Life’s too short to stay sober

Football has evolved plenty over the years. We fans have sooooo much to say.

I'm reading team news (other teams too) and specifically, stuff on Liverpool. They're probably going to finish 6th or 7th, and haven't won the league since 1990.

It's how funny, that their fans are pondering the following:

Rafa Benitez or Fernando Torres?

Apparently if Benitez stays, Torres wants out. If Benitez goes, then Torres possibly stays.

These things will never be up to us fans.

Arsenal, according to statistics, aren't any much better than Liverpool, but the extra 3 games that we've won and the fewer draws means that we're in 3rd place, possibly 4th. If we relinquish 3rd spot to Sp*rs, it would be unthinkable. It is still mathematically possible, provided we throw the last game at home and Sp*rs win their next 2.

Whatever it is, 3rd is absolutely necessary to seal right now, because not playing those extra 2 tricky qualifiers for the group stages of the CL would mean that we won't go through almost half a season with a lame 'game-in-hand'. These days, it's way better to have friggin' points on the board. This 'game-in-hand' nonsense did not bode well for Arsenal, a team that has developed 'complacent' as her middle name.

While the scousers are debating Rafa's exit, there is a bunch of Gooners who are calling for Wenger's head. They have gotten quite a tad louder this season, and it's hardly a surprise. I don't think it's 100% warranted, but I think the management at the club and the players need a good kick in the butt. We just aren't good enough as of late and Wenger does what he always does, by defending each of their sorry asses even though they aren't up to it at all. The squad needs reinforcements, but thanks to Vermaelen and previous signings being 'unknowns' until they get to Arsenal, Wenger seems to prefer to stick with people that simply aren't good enough because they're at the club longer. There is not a single fuckin' doubt that we need reinforcements, and if the boss does not recognise this and most importantly, take action, then we're really doomed for next season.

Every fuckin season, we always harp on the next season being better. Every damn fuckin season, there is an excuse. Injuries, injuries, injuries. Always injuries. You'd expect that those who get their chances when the first XI is out to take their chances, but apparently they behave as though they will walk into the team anyway. The whole issue about injuries is that it's not a new issue at all. It's been there since Adam and Eve and if we don't have a squad with good cover, we're always going to suffer. Had Wenger paid Bordeaux the 8 million they wanted for Chamakh, I believe he could have been the player to make the difference. Bendtner crashed his Aston Martin and his groin suffered more than his car. Van Persie has never stayed fit for an entire season. Eduardo is struggling to overcome that horror leg break. Chamakh, would have made a difference, instead of playing Arshavin up front.

In the previous season, we needed midfield reinforcements. Wenger refused to pay 2 million more for Xabi Alonso. Don't need to tell you what he could add to the team.

The truth is, his transfer policy needs to change. The bulk of us still believes in him but that trust isn't going to stay forever. It is not the same as the blind faith he puts in the hands (or legs) or Denilson and Diaby, classic strollers. Or how about the joke of two keepers? I'm still sore over the way he did away with Jens Lehmann. I don't understand why he couldn't do the same with those 2 numbshites. Lehmann cost us 2 points. I don't think I need to count how many Almunia and Flappy have. It's like, the situation is not glaringly obvious enough.

So, the day after the Blackburn game and yet another diabolical performance by Flappy, the media is in full swing. Gigi Buffon seems to be open to a move to England, but his contract doesn't run out for another 3 years. He'll cost money no doubt, but I won't bet on Wenger signing one of the best keepers in the world because he can't make he any better than he is. However, anyone with ambition would not want to come to Arsenal because this is a team of strollers.

I don't blame Arshavin for wanting out. Sometimes I look at the squad and I think about how Fabregas manages to choose to stay over the glitz and glamour of Barcelona. No one's going to remember Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal who didn't win anything. And for Arshavin, he turns 29 soon and it's probably his last chance to win anything in his career now. Even Thierry Henry left for Barcelona and it was with them did he win the European crown. The only thing is, Shava's performances in the team this season really isn't worthy of winning anything either. He's one of the players who can make a difference, and he did it at Zenith when they won the UEFA Cup. He was magical for Russia as well. We all know that if he steps it up and gives his best he has the power to change things but clearly, he doesn't want to take his foot off the brakes either so screaming that he wants to go to Spain is probably the only option left, considering how he enjoys bleating to he media. There is no difference between him and Adebayor really, except that Adebayor is dumber for giving that interview where he blamed the fans for his poor performances to a legit source, the BBC. Shava simply banks on the concept of being 'lost in translation', by bleating to foreign tabloids. My guess is that he's off.

