I don't know how Ramsey's broken leg has led to the World vs. Arsenal, but it has.
Too many jealous cunts out there. They're envious of our success in all areas and simply, would not fancy us winning the league.
If you look at our team's mental strength though, they are hardly undeserving. They've been tested time and time again and still managed to stick together to get where they are now, you know, even when you can't trust our goalkeeper.
The point is, the only way to make the world even more jealous and unhappy, is to win the league and let them wag their tongues a little more. They all are fully aware of the position Arsenal is now, with the harder fixtures out of the way and the top 2 still to play each other and Liverpool as well. They're just scared shitless that we're in an extremely favourable position and is taking the chances to push us as far away as they possibly can.
I'm afraid it's not going to work this time. Watch this video and watch our little captain in action.
The emotions. The Vermaelen goal moment was the peak of it all.
Don't anyone dare doubt this team's togetherness, spirit and sheer determination.
Cesc never gave up. He tried and tried and tried, for 90 minutes until stoppage time and beyond, he was in the centre of it all.
There was some dicky Chelshite fan recently who decided to take all her Arsenal hate out on Ramsey's leg break and rub it in like 100x more, like coping with a man down isn't enough. Well there's great news for you: Arsenal have leapfrogged Chelsea in the rich list. For all of Abramovic's billions, Arsenal, without foreign owners, are richer. Yet another aspect of this club to be jealous and bitter about. Have fun at that.
People think that supporting a football team means nothing more than watching them play and cheering them on and sharing in the glory when they win. It isn't just that. It's being there for all of what football has to offer, on and off the pitch. With Arsenal, you have a club that is run in the right way from the top management to the bottom, from the seniors to the youth team to the academy, the lads all go through the same education, which is the Arsenal way. Financially, frivolous spending has no place. Everything to do with money is well thought out and so well managed that the fans bemoan the lack of big money signings. Yet this season, as much as we would have wanted a better keeper, a big striker and back up at central defence, we're still in the reckoning for the top 2 honours - the league which we have not won since 2004, and the Champion's League, which has eluded Arsene Wenger for a great long time.
Nobody would have dubbed this season to be the season but it sure is turning out to be a season we've never had before. Struggling through injuries have always been part of Arsenal. This season, we've arguably risen above this stumbling block quite remarkable. When Van Persie got injured we hit the rocks a little bit but the team dug deep and the midfield stepped up with the most-needed goals. We've come this far and we're so in the title race it makes my stomach churn so much with excitement and the tingling in my fingers, like none I've experienced before. People can wank off all they want about this and that about Arsenal but who are they to say anything? They're simply a bunch of nobodies who don't know any better and what's good for them. Arsenal is football done right in every fucking aspect there is to it. No question.
All that's left for all of us fans to do is to unite as the team has, and cheer them on, from whichever part of the whole wide world. According to wiki, we are 27 million strong. No more doubts, no more whining, just one thought - Arsenal will win the league.
7 out of 9 points for the Arsenal. Jetstar can go fuck themselves
After whining about the Burnley draw, it seems that Chelsea and Man Utd heard my cry.
We amassed 7 points out of 9 in the last 3 games, away to Liverpool and Burnley, and at home to Hull.
Not a bad result, considering how Chelsea and United have stumbled. We're within 2 points of United and 6 of Chelsea, with a game in hand.
Things are looking good, except that this weekend, we face an in-form Villa. The only good thing is that we will be playing at home and hopefully, Cesc would be fit by then.
I didn't manage to catch the Hull game because I got delayed by fucking Jetstar in Bangkok. My flight landed almost 7 hours late. Just because it's a budget flight they think they can treat their passengers like shit. We weren't aware of the flight delays at all because there was no announcement. The timing on the departure board just changed and we had to keep checking and even then, it took forever and ever for the plane to arrive to take me home. And mind you, my ticket cost $300 and my psycho family decided to book it without my knowledge, while they took SQ. $300 to fly to Bangkok is insane. I'd rather had not gone and watch both the Burnley and Hull games. Besides, the shopping in Bangkok sucks unless you want low quality stuff that do not last. And the things aren't exactly cheap either, with the entire population out to con tourists, especially their taxi drivers.
It's been 5 years since I visited and clearly, nothing has changed. Their Taxis may be of a difference make and model (vios) but their drivers are still untrained and are simply out to con you. Basic things like transportation is such an issue and there is no regulation. Tons of taxis are out on the roads and all they create are jams. And while in a Jam, they're so ready to offload their passengers at the nearest BTS station after running the meter till they're satisfied, completely not taking us to our destination.
If I never have to visit Bangkok again in my life, I'll be a happier person. Going there just exposes me to the ugly side of human beings. Being surrounded by Singaporeans is enough. We irritate one another but it's because it is innate, by possessing no logic at all, not to deliberately hurt another. If you need an example it would be not allowing people to come out of the lift before squeezing their asses in, same for the MRT. And the jumping of queues. How about boarding the aircraft when their row isn't called? The list goes on. Yup. We irritate one another. People with no logic. But we are kind-hearted and do not seek to cheat one another. It doesn't have to be a dog-eat-dog world everywhere.
That's it for my Bangkok rant.
It's Christmas week. Don't have a lot planned, save for a family Christmas party. I'm totally not in the mood to soak up the festivities because Christmas gets less and less significant as I grow older and further away from Christianity.
And then it's Villa for an early kick off on Sunday. Mark Hughes is long gone. Heh. No sympathy here. Pride always comes before a fall. He was never a big enough name for City and boasting about a record number of draws is something not worth bragging about.
Fabregas on the double, while Nasri made it through 90 minutes and had a goal to his name too. And Diaby? I asked him to shut me up and he got a goal.
Right after the boss says Cesc has grown up a lot in the past 2 years hence the goals at Sp*rs, he bags a brace this time. ILU Cesc Fabregas.
The only thing is, I only caught the game after 75 minutes because I was asleep. Games at 3.45 am are difficult to stay up for, especially when there isn't guaranteed coverage thanks to two telcos. This is where game theory is relavent. The twosome are engaging in zero sum game where one cannot be better off without making one worse off. The pool of football fans will remain the same, regardless. Singtel having exclusive rights will not create more football fans. These 2 parties don't seem to realise the inconvenience and undue stress they're causing people like me, as if being human is not enough to deal with already.
The online streams are pretty good though, but being me, I get very stressed before the game while waiting for one of the streams to work, especially one with English commentory. No to Chinese please. It's cheesy and just wrong.
Ya, I know I am Chinese.
So, I guess it's how the universe works. I watched the game when it was 3-0 and then Diaby scored. I woke up for Diaby's goal.
Ha ha ha.
How hilarious.
Arsene Wenger should drag him to press conferences more often.
A good 4-1 win against AZ and we look good value for top spot in the group.
I wonder how it's like, when it's crazy noisy at the Emirates and dead quiet across the street, you know, the douches who want to build a new stadium to match ours but fall short at a 57,000 capacity only. They're the nutjobs who want to tap into the pool of North London fans as well, when it is fixed and I don't see how anyone in the right mind will ditch Arsenal for Sp*rs. Perhaps they want to attract the impressionable youth and give them a one-way ticket to becoming losers.
