Robin Van Persie has paved the way for others to follow!

After 6 days of being bedridden, I am back on blogging front! So I hear International Lull is back! What a boring period this is for all football fans like me, but for sports lovers in general its good as they can now concentrate on Formula1, US Open, and Cricket etc. Hopefully FIFA will reduce the number of friendlies or maybe Club football can reduce the after season holidays, as this will help fans like me a lot! More number of days to watch Arsenal! Yeah!

So coming to the hot topic of today, Sagna! Well I think RVP has shown others how to get a good bargain in the market for themselves, if Arsenal is not willing to meet their demands. RVP showed players how to play the game and left for a bumper contract, Song tried but his demands were not met and he was also sold, Walcott tried in a mild capacity and here both his agent and club couldn’t come to any conclusion! Arsene wants to keep Walcott, and Walcott wants to stay, but the problem is MONEY!

Our very wise and honoured chairman Mr. Deadwood (Oops! Did I misspell the name? Who care I meant Mr. Deadwood anyways! :D) has already come out and made an ingenious statement “We can’t compete with clubs like Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United in their wages and transfer activity”!!! Wow Mr. Deadwood, rather than working towards the weakness you are succumbing to it!!! Awesome job indeed! How many more players now would start thinking what RVP very blatantly wrote on his website ‘No Ambition’! I am not very sure where our club is heading and what will the future will hold, but rather than paying Board Members/CEO/MD/Manager etc $10Mil plus a year each, it would be better to make sure players are bought and retained from that amount! I am still of the opinion that Gooners should stop going to match days, buying merchandise and watch Arsenal play only on TV! This might make management realize that they can’t keep on holding us to ransom to fulfill their pockets!!! I cant think of any other thing in our hands to take our club where we want it to be!

Oh I completely forgot about Sagna, he went public to tell other suitors that his contract is ending and he will be open to look for a bumper paycheck too! And strategically he made this comment after Mr. Deadwood’s comment about our POOR Club! This is a clear message sent to Arsenal Management; either adhere to top standards or risk losing top talent! This is sad and I am sure as I have seen glory days, I will see the opposite of that too and very soon!

Talking about top talent, Zenith might buy Arshavin by today. There is interest from them towards Arshavin and Nani. Having already spent close to 70Mil Quids over last week! Hope Arshavin leaves and get a better future in Zenith!

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P.S. Please stop the Cesc rumours everyone! He didn't go to Camp Nou to come back! He didn't spent 2 years crafting his way to Barca to play for Arsenal!

Week #2 Roundup: Ratings from Stoke game and opinions!!!

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Another week gone and another game without any of the Gunners on score sheet. Voices are getting louder that we were a one man team and selling RVP has made us toothless in front of the goal. New recruits didn’t get a prolonged Pre-Season with first team due to Euros resultant fatigue; hence we can’t blame them for misfiring, atleast not today. But I seriously hope that we get a DM and a Striker like Klaas-Jan Huntelaar into our ranks, as it’ll be a fitting statement to RVP. On top of it, we can get Huntelaar within our transfer budget and wages. And he is world class and a rival to RVP in his national team. What else do we need to show our intent!!! Why I am saying this because we weren’t able to shoot on the target, leave alone scoring. On target shots were only 2!!!

Hence, blame should definitely be ‘Bestowed’ upon our new Pires in the making Gervinho aka ‘Le Forehead’! I think Sherlock would have never said what he did in ‘The Adventure of Blue Carbuncle’ if he had met our Gervinho; the quote was

[Watson - “how did you deduce that this man was intellectual?” Sherlock - “It is a question of cubic capacity,” said he; “a man with so large a brain must have something in it.”!!!]

Now tell me if Gervinho had something in it, won’t he utilize in decision making? And if he had it he won’t be making comments about being next Pires and getting badmouthed from people like me!!! He has brilliant dribbling skills, but that doesn’t mean that you keep on running to the Goal line for a perfect cut back when there are other players waiting for a cross, also that doesn’t mean that you will wait for eternity to pass the ball to a colleague when a opportunity of counter attack presents itself. He has really pissed me off, and I hope he can prove me wrong and become a player we all want him to be.

Rest of old players actually played their part, hence no bad mouthing them. Diaby was a little out of pace, but that is understandable if you were out for a good 2 years because of some stupid tackle, then you play a team like Stoke a bit carefully. Still he made some good tackles to stop Stokes run of play.

