in goals. Mido's goal was from a corner even if Gibbs conceded it because of Valencia. By the time it gets to a corner kick it should be the team's responsibility to clear it.
This is where I say hahahahahaha to Liverpool. Ivanovic 2 Liverpool 0.
The remaining fixtures of all the teams are quite juicy. With the battle for European places and the other one to stay up, the games are more like cup matches and better to watch. They're going at it with more purpose and there is less sitting back.
That on the other hand, cannot be said about Chelsea. 4-0 on 66 minutes and Bolton clawed 3 back. There is no time to nest. If this was a game earlier in the season it would be different. Bolton wouldn't have been able to knock 3 goals in return. How this affects Chelsea I wouldn't know, but it might give 4-0 winners Liverpool some ideas. In any case, they still have that 3-1 lead so Pool will need everything working for them on that day to go through. If Chelsea holds on and meets Barcelona, I would put my money on them going all the way to the finals. Barca have their weaknesses. For them, their best defence is their attack, and it doesn't always work. I believe Chelsea have the ability to stop them.
The next game's going to come 4 days later and hopefully there'll be more news on Djourou, preferably good news.
I forgot about the father of 2, Alex Song. Hahaha. The reason why Arsenal can be on the backfoot when the game starts it's because the opposition presses us high up the pitch. And then they tire. So how our late goals come about is when they are tired, we aren't. And that's when their half-hearted challenges don't get in the path of our goals. I don't know why Wenger took of Denilson but he made the right choice. And tactics wise, 4-2-3-1 does not work if Adebayor's not the '1' up there. Bendtner is nowhere near the finished product to hold his own up front. And Cesc is much better with a defensive midfield partner in the middle of a 4-4-2. He is a distributor of the ball and needs to do it from our own half so when he plays to far front he tends not to get into the game.
And we have all seen the effect Adebayor has on the team. He comes on and they spring to life. And we finished the game with him, Robin, Nicky and Arshavin in the front 4. It is terrifying when Adebayor and RVP are on the pitch. Put Arshavin in the mix and it'll be more than nightmares.
That's enough for today!Labels: Alex Song, Andrei Arshavin, Aston Villa, Cesc Fabregas, Champion's League, Chelsea, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kieran Gibbs, Liverpool, one of my many theories, Wigan
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