I think we have severe midfield problems, especially when Song and Fabregas do not play. Joe Cole is so not the answer to this one. A combative player that asserts himself and hates to lose is one. Had Ramsey not been out I believe he could have made a difference. He's an ambitious boy, evidently, more ambitious that the double Ds who I believe don't deserve to wear the shirt. Diaby provides glimpses of what he can do, but it seems that when he doesn't suffer niggling injuries here and there to take a break once in a while, he's really shit when playing games on the trot.

All I want now, is for Arsenal to seal 3rd spot. Sp*rs and Citeh play each other, and if Sp*rs don't win that one then we're there. That game is a pretty tricky one to predict. It's almost a cup final. Anyway, after unambitious Citeh watched the Blackburn game, do they regret not attacking our goal as much? It was one of those games where 3 points against Arsenal are handed to you on a platter. Any game against Arsenal is, as long as one of Almunia or Flappy is in goal. If Sp*rs beat Citeh then they're going to rue just that.

P.S. I'm kinda glad that united pretty much only have the Carling Cup. The faggot next door really is damn irritating.

Labels: Andrei Arshavin, Arsene Wenger, clown in goal, Liverpool, Man City, Sp*rs

A Little Drunken Madness @ 9:24 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

I can't seem to get into blogger new post on my zune and that sucks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fingers crossed, fingers crossed.

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

Labels: Burnley, Liverpool, oh God please no

A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:08 PM

AWESOME STUFF AT ANFIELD.

Captain Fabulous and the Verminator gave the post match interview and finally, Arsene Wenger threw the fit we all know he is capable of.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY because it worked.

The first half was piss-poor. As the boss put it, we weren't winning the 50-50s and the commitment level wasn't there for a big game like this. He quite rightly blasted the dudes and they woke up at half time.

I'm just wondering about the thickness of the walls of the Anfield dressing room. Did Glen Johnson get frightened into submission?

Heh.

That own goal came out of no where but it's down to the pressing and getting in behind the defence. Walcott put good pressure on the defence and I think he might prosper better as the lone front man instead of on the wings. The defenders would be more aware to his presence and that might result in openings for the rest of the attack.

Or an own goal by his fellow Englishman. It's kinda funny when you look at it from a different angle. Walcott plays on the English right wing while Johnson at right back. Aren't they supposed to link up well? They did good today. Fabio will only be proud of one though.

After that it was all Arsenal. Wenger got through to them and they pushed on with more purpose while Liverpool simply wore away. Must have been trying to show Xabi Alonso how much they missed him while he yawned away.

When Diaby came on I thought we might throw it away but it didn't happen. Somehow. Him being tall and being able to exert a physical presence isn't really significant to me because he is Diaby. Yup. And now, since returning from injury, he's going to slot right back into the midfield won't he? And our weak link is back. Boo.

Song and Vermaelen did fantastic today. I have no higher praise. Song was there to nullify any Liverpool attack and got stuck in really well. he didn't make lame challenges like Mascherano just for the sake of breaking our rhythm. He wanted the balls to jam start our attack and that's pure commitment. Mascherano had a good game though, right until he got a yellow card and then he gets a little more cautious. Of course, Denilson gave him a kick in the butt cheek. That must have been painful. Removing Mascherano helped us on quite a bit since there isn't that little prick to frustrate our attack.

Between Song and Mascherano, I'd take Song any day.

The Verminator took responsibility for every set piece, as at Stoke last weekend. He took it upon himself to clear the damn ball from danger and did really well. I couldn't count how many balls he got to and kept out. Another showing of pure commitment.

He must have realised that he can't trust the one behind him to come out to punch any shit without looking for protection from referees that aren't always given. Damn you Almunia.

Traore did really well today as well. He dealt well when up against Torres and held his ground. Starting to make that left back slot his own now when the front two are out. He's an asset to the team and is taking his chances well. Clichy coming back will be a boost too, and knowing that there are capable players who are fighting for that spot should make him a better player.

You have no idea how much I miss Jens Lehmann. He made Almunia work for that no. 1 shirt. It is no coincidence that his best season happened with Jens piling the pressure.

