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Just Because.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
The Summer is setting itself up nicely
I'm sorry, but the drooling has started.



How often do we get to celebrate a new signing that isn't an injured player making his return?

The prospects of Chamakh is rising. He's going to be exciting to watch. For starters, he's 26, which is a good age for any football player, especially one that comes to Arsenal, keeping in mind that Wenger likes to sign people who are under age for practically everything (driving, drinking, sex etc.) so yes, this is very welcomed.

And if the day or news couldn't get any better, the boss is targeting EXPERIENCED TOP players. I mean, that's exactly what he should have been doing eons ago. I hope this is some sort of acceptance that we cannot rely 100% on the youth policy and bringing in established personnel could make a world of difference.

Also, Wenger degree in Economics had led to the following analysis: the cost of English players may be less inflated than before. That's a big hint isn't it. Personally, I think the only English player on our radar is Joe Hart. Just have no idea how that will turn out though. It's going to be a long summer of waiting for transfers to happen so I'll just let it be a pleasant surprise, if it happens.

The general consensus amongst Arsenal fans about Joe Hart is that he's still young and not ready yet. Buffon decided to announce his possibly availability and it's a pretty no-brainer, to choose between Buffon and Hart (if it were up to us of course). I don't think Hart can be considered inexperienced. His loan spell at Birmingham really significantly helped the team and his performances put him ahead of Reina and Cech in the PFA team of the year. We all know how the PFA awards is nonsense so it may not be a good gauge but it can't be too far off, when you're being put in the same sentence with Reina and Cech. (I still think James Milner shouldn't have been awarded the PFA young player of the year.)

Anyway, if only Bordeaux was having a buy one get one free:



We could use a Yoann Gourcuff in the squad. I know we're not paying anything for Chamakh, but damn, it's worth a shot. Gourcuff is a quality player who plays behind the striker. Can also play on the right wing as well.

Cannot be too greedy now. I know we're going to sign more than Chamakh this summer. It's going to interesting. We need at least one centre back with Gallas and silvestre outgoing. Nordtveit (see below) will be returning from his 2-year loan spell to stake his claim on a first team place while Djourou will be making his way back from his long injury. That's 2 CBs plus Vermaelen, so signing one more would be enough cover with Sol making the 5th.



He has aged up very nicely. I don't know how I didn't notice this before.

I hope Ramsey makes a good return to action. We all know what happened to Eduardo and he's really not the same player. Hopefully Ramsey can overcome his injury better and kick the asses of the double Ds in midfield. Also, I hope Wilshere returns as well. Owen Coyle has moved him from the left side of midfield to a more central role and he's thriving in there. He has the trickery but not the pace to play on the wings and his vision and passing is fantastic, and this should be better used in the centre of the park. If Coyle can see this, I hope Wenger knows it too. I'm really adopting an anything but Densilson or Diaby ethos here. They're freakin strollers with no ambition whatsoever and despite the wealth of chances to step it up, they simply wilt and die on the pitch.

City vs Sp*rs later. I don't want Sp*rs to get 4th spot, but the other alternative really sucks as well. I mean, damn you Liverpool for being so shitty this season. And wannabes Aston Villa is a fuckin disgrace, after Martin O'neill and his lousy antics last season when fighting us for 4th. 7-1 loss to Chelsea is simply an embarrassment. I want a draw so Arsenal have 3rd in the league since the players can't guarantee it on the pitch. People are under the impression that City will go on a huge ass spending spree this summer when they claim the CL spot. I think that spending big may not necessarily guarantee success. Bringing 10 new players into the club simply upsets the balance and too many players of a similar position destroys morale and disillusions the ones out of favour. The only thing I hate about City is their propensity to offer disgusting wages. If any sport could benefit from a salary cap, it would be football now. They were considering offering Ronaldo 500,000 pounds a week.

I'm sticking with my ANS - anything but Sp*rs philosophy. I mean, some numbshite in a sp*rs kit walked past me today and I felt sick to my stomach.

Think happy thoughts. Think Harvard Nordtveit.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:53 AM




Monday, April 19, 2010
Taking Responsibility seems to be a problem from top to bottom
This season is incredible. There has been crazy highs, and last night, it hit an all new low.

If this doesn't call for a squad clear out, I don't know what does anymore. Some of those players just ain't up to it, and I gotta emphasise that they've been given a wealth of chances to prove that they have the goods. This blind faith that Wenger has, needs to stop right now.

DEADWOOD:

Almunia
Only brilliant when Lehmann was ahead of him. If he never took his chance that season, he might as well disappeared. The speed at which Wenger removed Lehmann from power was alarming to say the least. The first, didn't cost us points and we won. The second fumble, made a 1-0 win over Blackburn a 1-1 draw. All Lehmann has cost us that season, was 2 POINTS. That's all. I can't begin to count how many this Almunia donated to the opposing team. United fans can come and whine about Van Der Sar reaching 40 but he is miles better than our resident clown, so are the other 19 keepers in the league.

Denilson
This dude has made 121 appearances for Arsenal already. Many will remember him as the one who let the 40-year old ref outrun him for Rooney's goal at the Emirates this season. And the Stoke FA Cup clash at the Britainnia. Totally lost interest in marking the player who was advancing into our penalty area and the result? Goals conceded. Can keep him around as a SQUAD player only, not to be relied upon. He will definitely stay because it's Arsene Wenger, but when Aaron Ramsey makes it back from injury, Rambo HAS GOT TO BE AHEAD in the first team.

Diaby
For all of his talent and technical ability, he lacks passion and drive. I can't think of anything that would motivate this asshole. Has stepped up brilliantly (AT TIMES ONLY) this season and was winning the fans over, until last night gave us a reminder that he will never be the player the fans and the manager hopes he'll be.

Silvestre
We simply don't need cover for the left back position. Is the 6th choice CB at the club, and plays that way, even though he's from Manchester United. Nuff said.

Flappy
Either pursue your career at a lower league, or go on loan somewhere to gain experience before setting foot again in Arsenal. Last season, he did well when given his chance in the cups. Since returning from injury, he has been nothing short of flappy. You would think that having a crap keeper like Almunia in front of you would signal that the number 1 spot at Arsenal is there for the taking. Had he done well (OR HAD NO INCIDENTS) last night, he would most likely start all the remaining games for this season. Like the rest of the Arsenal players, nothing motivates them.

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There is lazy culture at Arsenal it seems. First, there was Adebarndoor. He was literally the definition of lazy, after signing a new big $ contract. His downfall was that 30-goal season. Never considered that 6 out of 30 was against Blackburn, and with goals, it's forever going to be quality over quantity. Quality in this case, simply means goals that win us games. 6 past Paul Robinson is hardly an achievement that translates into a move to Barcelona or Milan.

Why the midfield is a crucial position that cannot tolerate lazy people, is because it is the engine room of the team. From this crop of youngsters, only Alex Song has stepped up to 'key player' status. The rest really can fuck off. I'm not including Ramsey in this one though, but had Shawcross been that little bit smarter and less of a cunt, Rambo could have made some difference. His work rate is there, he probes and he passes. He gives passes away but he gets them back and tries again. We don't fault players on ability, we absolutely abhor laziness.

