I THINK INJURY NEWS ARE A FORM OF MIND GAMES.
We know Rooney got an injury in Germany, but he'll be out 2 weeks tops, and will only miss 3 games and be ready for City. Before the confirmation of that news, I think the whole world (esp Chelsea fans) laid in wait for news that he won't face Chelsea. In any case, United will be out to prove that they are not a one man team (they so are lol. Before, it was Ronaldo's team.). Chelsea haven't gone to Old Trafford and got a win in a long time and they're missing quite a few first teamers too, so it might be down to Malouda vs Gary Neville. Um. Is there even a contest there? Malouda is no Ribery but well, we see tonight. Faggotson will prolly play Park and command him to provide support for old Gary. Yet again, Asians and their work ethic.
After United and Chelsea fuck each other up their cunts, Arsenal will face Wolves. Regardless of the earlier result, we need all 3 points, no question about that. Denilson and Clichy who had minor injury complaints were passed fit and I'd expect them to start. Sometimes, resting players can backfire. Have a full team out there to provide continuity for Barca. That game at St. Andrews didn't do much for the teams morale.
Wenger in his press conference has clarified several 'rumours' about Cesc playing through injury with an already broken leg. I think that's pretty absurd, and it's funny how Wenger has MRI scans to back him up. I would think that Arsenal owns their own multi million dollar scanning machine since we use it so often. I can imagine us running a free clinic and still make money. But yes, only one Tony Colbert and I think he is the busiest man in the whole wide world.
More clarification on the Cesc injury is that he'll be out 4 weeks min, and 6 max. Not min 6 weeks. But you know Wenger and how he's obsessed with taking the max and quite rightly so. He gambled with injuries in recent times and I haven't really thought of any that really paid off, save for the Cesc cameo at home to Aston Villa. After that, he was out again.
The other injury we got that night was to Gallas. It sure looked serious and the official site said 3 weeks but Wenger feels it could be longer. And then Domenech comes out bleating and whining. Good Lord. International managers can simply fuck off, just just follow in Capello's footsteps. He doesn't interfere with club selections and minds his own business while plotting behind closed doors. That lousy Domenech, will never win anything for France. And he's too free from having nothing better to do, enough to shit Wenger for playing Gallas. Yo. We pay his wages. And for such a big clash like Barca, which walking wounded wouldn't want to be fit and play. That shit French manager can simply fuck the hell off. Arsene Wenger owes him nothing, and when he returned Diaby crocked from playing for him, there was nothing wrong with that.
Lastly, Mr Arshavin is a pessimist, but is not negative. I don't see how the two are unrelated really. Aren't they almost the same thing? Your poor outlook will add to negativity. He turns 29 at the end of May though, and at that sort of age, you know your days are numbered. Next season could be the last chance to win anything, esp if we don't win anything this term. If he didn't miss a sitter last week then we would be in an even better position now, not having to depend on Sp*rs. We have to beat them after Barca and then pray that they beat Chelsea and United. And it's a double-edged sword at best, because beating those 2 will put them in serious reckoning for 4th spot and CL qualification. I, however, think that it isn't such a bad idea. They don't have the squad capable for challenging in all competitions. When they were in the UEFA Cup, they screwed up the league and was fighting relegation. Then their current twitchy manager managed to haul them back from the bottom end for a mid-table finish, but not enough for Europe. The only reason why they're doing well this term is because they don't exactly have much to play for, just domestic matters. While their players are being awed by Europe's elite competition, they might just be fighting relegation again next season.
Before we can continue to dream again, we gotta do away with Wolves. This month, is going to be fucking crucial, and how many times have we played April with all to play for?Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Man Utd, Sp*rs, William Gallas
A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:43 AM
I rarely get a good chance to sleep in and then I do, and then some numbshite upstairs decides to do construction work.
It's such a lovely rainy Friday morning. What are the odds?
Thanks to technology though, or whoever who invented in-ear ear phones, I'm pumping music into my eardrums to kill off the shitty construction NOISE. They're working very well.
Okay so, there's a game tomorrow. The lads travel to Wolves, while Chelsea meet Man Utd. I've always wondered about the fixtures. It's pretty darn amazing. It probably happens by chance but hey, look at the situation - the top 2 clash, giving the 3rd in the table a chance to make up some ground should one of them slip up, which is bound to happen. Of course, the ideal result when big teams clash is a draw, so both teams lose 2 points. But whatever, this is a situation Man Utd got into so much last season. They had no lack of opportunities to "make up ground". I kinda like our fixture list this campaign.
Confidence should be high and Fabregas is banging in the goals like nobody's business to be on par with Van Persie in the club's scoring charts. I suppose the final layer of his development does lie in goalscoring and he's developing well. It's pretty scary to know that he's just 22 and has a long way to go in his footie career and his potential is boundless. He sure if enjoying his football and his captaincy. I still find it hilarious that the captain gets to decide short sleeves or long sleeves every game and the rest of the team will have to comply. I mean, Arshavin in short sleeves with gloves is pretty hilarious, and Song with long sleeves rolled up just as much.