Damn you Almunia again. He gets shittier and shittier with every damn game.

So, all in all, a great win. I honestly didn't think we would turn it around. To be fair, Liverpool made it easy. Finally, a win against a big 4 team. After losing to Man Utd and Chelsea, we needed to beat Liverpool. The implications of a loss today would have been massive. We would be further from the league leaders and not making the most out of slips from Chelsea and Man Utd.

And Arshavin. He does love scoring at Anfield. What a goal to win the game. I'd imagine him enjoying this one better than last season's 4 because we won. That's a team player for you. I love how he left Reina rooted while his shot went in with power. Amazing stuff.

Arsene Wenger lost his temper at the right time.

Labels: Abou Diaby, Alex Song, Andrei Arshavin, Liverpool, Theo Walcott, Thomas Vermaelen

A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:07 AM

My internet is shittin slow. Man.

Anyway. I caught the game last night, at least the first half. It was torture to watch because I was dead sleepy by the time the kick off came, and then the lads didn't make it any easier.

I know it was a young team being put out there but with the way they started, the expectations simply mounted and I was just looking for a great show where the youngsters beat the Greeks but it was all not meant to be.

The lads did a good job at emulating their senior players in the style in which they jink the ball around and their movement was fantastic.

The bad part is, like the senior team, without a proper target man leading the line in a 4-3-3, it's the same old story all over again. A lot of possession, but no goals to show for it.

We all love that smooth attacking football the team plays but last night just reminded me of why we simply can't win a game dirty and other teams can. We keep possession really well but when it doesn't translate into goals due to the final balls being shit or the opposing team crowding the attack out, there are genuine problems over there.

Possession doesn't win things. Goals do. This is precisely how we can lose to teams who have one shot on target and one goal. They take their chances. We don't always do and it's been costing us.

I know I'm being too overly negative over last night since it was rather meaningless but yeah, it just brought out all the frustrations that have bottled up over the seasons.

The positive side of things were that the lads never gave up and kept fighting. They were punished by a goal that was pretty soft and basically how people play when they're up against us. They play 11 men behind the damn ball and we struggle to create chances and when someone squanders possession in dangerous areas the opponent counter attacks and gets the goal with their first shot on target.

Yep. The story of Arsenal.

So the Champion's league moves on to the last 16 and the draw will be taking place next Friday. Obviously, thanks to Singtel, I won't be able to watch the draw. Unless of course, I just remembered, I'll be in Bangkok next week where Singtel is out of bounds from. That makes me happy.

The teams we would possible face are a mix of the peeps we want to avoid and those others that look a little more manageable. This time though, since we've topped the group, we wouldn't get to whine if we got someone more challenging. Last season's draw was pretty dangerous but we managed. It's all down to luck, this one.

Anyway yeah. The possible teams are Bayern Munich, Ac Milan, Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lyon, Porto and Stuttgart. Every team presents a challenge. Bayern seems to be on the rise now while the two Milans are best avoided. A trip to Moscow may not be at our best interests considering our past records in that freezing wasteland. Karim Benzema is no longer at Lyon and Porto we've already played many times. Stuttgart would be pretty interesting.

And I can't help but notice Liverpool missing out on all the action. They might go on and win the first ever Europa League you know.

Hah.

No football till Sunday. I have survived the entire day with 2 hours of sleep. I'm going to burn out very soon.

Labels: Champion's League, Liverpool

A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:05 PM

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

Sooooo.

Got back from the Liz where it was the most happening it has ever been. Or at least when I'm there. The atmosphere was fantastic and so was the game. What a splendid pairing.

The signed Arsenal ball went to someone who didn't know Cesc Fabregas' previous number before he got the 4. Hell. I even know the number he first got at Arsenal. MEH.

We should have an Arsenal knowledge quiz instead boy.

The game. It started quite badly, we thought the lads were doing badly. They weren't going for the ball as much as we expect them too and Sp*rs were getting on really well with the interceptions and the disruption of our flowing attacking football. They probably spent too much time doing that until they didn't have much chances in front of goal. At one point we had 6 shots on target already and they were still at zip.

At that point, I feared the worst. Things like this are typical of Arsenal. Lots of shots on target, while the other team had none. I was expecting Sp*rs to hit that one shot on target and the ball going past Almunia.