Craig Eastmond did really well last night. His inexperience showed, but he's an example of a player who took his rare chance in the first team and tried to put in a performance to stake his claims on that first team place. Sadly, with Diaby and Denilson as regulars on the team sheet, they saw no need to bust their ass to prove anything, because let's face it, Wenger's going to forever and ever trust in them no matter what they do. Make a mistake? No worries, Le Boss will defend your ass anyhow.

That is the greatest problem with the youth policy and no top class players in front of them. There's no competition for places and no other option. Diaby can stroll his way though that game and guess what? He's still going to start the next game against City, injuries to Cesc or not. The first choice midfield is Cesc-Diaby-Song. How can a first choice midfielder at Arsenal have that kind of attitude?

Arsene Wenger has got to sort out his youth policy. It's now or never. Get quality players in to show them who's boss and who they have to emulate to improve. As it stands, it sure looks like it's going to continue unless there is a change of management. Not something I will rally for, but even his biggest fans are having their doubts.

With regards to the GK situation, Joe Hart seems to be the name bandied around the most. Completely fits the profile of a player Wenger will sign, except that moneybags city might refuse. They're going to keep faith with Given next season at least, so Hart may relish being number 1 at Arsenal. Let's face it, whichever goalie we sign is going to waltz straight into being number 1. The situation is utterly bleak now, but I think it can be a huge draw for our GK targets. There's no secret about Hugo Lloris being admired by Wenger, and the French connection is very delicious over here. The last more probable one is Igor Akinfeev. I think his contract has 1 year left or so (according to FM!!) and Arshavin could take matters into his own hands and correct the goalie situation in case he expects Wenger to do nothing. Shava holds Akinfeev in high regard and I don't think he thinks of Almunia or Flappy in the same way or anywhere near that standard.

Also, transfer policy has to change. We're getting 'signings' this season simply because, Chamakh is free. Wenger keeps reiterating that he's the only one that decides the transfers so aside from just talk, this part he has to take responsibility for as well. It's not like our injury situation is ever highly unprecedented. Not having enough cover year after year is simply his fault alone. Can't come out and say that "I pick the transfers" and then shirk responsibility when you only sign 1 player at the start of the season, while condemning Senderos to nothingness, with Djourou out.

All the football talk should simply stop here. It's been an infuriating month so far. Every end-of-season period we only want next season to come sooner. Why is it the same every year? This has got to be examined a ton more. There is a difference between winning the league and simply finishing 4th. Are we only going to settle for being 3rd best? That fag of a brother keeps repeating that United have never finished below 3rd before. You know srsly, I don't give a shit about United. This inter-club discussion doesn't interest me. That fag always accuses me of being biased but he doesn't stop to look at himself in the mirror. I know I am biased. I am a gooner. Saying 'kudos to United' will never be in my language so screw off if you can't handle that. Being objective was never part of me as a person anyway, and if you can't handle that then I'm ready to sever ties. I'm already reaching the point where Arsenal trumps everything, even sibling relations.

I think people who are so free to write up petitions to fire Wenger should just devote their time to other things. He's still the man for the job, and when he goes, what follows is the managerial patterns of Chelsea. Benitez hasn't won the league before and he's still around, but not for long. I'm not sure any Arsenal fan would want Jose Mourinho taking over. He's just about the most capable manager there is out there, but simply unsuitable. The ManUre fans are all calling for him to take over from Fergie even after all his antics while at Chelski. If that ain't the definition of being hypocritical, I don't know what is. Maybe a United fan can enlighten you. I'm not sure they're gracious and forgiving people. People who sing "sit down you pedophile" simply haven't got it anywhere, in their brains or up their asses.

Here's a hiatus till the City game.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 9:42 PM




Wednesday, April 7, 2010
We need new signings that are actually new signings
The whole Arsenal-barca hype is finally over. Or is it. The official site managed to come up with this nonsense.

So, I've put my entire life on hold thanks to those 2 games. The first leg was nothing short of exciting, the second, was a walkover. We all had our hopes up but it wasn't meant to be. Barca is still years ahead of Arsenal. The argument always will be about having our full squad on the pitch but with Arsenal, it seldom materialises.

Been playing Football Manager a lot lately, and I'm into my 2014/15 season already. I play around with editor a lot, so I know which players do good and which will flop. I don't edit the game I'm playing, I just know their stats and their potentials and find out who to sign first before money bags Man City snag them all. My bro is 2 seasons ahead of me and the city squad is phenomenal. They sign all the fantastic players. Fret not, my Arsenal is very well prepared. For starters, my scouts (Grimandi & co.) pick up all the good players for me and I've managed to get them in my squad before City moved for them.

And I have Edin Dzeko. He's so fine I'm already in love with the player. Unlike all the other big strikers i.e. 190 cm and above, he has an excellent first touch (Bendtner fails this one) and a very high technical level. Not just in FM, where his stats are generated by the game makers. Just youtube a random compilation of his and his goals are absolutely fantastic.

Just what Arsenal needs, and he has came up on Wenger's radar too. The only problem is that we have Bendtner, who is arguably the same type of player, just not as good.

This could go on really. If there were to be any positives from this loss, it would be Le Boss dipping into the transfer market in the summer. Plenty of opportunities to look at players at the WC, with the biggest downside being the hefty price tags that come along with it. If he does add more quality to the squad with better players than his current crop, then this would be the biggest positive everrrrrrrr. I am hoping it happens, because a big club like Arsenal really can't sit around without any trophies (like Liverpool) and solely keep their philosophy of grooming young talent. If you've got the talent like the ones from the Barca academy then hats off, please continue because you're actually winning things. When you've got Arsenal's academy that produces less quality players but still possess some degree of good, then we'll only be a mediocre club at best, left with looking back at the 2005 FA Cup and that's that.

Players like Nicky, Diaby, Denilson, Song, Walcott are still developing and have made remarkable improvements in recent times but are nowhere near 'world class' yet. It is wrong to expect any more from them but it's hard not to. Barca added another dimension to their play by adding a world class striker in Ibrahimovic, moving from Inter Milan for 40 million plus Eto'o going the other way. That's essentially a 60 million dollar signing. That is a real statement of intent, one that Arsenal needs, but not necessarily with the same cost. I'm all for signing quality players for less, but Arshavin at 15m being our most expensive signing says it all. I am convinced Wenger will not play beyond that for anyone but I hope things change in the summer. We desperately need special talents in the squad. More often than not, we're stripped to our bare bones with injuries.

The home grown quota kicks in next season. It'll probably dictate how transfers proceed as well. Players aged below 21 do not have to be registered, while 8 of the 25 squad numbers assigned need to be from players trained in England for 3 seasons before they turned 21. We've got a wealth of that so there'll be no worries, and there's certainly room to add more.

Currently, the lads need to keep on going for the last 5 games of the season. The Wigan game has been confirmed to be on the 18th of April, Sunday night 2030 (+8 GMT) thanks to our Champion's League exit. I really do care more about the league title but at the moment, it's still beyond us because Chelsea have to drop 4 points. When they do though, United will be there to pounce as well. Imagine if we didn't draw at St. Andrews. We would have been ahead of United and just 1 behind Chelsea. That's life, but how costly was that?

We'll only know at the end of the season.

I'll be rooting for United to go through later. They'll be the only English representatives left in the competition and also, those 2 more games could come in handy. Besides, if they meet Barca in the final, they'll probably lose anyway.

