Sunday, April 7
At Arsenal: Arsene's Gods are smiling
At Arsenal: Arsene's Gods are smiling: What else to say? In January if you had told me that we would be fourth by April first week, i would have laughed my ass off.. Yesterday&...
Arsene's Gods are smiling
What else to say? In January if you had told me that we would be fourth by April first week, i would have laughed my ass off..
Yesterday's dramatic game ending which almost gave me a missed heart beat saw Arsenal climb back to the fourth spot after what seems like ages to me. Well, i don't think AW is doing much to achieve this kind of form. Its mainly because of the players, their new found confidence, absence of TV5, and better defending which has been rewarded.
I do know that the season is not over yet, we still have a better run in than Spurs till the end of the season. With the crucial Chelsea vs Spurs match still to come, the season ending is getting interesting each and every day.
I am still sticking with my belief that AW should go. Finishing fourth in the league may be a trophy for the manager, not for me, not for any true Arsenal fan. Hope that we do achieve atleast the fourth this season.
Thats enough for today. see ya
Yesterday's dramatic game ending which almost gave me a missed heart beat saw Arsenal climb back to the fourth spot after what seems like ages to me. Well, i don't think AW is doing much to achieve this kind of form. Its mainly because of the players, their new found confidence, absence of TV5, and better defending which has been rewarded.
I do know that the season is not over yet, we still have a better run in than Spurs till the end of the season. With the crucial Chelsea vs Spurs match still to come, the season ending is getting interesting each and every day.
I am still sticking with my belief that AW should go. Finishing fourth in the league may be a trophy for the manager, not for me, not for any true Arsenal fan. Hope that we do achieve atleast the fourth this season.
Thats enough for today. see ya
Saturday, January 12
Well I am Back !!
After what it feels like ages to me, I am back blogging and thanks to Arsene for my return. Well I was busy with my work, studies, preparation for the exams and all which made me to forget the world of blogging.
But things have changed..since I last posted many things have happened... the departure of some key players, the failure in the Carling Cup final, the humiliation at Old Trafford, the panic transfer window buying, and so on... BUT, one thing hasn't changed a bit, yeah you have guessed it right, the arrogance of ego of one man, the manager.
Actually he is one of the main reasons which has compelled me to start blogging again. If you are one of the 'I BELIEVE IN ARSENE BLINDLY' fan, then I am sorry you are not going to like the things which I am going to say here in future.
I am a lazy chap and like to keep the posts short. So moving on... it has been 13 days since the start of this transfer window and you know that we have done nothing so far. Ahead of a crucial game against the Champions (feel like vomiing) we are still so weak in terms of squad depth. The manager says that a win tomorrow is going to give him some more time to fool us fans a little more longer. Well nowadays it is getting very hard to understand what he means when he says something.
Here is to three points tomorrow. And hopefully by the next time I post, we should have signed a new striker, a defensive midfielder and sorted out the Theo situation *haha*
Until then..
But things have changed..since I last posted many things have happened... the departure of some key players, the failure in the Carling Cup final, the humiliation at Old Trafford, the panic transfer window buying, and so on... BUT, one thing hasn't changed a bit, yeah you have guessed it right, the arrogance of ego of one man, the manager.
Actually he is one of the main reasons which has compelled me to start blogging again. If you are one of the 'I BELIEVE IN ARSENE BLINDLY' fan, then I am sorry you are not going to like the things which I am going to say here in future.
I am a lazy chap and like to keep the posts short. So moving on... it has been 13 days since the start of this transfer window and you know that we have done nothing so far. Ahead of a crucial game against the Champions (feel like vomiing) we are still so weak in terms of squad depth. The manager says that a win tomorrow is going to give him some more time to fool us fans a little more longer. Well nowadays it is getting very hard to understand what he means when he says something.
Here is to three points tomorrow. And hopefully by the next time I post, we should have signed a new striker, a defensive midfielder and sorted out the Theo situation *haha*
Until then..
Friday, January 21
Post Leeds, Denilson and Vermaelen
Another committed and focussed display from the young guns made sure that we progress into the fourth round of FA Cup. That is the way to approach every game, but the problem is consistency.
Every player, and every fan, and the manager knows what it takes to win games, but the team after one or two convincing victories, plays like shite and bloody loses to teams you can't even imagine for us to lose to. And that's a fact!
