Well Done Steven Gerrard. Well Done!

Its been one week since my last post and the reasons for this are numerous. College work and my home pc completely packing up been the main reasons. As you would know by now Steven Gerrard has joined the merry band of idiots and hypocrites in blaming the national team's pathetic failure on foreigners because yes it convenient and utterly detatched from reality. Am not going to say more than that this excellent article has everything I could ever hope to say on this issue.

Till next time!

“You Could Be My Son, But If You're Not Good Enough, Then You Don't Play At Arsenal”

First of all I would like to apologise for my recent inactivity in updating the blog. My computer’s monitor has finally given up on me and add to that I’ve been very busy with college work. The above quote is Arsene giving his personal opinion on the issue with capping the number of foreign players in club sides. Steve Coppell who I have always viewed as a sensible person has come out and supported Fergie scum by saying that foreign players will hurt the national team and once again using us as an example even though his one of the people that has benefited the most from our English cast offs i.e. Sidewell and Harper. The debate looks like it won’t go away. It’s alright for someone like Fergie sum to talk about using more English players because he can afford to spend £27 million on Rooney and £30 million on Rio Ferdinand (Yes 30 mil on Rio!). We can’t afford that kind of money hence the current strategy of buying young foreign talent and developing them. The fact is if a player is good enough they will come through and if not its not happening. The way this guys are talking its like they want to excuse the fact that a player is average just because it he’s English,,,,,,,,quite fucking pathetic if you ask me. To be honest am really sick if this now!

The benefit of been busy and my monitor packing up is that I haven’t had to analyse the Slavia Prague game which was quite the most soporific performance from Arsenal have witnessed in quite sometime. The kids learnt their lesson and the less said about that game the better. Not much else to talk about really the game with Reading FC is not until Monday. I’ll leave you with this article from the good man at InsideArsenal he expressed my thoughts exactly.

Till Next Time!

Draw At The Emirates And Old Rivalries Rekindled

I haven’t updated the blog since Thursday because with the Man Utd games coming up there are plenty of people that would have been lending their opinions however intelligent or cretinous. Media going crazy proclaiming the game a potential match of the season which it was never going to be if you looked at what was at stake in psychological terms and other intangibles. So after the storm has settled its time to sift through the wreckage and give considered thought and observations.

Before the game Owen Hargreaves came out stating publicly that the red devils were going to beat Arsenal FC and therefore prove they were the best team in England. If beating another team once meant you were better and superior to them then Sheffield United would not be in the Championship right now or getting themselves spanked by Arsenal U21s in the Milk Cup. While the Arsenal players were more measured in their assertions about the game Man United were more outlandish like they had something to prove which they may have as several reports in the media stated that apparently they are frustrated and irritated about how everybody were praising us about our “so called beautiful football”. Maybe I should get a cactus plant and stick it up their collectively arses, now that would be something to get really irritated about.

The match started 12:45 pm Saturday no doubt moved to a early kick off to satisfy our oriental cousins in East Asia who are big fans of the premiership apparently. Am not going to go through a thorough analysis because a number of people have done that already just going to make a few observations. Our defence is finally clicking together as demonstrated by a fine central defensive display by the ever reliable King Kolo and new Captain Fantastic William Gallas. Gallas was unlucky to concede the own goal which was really well,,,,unlucky but I thought he was fantastic throughout the game and hopefully he’ll stay fit. Almunia unfortunately will never be good enough for Arsenal which is really sad because he’s decision making throughout the game left a lot to be desired. He had at least three headless chicken moments were he came charging put even though he didn’t need to and one of those moments lead to a easy United second goal. As soon as that goal went in I said to my self “he’s gona get it” and I was right because now people are saying maybe its time we gave Fabianski a shot at things. This is where Lehman has really shot himself in the foot if only he had kept his mouth shut and got on with things Arsene would be considering bringing him back now but alas he wont hence the reason he’ll continue to warm the bench. Another player who didn’t do himself justice was Emmanuel Adebayor, if I really want to be harsh he was literally joy riding throughout the game. Although he wasn’t helped by a 4-5-1 formation employed against a defensive Man United he had another iffy game and didn’t really contribute that much, he never looked like scoring. And finally we’re seriously fucked okay maybe slightly fucked if Fabregas gets injured. The Catalan boy wonder is our best player and I fear if he gets injured we would seriously struggle against a top team. Before I wasn’t really worried about this but now for some reason I really am not totally confident we will cope handily with his loss.