No football this weekend, but what's interesting is that Chelsea meets Aston Villa at Wembley. After that 7-1 drubbing, I think the blues will proceed to the final comfortably, either that or Villa puts up a big ass fight which severs the legs of Drogba and co.

And like I said before, I really don't care for the legs of other players anymore. We've got 3 broken legs in 4 years and it's high time the numbshites of the lesser teams broke the legs of other teams so that the world would actually respond to stamp it out, because clearly, it's ok for Arsenal legs to be broken since nothing has been done. Not only has nothing been done, but people have came out in support of the perpetrator. So yeah, Shawcross can add to his collection of broken legs.

Going to enjoy this weekend of no football. It's one of my bestie's birthday anyway, so it's perfect. This past week has been nothing short of intense - late goals, late comebacks(2-0 down to 2-2), raised hopes (bendtner goal) that were taken away (by messi) and the ultimate demolition of my team (by messi again).

I need a breather.

P.S. I don't suppose all those out injured will come back 'like new signings'. We'll have Fabregas, Djourou, Van Persie, Song, Arshavin and Gallas. 6 new signings even before the transfer window opens! Fabregas the pick of the lot, tipped to be the signing of the season.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:59 PM




Monday, February 1, 2010
Complacency. It's part of Arsenal.
For all the angry Gooners out there, have lots of chocolate. I hear chocolate releases endorphins which tells your mind to be happy because it's better to be artificially induced to be happy instead of living in the aftermath of yesterday's defeat.

I could list a dozen players who could have changed the team but it would be impossible for them to even walk through the doors because we have the world's most stubborn manager. He threw the FA Cup away on the pretext of making the league top priority and look where we are now. The league could be out of reach by next Thursday and then there's only the European Cup left and chances are, that hope may well be screwed over soon.

Wenger claims that there is a lack of quality players for the right amount of money but seriously, he has the options and the possibilities but simply placed all his trust in his players who have done him ZERO justice at all.

1) Eidur Gudjohnson
He's a fucking striker with loads of experience playing for top sides like Chelsea and Barcelona. Available on short term loan. Gone to Sp*rs who happen to already have 4 strikers - Crouch, Defoe, Keane and Pavlyuchenko. how so that they happen to all be FIT? Gudjohnson has the ability still, to make a good contribution, even at 31. If Wenger always had protecting his players in mind, then a short term loan won't kill the talent he thinks he's nurturing.

2) Landon Donavan
Unproven at best, but a hit in the US. Sometimes it helps to take small risks that actually can amount to a big step. Is doing well for Everton. And he too, is a fucking striker.

3) Roman Pavlyuchenko
Disgruntled at Sp*rs. Cost them a fortune. May never be allowed to put on an Arsenal shirt but I doubt he ever caught onto the North London Rivalry since he came. Is Russian Teammates with Arshavin and too, a fucking striker. Has been a flop for Sp*rs but may do well for Arsenal. Moans a lot. Has been moaning about his lack of opportunities at Sp*rs. If we showed interest and he knows it he could have moaned his way to the better side of North London.

4) Ryan Babel
Yet another disgruntled player, this time at Liverpool. Is still young with potential and pace that can kill. Was that stinkin diver who caused us that Champion's League exit 2 seasons ago but if you remember that game, stinkin Bendtner blocked the path of a certain goal and he's still in an Arsenal shirt. He may not be an out and out striker but he certainly will make Arsenal better and fit our style of play perfectly. Wenger actually was looking at him too before he signed for Liverpool and recent pitch troubles have seen him wanting out and Birmingham wants him. If Arsenal showed the slightest interest I'm sure he'll be Arsenal bound instead, even if Liverpool don't want to sell. He makes a lot of noise on twitter. Could do a Darren Bent.

5) Marouane Chamakh
screw this fellow. Rose to fame with Arsenal's interest but then chooses to stay at Bordeaux. Good for him. Probably need 6 months to settle and his goal return in the FRENCH league isn't impressive at all.

6) David Villa
Looking for a new challenge, possibly in the Premier League. Spanish connecting with Cesc Fabregas, best mates off the pitch. That understanding between playmaker and striker is ever so important and if he had come, he would be able to make a big impact. Cesc cited Villa as the one player he wants to come most to Arsenal but of course, too expensive so Wenger never bothered pursuing.

And oh, he's a fucking striker too.

7) Andre Pierre Gignac
Performing well for the French team. Good goal return in the French league. Is a fucking striker. Possesses good physique (I mean height here). Don't really know a lot about him except that he's on Wenger's radar but Wenger ain't making a damn move for him coz he's yet another expensive fellow.

Bottomline: last season, it was all about not replacing the outgoing players. We lost Diarra, Gilberto and Flamini who happen to play the same holding midfielder position. Half a season later, Song stepped up and has been phenomenal this season. That part is solved, except the part where he's so damn good now he's irreplaceable when gone. Diaby did fill in nicely but you can't depend on Diaby to stay fit for prolonged periods of time. Denilson on the other hand, is a prick. It's obvious that the boss loves him a lot ever since he signed for us at 18. Has risen through the ranks and has been a first team regular for a long time. If laziness is a bug, then it jumped from Adebayor to Denilson with Adebayor departed. Like I said before, this little fucker is a lousy holding midfielder. He's crappy going forward too and you won't expect him to dictate play. So what is his purpose exactly?

We made a lot of mistakes and went through a lot to give Song time to be the player he is now. Are we going to keep going through these motions for each player to mature? We'd never see or even smell a trophy for the next 10 years. Then maybe they'll get better and then attract the attention of the Spanish wankers and leave. Wenger will be licking his lips in satisfaction with all the money in the bank and look at the team he has left. Their current state is nothing short of shambolic and quite frankly, I think Arshavin should be quite sick of playing for a club with no ambition. Last club during the peak of his career and he chose Arsenal. Sure does look stupid now.

Then there is Cesc. We need magic from the little maestro but it didn't happen but he was trying. He was trying when the rest were busy slacking off. He was making forward runs and trying his hardest to make things happen but they didn't. He desperately wants to win things and with the kind of team he is in, he is better off playing for the Spanish wankers really. We can't blame him if he makes that choice.

The saying is that Arsene knows. Does he really? Mistakes are made so that you can learn from them. In his case, the mistakes prevail. Can't ask for a win at Stamford bridge. We only can ask for a performance. If the team loses but they put in a great shift then there is no blame. It sure looks like there is no more fight in this team that is desperate for a major shake up to move forward.

They're not getting any and hence have to dig real deep to get something going. It seems like an angry Wenger only lasts 10 games. He should start dropping players to show that he means business, starting with Almunia and Denilson.

I listed 7 strikers that could have made the switch to Arsenal. the first 2 have been snapped up by people who saw a little further than what Wenger could have seen. There were options he had. He just simply dismissed them as too expensive. Spend the money, make a difference. At the end of the season, even if you don't end up with a fucking trophy you won't be faulted for not trying when you could have made a difference. Keeping money in the fuckin bank ain't going to win you anything for being the world's greatest miser. This is the statement of intent we will never get. Sit atop the league for 3 days and you think you've won it. He anticipated these 4 difficult games and was making plans early on. I guess he never expected that kind of result at home to United. We're halfway through the 4. It would take nothing short of a fuckin miracle to turn things around with the same group of numb shites in the team. Desire. where has it all gone to?

