First things first, a video for all of you who missed watching
our 125th Year celebrations!!! Enjoy and Happy 125th B'day!!!
Now what happened after that was for all of us too see. Agreed
we were not very clinical in front of goal, agreed we were letting too much of
space to Everton and agreed that we could have won the game during first half
itself. But if everything is going well you can judge the character of a team!
This is the same team which was ridiculed at the start of the season. We have
now shown to the world that we can win big, we can win easy and also win
ugly!!!
Everybody is saying the occasion took over us and overawed
our play (for those morons who don’t know what occasion I am talking about should
not be reading this blog at all!!!)!!! I don’t agree to it, we had lost 2 drawn
1 and won 1 of our last 4 matches, hence there was pressure on us. We were ugly
no doubt about it, but haven’t we seen ”Man’s
breast are united” winning the same way throughout last season and clinching
the trophy as well!!! Their fans were chanting ”FUMU” throughout those matches!!! Well we can do that and too in a better way which only Gunners can… Anyways
our club is not in financial debt and is far better than theirs!!!
This week the most improved player was Theo Walcott. Yes I have
been very critical of him and yes I ridiculed everybody who said he is a great
player, blah, blah!!! But he showed that he can defend too!!! Providing good
cover to Djourou on couple of occasions and was applauded by our fans too. Now
we know the value of competition. Rising star Ox had made him improve upon his
game. He knew his place is under threat and that made him work extra hard.
Point to be noted here is Boss’ comment on Ox from December 2nd press conference:
“Defending is not his
preferred side but unfortunately at the top level today you have Messi doing
it, Rooney, Ronaldo, Van Persie - so why should he not do it?”
This means that if Walcott improves his defending then Ox won’t
be able to replace him easily!!! Hence we saw Walcott running from one end of the
pitch to another. Not that I am complaining, I liked the way he defended, as it
showed his zeal to stay in the team.
Song oh Song, oh my unsung hero! He was trending on twitter
after a long long time I guess!!! I have always said that he is one player who
has grabbed his opportunities with both hands and Abu Diaby’s injuries have
helped him too. But any day he can walk into my world 11 (Only players who are
still playing in Europe). I know I am biased and my team would atleast have 5-6
current and ex arsenal players!!! Vermaelen, Sagna, Song, Cesc, Wilshere and
RVP are definitely in it. These are the players who can walk into any team and
make them proud!!!
Good News!!! We won our match and Spuds lost their match!!! Hurray!!! Now
I am eagerly awaiting ManC and Chelsea’s match. I want either ManC to win or
atleast get a draw out of this match. Why you ask? It’s because Chelsea’s loss
is our gain. We can maintain our 4th Position if Chelsea has to lose or if they get a
draw out of it, then we would be 5th but equal on points!!! Only thing which i am afraid is that ManC will go 12 points
clear of us if Chelsea loses and 10 points if match is a Draw. Remember I still have hopes of Title!!!
Anyways that’s something we can look in future. Currently we
have other pressing issues in hand. After Frimpong, Coquelin and Fabianski
making statements about leaving in January either on loan or permanently, we
have another addition in that group; Chamakh. Now he is not getting playing time
because of RVP is playing like a God. Also he is not very quick like Walcott and
Gervinho, and can’t play on flanks too. Hence he won’t be playing lot of
games in PL. I do pity him, because when he came to Arsenal, he was like a
storm. In his first match against Liverpool last year, he made that important challenge
on Reina and made him concede a own goal. That helped us in getting a Draw out of
that match. Notable was how Koscielny was also Red Carded in that match and we
were down to 10 men in dying stages of that match. After that when RVP was out
nursing his seasonal quota of injuries (Fingers crossed and it never ever happens again), he handled the responsibilities
of leading the attack very well and scored 11 goals in that period. After that
he was injured and RVP returned. End of story!!!
Well he has said that he won’t be looking out in January but
will discuss his options in June. A possible move to Bordeaux is a high
possibility. And I feel for that guy. I really do!! He is a great talent, only
thing lacking in his game is his confidence.
Anyways what has to happen would happen. I don’t want any
player from this current crop to leave except Arshavin and Fabianski (because
of their form), Diaby and Gibbs (Because they have spend more on medical bills
then they have actually played for us). This is only from first team and I am
in no mood right now to get into Steve Bould’s business.
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Until next time. Hail Gunners!!!
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