The game against Leeds was another of those incredible performance by this Arsenal team. We opened the scoring with a superb finish from the man in form, Samir Nasri. We should have made atleast two another goals but Arshavin and Bendtner missed two simple chances. Then our right back, hard working Bacary Sagna fired in a bullet which bounced off the keepers gloves and into the net. His thoroughly deserved second goal of the season. Then some guy called Johnson scored for them with a fantastic strike about 30 yards out, and the commentators truly said that, that ball was going in to the back of the net even if Arsenal had three keepers in the post. At 2-1, you could sense the danger and glimpses of the Spurs game came into my mind. Leeds started the second half very positively and looked dangerous. Cesc and RVP came on for Arshavin and Chamakh and that really did make a hell lot of difference. Bendtner was played to the right by Cesc and he found himself in acres of space and made a radar controlled cross to find RVP who headed home to make it 3 - 1. At the back, Djourou and Koscielny together with the return of Sagna and young Gibbs looked solid. Great game indeed. For game highlights click here
Only Bendtner seemed to work hard in this game and earn his place in the first team. Arshavin is petty struggling at the moment. He seems to have lost all his confidence as a player. The only way to return to form is to work hard. If there are other issues that the fans are not aware of, the manager needs to find out the same and sort it out as quickly as possible. Because he is such a talented player to be out of form for such a long time. The team needs him.
Next up for us in the FA Cup is Huddersfield Town on Sunday, Jan 30. Before that comes the Ipswich game on Tuesday and the next league game is Wigan at home tomorrow. Hope we can play with the same spirit and focus on all of the remaining games this season.
Now coming to the Denilson interview which was first published on arseblog.com and created by Arsenal Brasil, but apparently contents stolen by a third party and sold to Sun and other networks. It was truly disappointing from Sun and other networks to buy contents like these and publish it as their own. But cheers to arseblog and Arsenal Brasil for creating such an interview. In the interview he talks about his arrival at Arsenal, his performance and the lack of any leaders in the current squad. He goes on to say that even Cesc is not a leader and that we need someone like Viera or Campbell to step up into the leader's shoes. Now that's the controversy lads. He must not have said those words, I think. Like Arsene said last week about Twitter - ''think before you tweet'' he must have thought before saying things like that particularly when Cesc is being targetted for a move to Barca. Those comments spread like wild fire, and now the boss has to do the damage control.
Speaking of Barca, I was very pleased to know that Real Betis has defeated the Catalan giants by three goals to one, and Messi missed a penalty, he is human after all. I reckon we could learn from that game and take notes or something before we face them in the Champions League next month.
Vermaelen has undergone a simple surgery, in which his plantaris tendon was removed. The surgery was done at Sweden, because the Arsenal medical team recommended that the specialists for that kind of surgery are in Sweden. Arsene reckons, a time frame of six weeks plus or minus a few weeks for his return if everything goes well. I think, its going to be six weeks '+'
We cannot count on Vermaelen's return date and need to buy an experienced and expensive centerback before the Jan transfer window closes, and that happens in about 12 days from now. May be its because Arsene is looking for such a player that he has not signed anyone yet. And may be he won't sign anyone at all. That according to me is foolishness. We are currently competing in four competitions and it would be utter foolishness to miss out on any of these competetions simply because the squad is not deep enough. He has to makse use of this oppurtunity and sign at least one good CB. We cannot make young Ignasi to step up into the first team at such a crucial stage of the season and play like a Vermaelen.
More news and reviews in the days to come, fingers crossed for a good win tomorrow.
See ya
Every player, and every fan, and the manager knows what it takes to win games, but the team after one or two convincing victories, plays like shite and bloody loses to teams you can't even imagine for us to lose to. And that's a fact!
The game against Leeds was another of those incredible performance by this Arsenal team. We opened the scoring with a superb finish from the man in form, Samir Nasri. We should have made atleast two another goals but Arshavin and Bendtner missed two simple chances. Then our right back, hard working Bacary Sagna fired in a bullet which bounced off the keepers gloves and into the net. His thoroughly deserved second goal of the season. Then some guy called Johnson scored for them with a fantastic strike about 30 yards out, and the commentators truly said that, that ball was going in to the back of the net even if Arsenal had three keepers in the post. At 2-1, you could sense the danger and glimpses of the Spurs game came into my mind. Leeds started the second half very positively and looked dangerous. Cesc and RVP came on for Arshavin and Chamakh and that really did make a hell lot of difference. Bendtner was played to the right by Cesc and he found himself in acres of space and made a radar controlled cross to find RVP who headed home to make it 3 - 1. At the back, Djourou and Koscielny together with the return of Sagna and young Gibbs looked solid. Great game indeed. For game highlights click here
Only Bendtner seemed to work hard in this game and earn his place in the first team. Arshavin is petty struggling at the moment. He seems to have lost all his confidence as a player. The only way to return to form is to work hard. If there are other issues that the fans are not aware of, the manager needs to find out the same and sort it out as quickly as possible. Because he is such a talented player to be out of form for such a long time. The team needs him.