Lastly, with respect to our goalkeeping situation, Gigi Buffon has stated that he is under appreciated at Juve. One bold move to take a world class keeper to the Emirates could change everything. United moved for Van Der Sar. We could do with Buffon.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 5:41 PM




Monday, January 18, 2010
Barca Boys Bring the Beatin. Round 1 to Arsenal.
That sure was a tough game.

Arsenal beat Bolton at the Reebok 2-0. Ever since Sam Allardyce left, it seems that Bolton as our bogey team has since passed. Actually, it has passed since that 3-2 comeback win 2 seasons ago in the pouring rain, when Cesc scored the winner.

We came away with the points, but it didn't come easy.

Evidently though, it was Arsenal with the shooting boots on. (Thank God for that)

Cesc got us the early goal. I love early goals. In Arsenal terms, early goals means goals in the first half, not in the first 20 minutes. He was magnificent throughout the game and that was probably the reason why he was getting fouled like nobody's business. Nasty stuff really, from Bolton. He should have had 2 penalties as well.

Eduardo did pretty well today, despite not getting a goal to his name. Both goals were a result of his assists and he is growing into this role. He was always dangerous when the crosses were coming in and that isn't easy especially when you're often the only one in the penalty area. Crossing was much better today, and it was down to Rosicky. He adds so much more to the team and he seems to be like the only one in the team who can put in decent crosses.

Traore was getting owned on the left side by South Korean winger Lee Chung-yong, probably because Arshavin wasn't really supporting him. I suppose that's the difference between playing centre forward and on the wings. You have defensive duties as a winger, even though we all know that Arshavin does what he does best, goal side of the pitch. Clichy then came on and he brought more defensive stability on the left side. A good comeback from him after being out for so long.

Latest injury news see Ramsey and Nasri joining the list. This isn't good because we're wearing really thin in midfield. Diaby sure does look like a 90-minute player now and he definitely is Wenger's starter, making him and Fabregas 2 out of 3 in midfield. Song is the third but he's away so there's a chance for Eastmond and Fran Merida, who did very well to get on the scoresheet. I'd imagine Merida to play higher up in the pitch with Rosicky dropping deeper in the centre of the park. The only problem is, Mr Tomas Rosicky cannot be trusted to stay fit just yet. I'm so thankful he's back, but I feel like it's all borrowed time. Need to get that feeling out.

I think Wenger will sign someone. He knows his team and he has ambitions too. And of course, Sol Campbell and Galindo do not count. We really need someone who can slot right into the team and make an instant impact. Time is running out. We may have beaten Bolton, with another game against them still to come, but I don't think we are able to match Chelsea like for like. That run of games against the big teams is going to shape the title race drastically and might put us out of it so we need reinforcements for this crucial period.

Bolton again on Thursday morning. Owen Coyle hasn't had a chance to bring any of his teams to the Emirates. Make no mistake - they're going to come at us as they did last night.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:57 AM




Wednesday, January 13, 2010
2 ex-Gunners doing the shirt
The phrase "seeing is believing" is never overrated. Never ever.



There has been speculation, loads of speculation, speculation I chose to dismiss. And then Arsene Wenger proved me wrong and signed the above fellow. "re-signed" to be exact.

Honestly, between Patrick Vieira and Sol Campbell, it's obvious who our choice would be. What remains is that the boss didn't think we needed Paddy but we would have a use for Sol's services.

The period of time of my 'great awakening' as an Arsenal fan was probably right around now. Previously I know I was following blindly at a young age. I was mesmerised by Henry and Pires for the most part (maybe Freddie too). I wasn't conscious of Sol's move from Sp*rs and all the drama that went along with that. But I do like him. Since his departure, I don't think anyone as big as him has been in our defence.

This season is getting interesting ain't it. Paddy's back but with Man City while Sol signs for us again. This could be Arsenal's year in so many ways. If City does do well we arguably have a part to play since they like our ex-players.

Except that one of our ex-players don't seem to possess enough City shirts he had to rope in one of Arsenal's and he did an interview in it.



Nice shirt. It's from 2 seasons ago I think. I liked the polo then. I think we'll all be up in arms if he ever donned the Arsenal shirt again.

Flamini is reportedly unhappy at Milan, probably due to the lack of first team appearances. Last season, we would have taken him back in a heartbeat. It's different this time. I never thought I'd say that Alex Song strikes a far more impressive figure than the combative Flamster.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:04 PM




Sunday, January 10, 2010
At least we've cleared Everton out of our system.
I said that I wanted a Tomas goal that wasn't for shiok value only. That I got. Except that it wasn't the difference between a win and a draw, but a draw and a loss.

Good all the same, but I would have preferred if we had won.

If you gave the game considerable thought about the manner of our goals, you wouldn't consider them lucky. Yes, both were a result of deflections, but those were clear reflections of the tactics David Moyes set his team out to do.

Defend in numbers. Get bodies in the box. Throw bodies in the line of fire.

And that is what you get really. No clear cut Arsenal goal but deflections.

They could moan and blame their luck but in the spells where we were superior, we deserved to win as much as they thought they did. Their goal from Pienaar was not a result of brilliance but a result of us wanting the winning goal so badly to get the 3 points. Credit to them to know exactly what we wanted and to use it to their advantage but I am not disheartened by the performances of the lads. In truth, they could have been better but the spirit was there.

The headlines all read that Arsenal were lucky but these are the ignorant fools of the press who do not know any better. It was simply down to the way Everton defended. If you put that many things in the way of the keeper, you got to watch out for deflections. I don't need to make myself any clearer than this. Just take a look at the Beach Ball incident at Sunderland. Even a lousy pool beach ball can cause a deflection that great to leave no chance for the keeper. What about men in front of the keeper. The beach ball they could get out of the way. Everton players? They're no better than the beach ball.

At least this time, it wasn't an Arsenal fan who put the Everton player there. The Liverpool schoolboy is probably still living in utter shame.

On another day, if we had Fabregas in the side, this game could have been a done deal. And yesterday, we saw how important Song is to us. Denilson, who got stretchered off injured, is no Alex Song. The key to a successful attack in a 4-3-3 is a good holding midfielder to be there whenever we lose the ball, to shield the defence. Without one, we put our defence in a whole lot of shit. I dare say, that had Song been playing, the Pienaar goal wouldn't have happened. That said, their first goal was from a corner and we didn't show enough desire to close down the ball.

Their goals perhaps could have been prevented had Song been playing but more importantly, a good holding midfielder also holds the key to good attacking play. He is important to the team at both ends.

I thought Donovan did pretty well today. For a player to come and slot right in immediately in the league and do well is quite remarkable. I'm wondering why Wenger never considered bringing in players from the MLS on short term loan to provide cover. There aren't many strings attached and Beckham is a good testament to their worth, even though he ain't American.

The good thing is, Man Utd decided that they really do want us to over take them, or at least have the possibility to. So they drew 1-1 with Birmingham. What's left is Chelsea. They are expected to drop more points because their chief goalscorer is currently in Angola. I never realised the Chelsea were pretty dependent on their African players till, well, now. There's Drogba and Essien for starters. A team missing those two could genuinely be short on quality.