But it was all not meant to be because Robin did very well to get at the end of a Bakary Sagna cross to guide the ball in while he was half in mid air. It was like leaping and hitting the ball, somewhat like a volley. You'll have to watch the replay a few times to actually see that the goal wasn't as easy as it looks.

While we were busy screaming and celebrating, we were watching the replay of a Cesc Fabregas goal. LOL. I think at that moment, we all went utterly nuts. Bonkers. It was as though screaming was friggin overrated.

When Sp*rs kicked off, Robin got somewhat in the way and Fabregas capitalised by surging forward with the ball, cleverly going past Ledley King and then driving the ball past Gomez into the back of the net. We've always known Fabregas as the type of player who passes and passes and rarely dribbles and takes on his man. He isn't known for his pace too. Today, he showed that he has the technique and the intelligence to do it all. He is such a complete midfielder it's really very scary that he's only 22.

Also, that kind of thing where you nick the ball from kick off all the way into the back of the net only happens in a FIFA game. Hell, you could even take the goalkeeper and make him dribble all the way to the other end and score too. Little did I know, our lil captain could do it. Goal of the season so far for me. He took on at least 3 players and of course, any goal against Sp*rs will be in the running for goal of the season.

3 goals. And sore Harry has described them as...scandalous. I lol-ed so hard at that one. Plus, the comment that none of our goals were good. Sour grape.

Robin got a brace today and did really well. I think it'll be quite the contest for player of the month of October. That is such a good thing. Robin's first goal was good technique. The second? Really scandalous. Not regarding the ref allowing play to go on, but Gomez actually missing the interception.

Getting home, it's instinctive to turn on the TV and track the other matches. Oh Liverpool. They're really funny. They beat Man Utd and was on a high. Midweek, Arsenal kids did them in. Rafa Benitez hailed a good performance from his side, despite losing. He probably assumed that the lads will play the same way again today but it didn't happen. And then he took Torres off. Grave mistake dude. It gave Fulham the drive to go on. It was 2-1 and then that was when the drama happened and the ref gave a series of reds, reducing pool to nine men. Pool can whine all they want at the decisions but Fulham played well and did fantastic to get to 2-1 when it was 11 v 11.

Now I am so grateful we managed to carve out a 1-0 win at Craven Cottage. Clearly, it's not an easy place to go to.

Refs today have dished out a whole lot of wrongful red cards it seems. And then Mark Clattenburg that douche, failed to dish out more cards. David Bentley had a deliberate handball and he wasn't carded. After that, he went in really hard on Vermaelen and didn't get punished at all. Bummer really. He shouldn't have been on that pitch.

Not that it made any difference.

Lastly, the Arsenal kids travel to Man City for the Carling Cup quarter finals. This is all fated. The kids beat Liverpool, when Wenger found the right balance of experience and youth. I'm sure he'll be doing it again. An opportunity to put certain people in their places but let's not get too far of ourselves. Heh.

Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Liverpool, Man City, Robin Van Persie, Sp*rs

A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:26 AM

As expected, the injury news just keep piling up.

Theo's out for a month, Rosicky has a niggle too. Apparently his niggle will last at most 3 days, but whadddaayaaaknowww. It's Rosicky. 3 days could mean 3 weeks or 3 months or him retiring.

Meh. Please don't do this to me.

The good news is, Nasri and Fabianski will both be making their return for the reserves. If they have a good game each then they'll be in contention for the senior squad and Nasri sure is a welcome boost, now that we're going to miss Theo again.

The other issue was the Birmingham City fans and their sick chants about Martin Taylor. Somehow, with all the China-bashing, it's the ang-mohs who have no substance. They criticise the yellow people and then they can't think and behave themselves.

Speaking of the Chinese, the funniest shit going on now is the Liverpool beach ball that provided the winning goal in their Sunderland game. It is epic. I never expected such an episide, given this time and age but it happened. Liverpool have a right to be aggrieved but they can't complain too much since the ball was thrown in by their own supporter and their keeper made no attempt to clear it out of his area. I mean, he even went for the beach ball instead of the football. Oh I'll show you alright.

The beach set was subsequently sold out on the Liverpool website as one suspects the Man Utd fans bought them all to throw onto the pitch come the next game when they play each other.

May Arsenal never ever make a beach set. EVER.