Next up for us in the FA Cup is Huddersfield Town on Sunday, Jan 30. Before that comes the Ipswich game on Tuesday and the next league game is Wigan at home tomorrow. Hope we can play with the same spirit and focus on all of the remaining games this season.
Now coming to the Denilson interview which was first published on arseblog.com and created by Arsenal Brasil, but apparently contents stolen by a third party and sold to Sun and other networks. It was truly disappointing from Sun and other networks to buy contents like these and publish it as their own. But cheers to arseblog and Arsenal Brasil for creating such an interview. In the interview he talks about his arrival at Arsenal, his performance and the lack of any leaders in the current squad. He goes on to say that even Cesc is not a leader and that we need someone like Viera or Campbell to step up into the leader's shoes. Now that's the controversy lads. He must not have said those words, I think. Like Arsene said last week about Twitter - ''think before you tweet'' he must have thought before saying things like that particularly when Cesc is being targetted for a move to Barca. Those comments spread like wild fire, and now the boss has to do the damage control.
Speaking of Barca, I was very pleased to know that Real Betis has defeated the Catalan giants by three goals to one, and Messi missed a penalty, he is human after all. I reckon we could learn from that game and take notes or something before we face them in the Champions League next month.
Vermaelen has undergone a simple surgery, in which his plantaris tendon was removed. The surgery was done at Sweden, because the Arsenal medical team recommended that the specialists for that kind of surgery are in Sweden. Arsene reckons, a time frame of six weeks plus or minus a few weeks for his return if everything goes well. I think, its going to be six weeks '+'
We cannot count on Vermaelen's return date and need to buy an experienced and expensive centerback before the Jan transfer window closes, and that happens in about 12 days from now. May be its because Arsene is looking for such a player that he has not signed anyone yet. And may be he won't sign anyone at all. That according to me is foolishness. We are currently competing in four competitions and it would be utter foolishness to miss out on any of these competetions simply because the squad is not deep enough. He has to makse use of this oppurtunity and sign at least one good CB. We cannot make young Ignasi to step up into the first team at such a crucial stage of the season and play like a Vermaelen.
More news and reviews in the days to come, fingers crossed for a good win tomorrow.
See ya
Thursday, January 13
Lackluster performance gives EIGHTH defeat !
It is hugely disappointing to say that this Arsenal team, lacks the winning mentality required very badly. Yesterday's defeat to Ipswich Town, was the limit as far as I am concerned.
Arsene put out a squad, with 5 of the so called first team players, a definite indication that he wanted this game to be won. But, the team were more like- ''we are the Arsenal, and we are facing the lowest team in championship, we can win this game just by strolling in the pitch''. And that was evident throughout the whole game. But credit to Ipswich who played out of their skin, defended well and searched for the goal too. The win was thoroughly deserved, I think.
I can't remember the last time when we had lost so much games by January? Truly shambolic. This is Arsene's team, and if you want to point fingers please do. He is the man who needs to motivate these players, ahead of games like these. Whenever we face a low level team, we kind of perform like school kids. That is not at all acceptable at this level. The team had more than enough chances to note that, if you don't perform 100%, you can get thrashed the way we did yesterday.
More disappointing is the fact that, Arsene making excuses of the defeat-
''We looked in control in the first half but in the second half we looked much more vulnerable defensively, I put that down to fatigue''
Fatigue!!! my foot. We are talking about professional footballers here. Its such a tame excuse. He must have made it clear, that this game is a Semi final for god's sake and that we needed to win it. I don't know, what he is telling these players. And to be honest, apart from a higher possession, I don't feel that we were in control at any stage of the game whatsoever. The passing, defending, attacking, all were shocking. Ipswich had more shots on target, with their limited possession and that itself speaks volumes.