What's left to do now is for Rosicky to return to full complete fitness because he was a gem when coming on. It's always an 'all hands on deck' situation at Arsenal so we need everyone. EVERYONE. I don't believe Arsene Wenger is close to signing anyone besides Sol Campbell. I am so not betting on January signings. The minute he excluded Edin Dzeko for being too expensive I stopped praying even. There aren't a lot of tall hitmen around who can slot right into the Arsenal team so that's it. We'll most probably have to rely on whatever we have. Arsenal Football Club is a bunch of scrooges when it comes to transfers. Good thing the window is closed over Christmas or they'll be the red and white grinches stealing our Christmases.

Dream signings will always be a dream. I mourn Dzeko. Chelsea always signs him in FM and he always scores against Arsenal. Booooo.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:09 PM




Saturday, January 9, 2010
Were they targeting moneybags?
Okaaaaay. I chose to shut up a bit before the game in case it gets postponed.

The Emirates pitch is heated so the pitch isn't a problem, the surrounding area is. And the Bolton game got canceled. I didn't think it was a bad thing really. Bolton are in managerial turmoil and naming a new manager might spark a revival but if you think about it, Arsenal's always going to come out tops. We don't have to rely on Bolton and manager troubles to win the game.

The boss says that the extra rest time was helpful. Hopefully it'll show tonight.

So I guess the top of the news is the gunmen attack on the Togo team bus. What really concerns us is probably Emmanuel Adebayor being on it.

Not that we would want him dead, but I think it's possible that the gunmen were aiming for him but got his teammates instead.

That said, it would be bizarre if that was the case because that would make the gunmen gooners. I do think that only we would have a personal vendetta against one Emmanuel Adebayor.

This is just a speculation of motives. It is from watching too much CSI. I became a Las Vegas fan, and then AXN had to catch me at a bored hour with NY and it's pretty good too.

So, fortunately, MoneyBags is doing fine, except that he claims to not be able to sleep at night. I doubt it. With City's money, I think he'll sleep just fine. Just give him a couple of nights.

The next World Cup, is in Africa. Damn.

On tonight, Rosicky is back. I think he's definitely raring to go with his new contract out of the way. I hope he scores an awesome goal even if it's just for shiok value. I miss that.

And Arsene Wenger. Supreme master of interviews and puns. He made this statement about Chamakh:

"He is a player we have an interest in, but we are focused on short term at the moment."


Which essentially means he's an unpolished gem, and not ready to slot right into the first team and make an impact. If we all knew better, we would never have heard of this dude had he not been linked with Arsenal. Now it seems that Liverpool's interested. If we do table an offer for him in the summer and he chooses Liverpool over us, it's his demise. The last I checked, Rafa Benitez isn't one who does well with unpolished jewels.

So screw it Chamakh. His form at Bordeaux isn't that fantastic anyway and srsly, if not for us no one will know about him.

And now, Andre-Pierre Gignac is good enough for Arsenal now. SUCK THAT CHAMAKH. Ass. You can go to Sp*rs. When Arsenal declares an interest in you, you don't list your options. The destination is obvious.

And we have players to bear testament to our formula that works. My Aaron Ramsey. He chose Arsenal over United and look where he is now. Cesc Fabregas left Barcelona for Arsenal and he's a world class player at 22. When it comes to turning talent into class, there is only one Arsene Wenger to do it.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:55 PM




Monday, August 31, 2009
nothing like retail therapy to get over a lousy loss.
It's funny how my body clock has been acustomed to waking up at 8 in Singapore.

Then I come to Seoul and I wake up at 8 here too, which essentially is 7 in SG. I still don't get how it works that way even when I'm in a different time zone.

I was at Myeong Dong yesterday and at one of the underpasses, there was this shrine for Man Utd. I obviously did not photograph it since I don't like them but you get that Park is on every corner. The funniest thing though, is that they chose the most unflattering shot of him and reproduced it many many. Looks more like a fuck face more than anything.

I met a gooner though!

I didn't walk up to him but it is always heart-warming to meet someone in an Arsenal shirt in a foreign country. He was wearing the Nasri kit. A gooner amongst all the United cunts is most welcomed.

We should sign a Korean.

Speaking of which, the transfer window is closing, like, tomorrow. It's pretty quiet on the Arsenal side of things and we all know quite well that no one else will be coming through. I'm not too worried, except that we all feel that we could still deal with a few reinforcements. If no one comes in and no one goes, I'll be pretty glad that Senderos is staying. I'm still a fan of him and I believe his future should be at Arsenal. Who knows, he could do a Flamini, only that he has more than 1 year on his contract. Besides, Gallas will be ageing and at some point Djourou and Senderos will be fighting for that place beside Va Va Verm. He is first choice, with good reason. We all love him already.

He so totally looks like a blood drained vampire.

Add me on Facebook (just search junichiarsenal@hotmail.com) if you wanna see my Korea Pics. There aren't a lot thanks to the non-stop shopping which is irritating my uncle. It's pretty funny. He thinks shopping is stressful (like all men) but it's a complete form of relaxation for me and it makes me feel oooh so good yeah. Nothing like retail therapy to bounce back from a stupid shit defeat.

Off to bathe and then I'll be bouncing to Namdaemun again because the aunties haven't bought enough. Trust me to tell them they didn't when we were at the shop and they didn't believe. It's how amazing that I managed to find the same shop I went to last year to bring them to. Namdaemun is as frantic as Bangkok's chatuchat. A pity I don't appreciate BKK at all. It's so hot there. I'm enjoying the best shopping weather of my life at 22 degrees. I have raided The Face Shop 3 times already and it's still not enough. I guess it's pretty smart to give out samples for us to try on the spot and go back to buy. Singaporeans and freebies is an equation that works.

Ta~

Me and my Rabbit!



Ancient Korean history is pretty tied with Chinese History so there are quite a bit of Chinese-y stuffs around, like the zodiac. Hence rabbit. The brother took with the snake. He totally loves it.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 8:51 AM




Sunday, August 2, 2009
Oh Baby, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
Ever got the feeling where at a certain moment, you could just die and then be happy about dying with a big fat smile on your face.

This is me now.

There can only be one reason.

OMG ROSICKY. In an Arsenal shirt. The team really missed him so so much. I missed him. We all missed him.

It's half time at the Emirates Cup and Wenger should be ringing the changes as he always does in a friendly game.

Do I really care about the second half?

Hah.

So, Toure went off to Man Citeh. What's funny is him comparing the love he feels there to the love from a woman. SRSLY. Him and Adebayor must be BFFs or something. One specifically designates Beyonce while the other just needs anything female. If Milan is Beyonce, I don't know what Citeh is. Miley Cyrus? I think she's irritating.

I think transfer news is just like a passing storm. I'll wait till it's thundering with lightning before I start to be happy about it. So far, we've only Verm to cheer about.

The transfer window closes in 30 days.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:15 AM




Sunday, July 19, 2009
What is this Europe you speak of?
To think it was done so quickly.

It's bye bye Ade, off to Citeh.

He's going to fly up to S. Africa to join up with his teammates who are on a pre-season tour. He pulled off a sky blue shirt for his unveilling and tbh, it looked weird. Not being a racist or colourist or something but light blue is a bad colour for African players.

I wonder how it feels to ditch the glorious red and white for a less than appealing blue.

So, once again, this summer, the team loses an established first team player.