Liverpool have lost 4 already and Benitez is still defiant they can win the title. Sounds a bit like our situation last year. It's different for us this year though. We've got the players to make the difference when it counts. We've got the players who have the ability to finish the game off. It could be our year, we just have to keep believing and keep winning.

It's AZ coming up. A win would go a long way to secure qualification for the knockout stages early. That's pretty valuable. If the senior squad takes care of qualifying early then the youngsters will be able to gain valuable experience in the later games while the seniors get a good rest. I like it when this happens. It's always so exciting to see the likes of Ramsey and Wilshere stepping up to lead the team.

It's time to sleep. Dead tired. School tomorrow. Moo.

Labels: fans without class, Liverpool, Theo Walcott, Tomas Rosicky

A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:13 AM

Google 'Rooney Dive' and you'll see a whole host of interesting results for ugly shrek. The real Shrek is funny. This lookalike is plain boring, imo.

'I am honest'

And then dives in the next game, 2 games in a row.

People think it's characteristic of women to 口是心非，but obviously, Shrek Rooney is on the same bandwagon.

Ever since Ronaldo left, Shrek has been trying in vain to fill his boots, as the greatest cunt in mancuria who mistakes the green green grass of home for the deep sea.

The problem with Eduardo's dive is that we condemn it, we do not defend his ass and he is only receiving sympathy because UEFA, this cock association, is singling him out for punishment when clearly, this is his first time diving (at least in an Arsenal shirt) while the rest of the world out there practically play football in water when they get to the penalty box.

Like oops, slippery.

And I realised that there is no Arsenal football till next Saturday when we play Man City who have Adebayor who is prolly fired up to score against his former club, having scored already in every game this season. That fuckface is a quality player, but he lacks complete professionalism and we can only wait for his decline when he gets bored or when Milan or Barca declare empty interests.

The only thing on show could be how a squad built with balance can whack one with all things bought. It would be an interesting game to say the least. Pundits should be backing City.

After the United game I was pretty glad. No unbeaten record thank you very much. I really hate the unbeaten record. Winning streak is preferable. If draws are many then no unbeaten record thanks. I abhor it. Detest it. It gives a false sense of well being when clearly, the team isn't playing well at all. Hopefully we can resume business as usual at City and in turn, blight their winning start to the season while we start ours.

If City were to break into the top four, it would definitely be at the expense of Liverpool who look completely out of sorts without Alonso. United are coping without Tevez and ROnaldo. Arsenal look a better side without lazy Adebayor and Verm's the perfect replacement for Toure.

Liverpool are simply crumbling. Hate the scousers.

Oh yes, more blogging thanks to a long break from work and then school's starting. :O

Labels: dying from the lack of Arsenal football, Eduardo Da Silva, Emmanuel Adebayor, Liverpool, Man City, Shrek Rooney

A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:25 AM

I see many things happened during the night/morning I was asleep. Hmm.

First off, I bring you my first laugh of the day.

It's not directed at Xabi Alonso. It is however, induced by Xabi Alonso.

Reporter: Would be a disappointment for you to stay in Liverpool next year?
Xabi: *laughs* I can't... I can't answer that question...
Reporter: You already did...
Xabi:...

Cue the reactions from Pool fans.

i feel
1000 knives
in my heart

I hope that didn't bring you your first laugh of the day (since I start my days reaallly late) but you had a good laugh. I can't help but point out that it is grammartically wrong since a heart can't really produce 1000 knives since it's a heart pumping machine not an knife-producing one. I believe the correct preposition is 'to'.

That's about the lamest expression I've ever read about a douchebag leaving so far. That lame fuck Alonso kept Cesc out of the Iraqi game. Not playing that game though, gave him time to give a statement to Arsenal.com to reassure fans and ward off Madrid, who are going at every player they can. We always thought that Man Citeh would be the ones who would test the football world with their money but so far they've only got Robinho and PsychoBarry and Madrid's doing all the work and succeeding, with their reputation and all. Citeh really looks like a tiny club now bahaha. Just don't poach any of Arsenal's players thank you. I didn't understand why they would go for Sagna since they have Sergio Ramos but kudos to Bac for dashing the rumours before it started hogging headlines.

Cesc's interview.

After Eboue says he could leave, now he's staying.

There is no greater bad news than that. Just go already.

In commie news, North Korea has qualified for the World Cup.