I turned on the TV yesterday when I got back from the Liz and I jinxed Liverpool. Normally, when I do that, I have to watch them win. But nooo, everything went so well on Sp*rs demolition day I decided to try my luck again, with Man City.
They got a draw. I watched from the hour mark so I missed the penalty save by Shay Given. Damnnnn. Should have started watching waaaaaaay earlier. A draw nonetheless, their 4th in a row. Their drive to go forward only lasted the initial stages of the season. Adebayor didn't play and I guess that made a difference (no compliments to him tyvm).
It is interesting to note that there is a Ferguson and a Benitez in Birmingham City.
I had a great time reading all the Arsenal blogs after the Sp*rs win.They were epic and awesome. Much of it was centred on Keane's comments before the game, talking up Sp*rs to Arsenal's level. He claims good ol sp*rs have strength in depth even though Defoe, Lennon and Modric were unable to participate.
And then after the game, Sp*rs started moaning about their injury woes.
Nothing like finding excuses really, just like ol Harry's game of football. If you played in Harry's football league, every game comprises only of 42 minutes. If you hold off the team you're playing against for 42 minutes, keeping the score goalless, you're on your way to pulling off a 'great result'. All you need to do, is play well for 42 minutes.
Sad to say, Sp*rs are playing in the Barclay's Premier League, and like all other football games at the top level, the game lasts a minimum of 90 minutes.
I guess, for teams who come to the Emirates, we are such a formidable team to beat, hence keeping it goalless for the first 42 minutes is a mean feat you can be proud of, regardless of the final score with 90 minutes have passed, plus added time.
Hold off Arsenal for 42 minutes and you're guaranteed a win. They should have a sign somewhere to motivate the away teams.
Sad ol Harry. He couldn't come up with more creative excuses.
I'm going to watch Cesc's goal again and laugh some more. I don't know if he has any idea what he did to all of us, fans at the Emirates and fans catching the game elsewhere. I think we went bonkers for the next 5 minutes in utter disbelief yet complete joy which words can't describe.
Okay so I've gotten all my wisdom teeth out. Turns out, there were 3 instead of 4. I didn't have a left upper. It required normal extraction anyway.
I'm only been sleeping since the minor surgery so, if anyone needs a break from work, get your wisdom teeth out and you'll be blessed with a 1-week MC which simply spells goodness and you get to catch up on sleep etc etc.
And shows probably.
It's 16 days to the premiere of season 6 of Grey's Anatomy. The promo video is as equally heart-wrenching as the finale.
I got lots of time to re-watch season 5 which I have already. Well.
Once again, there isn't much football stuff or Arsenal stuff thanks to the internationals. I think they're pretty lame and we only want our players to come through unscathed. As per normal.
I suppose most of the drama is surrounding the whole Chelsea transfer ban, where now, both Manchesters are being accused, with United threatening to take legal action for Le Harve's apparent sweeping statements about them inducing Paul Pogba to terminate his contract at the French side to join the devils. I can only laugh really. It's how big clubs eat small clubs with their lawyers. Doesn't it remind you of Usmanov who threatened legal action too against Arsenal bloggers?
Evidently, bullies and red devils take the same 'course of action'. Usmanov is a United fan yeah.
I think, if these clubs did their business cleanly, such allegations wouldn't appear out of nowhere. Granted, the whole Chelsea thing has made the smaller clubs bolder in voicing out any disparities and the lack of compensation when a youngster for the future is stolen.
Maybe Arsenal is the only club that pays good money for youngsters. 5m for Ramsey. Close to 12m for Walcott, from all the bonus payouts. And there's Luke Freedman, who dazzled in the recent reserves game against Birmingham City.
Retards out there will definitely bring up the case of Cesc Fabregas. We induced him to come, but not to breach his contract. At the end of the day, it was his decision. And if he weren't the one who made the choice he would be back at Barcelona now. He chose Arsenal. End of story. If anyone wants to open that book they can stick it right up their arse.
Anyway, with the whole transfer ban rubbish, it's getting absurd. It is human to want to take advantage and the smaller clubs seem to be jumping on that bandwagon really fast.
UEFA decided to open 2 cans of worms at the same time, with the Eduardo diving ban and now this. They've got a lot to deal with, imo. For what it's worth, them banning Chelsea is a bigger issue and it might take away the spotlight on dudu. Which also can be a bad thing. If after a while, this becomes water under a bridge, then Shrek will forever go unpunished.
Actually, just because he's English, he will go unpunished even if he dives in every game he plays.
Okay. Time for porridge and then to load up on more painkillers. I am starving from a lack of solid food for like one meal. This is the part I hate most. Besides the part where I can't laugh or I'll most probably burst a stitch. Lols.
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.
I can post a load of rubbish there and not care about spam because Twitter is all about spam and random thoughts. On Facebook though, who decided to have status updates twitter style, isn't the right platform with all your friends and family on it. There's no freedom of speech there.
Then I realised I linked every damn thing via the same username/email address that it's so easy to find me. That is stupid on my part. Someday, it could come back to bite me in the butt.
Anyway. It's fun to read the opinions of Gooners all over the world and reply. We all stand united in one thing and that's our love for Arsenal. And we don't do retarded petitions on Facebook saying "we want Iker Casillas" or "we want Villa or Aguero" to united because it's not Football Manager and fans aren't entitled to a wishlist unless you're Florentino Pere$.
Do you think SAF will bother himself with this:
To Sir Alex Ferguson: We love Edwin van der Sar , but United needs to reload. Make an offer for Iker Casillas and let's keep the Reds at the top of the table!
Bunch of retards Man Utd fans are on Facebook. After their Champion's League loss they disappeared for a while. Then a little more when Ronaldo declared his departure. Now they're back, planning the shopping list with the not-yet-inherited £80m.
This is why Facebook is annoying. It has endless quizes and pointless flash games and people have no discretion to not post every damn thing. No one realises that such quizes are no true reflection of the topic in question or their personality and it's all in the name of fun.
There is another issue which will never go away until it finally happens. It doesn't matter how many times Cesc comes out and says he sees his future at Arsenal as the captain. We'll always be disturbed. He's in South Africa with his Spanish mates and there will always be that slight unease when he's not in Gunner town with the rest of the lads. He's Spanish. He's born in Barcelona. He was raised in Barcelona. He grew up with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Pique. His idol is Pep Guardiola. None of these point to him never returning to Barcelona.
Yet he still is at Arsenal. And we should believe in him. He wants to be at Arsenal. He is happy.
Another dude though, might not be that happy. That's Adebayor for you. Hah. His apparent destination is in question and the boss wants him to stay. Not sure all the fans want him to. I guess time will tell. It's still quite a long way till 1st september so I guess all we can do is wait it out. He could still be here come the start of pre-season but that's no guarantee of anything.
Eboue has stopped stirring the pot, for now. I don't think anyone wants him either.
In this time and age, we've seem too many movies consisting solely on hijacking. I mean, we had Air Force 1, then we had Speed 2 (no Keanu bahahaa) and basically anything to do with hostage taking can easily be a hijacking on whatever vehicle they're on.
The plot is well thought out, but it's not intense enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, the way Angels and Demons did. For both shows, they were running on a ticking clock but somehow you would have felt it more on A&D even if Taking Pelham 123 had someone dying every minute instead of every hour.