Now time for Ratings:

Mannone: 6.5

He didn’t have much to do, but he did well whenever he was called upon the duties. I think the people, who doubted him and were skeptical about him being on the pitch in Britannia Stadium, would atleast trust him whenever his next opportunity arises.

Vermaelen: 8

He had everything covered, and was a top top performer yesterday. He has started taking more responsibility after becoming captain, and he ushered his troops well.

Mertesacker: 7

He was given responsibility of handling Crouch, and he did well on most of the occasions. He worked on off side trap last week, and as a result we looked more comfortable at the back.

Jenkinson: 8

Another brilliant game by Sagna’s deputy. He has really matured from last season and now he is really coming to the top of his game. Still there are atleast 3 years before he becomes a regular, but signs are here for everybody to see that he is going to be one of the best full back in the country if not the world! He was good going forward, defending the stoke wingers run and also helping out the Centre backs whenever required.

Gibbs: 7

He was there and there about, though his decision making in Stokes’ penalty box left something to be desired. But his defending was good. He can definitely needs to improve some aspects of his game, as he is going to be regular this season.

Diaby: 6

After a brilliant last week, we saw Diaby a bit intimidated by the rugby opposition. It is understandable and I hope he brings his A Game back next week against Liverpool. Also, I would like him to shoot when he has the opportunity!!!

Arteta: 8.5

He was the star of the show. He was after every Stoke player and was fighting fire with fire. And it was nice to see that it was Stoke players who were complaining as they didn’t know what hit them. His experience and his motivation to play for the club is extraordinary! How I hope we could have landed him earlier!

Podolski: 6

Had a few decent chances, but screwed them whenever he got them. He needs to score and score fast, if Arsenal has to be anywhere close to CL spot.

Gervinho: 3

Enough said already!

Cazorla: 6.5

It’s good he can dribble. It’s good that he can create chances, but like all other forwards, he also needs to shoot and on target for a change! I don’t think he has been bought because of dribbling skills or shooting over the bar, but to score the goals! Anyways we have Ramsey to do the latter part of it!

Giroud: 6

He needs to Shoot!!! Decision making is also another thing that he needs to improve upon! Hope he learns soon that EPL is way different that Ligue 1.

Ox: 6.5

He came at a time when we needed goals and shot on target, but he was also not able to spark any fire spare one of two moments on by line!

Walcott: 2

Now he should be given a strikers role and atleast 500,000 per week pay check!!!

Ramsey: 0

If I say anything, it would be an insult to Footballers in general!!!

So here we go. Hope next week is better than this.

Until next time Gooners, lets Up the Arse!

Week #1 Roundup: Ratings from Sunderland game and opinions!!!

First of all I would like to thank all the people who are reading this and I am highly grateful for all the support I have been receiving. Thanks. And those who are first tie reader, please get in touch with me via my Twitter Handle @OnTheGunPoint and I would love to have a spirited discussion on anything that is ARSENAL.

Coming back, week #1 is nearly over (Chelshit Vs Reading still reaming for this week). It was kind of tough week for us Gooners, not only did we see Déjà vu from last year, we were also held to draw by Sunderland. Only thing which worked in our favour was that Le Boss had the foresight this time around to buy quality players to bolster the squad. You might suggest that those players didn’t do much and we could have won if Giroud has taken his chance etc etc, but I think we ought to give them some time to prove. Remember Kos the boss from 2 seasons ago? He got red card in his first game and season opener against Liverpool! And today he is not only a crowd favourite, but also one of the best players on the rooster. Poldi, Giroud will definitely score, we just have to be patient with them. Cazorla did play well and created few chances for us. The only thing missing was end product in our game (which should not be something unusual for us Gooners, right?), but that will come in due course of time, believe you me.

Players Rating from my point of view are as follows:

Szczesny: 8

He did well whenever he was called upon. Had a brilliant save when Mert was caught napping during the initial phase of the game.

Vermaelen: 8

He was at the core of things from the start and handled his troops very well. What I saw was he was curbing his indicts of going forward. This could have been because he was afraid that Mert won’t be able to handle the counter attack or because of added pressure of captaincy!

Mertesacker:  6.5

He is still adjusting to the English game, and should play more in League Cup and FA cup to come to terms with the pace of EPL and also the playing style of his teammates.

Jenkinson: 8.5

I never expected him to be so good defensively and doing his job so well in absence of Sagna! He was good in going forward too, but his crossing left something to be desired.

Gibbs: 7.5

He was not bad, but his link up play with Gervinho needs to become better for us to be a threat from the flank.