I suppose the sportsmen are part of the well fed bunch while the rest of the 23m people die of starvation since none of the footballers ever made any attempts to defect while being overseas. They're probably royalty in the North.

The world should anticipate that Kim Jong il, if he were to want to support his team in South Africa next year, would have to start making his journey there by land and sea 3 months in advance since he is afraid of flying after shooting down South Korean civilian planes who weren't even flying over the North.

He is afraid of karma. One thing he doesn't know is that karma strikes when you least expect it, just like the Christian's belief in Jesus' coming.

Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Comrade Eboue, Korea, Liverpool, transfer window hoo-ha

A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:51 PM

I thought the all important update should be coming after 5 pm since the fixture list will be out.

Apparently though, for Arsenal, part of our first fixtures are out already and according to all the other shitty non-gooners it's pretty bad. Smart of them to start making themselves heard before they see their own.

But whatever, no matter how easy or how difficult, Arsenal always has a tendency to stumble anyway. Do fixtures really matter? The job still remains plain and simple - keep winning.

I'll see the rubbish we'll be getting later.

Anyway, why the earlier post is because Xabi Alonso and his Liverpool fucks are fucking leg-breakers. As if once isn't enough. Further reports have suggested that the tackle on Cesc and Carzorla weren't serious to keep them out of the Iraqi game, but srsly.

FUCK YOU ALONSO.

And they went and tried to end the careers of the two who had bad injuries last season. Carzorla missed the Arsenal-Villarreal game through a serious injury if you recall.

You can hardly safely assume that a shitty team like stinkinpool doesn't practice defending like 99% of the time because that is what they only do. Defend, defend, defend, the counter attack.

The counter attack part means pump long ball.

I bet that fucker Alonso wouldn't go in as hard into Gerrard or Torres but because it's Cesc, from Arsenal.

Not sure Cesc would still want him at Arsenal now. Except that they've made up yet again after Alonso simply apologised. If apologies worked then the world wouldn't be at war. North Korea could apologise for their nuclear test (no way in hell they would) and then still keep their reactors going and the world will be fuckin okay with it.

Then we have the other cunt in the form of Stuart Pearce, who dragged Theo to Sweden for the U21 Euros just to want to axe him now.

SERIOUSLY.

The press isn't the best outlet to air such rubbish about non-performing players. Theo is the last player you should speak of like this because he's one of the few players of the world who plays football with his heart and without a doubt, gives fucking everything, especially for his lousy country with some numb shit as manager who doesn't appreciate it.

GTFO STUART PEARCE.

Even Capello knows he has to give Theo time and is keeping faith in him to allow him to grow and develop as the first choice right winger for England. So screw you Pearce shit, Theo can take a break on the bench instead while England crumbles to Spain and you wouldn't have Theo to blame, neither will you have to depend on him because you simply don't deserve to have Walcott at your disposal you stinkin son of a bitch.

In happier, happier news, our lady-hater Arshavin is coming out in strong support for the female Russian team. Not sure they'll appreciate it wholly after his declaration that women should be banned from driving but apparently not football. Hiddink is the other extra who's jumped on the bandwagon. I like him so much better when Chelsea isn't in the picture. Actually no, still can't hide my animosity.

I love you Arsha, and the ladies should too.

There are the extremely dumb ones who can't see beyond that comment. They choose to adore the likes of Ronaldo who is a golden brown STD carrier with only a capacity for one-night-stands without knowledge of how women should be treated with respect, with the exception of Paris Hilton.

Would you prefer some guy who thinks girls shouldn't be behind the wheel because he's had a bad experience i.e. an accident which almost ended his life but he is still all capable of starting his own family with a female being

or

some other guy who just fucks 'em and leaves 'em?

Women of the world always choose wrong.

Labels: A tag for cunts, Andrei Arshavin, Cesc Fabregas, Liverpool, Theo Walcott

A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:33 PM

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

I blog at the weirdest hours. At least it isn't freakin 4am now as usual. Or 5am.

I realised later, rather than sooner, that when I past the 2am mark and am awake, I can't sleep till it's daybreak.

Yesterday morning I flipped the channels and found Barney & Friends at 6.30am. There was Mickey Mouse too. Tom & Jerry's at 7. And I watched the Discovery programme on Gladiators of ancient Rome. It was fascinating at 8 in the morning. Gladiators are like slaves in the class system of old yet they were like celebrities, sort of like our modern day footballers, except that our Arsenal dudes aren't slaves. The emperor built the gladiator quarters and training ground out of marble and it's amazing how these people, being at the bottom are treated almost like royalty. And they enjoyed the sport. Statistics showed that in some parts of Italy a third of the gladiators were actually free commoners who signed their rights away to become gladiators out of passion.