The game was not a classic not enough clear cut chances due to Man United’s Serie A team impersonation and our own inability although not due to a lack of trying to break them down. The result it seems hurt Sir Fergie because he hasn’t stop crying about the injustices he’s team as had to go through. I can just picture him right now foaming at the mouth like some drunken rabid dog…..”There is no security”. No security my arse, you deserved all the abuse and the one finger salute from the old girl at the back of you (Well done to MOTD 2 for spotting that). The abuse that Arsene gets at Old Trafford is much worse and totally disgusting. The fans probably just called him a fat cunt which is true. It was a fair result in the end and it means we've come out of the "two tests" with a satisfactory score. There are things to improve on but like every other gunner out there am looking forward to the rest of the season with great anticipation.

And that’s it for now must dash things to do,,,till next time.

Dudu Dudu’s Over Sheffield

The average age of the Arsenal XI that faced Sheffield yesterday was 19.5 apparently if you take out Gilberto Silva but the way they performed was at a very high level indeed and the manner in which they swept away the Championship side was a bit like swatting a bothersome fly with all the disdain you could muster. It was a very professional performance nothing too flashy just getting on with the job like,,,, erm,,,,professionals. I can’t recall Sheffield having a clear cut chance throughout the game even though the whole of the Arsenal back four were playing out of position. The team lined up with Fabianski in goal, Justin Hoyte and Song at centre back, Diarra at right back and Kieran Gibbs at left back. Denilson and Gilberto in centre midfield, Walcott and Diaby on the flanks and finally Bendtner and Eduardo upfront. Diarra though at right back played very well yesterday, he’s a very good player and surely if he’s patient enough will undoubtedly get his chance in the team as the season progresses. Another player who played well yesterday was Nicklas Bendtner especially in the first half. He caused the Sheffield defence all sorts of problems and was always available to link the midfield with the strikers. Theo was lively too and Gilberto did his thing as he usually does.
The game started off with Sheffield threatening to do something without actually doing anything a bit like someone saying “am gona get ya” except you’ve just beaten them up and you get the feeling the person’s just trying to save face. After the early threats 8 minutes on the clock 8 passes between the Arsenal defence and midfield + midfield gives it to Bendtner, Bendtner shows a good turn of strength and pace + he gives it to Dudu in space + Dudu sends a dudu pile driver into the net = leaving the keeper with dudu all over his face. 1 – 0 to the kids and we’re cruising.
I don’t like sky commentary so the TV was on mute I listened to 5 live’s commentary instead but they were just as bad they kept repeating the fact that the game was turning in a practise session so I turned that off as well. The first half finished without any meaningful incidents after the goal; Arsenal were very comfortable indeed.
The second half brought the other two goals and well executed they were too. The second goal came on 49mins. Mr Gibbs playing out of position at left back released Eduardo with a 35 yard pass and the Crozilian springing the offside trap finished with the kind of coolness and assurance you hope Adebayor will come to have one day. The score line could have been 3 – 0 but Walcott hit the post after the been put through by Bendtner. His pace put him past the defender and goal keeper but the angle was getting tight and he hit the shot at the post. Good work from the kiddies nonetheless. In the build up to the game the Sheffield Captain Chris Morgan was complaining that the Arsenal players’ didn’t shake hands after we lost the game there last season. You will also remember that he was the same guy that punched RvP with is his grubby hands that led to him been banned for three matches. I really don’t like this guy and that was why the third goal was my favourite. At this point the Yorkshire outfit had already given up Captain Christopher couldn’t come up with any stirring words to galvanise his team. It wouldn’t have mattered though they already jumped ship and left him on board. Denilson got the ball in midfield and with no one closing him down he let it rip from 30 yards and into the net past the goal via a deflection. Now you’re probably thinking why was it my favourite out of the three, well its for a childish reason and this doesn’t sound very mature. The goal took a deflection off Christopher’s bum and I found it mildly hilarious. With all the stuff he was saying before the game I found that very pleasing and it was a brilliant Halloween treat by Denilson, those Arsenal kids. What will they do next!

All in all a good performance and Wenger will be pleased. The Milk Cup has made them healthy and strong indeed. Hm Hm. Special mention to Alice in Chains. Your comments have kept me going in these testing times where my readership is still low. When I do eventually make it big I’ll always remember you as my first loyal reader so thank you and God Bless You, Amen. Till next time.