Diaby: 8

On his comeback he showed why Wenger shows so much faith in him. He was playing the box to box role very nicely and some of his through passes were immaculate. He was also good in physical side and if he continues this kind of display, Boss would have a dilemma in his hand of whom to choose. A lucky situation to have I must say. A new signing indeed Boss!

Arteta: 7

He was the lynchpin of our midfield last season and hence the expectations from him this season are even higher. I think because we lacked in defensive midfield department, hence he took the added responsibility to break the attacks and could not create the web for goal scoring opportunities. Also, he being new to DM role, he was found wanting few times.

Gervinho: 6.5

Dribbling skills are awesome, though he does lack the final product and on few occasions he does overkill in trying to be too meticulous. Still there is a long way to go for him to be a creator and scorer.

Walcott: 6

Now I know why he wants to be the highest paid player in Arsenal team. So that he can play below standard most of the time! I would love to see the back of him when we have talented players like Miyachi and Ox on the sidelines! If we want a runner as a winger, we always have Mo Farah who would love to join us!

Cazorla: 7.5

He was creative and for once I saw an Arsenal player shooting from outside the box frequently! Previously we always had to find that perfect pass to score, but with this new addition, I am sure we will be more lethal from outside the box as well with the presence of Cazorla and Arteta who loves to shoot from outside. This would also give us an added advantage over oppositions, as they have to be prepared for multi dimensional play from us! He will settle very soon by the looks of it, only thing is he needs to improve is in understanding of the movements of the players.

Podolski: 6

He did OK, but the expectations from him were too high after “You Know Who’s” exit. Looked like he lacked match fitness and he needs to improve on the finishing front i.e. if he continues to play as the lone striker.

Giroud: 5

That was a sitter he missed an was not involved much in the small amount of time he got on the field.

Arshavin: 4

Same old story, no defensive play and no offensive play either. With a heavy heart I have to say that “The Russian’” would be better off playing with championship teams in league cup than in PL.

Ramsey: 1

He should learn how to shoot, when to shoot and where to shoot! He has frustrated me so much over past one year that it becomes impossible to sympathize with him. And after making a mistake his grin is what irritates me even more! Last year on 3rd week of August his statement was “I am ready to fill in the void left by Cesc”! Really? Looks like he needs to work like a dog to reach half of the standard that Cesc was mate!

Do comment below if you are not confirming to my ratings or drop me a tweet at @OnTheGunPoint.Would love to hear from you lot :)

On transfer front, I definitely know for sure that Nuri Sahin and M’vila might or might not come to Arseanl. I am the new ITK in football world, what say aye? Moving ahead Song had some nice words to say on twitter about Le Boss and Arsenal, but in press he seems to have blasted a senior official. Don’t tell anybody, but I know he is Ivan!!! Let’s see what how this window ends.

At the end of it, we are ahead of ManUre, Spuds and Liverfool by 1 point (And RVP didn’t score, yeaaaah), behind 2 points of Chelshit and ManShitty. So not a very bad start if you come to think of it. We’ll definitely bounce back and win our next match against Stoke Ruby FC!

Until next time, Up The Arse!

Time to show Joey Bartender what we are made of….. QPR vs Arsenal…

Weekend is back, and so is football. On the back of such stupendous form, we expect nothing else from Gunners than a win. Players seem to be upbeat and full of confidence. There is a buzz around the stadium to compliment that.

I was the first one to comment upon our miserable form in January. (Read here). I had strong words to say about nearly all the players who were under performing, including Walcott, Rosicky, and Ramsey etc. Out of the list only Rosicky and to a certain extent Walcott has up their game. And that has led to our resurgence in the league. Walcott, because of the competition he is facing from Ox for his position in Arsenal and possibly in English team too. Lil Mozart needed a good run in the team and wanted a new deal too and hence came his resurgence. Ramsey has still to show that why he is so highly regarded by one and all, and why he thinks he is an ideal replacement for Cesc. Hopefully that day will be tomorrow against QPR. Be more clinical in finishing Rambo is my advice.

Now we all remember Joey Barton, don’t we? The guy who in very first game of this season won the best actor award for falling on ground dramatically. The same guy who made sure Gervinho gets a suspension. Still it doesn’t ring a bell? Well the same guy who said Newcastle has no ambition and wants to move where he can challenge for Europe place and currently his ambitious team is been fighting to stay in top flight. Yeah I know it’s easy to forget him as he has been nothing but into oblivion on pitch. His team is nearly in dumps and it would give me immense pleasure to see QPR relegated. Not only because I don’t like Barton and his stupid tweets, but also because the attitude of mostly all the players and coach is the same.