So then you'll be figuring out if I enjoyed the movie at all and I did, because of the two leads who will make any movie work - John Travolta as the baddie and Denzel Washington as the goodie of course. It can never be the reverse.
A rare mini movie review for ya!
In other news, Aaron Carter posted his number on Twitter and it's real. Not that I tested it. I only want candy.
In more other news, Thailand's H1N1 cases has twenty-folded since it's first declaration of the virus. I couldn't laugh more, even though I'm due to go there like next month. Just fuck it really. I'd do better to go there nearer to school reopening so that I can be responsible and isolate myself for 7 days and 7 nights the same way my friend's boyfriend, the HERO of newpaper (shittiest tabloid everrrrrrrrr epic fail X 793486378648967896757644) did.
He will be most commonly known by us as the boyfriend who isolated himself.
And even if I were to be sent to CDC or whatever, I've been preparing my computer for it all. Sims 3, Football Manager, Fallout 3, PES. That'll be enough to occupy me and keep me from boredom till the next millennium.
No actually. I need football. Live football. Live Arsenal football. The U21 Euros in Sweden has proven to be ultra bad substitutes. I want Gibbs and Walcott to triumph but I hate Stuart Pearce.
What conflicting feelings I have.
So apparently my dear country Singapore is expected to move away from the process of contact tracing and quarantining people since it's stretching our resources, not because it's completely stupid. They're treating all this H1N1 shit like SARS when it isn't that bad. Take the cue from your greatest ally on mother earth - US doctors just tell their patients to wear a mask and get well soon.
And so not torture people to the point of insanity by keeping them in isolation. If only the movie Moon was to be released in Singapore. Everyone should love Sam Rockwell.
The flu is coming, whether we like it or not. An imposed hospital stay should not be $400 per day just for the flu with no decent television and internet, as TTSH claims.
That's about all the dirt the Singapore media wants since they have nothing else to report on, after rape, theft and assault, rape being the hot hot hot hot favourite where the victim is left scarred for life.
Arsenal.com has already given the lo-down on it so I don't think I need to analyse or over-analyse because it is what it is.
We play at St Andrews only in March 27 next year so hopefully dudu will be flying already and can go there and no one gets all emo about it while we continue hating Martin Taylor yes.
Lastly, no one is going to forget Newcastle United. I think their progress in the Championship will be highly scrutinised with no good reason. That's a lot of unnecessary pressure really. Anyhow, it's going to be a premier league clash in the championship when they face West Brom on the opening day.
Regardless of Race, dumb people, are just dumb people
There isn't much in football news, besides Kaka, Kaka, and more Kaka.
He could potentially be the world's most expensive player. Not sure he's one to enjoy all the speculation though. I only remember him rejecting a certain Man City which Psychobarry has migrated to.
He knew he could go stale since he's a bloody fruit.
If Kaka moved to real Madrid then it wouldn't be such a surprise, given that Florentino Perez is back in power. Just don't make any moves for Arsenal players. Except that you can have Adebayor. For 30m no less. kthnxbai.
On the not so football side of things, and rather hilarious, is our not-very-far-away neighbours Malaysia. Goodness gracious. They have a litter problem. And they're utilising the most primitive of methods, if not totally what-the-shit, to prevent it.
They'll be planting whistle blowers in public. So the minute you throw that tissue anyone other than a proper bin, you'll hear the sweet melody of a whistle.
Srsly. And they're planning to train people to have the sufficient reaction speed for it to be effective.
Did they run out of ideas? Why doesn't anyone expose the brains behind the 'operation'?
Just take the cue from Singapore and fine people. You'll just be called a really fine city and not completely dumb. Besides, there's corrective work order, which is quite a good platform for shaming people instead of blowing whistles. Put them in a neon orange vest and that'll be a lesson to remember.
I really don't get litter bugs anyway. The ManUre brother is one. He eats his kit kat chunky and conveniently throws the wrapper out the window. Surely it is for convenience, but why should someone else be tasked with clearing your rubbish?
Actually, it's no surprise at all that his character is a mess. Should have figured that out earlier.
And then we have Edison Chen, who is still very much not out of the spotlight after his incriminating photos were circulated on the net. It's always like that with men isn't it. They can openly talk about it while the women suffer. Such is society. The latest is that the whole photoshoot was consensual. Hah. Like we didn't already figure that out.
And now for something utterly Singaporean:
Warning: Any user who posts offensive or irrelevant comments will be banned from this Discussion Board.
was the footnote of the article. There is no such thing as freedom of speech. or Singaporeans tend to be super duper lame and immature when posting comments on such issues. That is nothing to be proud of.
It's like adding fuel to the fire when people go on forums to defame H1N1 victims. If it were down to a choice, whether to get sick or not, obviously they don't want to. Some people are just born with weaker immunities and it is not their fault for going ahead as planned on a freakin study trip. Even if it was a holiday I see nothing wrong. If they needed to condemn something, that would be globalisation.
And I was starting to figure out that these losers can only manage to sit by their computers having these inappropriate discussions about others because 1) they have nothing better to do 2) they are busy bodies 3) they're poor bastards with no travel privileges
i.e. never took a plane before, never left Singapore, maybe only to as far as Malaysia and definitely not the States.
This is probably why there is a need to limit so-called freedom of speech since the typical Singaporean brain cannot muster anything which is constructive. It is so easy to just point fingers.
This is also why I don't read Singaporean forums. They're rubbish. People just posting one-liners in order to get their posting rate up for a mere title when they write utter bollocks. Besides, the standard of English there is nothing short of diabolical. You wouldn't be able to pinpoint grammatical errors even because the whole statement is just so wrong it's better to paraphrase. Singlish is a language only Singaporeans understand but it sounds really bad to the rest of the world when it comes out. And here's another fundamental problem with intellectually challenged Singaporeans - they have trouble switching between informal and formal language use. They can't read the situation and act accordingly.
It is no surprise bloody ang mohs out there totally look down on Asians.
Not that caucasians have the divine right to do so.
I was playing Texas Hold'em Poker on FB the other day and profile pictures are displayed in game when you're at a table with complete strangers. There isn't a server for Singapore so you'll have to join some place in America. And then this sex maniac made it so clear that he hates Asian girls because they're bad in bed. Apparently, they don't give head well and fall into the category of dead fish. Clearly, haven't met the divine few.
So, all these ang mohs think about is sex. They should be playing strip poker instead. I put my cutest photo up there and got insulted because of my skin colour.
I have since changed my profile pic to the one with my crazy friend on my birthday. Heh. Now I won't know who they're insulting. Funnily though, I have a spike in poker buddy requests.
Strip poker via webcam? How creative. FB does not permit. ahaha.
I suppose it wouldn't be greatly harmful to post my 29 May photos.
It's my birthday cookie!
Making a wish.
Blowing it out.
And I cut it up. And then closed the box while taking more photos.
And then I opened the box.
TO find my heart in a million pieces. ahaha.
And this person laughed the most.
While taunting me about other stuff. And I put icing on her nose. She became Rudolf. She'll definitely be returning the favour come November.
Staking my claim on more people.
Waiting outside kbox for my mini concert, totally butting into the photo.
And another from a week ago with colour accent. I am in the photo because I was wearing black, not because they wanted me there.