The second leg will be played in a fortnight's time, and hopefully this team can beat them then. And before that, the manager needs to find out the real problem whatever it is and correct it. Its been six long years now without a trophy and he needs to sort out the problems, because this is a glorious chance to win a silverware, eventhough its League cup. Our unbeaten run of five games, since the defeat at Old trafford ended yesterday, huh..
Sort out the issues Arsene !, this is your team..
Take care gooners...
Arsene put out a squad, with 5 of the so called first team players, a definite indication that he wanted this game to be won. But, the team were more like- ''we are the Arsenal, and we are facing the lowest team in championship, we can win this game just by strolling in the pitch''. And that was evident throughout the whole game. But credit to Ipswich who played out of their skin, defended well and searched for the goal too. The win was thoroughly deserved, I think.
I can't remember the last time when we had lost so much games by January? Truly shambolic. This is Arsene's team, and if you want to point fingers please do. He is the man who needs to motivate these players, ahead of games like these. Whenever we face a low level team, we kind of perform like school kids. That is not at all acceptable at this level. The team had more than enough chances to note that, if you don't perform 100%, you can get thrashed the way we did yesterday.
More disappointing is the fact that, Arsene making excuses of the defeat-
''We looked in control in the first half but in the second half we looked much more vulnerable defensively, I put that down to fatigue''
Fatigue!!! my foot. We are talking about professional footballers here. Its such a tame excuse. He must have made it clear, that this game is a Semi final for god's sake and that we needed to win it. I don't know, what he is telling these players. And to be honest, apart from a higher possession, I don't feel that we were in control at any stage of the game whatsoever. The passing, defending, attacking, all were shocking. Ipswich had more shots on target, with their limited possession and that itself speaks volumes.
The second leg will be played in a fortnight's time, and hopefully this team can beat them then. And before that, the manager needs to find out the real problem whatever it is and correct it. Its been six long years now without a trophy and he needs to sort out the problems, because this is a glorious chance to win a silverware, eventhough its League cup. Our unbeaten run of five games, since the defeat at Old trafford ended yesterday, huh..
Sort out the issues Arsene !, this is your team..
Take care gooners...
Monday, January 10
First team vs Second team
It was for the Chelsea game, that the manager made some drastic changes in his first team selection. Arshavin was dropped, Theo replaced him. Djourou forced his way into the first team and Van Persie, fit again replaced Chamakh as the sole striker. It did kind of clicked...
The second teaam, the one which played against Wigan and Leeds, started with Arshavin, Bendtner, Szczesny, Rosicky, Denilson. The back four has always been interchanged. But in this team, only Szczesny seems to be fighting for first team spot. The rest, are playing like they don't care. The draw against Wigan and Leeds tells its own story. I could easily write a book on Arshavin's form this season. When he steps on to the pitch, I expect him to score atleast one goal. The four fantastic goals he scored against Liverpool comes to my mind.
Bendtner needs atleast two clear chances before he scores. I have no idea why he was mouthing about being afirst team player?? Rosicky is the ghost of the player we signed in 2006.
This so called second team has to put in those kind of performances which will auromatically make their way into the first team. Instead, they are playing with less heart and more ego.
Any kind of comments are welcome.
- We havn't lost a game since then.
- We look more solid in defence.
- There is a sense of competirion amongst the players, forcing them to perform well.
- But we still lack the killer instinct.
The second teaam, the one which played against Wigan and Leeds, started with Arshavin, Bendtner, Szczesny, Rosicky, Denilson. The back four has always been interchanged. But in this team, only Szczesny seems to be fighting for first team spot. The rest, are playing like they don't care. The draw against Wigan and Leeds tells its own story. I could easily write a book on Arshavin's form this season. When he steps on to the pitch, I expect him to score atleast one goal. The four fantastic goals he scored against Liverpool comes to my mind.
Bendtner needs atleast two clear chances before he scores. I have no idea why he was mouthing about being afirst team player?? Rosicky is the ghost of the player we signed in 2006.
This so called second team has to put in those kind of performances which will auromatically make their way into the first team. Instead, they are playing with less heart and more ego.
Any kind of comments are welcome.
Wednesday, January 5
What money can bring to clubs !!
Ask that question to yourself, and the first picture that comes to your mind is Chelsea, and secondly comes Manchester City. A game against Man city was never considered a big game untill two years ago when some Billionaire pumped in money to that club allowing it to buy some world class players. Robinho to Manchester city? I thought my friend was joking then..