It’s The ‘Kids’ Turn To Shine

In the past two days you probably would have heard reports that Monsieur Platini and his dada Sepp Blater have come out criticising Le Boss’s youth policy. Basically they both go on about how bad his policy of buying up kids around the world at a young age is bad for small clubs. Here’s the good man at a cultured left foot to explain it better. The two of them make utterly contradictory statements especially Platini and Blater opinions I think are just downright redundant.
The other big news today is TH14 former Arsenal Legend pleading with the critics in Barcelona to be more patient with him and basically stop sharpening their knives like they were preparing to behead a French cockerel. The directors over there are apparently not so happy with his recent performances and are growing impatient.
On to real football news and tonight sees Arsene take the Arsenal kids to Bramall Lane to play today; it’s another chance for them to impress and stake further claims for inclusion in the first team. The captain will be Gilberto who was widely reported in one of the red tops yesterday to have turned down the chance to play because he was ‘shocked’ to have been relegated to playing in the Milk Cup alongside the kids. Arsene has come out and denied such an incident ever happened and praised Gilberto for his professionalism. To be honest I am not surprised to hear that story was a fallacy that was cooked by some journalist with no integrity but then again who said you needed such noble ideals to work for a tabloid in the first place. Ahead of the game Le Boss has come out and praised Young Danish Sensation On The Verge Of Galactic Superstardom,,,,,,,Nicklas Bendtner has been capable of been a key player for Arsenal in the future. And that’s it really; the squad to face Sheffield will probably look something like this
Fabianski; Hoyte (J), Gilberto, Song, Traore; Eboue, Denilson, Diarra, Diaby; Bendtner, Eduardo, Mannone, Hoyte (G), Lansbury, Merida, Walcott.

That’s your lot for today. Don’t forget to broadcast this oh so excellent blog to anyone that will listen and please leave comments always appreciated. Till next time.

We Should Have Won That Game.

When the referee blew for the final whistle that was the thought that immediately sprung to mind was “we should have won that game”. We had the chances and hit the post twice with Fabregas and Bendtner missing gilt edged chances when the goal seemed at their mercy. And it seemed our catalan genius agreed with my frustration at not grabbing all three points but was satisified with the performance nonetheless. Arsenal’s performance was good if not brilliant but I thought Liverpool were a disgrace but after I calmed down a bit I decided they weren’t a disgrace but I wasn’t impressed with them at all. In my earlier post I stated that I don’t consider Liverpool title rivals and their performance yesterday confirmed for me my earlier assertion. They don’t have a strong attack and their defence isn’t that great either even though they only consided one goal against us which in part was due to Eboue, Adebayor and Rosicky having off days and even with that we still managed to dominate them which says a lot about how poor they were.

Benitez going into the game knowing his side had to win to reignite their season started the game with a three pronged attack; Torres in the middle flanked by Kuyt and Voronin. This was an unsually attacking set up by a manager famed for his tactical nous and pragmatism, from my point of view though it was a setup born out of desperation. On paper this looked like causing Arsenal problems but in reality it didn’t. All three of them were toothless and ineffective, Torres below par showing was due to been rushed back from injury and the other two well quite frankly they’re not good enough. Kuyt and Voronin first of all are not wingers, never were and never will be. Second of all the defenders they were up against Sagna and Clichy are brilliant full backs. To get past them you need pace and trickery with guile sprinkled on top,,,,Kuyt and Voronin have has much pace as my good friend butterbean and as much trickery as a Halloween witch. The whole point of that is it was never going to work. The game started out as you predictably expect it would - Liverpool charging down everything like a junkie chasing down crack with Gerrard the chief charger. Within seven minutes they were ahead courtesy of a free kick aided by a poor wall formation. From then on it was total domination with Liverpool employing a 10 man behind the ball tactic. Any manager that thinks they can protect a 1 – 0 lead against Arsenal for 83mins is out of his mind. In the 80th minute we scored a deserved equaliser, Hleb supplied a eye of the needle pass and Fabregas with the poked finish. We could have won the game but Bendtner blazed over when the goal was wide open. Arsene was pleased with the result stating that we are now stronger and he’s looking forward to the Man United game with increased confidence.

I predicted a win for Arsenal by a two goal margin, we didn’t we drawed 1-1 but if we converted just 50% of our chances we would have won by that margin but I was wrong anyway and I accept that. I would like to go into further discussion into the three players I mentioned earlier that had poor games but I am not going to because it would be pointless to at this moment. I consider that two points dropped and hopefully we’ll put things right on Saturday against the red devils.