Last year was the most horrible with Flam and Gilberto being the main people who would have really changed the way our season turned out.

This time, Adebayor's gone and Arsene Wenger mentioned that he already wanted to leave last summer. Did his 30 goals for Arsenal right after Henry leave make him think he was the best in the world deserving a bigger pay cheque and a move to a club he decides is bigger than Arsenal?

30 goals and he didn't feel challenged enough to add to that and be on par to be an Arsenal legend.

To think that Thierry Henry was his mentor. I'm wondering what Henry told him when Adebayor told him he wanted to move to Citeh. Pretty bad portrayal of his ambition imo.

Whatever it is, he is no Thierry Henry and looking at our current crop of players, I can't say there's anyone who would be close to being touted as the next Henry. Whatever we have, they're a special bunch with special abilities and With Rosicky and Eduardo back it could mean a whole different way of attacking instead of just trying to beat the offside trap. The technical level is very high and when scoring beautiful goals are concerned, Vela and Dudu are high up on the charts. Remember dudu's amazing beach-soccer-ish goal? Marvelous. Like in Football Manager, Vela likes to lob the keeper. I lol-ed at that one in FM editor.

So. City now has Adebayor, Tevez, Santa Cruz, Robinho, Benjani, Bellamy and Bojinov as their up-front men. Everton are pretty smart asses for taking the opportunity to snag Jo for free on another season long loan. 7 strikers, albeit Robinho probably being played in a advanced midfield role. I don't think a lot of them would be happy to be sitting on the bench. The main concern of players this transfer window is the upcoming world cup and evidently, players who get more playing time for their clubs under their belt are more likely to be selected.

Mark Hughes will have his work cut out. Maintaining dressing room chemistry and then having to bring out the best of his players will be such an issue. Take Adebayor and his newly expanded fat pay packet. He has signed a 5-year deal which guarantees $ for the next 5 years, $ which would see him through to his oh-so-important retirement. Remember last season where he wanted a pay increase to add to his retirement fund. Now he has it. Is there anything to play for?

Perhaps these players all want to shoot their club to the all important Champion's League qualification. If their predecessors have showed them well, they would realise that it is not so simple. Take Everton for example. They sniffed the Elite league of Europe at the expense of Liverpool (sth Sp*rs can't do to us) and struggled at the group stages. Teams who have been in Europe for extended lengths of time are simply seeded amongst the first for the draws so in the group stages, they most likely face just one strong European team with 2 being relatively easier. The problem here with teams like City being in Europe is that they will draw the bigger teams of Europe and going through to the knock out stages would be a mean task.

If they had to pit themselves against another big spending team like Real Madrid, they would lose horribly. Same footballing principles, different pool of players available.

Before lesser teams than the big 4 reaches Europe, they already have their problems. When they are in Europe, their problems will mount. Why bother.

It is no fluke that each season the big 4 easily reaches the knockout stages.

So, what did I do with FM editor?

I sent Arsenal youngsters on loan to say, Crystal Palace for about 4 seasons. Then I take control of CP and get them promoted to the PL. Thereafter, they'll receive the high-flying tag in the PL as I take them to Europe. And it was a horrible task to take them far in that competition since they draw the big boys so early in the group stage.

My point of doing that is to give valuable first time experience to the Arsenal kids ok. It's quite fun. FM editor is the best part of FM I'd say. I sent C. Ron to Tampines Rovers on a 10-year contract on $200 a week. Should do the same to Adebayor. Of course, as the next season approaches, people bid 20m for C. Ron and the message "The board has accepted the transfer on your behalf since it is too good to turn down" will come up, for something like that. Twats of the Tampines Rovers board. Never see $ before lol.

This transfer window is going to shape the next FM 2010 a shitload more. If I knew better, Citeh players are going to complain to the media about a lack of first team football and then confront Mark Hughes.

Lulz.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:51 AM




Saturday, July 18, 2009
28 Days to kick off
What am amazingly long hiatus, one that is set to continue, unnanounced, much.

But yeah, it gets boring having to analyse transfer nonsense when it's really, just pure nonsense.

What's new is that Adebayor should be off to Man City and we should get a good deal of $ from that to buy our much needed midfield enforcer.

What BBC reports keep emphasising is that if Ade makes the move, Citeh would have bought 3 players from the top 6 clubs. Should have included that Man U didn't get a cent for Tevez. Anyway, they still have a lot more rotting in the bank from the Ronaldo transfer. A pity Benzema snubbed them. At this point, it doesn't really matter to consider if Arsenal stood a chance too, had Wenger been aware of his availability.

Other than all this, pre-season is officially starting today with the routine friendly match at Underhill.

Tomas Rosicky is set to play.

After being out for such a long time.

I got the 2008/09 season review already and it made me so pissed watching it. It is without a doubt, compiled by a gooner which makes it more infuriating. I mean, they even showed Adebayor kissing the badge after scoring the meaningless penalty in the Emirates Cup. And then there was the way Stoke City injured all our players in the game they won 2-1. Followed by all the draws and the misery. I couldn't get past the first half of the season because I was too pissed to continue on, granted, when I reach the month of January Andrei appears. Never did I realise how huge that glimmer of hope was. If he never came it could be a whole different ending to the season.

That was one hugely intelligent piece of transfer dealing. And he's the one player who turned our entire season around.

What remains to be seen now is how he will impact the club from start to finish, in every competition. Arsha's a winner and he will be a star. Adebayor can leave and we would not be short in the attacking department. With the absence of the Adebayor kind of striker, Arsha can be then deployed in free role behind the striker, a striker who bothers working hard to get the ball while being intelligent enough to stay onside and be in the right place to receive a sneaky pass to break the offside trap etc etc. We have poachers like that who want to play for the Arsenal.

All we need now to to get that midfield general to partner Cesc and everything else will fall into their places.

At the beginning of the season review they show you all the players who have departed and it really was a good indication of how huge a step backwards it was for the club. Hleb we all celebrated his departure. Even if he has been with us last season, it would be no different. Flamini was the most painful, and Gilberto would have been the difference. An older head and a accomplished player. Our fortunes would be so different.

It is as though transfer dealings is a game of roulette. Sign the right player (including contract renewals, evidently) and leg go of the right player and it can make or break your season.

It is interesting to note how many centre backs we have at the club now since no one has departed with the addition of Thomas Vermaelen.

This time, letting go of the right player means Silvestre. I don't think he'll be very happy to be on the bench since it is clear that even Alex Song is ahead of him for that central defensive spot. The fans do not like him and Arsene Wenger could well be defiant once more and keep him.

So, till more happening news. I totally am going to be away for the bulk of August with at least 3 trips out of town and another routine one, to my favourite Hong Kong. I'll get my jerseys and training kits on the cheap once again. A pity I haven't found anywhere that does shirt printing too. If you had to ask if I were buying fake jerseys you ought to receive a smack on the head, a real hard one. There is no point in fake kits. Might as well get a plain white Tee and spray paint Arsenal across the chest area and wear it out. Save me all the trouble while the world will know of my allegiance.

Now to pray that the typhoons continue to be absent.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 10:53 AM




Saturday, July 4, 2009
Cashley Strikes Again
Cuntley Cunt is pulling off the same shit he did at Arsenal, now at Chelsea. Bad things happen when you accept incarnations of Judas, as with Manchester United and Michael Owen but we don't have a solid conclusion to that one, yet.