So you see my long hair. I spend so much $ cutting my hair it's alarming. So yeah, sort of considering the hair for hope thinggy. No one gave a deadline so I don't know how long more I've got to think about it. My hair grows pretty fast so I'll have a full crown in 2 months.
In footie news, there isn't much, besides once again, Cesc handing a request for Xabi Alonso to be at Arsenal.
I don't know how many times I've stated that stinkinpool is a stinkin long ball team. Everyone thinks that Gerrard is at the centre of it. No one really knows that Alonso is the true key player for pool. He is the chief of long balls, and pretty accurate ones at that. Liverpool should at least know this and would make it highly unlikely for him to leave, especially to Arsenal. This my friend, is selling someone to a rival team which will definitely strengthen them and make them almost 1000 times better.
What wasn't, was Silvestre. No need to bring up why Fergie released him to come join Arsenal.
Alonso will cost a lot since he probably doesn't mind staying at pool and there is a demand for him.
Some people should be left wondering why we always finish above Sp*rs in whatever tables involving the two teams. Even for the public behaviour fairplay league, we're 11th and Sp*rs still can't manage to be in the top half of the table. We should have been anyway, since we're tied with boro who's at 10th.
I realised Sp*rs lost to Liverpool on the final day of the season and lost out on a Europa League spot. We can laugh all we want now but undoubtedly, they'll have just the domestic competitions to concentrate on so they won't get relegated next season. For the past few seasons I don't suppose their uefa cup commitments could have contributed to their poor domestic performances. It's not the Champion's League (chuckles) but it still does give a false sense of well being of participating in some sort of European competition. Maybe we'll be able to see what Old Harry is up to.
At the end of the day though, Sp*rs will always be Sp*rs. Many happy returns?
Have a fantastic summer holiday! Go back to Russia and bring daughter over perhaps. And make more little Arshas. RVP is expecting his second child already. Heh. Hope it's a girl.
My friend wrote in my fb wall:
HAPPY 22ND AGAIN!
Like. WTH. Lol. Again? This is about the only time I'll ever turn 22 in my life, unless of course, I own a time machine.
It's 5am and I'm not the least bit sleepy. Goodness gracious. There'll be a bout of partying tonight. The other day my friend kinda stalked me. She must have read something off my fb profile about doing something at a certain time so she managed to know what time I slept bahaha. Retarded. I don't think I have any other stalkers so I can safely announce where I'll be tonight? Heh.
Oh whatever.
I think stalking is fun though, cept that the speculations may not be real. In the case of my friend, she got it right. Then managed to drag me out of the house while I was still sick with the flu. Then suddenly everywhere I went there were MOH signs commanding people to be fully well before going out at all. lol.
I'm well but I feel like there's a sore throat coming back. And my wisdom tooth is acting up again. It's painful because my gums around it swells on and off. I have to extract it soon. Boo. Gonna hurt a shit load since I require surgery. It's the diagonal growing out kind which isn't completely out.
Splendid timing, considering tonight's party is Karaoke. I hope that when I wake up it gets better and not worse.
We'll all be missing our H1N1 friend. It'll be so different without her man. Probably get tortured by my singing the most. Supposed to call and sing Poker Face assuming kbox has acquired the track already. Heh. Sing with plenty of GUSTO.
I heard the Chinese tabloid got hold of her picture but it's quite pixelated. There are several conclusions which can be drawn: 1) they want to protect her identity. if this was their purpose, why release a photo at all? 2) they didn't get the right photo and made some random one blurry
She even deleted her facebook to ward off these flies.
Heh. If anyone got hold of mine they'll have photos from my whole life. 400+ photos to choose from. That's retarded. I think a third are from my Korea trip?
Then again I'm not famous. Banner of avoidance.
I present you the photo that seems to be everyone's all time favourite. I wonder why.
Disclaimer: I wasn't seriously getting into it. Must make it look real otherwise no point right? RIGHT?
So there you have it. The girl's kinda not very appealing anyway. My friend bought shoes before I appeared and knew I would baulk the minute I saw it. So it's revenge. Coincidentally, this is the same person who stalked me hahaha.
And called me a mophead. My hair is long again. I don't get why longer hair = mophead. But since it's the birthday I should go get a haircut before meeting the bunch of them. Later kena insulted on the birthday. Bad luck maybe? Haha.
I'm mixing 3 groups of friends tonight. Well they do know each other but if no one wants to sing it'll be me like 99% so. It's my mini concert. Imagine the torture I'll be meting out.
Multiple posting about a single topic is kinda stupid but ahaha, it has to get airtime.
So my FB status reads:
Sarah Lauis lol-ing at all the ManUre fans who thought they'd won before the game was played.
and then the loser called the brother had his status in reply:
Abel Lau2008-2009 Honours: Manchester United: EPL Champions, Carling Cup Winners. Arsenal: NIL. (since 05) Liverpool: NIL.
which is hugely entertaining.
I thank Arsene Wenger for pointing out that United only won 1 game against a top 4 team. That makes them ultra worthy champions. I wonder how that fuck face is going to reply to that.
Besides, he got it all wrong with my statement.
I was taking a swipe at the people who were counting their chickens before they hatch. So apparently he feels he's one of them. It's a dumb move really, since football is ever so unpredictable and you never really know who will win.
Of course, the Man Utd fans have now disappeared from the face of the earth. Or they'll be like the dumbass brother of mine who'll just be in denial and say oh, at least we won the league and the Carling Cup. Ahaha. Were United worthy champions? Benitez wouldn't acknowledge that. 15 of their total wins were 1-0s. Entertaining to watch? Not at all. The brother hates teams who play long balls. I don't suppose he'll appreciate those who play the ball on the ground? There's only one Arsenal who does that in the English league, yet he supports Man Utd. Hah. Tell me Man Utd do not pump long balls from defence to attack. They're always doing it to Rooney on the left. Why Rooney is playing on the left is also beyond me.
That's the business of United.
After all the drama, I've just come to realise that the fundamentals of winning a damned football game is to just play your best players in their best positions full stop. Then let the other influencing factors do their jobs. Things like players' attitudes and commitment and tactics. Just play the boys in the right positions please.
The ManUre brother and I might share common ground when hating Liverpool but make no mistake - I dislike all teams but Arsenal. And probably Valencia, the team which I am convinced, hire on looks.
Hurhur.
Do I need to go on about how dumb he is in his personal life? Just a little further. He thinks Chinese girls are ugly, you know, in Singapore, where the Chinese is kinda the majority. Apparently his girlfriend is half Japanese. She's been to my place quite a few times and I still don't remember how she looks like. No impact visually, and if no one told me about the half Jap part, I wouldn't be able to tell. Not that I can, armed with the knowledge of it and all. But good luck anyway, at dating especially. Bahaha.
Being with someone is so much more than nationality and DNA. It's about the connection.
Thank you Barca for silencing ManUre fans, or rather, perform the vanishing act. Heh. Byebye?
You gotta see Cesc pulling down Bendtner's pants in the lap of appreciation.
Watch for the 11 second mark.
Srsly.
see a cheeky Cesc in the background.
Will the captain get fined for it? Maybe AW didn't see it. Doubt it.