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Jermaine Pennant Is An Idiot And Thoughts On The Big Game

Mr Pennant apparently accused Arsene in an interview of having something against English players. I don’t know why Arsene has something against English players, maybe because majority of the time they’re over-rated or when a decent player comes along they’re usually over priced ( Daren Bent) coupled with the fact that Arsene hates paying over the odds for a player or the fact that he hates spending money period or it could be that English players lack technique and skill in general which is one of the prerequisites a player must have for Wenger to even consider signing that individual or maybe he’s been put off English players because of the quite shameful actions of a certain Mr Cole. The fact of the matter is Jermaine Pennant was not good enough for Arsenal that’s why he left and add that to a number of misdemeanours he committed that finally convinced the coach to sell him. Moving swiftly on I stated in my earlier post that I wouldn’t be particularly upset if we lost to Liverpool well am going to have to take that back not after what Chelsea and Man United did to those poor sods yesterday.

Finally according to the pundits we face our first ‘big test’ of the season and passing this test will be a true testament to our title ambitions;failure means we were just pretenders after all and Liverpool found us out. Don’t be surprised to find something along those lines as headlines in tomorrow’s news of the fools and daily trash if we lose today. The way I see it Liverpool don’t have an identity as a team they don’t have something that makes them tick a footbaling ideology behind them if you like, they had one before because they were a good defensive team that played on the counter but now they seem to me a bit lost coupled with their manager’s constant tinkering which is one of their biggest problem at the moment. Whereas Arsenal FC well we know what they’re about,,,,,,beautiful attacking football that’s all there is to it simple and effective. Manchester United call Old Trafford “The Theatre Of Dreams” they can dream as much as they want I call Ashbourton Grove “The Theatre Of Magic”. I am not going to go into tactical analysis that’s just boring just watch the match yourself and enjoy it.

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Martin Jol Finally Walks The Plank And Looking Forward To Sunday

Not much quality news around today am afraid so any transfer rumours you see should be treated as the science fiction they are with zero connection to facts or reality. Anyways on with it then and I was watching the Everton match on channel 5 yesterday nothing else to do I guess and towards the end of the second half the commentator said something along the lines of “Martin Jol has parted company with Tottenham Hotspur and has agreed to a severance package”. At this point I would just like to shamelessly state that never has another club’s misery brought so much joy and fulfilment to my life tis just brilliant; spuds have gone and shot themselves in the foot again, they really are a pathetic lot aren’t they,,,,yes they are.

Enough of that with the game against Liverpool ever approaching a few of the players have been saying few interesting things not least Nicklas Bendtner and the main topic of conversation been confidence, something he’s definitely not short of. Willy G not to be left out has come out backing Arsene’s youth policy not that he needed to but good to see Big Willy in good spirits after his not so supportive outbursts when he first came, yes remember that sorry to annoy you.
At the start of the season the so called experts and pundits were categorically stating that Arsenal will finish out of the top four with Tottenham taking our place. After our great start to the season this same people are now saying Arsenal will win the league most notably Drogba who said we had no chance after “Titi” left us for Spanish beauty Barcelona FC. Its Liverpool’s Alonso’s turn to jump on the bandwagon and in the process saying some rather obvious things in fact he didn’t really say much he just said stuff. My personal view on the whole is Arsenal fans have been on the bandwagon from the start and late comers are not allowed his praise is therefore deemed irrelevant and inconsequential which it is to be honest.

Going around the blogosphere throughout the week many people have stated Liverpool is our first real test and will go a long way to testing our title credentials,,,,that’s a load of nonsense if you ask me. The way I see it the Bolton game or West Ham game is no more or less important than this one it’s three points that’s on offer and if we lose its only three points it wont dent our title hopes whatsoever. I don’t consider Liverpool title rivals even with all the money they spent during the summer and now the one thing they were fairly good at the Champions League is now looking like they are going out early in that one as well. I think Arsenal will win and probably do so by a two goal margin no worries.

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The Birth Of A New Arsenal Blog – Excited or,,,,, Not

First of all I would just like to state that I am not a professional journalist at all and I am not going to pretend to be one for a second; however I am an Arsenal fan and just like the rest of you arses out there I have opinions about my dearest football club and now I have decided others must hear or in this case view those opinions. I am only 18 and while my football knowledge isn’t as deep as some people they are deep enough for my insights to be meaningful. Although this blog was created to discuss all things concerned with Arsenal FC once in a while I will dabble in current affairs and share thoughts on those issues once in a while. I am a young black/African boy and this country can do and say some cruel things to us at times, the injustice of it all. Anyways your feed back over the coming days will be most appreciated in order to help this blog improve (Please be nice). New posts will be released in the mornings but because have got early morning lessons in college on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays post on these days will be a bit late.

Thanks for reading until next time.