To Cashley though, it is nearing one.

He wants to be on par with the highest paid in the club, once again.

Without a doubt, RM have no trouble meeting his pay expectations nor the transfer fee. In a team built for mercenaries, he'll fit in perfectly. Just not sure how he'll be able to bargain for Ronaldo and Kaka's wages.

Obviously, he and Hleb have a lot in common. They cook lies about the weather and the language barriers to engineer moves away from Arsenal when in truth, they are just excuses. Before Cashley left, he spoke about there being too much foreign languages spoken in the dressing room. At Chelsea he probably got more English but how about a move to Madrid? English will sure as hell not be the most common language there. Try Spanish.

All the transfer gossip has died off a bit, mostly linking Adebayor with a move away. That should materialise quite soon if it is going to be happening at all. Whatever the case, Wenger already has a back up in mind.

The more worrying issue now is not Adebayor leaving but the arrival of a midfield general. Melo is out of the question now and there aren't really that many names popping up. We know that Ivan Glazidis and Wenger are doing their jobs so I'll just sit tight and wait for it to happen.

Please happen.

I don't know if anyone of us can stand another season where Denilson and Song are to be depended on when they aren't ready.

Alrighty then. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 3:23 PM




Friday, July 3, 2009
new contracts, United to snap up Owen
We have two players livin' the dream.

That be Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere, both who have signed long term contracts with better deals. This, coming right after Arsene Wenger released 9 youngsters, including Amaury Bischoff. Now I don't see the point in signing him last summer. Did Wenger hope he'll be our midfield guru?

Anyway, I like Aaron. Firstly, he's a must better than another Aaron, last name Carter, who is a douche. Does anyone care that he's making a comeback? I don't think he can rival Jesse McCartney in the lolishota-con genre. Gotta see how Dev Patel performs as Zuko in The Last Airbender before starting to mope about how Jesse McCartney should be Zuko instead.

If you haven't watched the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, you should.

Then you'll know all our Zuko pain.

So yes, Aaron Ramsey. When he looks like this you have to keep him around.



Maybe Arsene Wenger does hire on looks. Even Verm looks like a younger, better looking Vidic who talks like Robin Van Persie. It might be an Ajax thing.

I think we might see more of Wilshere next season. Last term he only really played in the first half, mostly featuring in the Carling Cup. I suppose when the boys crashed out of it there wasn't anything else to play for at the turn of the year for them so he joined the U18s for their campaign and it worked out so well. Their FA youth cup match came after the senior team closed shop so it was nice to be able to watch Arsenal anyway, and cheer on the lads. Steve Bould did an amazing job.

There is nothing I hate about Arsenal really. Liam Brady is overseeing our Youth Academy. Steve Bould is managing the youth teams. Pat Rice is assistant manager. These are Arsenal greats who aren't chasing the glamour of being the frontman but in the backroom, patiently nurturing the club's crop of youngsters in order for them to make the step up to Arsene Wenger's squad.

I suppose I could call this an anti-cunt system but we already have a product called Cashley. Let's hope he remains the only one.

Ivan Glazidis has never failed to wow us since joining and I gotta love the man. He is sarcastic yet does not blatantly use sarcasm. He puts our perspectives in nicer ways to ward off certain unwanted oily Russian who wants to shake up the board room.


I am sure that our fans do not believe Arsenal is better served by abandoning its self-sustaining model and putting itself in the hands of owners upon whom it is dependent. They want success, and our challenge is to provide it in a model that preserves the traditions and values of Arsenal football club.


We don't have to jump on the Real Madrid bandwagon.

Another club who isn't, is United, who is set to sign Michael Owen from under the noses of Stoke and Hull. I thought this was funny. His brochure actually got to United. It worked. Amazing huh. They couldn't get Benzema so they settled for Owen and saved many moolah.

So yeah, Ramsey and Wilshere are going to be part of this Arsenal future. I can't help but snigger at Liverpool who have to sign Glen Johnson for 17 million just to make up the numbers for home-grown players. To think the stupid non-gooners actually thought Arsenal would have a ball of a time with the home grown rule. I think we're the club who has the least trouble with that.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:56 PM





Benzema what?!
Who created Benzema to Arsenal?

It's not Benzema to United either.

It's Benzema to Real Madrid.

I think it's a complete mistake, judging that he's only 21 and if he wanted to stay in that team he'll have to hit it off spectacularly almost right away.

People like Ronaldo and Kaka are established enough so it's okay if they turn out to be flops in the Madrid system.

Look at poor Huntelaar. His career at Madrid does look over unless he moves on to another club. Hell, he isn't even first choice for the Dutch team.

Pellegrini is going to have his work cut out. If he's not up to task he'll face the sack. Managers seem to be the most disposable things in football.

Anyway, nothing much on the Arsenal front worth mentioning. I get that there isn't much to be said unless it's like, set in stone or something, like va va Verm.

It's July! June is over. I don't remember liking July either.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 12:55 AM




Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Theo doesn't get silverware in pre-season too
The big news is that of the U21 euro tournament which ended last night, with England not lifting the trophy.

With Germany winning 4-0, it was no closely fought match at all.

And the first person to come under fire, is Walcott, just because he's an Arsenal star and one of the most established player in the U21 English team.

I don't think it's necessary to defend Walcott and place the blame on someone else because it's just logical. He can be at fault for not scoring, but he's definitely not at fault for conceding 4 goals.

Pearce had no choice with suspensions to Agbonlahor and Campbell but to put Walcott as the front man. The lone front man, a role he is definitely not familiar with. In Arsenal if he had to play up front, he would have a partner. He never comes across as an out and out striker simply because he cannot challenge effectively in the air, much different from Adebayor and Nicky. Even Nicky has struggled and Adebayor is just lazy.

What Walcott possesses is great pace and his crossing is good at times, and these are better utilised on the wings.

For him to do well, there has to be a midfield creator, in which England does not have. Lee Cattermole for all his quality in his combativeness, does not have an ounce of creativity in his blood. Same for Fabrice Muamba.

England did what Arsenal has been doing - not fully using their player's abilities to their full potential.

Positions on the pitch and tactics employed are how important. You can't give the ball to Theo with the goal in front of him as well as 4 German defenders waiting to pounce with the only support behind him. It's just insane.

I like Theo and the rest of the world should just shut their trap. What did Sp*rs contribute? What did Man U contribute? Some shithead who got sent off. How about Liverpool? Even City gave Micah Richards. Chelsea have stinkin Mancienne who really sucks. I still don't get how come Arsene Wenger gets accused of not feeding the English team. When Gerrard ages and fades there aren't any Liverpool faithfuls, unless you want to count Glen Johnson who was bought to make up the numbers for UEFA's home grown rule.

On a much lighter note, I got to credit Eto'o for being so smart. He's milking the tit as tightly as possible. Making their financial prowess known to the world does have it's downside. Players know what they are worth and how much you are willing to pay them so they ask for more to move to some shit club in the Eastlands. If you don't show me the $ then I'm not coming, simple as that. If you want to give it to me then I'll consider.

£250,000 a week, plus a signing on fee of £12.5m. Otherwise I'd rather stay at Barca.