On a completely unrelated note, Red Bull Cola contains cocaine. Hah. Not your regular red bull. I'm a huge fan of red bull. It's so extremely sweet it rocks. There is nothing sweeter than that. Maybe cocaine will make it more powerful. Last time I checked, I still fall asleep on Red Bull and have various caffeine dreams. Sleeping on red bull isn't really sleeping since your brain is still working but your body isn't.
So, Singapore has it's patient zero. The media is trying to get her mobile number ahahaha. It's funny. Srsly. Why would they want to traumatise an already traumatised person? What's more funny is that she got the praise from the health minister for being responsible. Heh. In contrast to how SARS came to Singapore, I guess she really did things right instead of spreading the germs around. If her symptoms came a little later, since the incubation period is up to a week, I could have got it with the birthday celebrations coming up.
And we can all joke about it because she's going to be okay.
And other unrelated topics.
Like how California has overturned the permit for same sex marriages. The option left is domestic partnership. The significance of that is basically the inability to file joint income tax returns. Or if your partner isn't American she can't get citizenship. Things like that.
Personally, I'm 22, and I think it'll be about 200 years before Singapore even has this argument. I don't think I'll live to 222. Sometimes, I wish I wasn't Singaporean really.
The whole sex education thinggy is completely retarded. Rubbish really.
Pre-marital sex vs homosexuality.
If they didn't want to invoke so much trouble they should just let nature take its course. Creating a stand like this doesn't make things any better. It just exposes the weakness of education and schools to socialise us into the supposed ideal set of values and social norms.
It didn't work with me. And deep down I'm a huge ass rebel. You want me to do one thing and it'll just make me want to do the other to piss you off so forcing people to be 'proper' really doesn't work.
Granted, the mass of Singaporeans are generally bochup, they don't really care.
It's the christians who do. They think that being armed with the bible gives them the power to judge humanity. It is the same way Israel uses the bible to claim their lands and destroy the homes and the families of people who came to occupy it before the holocaust. Just because the Germans wiped out 6 million of theirs they have the divine right to kill whoever they wish to.
All in the name of the bible and christianity.
I grew up a christian. Had a lot of rough roads to travel through childhood. Quiz me on my bible knowledge and I shouldn't disappoint you. I've been to Israel. The night I left, there were bombings in Bethlehem. You know, even the jews are confused within themselves. They don't even know for sure which was Jesus' tomb.
Perhaps I do believe in Jesus and all, but his followers are a bunch of retards. They claim whatever knowledge as their own and use these principles to back their so-called divine right to judge others and tell people that if they don't believe in Jesus they're going to hell.
And they treat gay people like freaks of nature. My own mother will never truly love me for who I am.
We Really Have Enough Youngsters, even a quota can't affect us
The transfer shit is starting.
Mr Andrey Arshavin has decided to voice his discontent at being played on the left.
hahaha. srsly.
How many central attacking players do we have whom Wenger has forced onto the wings? There Theo, who Wenger still deems as a striker but um, is playing on the right wing. He sort of like to do his Thierry Henry esque education where they start out on the wings first and then become the striker they were born to be.
Not the case for Nasri though. This dude definitely prefer the coveted central attacking role in the hole behind the striker. And then we had Hleb, who was also more of a central player than anything.
Everyone wants to play in the hole don't they?
And guess who Arsene Wenger puts there?
CESC FABREGAS.
Who doesn't want to be in the hole. Or shouldn't be in the hole. Geez. There isn't such thing as your wish is my command in Wenger's books, is there?
And then force Arsha on the left when he is more effective playing off the striker. Wenger seems to love 4-5-1 instead of a 4-4-2 we all love so much more so if he wants to play a damn )*$&#*$)&#&* 4-5-1, at least play the right players in the hole. And of course, I have to insert 'please sell Adebayor for a more committed and hardworking frontman'.
We've got good quality players but he chooses to play them waaaaaaaaaay out of position and it's pissing me off. Not to mention his faith in Abou Diaby who really sucks in more ways than one. And we all know he's not going to leave in the summer.
RVP has called for everyone to stay.
I want Adebayor and Diaby out of sight forever.
So, apparently Arsha overlooked Nasri who has been playing on the left more often than not and recommends Arsenal sign fellow Russian Yuri Zhirkov to fill in there. I guess Nasri has fully converted into a defensive midfielder and is thorougly established there. But anyway, we never get whatever we wish for at Arsenal so he should know that too. He said that the decision of whether to come to Arsenal rested upon Zhirkov's intentions to move. He got that really wrong. It rests on Arsene Wenger if he wants to open the chequebook and spend big, which he has said he won't.
And it's splashed all over the feeds on Newsnow and I want to destroy something.
Cesc wanted David Villa. Cesc then wanted Xabi Alonso. Now Arsha wants Zhirkov.
And all these will fall on death ears.
They should know better.
Another player lost that lovin feeling, not exactly in the same way Tevez has. Kolo spoke again about leaving when the team was performing badly and his form wasn't what it was supposed to be. It's kinda sounds like bailing on a sinking ship. He nows considers himself an Arsenal man forl life even if he doesn't end his career here. Nice U-turn. If he needs to constantly feel loved he should turn to the fans really. Anyway, I have to comment on the terror of a U-turn again from Adebayor. Yes. Please leave. The whole Arsenal made me, I can't leave shit is pissing me off everything I think of it. Go to Milan. That club is rich in history and whatever but it's really not up to past standards so go and rot there like what Flamini is doing.
Somehow I don't blame him for leaving. He was at the Emirates for the 2nd leg of the semis with dreaded David Beckham and he looked well. I mean, sometimes you can't fault a player who gave up $55,000 a week for $80,000 a week. He was never going to get that at Arsenal, at least at that point in time. Football for people like Kaka is more than money but for some people it isn't the case. I'm not flaming flam here. Just understanding. If I were in his situation I would think twice. Or maybe threaten to want to sign for Liverpool or Sp*rs to get my way and in the process incur the wrath of Arsenal fans. It just shows how passionate we are. Overly emotionally involved with the team I tell you, unlike fans of Manchester United, who really don't give much of a fuck if Tevez makes the switch for their fierce Merseyside rivals.
Another piece of news which pissed me off is the whole quota thing. Now seriously. I would like to think that Arsenal will have completely no trouble at all adhering to it since Fabregas can be considered to be home grown since their definition of home grown is the player being registered 3 years before he turns 21. They want at least 4 of these players in the match squads, not the starting line-up. It is hardly the end of the world really, because we do have a wonderful academy. The problem? It will affect our transfer plans. If Wenger signs an 18-year old to boost our squad I will cry. And then he will have the license to continue his obsession with average age of the squad.
That aside, since it's not the starting line-up where these lame things have to be enforced, then the young ones can warm their bums on the bench with no problem at all. Brings a whole new level to benchwarmers.
I suspect this will be implemented next season. Last season they increased the number of substitutes from 5 to 7. This time they want another major change to have 4 home-grown players in the squad. This one completely unnecessary. It'll just increase child trafficking from a young age ahaha.