Mancini has done a great job at that club and they are currently second in the table. Manchester United's win against shite Stoke makes this game more important than the Chelsea game. Actually, we can win this league for sure in only one way - win all the remaining games of the season. It is that simple.
There was some tension between two ex Arsenal players in City's training ground yesterday. And that is not going to make any difference to the way they are going to play tonight. Keep the concentration for the full 90 mins and we can win this game, the same way we did against Chelsea.
"What is fantastic in football is there is no given formula," Wenger said. "I personally am a big fan of the way we do it, so I try to be successful with the way we do it.
"You can also do it the way Inter [Milan] do, or Manchester City do, they buy the best players in the world and it works as well. What I want to show is it works our way as well.
"It does not annoy me [the other way], as long as they respect the rules. At the moment, the rules are like that and they respect them, so you cannot fault them. It is supposed to change, then we will see.
"The real, real true test would be you give £100m to all the 20 clubs in the Premier League and say 'Let's go'.
"Then you can say at the end of the year the best club has won. As long as that does not happen it is a test of who corresponds most to the potential of each club''
The way we do it nice to enjoy a game of football, but unless you win trophies with that style, there won't be any meaning. Mind you, it has been six years now for Arsenal without a title, and when you see the record and some of the performance this season, you really doubt this team's ability to do it this season. Maybe in the Carling cup, this season. But the league? I may sound harsh, but that is the fact, and who knows, several crazy things have happened this season already!
He went on say -
"You always have a team after Christmas who finds a momentum and this team will win the championship."
At present, that momentum seems to be with United, and the only way we can keep up with them is by winning this game.
Hope for the best gooners..
Mancini has done a great job at that club and they are currently second in the table. Manchester United's win against shite Stoke makes this game more important than the Chelsea game. Actually, we can win this league for sure in only one way - win all the remaining games of the season. It is that simple.
There was some tension between two ex Arsenal players in City's training ground yesterday. And that is not going to make any difference to the way they are going to play tonight. Keep the concentration for the full 90 mins and we can win this game, the same way we did against Chelsea.
"What is fantastic in football is there is no given formula," Wenger said. "I personally am a big fan of the way we do it, so I try to be successful with the way we do it.
"You can also do it the way Inter [Milan] do, or Manchester City do, they buy the best players in the world and it works as well. What I want to show is it works our way as well.
"It does not annoy me [the other way], as long as they respect the rules. At the moment, the rules are like that and they respect them, so you cannot fault them. It is supposed to change, then we will see.
"The real, real true test would be you give £100m to all the 20 clubs in the Premier League and say 'Let's go'.
"Then you can say at the end of the year the best club has won. As long as that does not happen it is a test of who corresponds most to the potential of each club''
The way we do it nice to enjoy a game of football, but unless you win trophies with that style, there won't be any meaning. Mind you, it has been six years now for Arsenal without a title, and when you see the record and some of the performance this season, you really doubt this team's ability to do it this season. Maybe in the Carling cup, this season. But the league? I may sound harsh, but that is the fact, and who knows, several crazy things have happened this season already!
He went on say -
"You always have a team after Christmas who finds a momentum and this team will win the championship."
At present, that momentum seems to be with United, and the only way we can keep up with them is by winning this game.
Hope for the best gooners..
Tuesday, January 4
Team news
Big game tomorrow night, one that has been given so much importance simply because of the fact that they lie two points ahead of us in the league table. But we do have one game in hand.
Last time we faced them, we did managed to win, courtesy of an early red card to their defender. I am not expecting any changes to the team, it should mostly be the same team which played against Chelsea and Birmingham.
Regarding the injury news, Kieren Gibbs is set for a return, and lets hope this time he makes it two games at least before getting injured again. Vermaelen's return is due to be extended in which case the manager should seriously consider buying someone in this transfer window.
Bolton's loan deal for Vela seems to be all set, whereas Ramsey is set for a return to Arsenal after completing a loan spell at Nottingham.
Last time we faced them, we did managed to win, courtesy of an early red card to their defender. I am not expecting any changes to the team, it should mostly be the same team which played against Chelsea and Birmingham.
Regarding the injury news, Kieren Gibbs is set for a return, and lets hope this time he makes it two games at least before getting injured again. Vermaelen's return is due to be extended in which case the manager should seriously consider buying someone in this transfer window.
Bolton's loan deal for Vela seems to be all set, whereas Ramsey is set for a return to Arsenal after completing a loan spell at Nottingham.
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