And then I knocked out for a mere 4 hours of shut-eye and I was up again. I have a sleep problem I don't know how to cure without medication.

Back to football. It's good news in the injury room. You get the feeling that for Arsenal, it seems like one after another all the damn freakin time. First we had all the issues in midfield and then Cesc went out for a long long time. We were tortured by the midfield which provided no cover for the defence and no guile in our attack. And then it improved, Alex Song became magnificent with Cesc back bossing the midfield. Nevermind that the boss chooses to play him out of position in the hole.

We were getting back to full strength with the close season looking stronger and stronger then one by one, the personnel in the defence fell one by one, leaving Toure the lone survivor. He didn't win a million dollars for that but a partnership with Silvestre we've all come to loathe. As much as we love Toure and pushed all the blame to Silvestre, Toure too had a large part to play. We're all just more critical about Silvestre for obvious reasons. Fan analysis can never be 100% objective eh? Anyway, our defence is just non-existent. In the last 2 games we've been punished by 6 retarded goals. Seriously. I can't believe Chelsea sluts and Liverpool thumb suckers are so happy about their goals which contained little or no technical quality. The Torres goals stand out the most out of the lot but that's about it. All a bunch of cheap goals we wouldn't concede had Gallas, Sagna, Clichy and Almunia been in the defence. Cheap goals give rise to cheap thrills on the part of the sluts and thumb suckers. The later more heartbroken though, even mastering the stupidity of criticising Arshavin's goal celebrations. That's 4 for you, and I will never get tired of repeating.

And Benitez with his hand gestures. Do you know what his body shape resembles?

The panda not the mouse.

And he is as comical as a cartoon character with all his inappropriate gestures. After he put pen to paper a new 5 year deal he feels so darn invincible he doesn't need to give a shit about anything. Retard. Kiss the league trophy goodbye because United just won again. If I had to choose, I'd choose United for title even though they don't deserve it. Nothing much to remember about their recent performances. They play shitty yet still come away with a win. But whatever. The thumb suckers can mope and cry like they always do and there'll be world peace.

So yes, Almunia and Djourou are close to returns, with Adebayor probably having to face a late fitness test. Robin is out until the return leg of the Champion's league and that's rather horrifying. It just means more 4-5-1s and Denilson playing. Nothing can horrify me more at this point than Denilson and Diaby in the team. They just spell trouble. Everytime I see Diaby playing I tell myself that he can score goals to comfort myself and he plays like shit. Self-soothing never works does it? There isn't anything potentially comforting about Denilson. Nothing. Completely nothing.

I'm completely evil here but why doesn't he get injured? Does he have God-empowering fitness or he simply doesn't try hard enough? Why are our best performers forever and ever in and out of the treatment room?

They're all good Daddies who are faithful to their wives. They're not like Frank Lampard who knocks up his girlfriend twice just to drive her away by his infidelity. They're unlike Sp*rs whom I'm convinced, had Danielle Lloyd sleep with the entire team. They do charities and let people draw their caricatures on a car to raise funds for the Cancer Society. And come on, even Alex Song has 2 kids. We're 22 and I have none.

I need to redirect good karma in their direction.

Anyway, I didn't realise we aren't playing on Saturday. That's extra rest from the Liverpool game, but less for the Man Utd one. I suspect there'll be rotation. Anyhow, Almunia will play if fit. Fabianski can sit on the bench with his head held high. Liverpool fired 14 shots at him and he saved 10, unlike Reina who had 4 at him and saved none. I think we might see a bit of Eduardo whose could play a big part in our Champion's league campaign as well.

Labels: Denilson, Liverpool, one of my many theories

A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:15 AM

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 suckers

Labels: Abou Diaby, Andrei Arshavin, Carlos Vela, Kieran Gibbs, Liverpool, Neves Denilson, one of my many theories

A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:13 PM

Bahaha.

I would be lying if I said I didn't care if Arsenal didn't win tonight. The game finished an amazing 4-4 at Anfield and we actually looked like winning except that our defence is porous and leaky hence the scoreline.