Anyway, here's a brief list of our HG players, i.e. joined 3 years before turning 21: 1) Cesc Fabregas 2) Alex Song 3) Senderos (assuming he comes back :O) 4) Djourou 5) Traore (assuming he comes back as well >:O) 6) Theo's bff Gael 7) Gibbs 8) Vela 9) Theo of course since bff Gael is in 10) Rambo 11) Denilson 12) Nicky with pants up
So we really have no problem with this additional rule and we have the boss to thank. If he could look at it from a different angle, like they are all younglings still developing and there is plenty of room for experienced players to come in. Screw the damn average age thing. You don't win anything with that feel-good factor. Football is about winning.
The news in the football world today is amusing to say the least.
That to be touched on later, I've read other Gooner's reaction to the Chelsea game and we all share a common thought, that it was a game to forget. Hah.
I think I've long put it behind. After string of bad shitty results after so much hope what more is to be expected with a squad like that. Even the very basics of team selection is all wrong with players playing out of their best positions.
And we have Emmanuel Adebayor who frankly, should leave in the summer. We don't need a non-committed player like him really. We know how good he can be. If he really wanted to, he could score a goal like the one against Villarreal. That goal did put us on track for the semi-final, even though it more more of psychological help going into the 2nd leg since we didn't really need it with a 3-0 win. And after going through you'd expect him to be fired up to win something after he keeps talking about trophy this and that but he played like shit so why did he even bother in the first leg.
And then Man Utd have a player in Tevez, who wants out since he doesn't feel as loved as berbatov. Now seriously, I can understand how he feels with him being on loan and stuff and not a permanent member of the squad, with his status for next season not quite cemented. But he goes and declares he wants to play for Liverpool instead and I think it will have United kicking and screaming. The truth is, it could be a ploy to send some urgency to sign him permanently since he took heed from Heinze who used the same tactic to engineer a move out of United, ending up at Real Madrid instead. The players who don't feel the love. I already told the brother that he'd want Pool since Arsenal wouldn't buy him in a million trillion years while it's just highly unlikely with Chelsea since I don't see how he can fit into their squad. Anyone can play for Liverpool really.
Ha.
Chelsea flop Shevchenko who is on loan at Milan has ruled out moving back to Chelsea even though he has a year left to see out. Hah. He went back to Milan and didn't really dazzle as much as before. What happened? Lol. That I can't figure out. Or perhaps being kidnapped by Chelsea greatly reduced his ability. Or he's just getting old. Paying 30 million for a 30-year old will always be the joke of the century especially when the 30-year old failed on all accounts to be the star player he used to be. Such is with players from the Italian league. They seldom thrive when they make the move to the English game.
And I'll have to contrast Sheva with our Andrey!
God I love him so much and I really want to gather all his haters and cook them in a cauldron of fire. Just a few bad comments to the press about lady drivers and whatever and they all hate him. No one really considers that these interviews are translated from Russian and need I say that things often get lost in translation. But I don't care about these people because they can go fuck themselves. Majority of the bitter ones are the pool fans who can't fathom 4 great goals at Anfield. Did they hate Baptista after his 4 as well? Nope. They couldn't bother themselves with Julio because Arsha is so much better and is a greater threat to Reina.
Ledley King will be charged for causing bodily harm and now Harry Redknapp wants to ban alcohol from Sp*rs dickheads. I couldn't laugh more really. keano might go into withdrawal. Jamie O'hara might have to break up with Danielle Lloyd. She's a party girl who loves alcohol. He likens footballers drinking alcohol to pumping diesel into a Ferrari which is a joke really. We all know that Sp*rs are no Ferrari. They're Chery QQs if they had to be a car, old rotten bicycles they are.
So then, the 'fit and proper' test for foreign owners have more rules now. It could prevent any takeover bid by fat cunty oily Usmanov (he should try the Face Shop green tea wash). 777 rules at that. There were 322 rules before, and none of which included a no to Thai fugitive. There should be more boardroom drama come the summer. It's weird to keep branding the month of June summer because in freakin Singapore, it's summer everyday.
I take my exam papers at expo and when I'm there, my middle name is 'eskimo'. It's like freakin cold. I went as far as wearing a woolen vest. When you're doing an exam and sitting there for 2 hours or more with only your hands moving, the rest of your body kinda is more susceptible to the cold. I wore 3 layers. Of course, when stepping up of the igloo expo is, I start stripping but not so much as the 2 fellows did at Holland V. That was outrageously funny. Streaking in Singapore is a no-no no matter how hot it is. If they wanted to expose themselves so badly, just record a sex tape and have it released. Afterall, the laws only persecute the distributors of pornographic material not those who make it. That in itself, is flawed. It's like Tammy, oh the famous Tammy of NYP, who got her phone stolen by her jealous friend who distributed some of the home-made goodness in the phone and got charged for it. I don't think the law will go as far as charging poor Tammy with possession of pornographic materials since she's kinda in it. These are the classic stories which will never be forgotten. My sympathies.
So now we should just hope and pray that the magic 777 rules are not as wonky and will keep out use-my-knob and leave Arsenal as the only club in the big 4 not participating in the billionaire's playground.
Britain's Got Talent and Footballers performing the vanishing act
England is the land of opportunities. Actually, it's America.
I learnt a valuable lesson today: do not watch Britain's Got Talent while eating.
You might throw up. There is so much more bad than good. I caught episode 5 of season 3 which aired on Saturday and they went to Birmingham. Apparently there aren't talented people there. Gareth Barry might want to go on stage and perform magic or something. Like a vanishing act and say sayonara, I'm appearing in Liverpool. 3 yeses to that?
Martin Tayor could show how he did his horror studs out tackle for no reason since the player wasn't even going on goal and he'll get 3 Xs before he starts. And then 3 nos.
Birmingham, city of cunts.
Normally entertainment comes from America. But Simon Cowell created BGT and it's got me hooked.
Imagine Adebayor and Eboue going on stage and performing a dance for BGT. Confirm 3 NOs. Although Adebayor makes a better dancer than a footballer so that means he really sucks at kicking a ball. His commitment level is attrocious and he has all summer to fix that or say goodbye. Could do the same vanishing act as Gareth Barry. I doubt he'll be staying at Villa after their failed campaign. I do remember Arsenal being interested but fell short at the price tag, which is always the case. Wenger always wants quality at a bargain and I'm not sure how that is beneficial. In the case of Arshavin, it could have been more but because he was cup-tied for the Champion's League, that greatly reduced the transacted price.
And now we've all been left to imagine how things would have turned out if he had been playing in our European games. If we got him last summer and paid, perhaps, 5-10 million more, the outcome of this season could have been dramtically different.
But that's a gamble the boss doesn't seem to want to take ever. He likes to balance the books as much as balancing the team but it somehow shows that he does his financial planning better.
Experienced players are what we need now and he says he needs 2 so we'll be waiting for those 2 arrivals amidst the big names more linked with Man Citeh. They want David Villa with Valencia's financial woes but Villa is a player who would take pay cuts just to stay at the team he loves. How often do you get that? Villa to Man City is definitely not happening unless Valencia forces him out of the club. A more probably destination if he had to leave would be Pool to join Torres and that would make me throw up my lunch more than watching BGT while eating.
Of course, we all know Villa is best mates with Cesc but I don't see that happening because we want Villa but what we want doesn't coincide with what Arsene wants.
Some things we just know for sure.