Wenger has no intention of rotating the centre back positions, allowing Vermaelen and Gallas to own. I think stability in that position is pretty important. Everytime Gallas starts limping or is tackled roughly my heart sinks quite a bit. Last season, after he got over the whole loss of captaincy thing, he really stepped it up and played really well. Then when he had to go off injured and miss the rest of the season it coincided with that horrible slump. Nevermind that Djourou who came to fill in got injured in the following game. Without a doubt, Gallas is a top class defender and a model pro. The way he's handled the events in his career is admirable. His partnership with Vermaelen is fantastic. They kept Peter Crouch quiet even with the difference in height. You know, Crouch who got his first career hattrick against Arsenal. Of course, he was playing for Liverpool, who practice long balls only every training hence their service was definitely waaayyy better than Sp*rs can ever be.
So, no injuries to Thomas and William please. They're doing so well. I hope Wenger talking about it didn't just put a hex on them.
In other news, I have Football Manager 2010! It's kinda crappy so far. I mean, Hull City is really strong in there. That's shitty.Labels: Cesc Fabregas, Thomas Vermaelen, William Gallas
A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:50 AM
Match tonight. And team news here.
The highlight:
This is the reason why we should throw rotten eggs at Singtel.
And this is the reason why I'm so happy!! I can't wait for the game tonight. You don't know how much I've missed seeing him in red and white doing what he does best. Out of the 4 bffs with Cesc included, 2 have gone (Flam, Hleb). So Cesc still has Tomas!!
The bubble wrap is coming off. I'll put him back in after every game but haaaaaaaaaaay! Tomas is on the team sheet!
It took me this long to realise that Gallas is the oldest on the team. Right when Wenger is considering offering him a new contract. I think he still has a lot to offer and I'd want him to stay.
Good time to get the season back on track.
Will post the streams later on. Good to download TVU player first. Most reliable to me. I haven't detected any spy wares so far. They have ESPN American version and a host of others. If all else fails then just watch the Chinese channels. Won't kill. They're actually funny.
进球了！
update: you can catch the Arsenal game on ESPN on the TVU Player. Link here, plus other modes.Labels: Tomas Rosicky, William Gallas
A Little Drunken Madness @ 6:44 PM
I got back from the noisy noisy happening Liz and the replay of the game is on Football Channel since there is no late game tonight.
A joy to watch all the goals once more, minus the one from an ex-sp*rs man. Oh how he celebrated. And how he was still on the losing side of 4 goals.
This game is probably the easiest one on paper when you look at all our opening fixtures. Man Utd and City away are to come, after Celtic midweek.
The boss took the opportunity to rest his key players with Gibbs and Eboue coming in for Gael and Sagna. Song was rested too with Denilson playing in his defensive role. Diaby started his first game of the season and did really well.
If you cross-referred to last season, Diaby was fantastic when it started too. He was scoring goals and exhibiting his technical quality on the pitch until the point where he gets injured for long periods of time. I hope nothing happens after this game. No one wants a repeat of last season where he featured sporadically and was largely disappointing whenever he came back from injury.
This game was probably to show the fans that we do have the depth to rest our first teamers.
But we will still be screaming for reinforcements anyway.
The Lescott deal should be materialising soon with Senderos joining Everton and we'll be extra light at centre back. I think that should be a priority signing at the moment.
Anyhow, what a game, and another emphatic scoreline. That's 10 goals in 2 league games and only 1 has came from a striker, Eduardo's goal against everton, which resulted from Arshavin's shot which bounced off the post.
Most of the goals have came from Gallas and the middle of the park. Gallas is now top scorer. He holds the number 10 shirt mind you. Denilson has 1, Cesc 2, Diaby 2, Ramsey 1 and that's a great return. It's almost like playing total football where anyone can score and it's a team effort.
This removes much reliance on the strikers when the whole team scores goals.
This is what Van Persie means by the team playing for each other.
I had an interesting conversation with my friend about Puasa. Robin is a muslim. Isn't he fasting? hahaha. Prolly why David James managed to save his thunderbolt while subsequent shots went into the wall.
I laugh many many.
Till Celtic.Labels: Abou Diaby, Robin Van Persie, William Gallas
A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:36 AM
Having too many nights out can really take a toll.
I officially do not sleep at night. I fall asleep at daybreak. Too much booze is really bad. Booze 4 times a week is the worst.
Next week, I'm going to hyper detox my liver, however that's achieved.
Anyway, I made a friend during my trip to Korea and last night I ran into her and it's kinda amazing that it's the first time I see her in Singapore when we're both residents of this fine city. I couldn't find any other analogy for Singapore.