Traore is there too, the same guy who left our club as he was not getting enough chances. He is the same guy who was seen laughing and making merry with ManU boys in his last game for us where we lost so badly and no player had the audacity to laugh or even pose a smile. And to tell you all, it was a game where he showed no zeal to actually play well. He was pathetic as his transfer was already done before the ManU game. That was his level of unprofessionalism. I would love to see him compete with Walcott and Sagna and make mistakes which will cost QPR dearly. 

Then there are other thick heads too like the Mark Hughes, Zamora etc who would try their best to disrupt the rhythm and be more physical against us. But after another two footed lunge from Cisse, it’s clear they have no fire power in final third. They need to dig deep to stay up, but it would be difficult to nearly impossible to stop this Arsenal team in their tracks. The best they can hope for is to grind out a draw. Joey Barton would be a key here and I hope that all of his antics won’t have any effect on our players.

I don’t think boss would like to tamper the winning team combo, as if it aint broke then don’t fix it!!! So the team is going to be the same with Ramsey warming the bench and Kos coming back after his dubiously wrong sleeping position kept him out of Villa game. Wonder what was that all about... :D

My scoreline prediction is very simple QPR 0 - 3 Arsenal. RVP with a brace (we have not seen him score for past two games, can you believe that?) and another goal coming from Gervinho after he beats Barton with his dribbling skills and Barton falls flat on his face aka TERRYfic fall (Revenge indeed!) 

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Till next time. Lets Up The Arse!!!!

A long hiatus… Hopefully this run will not end…

It’s been a long time since I was on blogging scene. This day job has taken the life out of me. Though I was active on twitter, but there was always a lingering thought that something has gone amiss, my blogs.

Now like Dwayne 'The Rock’ Johnson I can also say, “Finally I am Back to Blogging.” And hopefully like him don’t disappear again for a long period and be available only on twitter (Read via satellite :D).

Now coming back to business on hand. Lot has happen since I was active; hence lot has to be said too. Firstly, take that you SPUDS!!! A short Rap to honour them.

Watch the gap was what u said, but you forgot North London will always remain RED.

You said this is your best season for long, well go and cry coz this aint your song.

 ‘Arry says Facking Tirrific season will be back on line, well it looks like a spoilt baby’s whine!

Saha, van der Vart and Parker says they will be finishing the season above us, I say go shove it up your ass!

You said Saint totteringham's day would be a no show this year, we would be celebrating with beer after beer.

Your season got derailed after coming to Emirates Pitch, remember you’ll always remain Arsenal’s BITCH!!!’

Hopefully you liked it. If yes do let me know about it and let the world know too. It always feels good to be praised. :). And if not, then also let the world know… :)

Meanwhile Na$ri has said being on bench has made him a better player? Really? Really? And stupid I, always thought that if you are on pitch and playing will make you better. Maybe I have been watching this sport all wrong! Maybe I was a dunce not to notice that how immaculate a player can actually become staying on bench! You made me realize my mistake you money chasing moron.

Anyways moving ahead, coming to the news doing the rounds today on all website and newspapers. Arsenal is planning to offload players. Again to this I say really? Really? Really? This is like a dream come true. Who in the world would have imagined that Arsene would actually do it? Raise your hand if you really thought so… I am in so much awe of these reporters, first because they come up with this new enthralling news (I must add all collectively) and second who is the source of this extremely sensitive news and he should be fired if working in AFC. Stupid cunts don’t realize that giving this kind of info to us, they are just losing their credibility.

On the team front we are on a 7 games winning run and that’s not a small feat. We have benefited undoubtedly by returning full backs and seeing a spirited Lil Mozart. He has been heart of things currently with Arteta. What this has done is it has shown Ramsey that he needs to be more creative in final third and more clinical in his finishing; otherwise there are other players to take his place. Now as a Gooners this is one situation I really like, competition, because this ups everyone’s game and the results are for everyone to see. The same situation has happened with Walcott, who because of the emergence of Ox has really notched up his game. There are two reasons for it and can be a third too. Firstly, Ox would replace him in Arsenal squad if he doesn’t do well. Secondly, in couple of years he will replace him in English squad as well if he keeps playing like he has been doing in his first season at AFC. And thirdly, he might want to move out of Arsenal and hence showing his suitors what he can do.

Till next time. Follow me on Twitter at @OnTheGunPoint if you like what I write. Meantime lets Up The Arse and win the QPR game.