Anyway, in response to last night's game, the boss couldn't have put in any better. We can be completely negative or just be positive. If we had won Wenger might see even lesser of a need to go out and spend the money. Losing now is way better than losing come next season. If next season is anything similar to this season I think we might all join that unfortunate gooner who hung himself. Of course, we won't actually do it. Just figuratively, die on the inside, be numb, so when the team loses we can just say whatever.
Which will not happen because I don't believe Gooners have hearts of stone for their team.
For all the passion we have, we truly need some repayment via results. Even when results do not go as expected, we still love the team and look to the future. The future is what matters. Death cannot change anything. If I had to be brutal, it didn't look like that poor Gooner's death changed any of the results anyway. The team still crashed to Chelsea.
So death is never the solution. It's just normal to want to die but not carry it out. Heh.
There's an entire summer to make it right. Since 4th is all but secured, it is time to turn our attention to the other end of the table. Phil Brown and Hull going down would cheer us all up and they aren't really doing themselves any favours by losing and losing. How many times have you checked the league table and saw Hull stagnant at 34 points? hahahaha.
Tonight, it's Newcastle vs Boro and the winner will drag Hull into the bottom 3 with them out of it. Or at least on level points with Hull with only goal difference to separate the positions. If those 2 teams draw though, it'll be complete and utter rubbish. Hull City face Man Utd on the final fixture of the season so their prospects are really slim. The only way we can make Man Utd fight for a win against Hull is if we beat them at Old Trafford, with United needed the points to secure the title.
And if we lose at Old Trafford, they'll win the title and we'll be watching them lift the trophy. Frankly, some people are anticipating such a scenario but I don't see how it wouldn't help the players. If they love Arsenal so much they should let it happen. If it happens though, perhaps it could be burnt on their hearts that they should fight to do the same in the coming seasons when the opportunity arises. Sometimes these things aren't all bad. If humiliation can bring out the passion then why not.
The only problem would be if they didn't care.
In essence, to orchestrate the banishment of Hull to the championship, we need to win at Old Trafford. Phil Brown and Brian Horton can take their spitting hallucinations with them out of the top flight and justice will be done.
BGT is going to be summer reprive from all the speculation the media is going to cook up.
humiliating result, but I pray it sends the right signals
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.
Arsha could have made a difference with an old head
I was saving this till perhaps the 29th of May when Arshavin turns 28 and I turn 22 but I guess I need to do it now because I'm in dire need of cheering up and I have to do it myself.
The reasons are simple - I haven't let anyone into my life and I intend to stay that way. Besides, being independent has its perks. I have thus developed a dislike for smsing which has pissed a few people off when I ignore my phone to do my own things at my own convenience. Yeah I joined the irritating bunch everyone hates. But sometimes it's because I'm in the shower. Ahaha. What are the odds.
So. I don't have a pic of Arsha in the stands last night but the camera did show for like 1 second. He was sitting next to Eduardo with his hoodie all up. He looka-lika snowman.
Must be painful for him to sit out those games. Must be really painful for us when he has to sit out those games. He is now officially one of the older heads around and attitude wise, he's been perfect. The way he blends into the team is fantastic and everyone loves him. Must make the rest disappointed to not have him in the team as well.
I don't know if there exists an Arshavin effect on the team where when he doesn't play, the team looks out of sorts. If I had to pin point one thing which went wrong last night, it was the formation. We beg and wail for a 4-4-2 which provides more defensive cover as with attacking threat. We depend deeply on our wide players and what better than a 4-4-2 rather than forcing the ball through the middle and failing terribly. So the lost game aside, I don't know if the team reacts differently when their star player isn't playing. It's like there is this dependence on him even when he's not there.
To me, Arshavin is kinda like a dream. He came, as a superstar signing where the negative asses of the world expected him to lose his mojo after his move to Arsenal. He is so good Liverpool fans hate him. Hah. It's funny. Kinda like C. Ronaldo, except that Ronaldo's easier to hate and he has the face of a jerk and basically free falls into every challenge like he doesn't possess something called a centre of gravity. So perhaps, Arsha's only hated by stinkin pool fans after his 4 goal haul against them.
Why he is like a dream is because to me, he feels like a player who came here on borrowed time, i.e., on loan. That would explain why he's cup-tied for the Champion's League just like Jo is cup-tied for the FA Cup. The only difference is, Arsha's not on borrowed time. He isn't a loanee. He belongs to Arsenal.
Come next season he will feature in all competitions. I thought about this semi-final before and everyone's gutted that he can't play. I thought about Arsenal winning the Champion's League without him. It didn't feel good and if that gotten the better of me and influenced the result somehow by the cosmic waves I sent out to the world, then srsly, screw me. The lads, with their young heads and all, made it to Europe's top 4. Who would want them not to go all the way?
So there's always next season to look forward to and our season is over on the 6th of May. Last year it was much earlier. They were chasing ghosts a long time back. This could be considered progress.
It'll be interesting how the summer shapes up then. We all know Wenger will stick to his youngsters. They'll all be one year older and I'm not sure he would go out and sign an experienced player. In fact, I think he won't. His footballing principles are that solid. A pity his belief hasn't translated into the results we want.
If Adebayor goes I wouldn't be gutted at all. His commitment to the club as of late is rock bottom. I'd rather Bendtner be given more chances or Theo moving to be more central than someone who couldn't care less in the team. He compares Milan with beyonce but forgets that Beyonce is married. It's a bad analogy in that sense, since married people are supposed to have everything they need already, save for those who indulge in infidelity.
The future always looks brighter but I don't know how the rest of the team sees it. Wenger can be their father or something but in the end, a footballer's career is rather short and they need to make the right decisions to move forward. I'm not sure if we could argue about this season being a step forward from last season. The last campaign we were doing so well all right up till the end. This season the boys reached Europe's top 4. And if I had to draw simlarities we seem to be knocked out when luck favours the other team. In the Liverpool quarter finals the little bitch Ryan Babel dived like a pussy and got the penalty which killed us. In this last game our 19-year old defender slipped, followed by our keeper who should have done better.
So yeah, I'll let Arshavin cheer me up. He's not a loanee. He'll be a permanent fixture next season. He's going to make more people hate him. :D
Greatest game the Emirates ever graced? The kids went down without a fight
Is there any blame?
I don't think I'm in any position to point fingers.
Looking at the starting line-up, it was what the fans wanted, with Diaby absent and Djourou instead of Silvestre. There was no doubt about Gibbs in left back.
Except that the formation was a 4-2-3-1. Sometimes I wonder why Arsene Wenger is hell bent on putting Adebayor up against arguably, one of the best centre back partnership in the world. They're good, but when Gallas was around with Toure, it could rival that too. The point is that Adebayor vs either 1 of them is a handful already. Adebayor handling 2 of them at the same time is probably creates the least chances. And then he forced Robin out left with Fab in the centre, who interchanged with Nasri.
Arsenal started out well, but that lasted all of everything before the 7th minute.
The mentality was that they had to score 2 more to win so they went on a full scale attack from the beginning and if the lack of experience failed to remind them that they have to defend. All United needed was an away goal to seal their passage through. They already had the lead they brought from Old Trafford so counter attacking was what they should employ. And they did it to perfection.
The first goal was key. And Gibbs has been doing well till perhaps a while ago but there is no blame here.