K box does not have Nobody by the Wondergirls so that sucks a lot. Lol. My friends know the dance by heart, even for So Hot. It's funny. In Korean karaoke which is better known as noraebang, they have tambourines and shakers for the non singers to dance to. Basically, everyone's on their feet enjoying themselves rather than the Singaporean way of sitting down and singing. Much more energy in it.
It seems that Philippe Senderos will be returning to Arsenal since Milan, with all their Spanish money, isn't going to sign him up for the pre-agreed 6m. I'm not sure if he'll be off somewhere, but I kinda imagined how it would have been like if he was with us through this season with all out defensive issues and all. Senderos was quite the able partner of Kolo and they did well together. I never really knew why Djourou was preferred over Senderos because Phil always had the good head and he was injured less. Johan had his chances to prove his worth but had bad timings with his injuries. I suspect his knee injury came from sitting on the bench too much.
There's also the other theory that Milan prefer Gallas to Senderos. If reports are right, they would save 2m if they got Gallas instead, who arguable would have more to offer in the short term with all his experience.
Just when Wenger declared that his main priority this summer is to strengthen his defence, most of the players linked with a move to Arsenal happen to be defenders, for the bulk of it. And no one really know what is believable and I think everyone's with me when I say I want it over and done with so that the whole team can be more focused on the future together.
It's going to be another night out again tonight. I might just die from being too happening.Labels: booze is my downfall, transfer window hoo-ha, William Gallas
A Little Drunken Madness @ 4:40 PM
And injury news is out.
Gallas won't be expected to play again this season and the game against Villarreal could well be his last in an Arsenal shirt if he's off in the Summer. Clichy has a back problem and Almunia has a recurrent ankle injury.
Team-wise, it doesn't look all that grim. So far, Gibbs has slotted in quite comfortably at left back. He recovers well and has great pace going forward and fancies shooting from range. All in all, it should be exciting to see him fill in at left back. Almunia has Fabianski as his deputy and I am quite glad to have him around. Wenger's praise for him isn't overrated. He might have the odd stranded moments but overall, a fantastic shotstopper with good handling so it'll be interesting to see how he steps up. Sometimes the keeper can be the decider of the game. I believe he has been presented with a great opportunity to step and and he will.
In centre back, Toure is returning to his best and the Toure-Djourou partnership doesn't look too bad, with the latter possessing height which could be crucial at set pieces, both offensive and defensive. Djourou passes the ball well too so that's a plus. I'm not saying we won't win Gallas. Gallas is a match-winner and his experience would be valuable at this point in time with the challenging for honours but I think Djourou can step up as well. The only concern is Johan's tendency to koon in defence. Then you'll see me faint. He's got to keep his concentration at 100% for 90 minutes. Don't forget extra time. >:O Sp*rs.
Wigan tomorrow at home. Doesn't ever look like an easy game but I think we'll cope. They're having problems with Zaki who is acting like he's some huge superstar bigger than the club. Even his agent is on his side, citing the number of interested clubs should Wigan not sign him after his loan period. That kind of cockiness really should have no place in football. The club never owes the player anything.
Aside from that, Wigan are a decent side but they have Titus Bramble and Adebayor should be causing him all sorts of problems.
Adebayor has returned to the media spotlight with his wonder goal and it's non-stop raving about it, apart from The Mirror stating that Villa and whoever have had better goals. Oh whatever. Sometimes it's all about the timing and importance of the goal. I can't see any Villa player pulling off the same stunt. Anyway, all these attention could backfire should it awake the interest of Milan and Barcelona.
The team needs to win the Champion's League, simple as that. Not just to finish the season with something, but simply, to keep their team together. Even an FA Cup win would not have that effect. It has to be that European crown. Imagine Barcelona winning it again and Adebayor should be off. It is probably every player's dream to lift the greatest cup in Europe and we've been in the hunt long enough. We're super-outsiders as the boss calls it, but I would like this team to defy all odds and go on and win it. It is no longer about a fan's pride. Sure, we'll be happy and all, but I want this team to stick together. A youth policy is useless to win things unless they grow and mature together. We should not be a feeder club to Barcelona or anyone. We are the Arsenal.
I think it's funny that Mourinho thinks Arsenal are the dark horses and could nick the trophy.
Aside from all that football, off the pitch, Sagna has became a Daddy. I can't begin to count how many daddies are there at Arsenal. Alex Song, 21, has 2 kids. That was the shocker of all shocking discoveries. I should make a daddy list.
For now, enjoy.
*cradling action in goal celebration when someone becomes a daddyLabels: Alex Song, Andrei Arshavin, Bakary Sagna, Champion's League, Emmanuel Adebayor, one of my many theories, Wigan, William Gallas
A Little Drunken Madness @ 4:27 PM
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