But what the hell. For us, we'll take that point. It puts Villa 8 points behind us. It is still a massive point. Would be wonderful if we had 3 plus bragging rights but I'm sure we would have it anyway.

Liverpool for all their domination, never really looked like winning. They are yet another pack of cunts with all their long ball whatevers and it's basic instinct that when their defenders get the ball, it's pumped straight up field.

So in your faces long ball cunts! You get 1 miserly point!

HAHAHAHA.

ARSHAVIN 4 REINA 0 LOLOLOLOLOLOLS.

And Bendtner had a goal wrongly ruled out for offside.

Anyway now I can say from the bottom of my heart that it's ok that Arsenal didn't win. I had such a fantastic time watching the game and I hope 4-5-1 with Denilson and Diaby in it is rubbish. Diaby coming on for Bendtner was a mistake. Once again, that person was tasked with defending the lead but did he? Isn't that enough to show that he doesn't even deserve to come on as a sub?

And the game turned in Arsenal's favour when Denilson came off for Walcott. The questions which should be asked is why couldn't we just play a simple 4-4-2 with Song in midfield with Fabregas, Nasri and Walcott flanking with Arshavin in the support striker role to Bendtner?

WHY?

Isn't it obvious that it's a system which works?

And the dude who was made to sit 75 minutes on the bench shows why he should be picked for the team every single time. Not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4 freakin goals.

FOUR! FOUR WORLD CLASS FINISHES!

Good enough to be in the starting line-up yeah? Instead of Denilson or Diaby. I really hate those two. I know the big purpose of them but seriously, they don't happen to fulfill what they're supposed to do and exposing the defence.

That's it for now. I'm going to continue laughing my ass off.

AND TORRES, THE MIGHTY TORRES, PALED IN COMPARISON TO ARSHAVIN. The Torres who played the ball into his own stupid face and backs into Silvestre from the impact looking for the foul. Like whaaaaaat?

Labels: Arshavin, Denilson, Diaby, Liverpool

A Little Drunken Madness @ 4:58 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

Watching football releases adrenaline. Adrenaline keeps a person from sleeping, even when it's human sleeping time.

Not that I was watching any of Arsenal in action. They play tonight in what I think should be heart stopping. I'll get to that later.

So, Chelsea 4 Liverpool 4. Chelsea progress 7-5 on aggregate. That is amazingly a lot goals more than Barcelona's 5-1. Whatever it is, they're going to be the teams battling out for their side to feature in the final.

8 goals.

Liverpool got 2 early ones which brought them back to perhaps getting through. By half time it was still 2-0 but I don't know what happened and they let Chelsea peg 2 goals back and Chelsea didn't look the side which beat them in the first leg. But they manage the goals somehow. Liverpool did put up a fight. At some point in the contest, they needed 2 goals, then they managed to score and made it back to 1 goal. Then Chelsea will score and then it goes back to where it was. I thought that was quite retarded. If you wanted to put up a fight, follow through till the end where you get a result. They went in half-heartedly and while being in reach of qualification with the deficit reduced to 1 goal. Then the deficit increased.

Retarded, but a match with goals where it leaves you second guessing who'll go thought is quite thrilling. Doesn't matter to me who goes through. I was just thinking of Chelsea having one extra day to recover before they meet us at Wembley so if Liverpool got a 3-1 and forced the game into extra time that'll be awesome. But it wasn't all meant to be. And I thought Liverpool would have won but miss qualification anyway.

bahaha. So whatever. At least the FA Cup isn't all Chelsea is playing for?

Now onto our Villarreal game. I think they're going to attack from the first minute with nothing to lose. That frightens me. And I'm sure Pires will start this time. He is capable of causing us all sorts of problems. And with our defence in the state that it is in, it is highly worrying. But we all have to be positive. Maybe they can attack us at the grove but we have a lot of quality on the counter attack. If we get the first goal then they will have to attack a lot more and we should work to kill them off on the break.

Once again, the match is so dependent on that first goal. Chelsea went into their tie with a 3-1 lead but they were made to work to get through. We have a 1 away goal advantage and that means something, but truly, it really depends on tonight.

No goals for Villarreal please.

Alrighty then, since I can't sleep, I should get breakfast.

Labels: Champion's League, Chelsea, Liverpool, one of my many theories, villarreal

A Little Drunken Madness @ 7:29 AM

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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