Playing an odd 4-2-3-1 formation means it's not so straight forward who has to cover the full backs. In a 4-4-2 it is understood that the left and right flankers cover the full backs on their side. In a 4-2-3-1 the 3 up there tend to concentrate more on attack, leaving the full backs utterly exposed. Obviously SAF knew that to send on Park instead of Tevez to cause trouble and it worked. Took all of only 8 minutes.
The only thing I enjoyed was Robin going over to Gibbs to tell him it's ok. So you'll expect the more senior players to rise to the occasion.
And then Almunia fails to keep out Ronaldo's free kick.
There is yet again, no blame here. The quality of the shot was impeccable. And no one did their homework. After that goal Almunia improved to keep out the rest of the freekicks but it was a knack too late.
And this is precisely why Arse fans do not want any 'Almunia for England' talk. That kind of added pressure to try and entice Fabio Capello instead of concentrating on the game is not welcomed. Almunia may not have set out to do it, but mistakes like these drags him into the spotlight, and and rather bad one at that.
Still nothing compared to David James' error at the weekend but no Almunia for England please.
And there is also no blame for the third goal because this is a cup game and Arsenal threw so many bodies forward, all United needed to do was nick possession and send it towards our goal instead.
Then just before the last 15 minutes of the game, Darren Fletcher brought down Fabregas from behind, which the entire world proclaims to be a bad decision. I don't really care. Like it matters. I have no sympathy for a team who's worrying which player they won't have for the final.
I have only anger for the team who allowed it to happen yet can anyone pin point who to blame? It was a collective team effort and a comprehensive defeat, like SAF planned every minute of that game. Not to perfection though, because he wouldn't have wanted that red card.
Biggest game of their Arsenal careers? Makes me want to cry thinking about it. The fans did their part until some couldn't bear to watch when it was 3-0. The players want the fans' support and watch till the last minute but srsly, do they deserve it?
60,000 in the stadium with their flags and voices, placing their happiness and trust in the hands of the 11 people on the pitch and they get screwed over in the 8th minute.
I tried to be positive and it lasted all of 3 minutes before Ronaldo's freekick went in.
sidenote: David Beckham couldn't be a bigger cunt. He made use of Arsenal to maintain his fitness and now comes back to jeer. He should have flown back to Manchester instead. Does SAF take in strays? Or will he take the opportunity to throw a boot again?
And I now know why everyone misses Highbury. The Emirates is magnificent, but the games she has hosted so far haven't lived up to it's billing.
And I don't want to read in the news about revenge or whatever shit because the team will be playing Man Utd again on 16 May at Old Trafford. It doesn't work that way. It's a load of crap so if anyone even mentions that I'll get really pissed.
Vela makes statement about swine flu scare. bad joke?
So Portsmouth is done and dusted. 3-0 to the Gunners. What it means:
- the next game is against Manchester United in the second leg of the Champion's league semi-final - I am now waaaaaay closer to my first paper
BAAAH.
Arsene fielded a very young side, but not one without experience. The rotation he did was marvelous. Before the game I was hoping for a young side, specifically for Carlos Vela, because we haven't seen much of him as of late. A young side would mean less of a hangover from midweek European action and would mean a game the team will go for, instead of sitting back and being lazy, on the pretext of saving energy for the next game.
So Adebayor got a week's rest. We'll see if it makes a difference.
Anyway, this isn't about Adebayor. It's about the Carling Cup dudes, and there was one time Chelsea assistant coach Ray Wilkins accused Arsene Wenger of disrespecting the Carling Cup. Karma hit him and Chelsea lost with their full team squad. But it's not about Chelsea too. We all know why the Carling Cup is used to blood youngsters.
This game precisely shows why.
Through the ranks the lads play together and with the correct formula, i.e. a 4-4-2 formation, we did it. Song slotted in nicely at centre back with Djourou, and did pretty well. Eboue at left back is fantastic too. The way he went forward today and created chances was the Eboue we missed of old at right back. The defence kept a clean sheet today, and it was a job well done. Sagna got more playing time under his belt so we hope he can be back to maximum sharpness for Tuesday.
Up in attack there was Arshavin, Captain Arshavin, Walcott, Bendtner and Vela. 4 forwards in attack. And Vela was fantastic. The all were. Especially the captain. Who'd thought he'll be the one leading them out of the tunnel? I screamed with joy.
I think the result proves that the young ones are growing up well. Ramsey did well in midfield and sometimes, it did look a little like Cesc with the ball, the way he looks up and searches for the right pass. It was his pass which led to the Arshavin breakaway which got Pamarot sent off for denying a goalscoring opportunity. The pity was that the lads couldn't increase the advantage with the opponent one man less with 12 minutes to go. Free kicks wise, apart from Van Persie, we haven't really seen anyone else as good in that area to at least get a good shot on target. Nevertheless, 3-0 is a scoreline we'd take any day, especially away from home. It is such a step up for the youngsters to do that. The crowds aren't on your side and it's unfamiliar territory and the never showed signs of that. They started the game strongly, settled in and showcased their passing and movement. What other teams with all their money do not have is a well oiled youth system which works so marvelously. How could anyone accuse Arsenal of being detrimental to the English squad with all the players coming up?
Bendtner with a brace. So Nicky should get a picture right?
He is a giant. I know it is difficult sometimes to be taken off a game, but him being taken off should be a compliment. Theo was off in the 64th minute obviously for the Man Utd game. Now it should be clear that Nicklas should play some part in it. And I think he should, even if it means dropping Adebayor or Diaby. I wouldn't mind putting Nicky up front with Robin if he makes it, or Nicky on the right with Walcott on the left.The downside is that Diaby was also rested meaning he most certainly will take part in the United game. That's a real bummer.
Ferguson had the opinion in mind that Arsenal didn't have much to play for in the league when he said that Wenger could play centre forward with Pat Rice at right back. He's right. We don't. Realitically, it would be difficult to grab that 3rd spot from Chelsea but in reality, we should always be doing the best we can. And while doing so, we managed to rest our key players as well, to keep them as fresh as possible for the United game.
Kolo got a good break. He's been playing game after game after game. Nasri too.
Whatever it is, I would like to see a 4-4-2 on Tuesday, at least with Bendtner starting. He may not be the goalscorer, but he certainly works hard for the team. They're young and still learning. Vela lost the ball many times today, but as a team, they got it back. To win a game it takes a team effort. Someone else might lose the ball and Diaby doesn't really give a flying fuck about it. One more person trying to get possession back makes a difference. One more person winning more 50-50 challenges makes a difference.
If the young ones can do it, why not the senior players? Bendtner is just 2 goals behind Adebayor in the league, one behind Van Persie. That ought to kick Adefucyor in the ass.
Lastly, Vela and his goal celebration could come under fire. Don't have a clear pic of it, but yeah, making fun of the swine flu? Not very mature considering people have died. On his part it's funny to him because he was quarantined for a day (not very kiasu English people) but is safe. Wouldn't be as funny if his visiting Mexican friends were carriers. The incubation period is 2-7 days so the only way we know that he's okay is the performance he managed to put in. Which is good news.
This swine flu thing isn't as bad as it looks since it's not as deadly as bird flu and it doesn't spread from eating pork. We don't have to go halal as such. Vela would make a very cute pig though.
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