A very good move, albeit a greedy one, but very very smart. Citeh would have to consider how far they want to go. If they let this one over their heads there'll be more, and their transfer market will be such an exclusively hugely inflated one. Wouldn't Tevez want to same treatment too? Heh.

That's it for today.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 3:42 PM




Sunday, June 28, 2009
I dream a dream of Benzema and Robin appears
We probably need to take a moment to laugh, at this.

It's probably the most laughable and untrue transfer speculation linked with Arsenal this summer.

Karim Benzema to Arsenal for 30 million quid.

Financially, this is a battle Manchester United will win hands down because they simply have the moolah. They've lost Tevez for free, but they are getting 80m for Ronaldo and that money is definitely going towards rebuilding the squad with quality signings which can soften the blow.

Benzema is probably high on their shopping list right this moment.

I'm not sure if that's the case for Arsenal.

Milan aren't exactly making much effort to sign Adebayor and if you asked me, they are stalling because they don't want to pay that much for someone we are ready to part with. They maintain that their first choice is Edin Dzeko so I don't know how Ade's 'dream move' will transpire.

If the article had to have some truth, I'd say that I believe Benzema would prefer Arsenal to Man Utd.

It's practically the French connection at Arsenal.

And I'm sure people in France have long heard of Arsene Wenger and dreamt of playing under him.

I see him going United's way though. Arsene Wenger is not one to break the bank.

There's something interesting about Robin. He wants to be the best player in the world. And more insight to the Arsenal team talks with Wenger drawing inspiration from Barack Obama. That made me lol real hard. Especially this:

"Obama was always calm. Whenever Presidential rival John McCain shouted and screamed, Obama remained in control."


Shouted and screamed. Bahahaha.

Robin has thought out his method of achieving the world player crown and he knows it's down to his fitness. He now keeps away from red meat and doesn't drink during the season. Apparently it has helped. For the sake of doing better, the steak-lover has given up beef. Considering that he is Muslim, that doesn't leave much left besides fish and chicken. Swine is red meat anyway.

I never knew red meats are that much more unhealthy. I kinda hate chicken except when it's fried or barbecued. Maybe it's just me.

Everything's looking positive at the Robin side of things. Next season could be his season. I think we are all hoping it is.

For starters, stop hitting the crossbar when taking freekicks. <3

P.S. I realised the most laughable transfer nonsense is not Benzema to Arsenal, but Van Persie to United in The Sun.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 2:33 PM




Friday, June 26, 2009
June is Ending with a lot happening
A lot going on in the non-footballing world. Something huge happened and even google thought it was under attack.

Goodbye Mr Jackson, RIP.

The world really cares.

It's funny how everyone was so caught up with the scandalous Iranian elections before and when a pop icon passes on he takes centre stage from a major political crisis.

Entertainment>>>>politics.

Then there's football and we have our own energy generator in the form of rumour mills, like the great windmills of Holland.

Then captain Cesc comes to the rescue and sets the mills on 'pause' mode.

You see, he's not powerful enough to completely destroy those immaculate structures. No one is. Not everyone is Setanta.

And he's Espana. We all know deep down some day that he'll be returning to his motherland. It's just a matter of when.

For now though, he's with Arsenal, he loves the Arsenal and he wants to win things with the squad he leads out of the tunnel.

Then there's Sp*rs, who probably are dying to show up on our radar. You see, they want Arsenal target Bassong. It's quite funny because I don't see him coming to Arsenal. We have Vermaelen. And Newcastle's defence last term was diabolical on all accounts and they can't point all fingers at Colloccini because a defensive partnership is made up of 2. Good luck Sp*rs anyway. We've got the Va Va Verm so you can have Bassong on a platter.

Sp*rs who, hate Arsenal the most simply because they can't catch up to where we are. Hell, they didn't make the Europa league either. We'll see how far they'll go next term when they have full concentration on the league, and most definitely, the Carling Cup.

Right here you have some statistics. They're interesting to say the least. Sp*rs hatred and Chelsea hatred are on par with each other. I don't know about the Chelsea part but we all know that Cuntey Cunt is a major contributing factor. Other than that, I suppose the rest of the team are a bunch of cuntbags as well so that we know.

Personally, I don't really rank my hatred. How do you hate something less when you hate it all the same? Doesn't make sense. They probably should distinguish between hatred and dislike.

I dislike Stoke but I don't hate them. I hate Hull City. I hate Manchester United, Liverpool, Sp*rs. I dislike Sp*rs because I am too lazy to hate them. They kinda make good the position of Clown of the league. Never seem to fail to come up with several jokes. They are indeed a joke, like starting almost every campaign at the bottom of the table, sort of battling relegation for a teeny little while until new manager comes in and gets them a top 10 finish.

There's a bit of football tonight. Gibbs and Walcott will be in action for the U21s. Gibbs would most certainly start at left back but there should be some doubts about Theo since Stuart Pearce is a cuntbag. Some funny Swedish Blackburn dude I've never heard of or saw the need to take note of has went to the papers to public diss Theo. I thought that was funny. Some nobody from a stinkin team has a big mouth.

And finally, someone with immense intelligence. Arshavin has ditched his agent and now represents himself. Dennis Lachter is probably one of the cuntiest agents after Kia Joorabchian.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 6:20 PM




Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Unknown Destinations
Twitter is fantastic.

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.

The rest of my crap should be on Twitter. =D

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 3:45 PM




Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Hull are in for the bargain buys which actually are expensive
I'll show you what's funny:

Earlier in June, Owen's management company sent a brochure to potential buyers to remind them of the talent that saw him score 158 goals in about 300 games for Liverpool and 40 goals in 89 appearances for England.


With respect to Michael Owen.

Guess who's buying into the PR?

Hull City's moron king Phil Brown.

He seems to have a knack for paying good money for players who are past their best and injured 70% of the season. Earlier in January he bought Jimmy Bullard who went on to be injured for the rest of the season after his debut.

A bonus is that he doesn't need to pay a transfer fee for Owen, just his exorbitant wages. They'll be looking at losing £100,000 per week for someone who'll be hogging the treatment table, lying just next to Jimmy.

Chances are, they'll become Hull's BFF pairing of the next season.

Arsenal's BFF to everyone though, isn't having a very good time on the transfer market. He's placed himself in the shop window but those who come knocking aren't good enough for him, in accordance to whatever he thinks his calibre should be deserving of.

Florentina is a no-no.

I can't imagine how another season with Eboue will be like. Will he have another boo-ing session at the Emirates? Or get sent off against Sp*rs for something silly again?

We'll never know until it happens.

It's been pretty quiet now right after someone has signed. Give it a few days and the media will be in full swing yet again.

I miss Gilberto. He would have been quite the figurehead. In Wenger's terms perhaps, keeping Gilberto would kill Song and Denilson. From a fan's point of view, I don't see how they could have died because of that. Throwing Denilson in so early when he wasn't ready probably was one of the chief factors which killed our last campaign. Admirably, he did do what he can to the best he can but at the Premier League level it wasn't enough. All our midfield frailties were exposed so badly I remember Danny Murphy dominating our midfield when we played Fulham.

That clearly shouldn't be happening. Regardless of who dies, I think we really need a midfield hardman quite badly.

After that, we just need everyone (including Rosicky) to just stay fit like their lives depend on it.

All our problems will be solved and we'll win the quadruple next season.

lol.

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A Little Drunken Madness @ 1:30 AM






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