Good afternoon Gooners.
So here we are, SIX fucking years since we last saw our team in a cup finals, six years is a long time. Six years have seen governments change, Lindsay Lohan get sent to rehab, the sub prime crisis, the US presidential elections, Lindsay Lohan get sent to rehab, Brazil and Spain winning world cups, Chelsea sacking their manager, Lindsay lohan get sent to rehab, Chelsea sacking their manager, The Arabs taking over Russians as footballs sugar daddies, Grays and Keys getting sacked off Sky Sports, Chelsea sacking another manager and Lindsay Lohan being sent to JAIL !!
You could imagine what its like then to spend six years without winning a trophy and having to read your daily paper dishing out all of the above in not exactly the same order but with alarming regularity. Its one day away from putting that ghost back in the closet alongwith Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears and hoping that the two of them will spook the shit out of him. Its one day away from when people can stop ridiculing us and quit asking us questions like "If they dont win why is it that you still cheer for them" ? "Why, when you live in fucking India that you wake up at 1.30 a.m at night, even though you have a big presentation/exam the next morning and watch them play"? "Why do you feel for a team that plays in bloody England" ? "Why would you rather risk the wrath of your parents/girlfriend/wife for choosing to watch a game of football being played by a team which has won nothing over the years"? "Why don't you choose to support Utd or Chelsea, they seem to be winning a lot amongst themselves"?? Blah
We've all answered the questions above at some point in our lives and over the past few seasons especially when every pundit, footballer and even media person wrote our team off as the one who will drop out of the "Big 4". Yet we've pushed ourselves as a team, fought against all odds, built a world class stadium, have a youth academy everyone in the UK is envious about and reached our first cup finals. We all know when we've been asked by the scumbag supporters of Utd or Chavs what have Arsenal done over the past 6 years we have our usual repertoire of answers like the new stadium, youth set up, brilliant football, etc, etc, whereas what we would really like to have said to them would be motherfucking trophies. Don't get me wrong folks, i do appreciate everything that has gone on at this club over the past 6 years and if i had a chance to go back the 14 years when i first made my choice on the football club i support I'll pick the Red and Whites every day of the year.
But the bittersweet truth in life is that we are all measured by our successes and no one remembers that you nearly did it, or you played brilliant football or that you built a world class stadium. No one remembers who came in at # 2. Its the top prize that matters. And tomorrow folks we have the chance to put that record straight and hopefully march onto something really special at this football club. Cos' it would be a real shame if a team that consisted of special talents like our first 11 were to look back at their time at Arsenal and have no medals to show.
Nice to get that out of my system, phew !! Moving on to some news before the game tomorrow, the media is all out against Wenger again digging out their archives to point out that Wenger said that the Carling Cup isn't very significant in the scheme of things at Arsenal. They've already started chiding him and am sure that the "Oh you haven't won a trophy for six years will be replaced by You've only won a Carling Cup". Wish i could throw each and everyone of these biased, cunt faced, arsenal hating media persons into the cabinet along with the ghost, Lindsay and Britney. Wouldn't have much to say about then, would you !! RETARDS
Early team news suggests that we have Diaby back in the squad for tomorrow and i expect the line up to be:
Chesney
Sagna Djourou Kos Clichy
Song-Wilshere
Bendtner/Diaby-Nasri-Arshavin
RVP
Subs: Almunia, Eboue, Squillaci, Rosicky, Denilson, Chamakh
If Diaby makes his way into the team i expect Nasri to move to the flanks and Diaby playing in the center. I do feel that he would get the nod ahead of Bendtner since we will have to outmuscle them in midfield throughout the game. I predict a 3-1 scoreline en route to lifting the CUP !!
And that's all from me for today. Don't think I'll have the mental stability that's required to do a blog tomorrow, so a really short one maybe.
For all those Gooners from Mumbai i will be at the screening at Big Daddy in Bandra where i expect to see an entire contingent in Red and White which would be over a 100 mad ass Gooners. See you folk there tomorrow.
Follow me on twitter @Indigooner rambling arsenal or on Facebook by clicking on the image on the top right hand corner of your screen.
I would just like to end with a little line for tomorrow:
We long for it, our team longs for it, they crave it, it is the stimulus they need to go on and achieve greatness and it all starts tomorrow.
Here's a bit of nostalgia back when we picked up our last piece of silverware
Have a good day wherever you are.
So here we are, SIX fucking years since we last saw our team in a cup finals, six years is a long time. Six years have seen governments change, Lindsay Lohan get sent to rehab, the sub prime crisis, the US presidential elections, Lindsay Lohan get sent to rehab, Brazil and Spain winning world cups, Chelsea sacking their manager, Lindsay lohan get sent to rehab, Chelsea sacking their manager, The Arabs taking over Russians as footballs sugar daddies, Grays and Keys getting sacked off Sky Sports, Chelsea sacking another manager and Lindsay Lohan being sent to JAIL !!
You could imagine what its like then to spend six years without winning a trophy and having to read your daily paper dishing out all of the above in not exactly the same order but with alarming regularity. Its one day away from putting that ghost back in the closet alongwith Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears and hoping that the two of them will spook the shit out of him. Its one day away from when people can stop ridiculing us and quit asking us questions like "If they dont win why is it that you still cheer for them" ? "Why, when you live in fucking India that you wake up at 1.30 a.m at night, even though you have a big presentation/exam the next morning and watch them play"? "Why do you feel for a team that plays in bloody England" ? "Why would you rather risk the wrath of your parents/girlfriend/wife for choosing to watch a game of football being played by a team which has won nothing over the years"? "Why don't you choose to support Utd or Chelsea, they seem to be winning a lot amongst themselves"?? Blah
We've all answered the questions above at some point in our lives and over the past few seasons especially when every pundit, footballer and even media person wrote our team off as the one who will drop out of the "Big 4". Yet we've pushed ourselves as a team, fought against all odds, built a world class stadium, have a youth academy everyone in the UK is envious about and reached our first cup finals. We all know when we've been asked by the scumbag supporters of Utd or Chavs what have Arsenal done over the past 6 years we have our usual repertoire of answers like the new stadium, youth set up, brilliant football, etc, etc, whereas what we would really like to have said to them would be motherfucking trophies. Don't get me wrong folks, i do appreciate everything that has gone on at this club over the past 6 years and if i had a chance to go back the 14 years when i first made my choice on the football club i support I'll pick the Red and Whites every day of the year.
But the bittersweet truth in life is that we are all measured by our successes and no one remembers that you nearly did it, or you played brilliant football or that you built a world class stadium. No one remembers who came in at # 2. Its the top prize that matters. And tomorrow folks we have the chance to put that record straight and hopefully march onto something really special at this football club. Cos' it would be a real shame if a team that consisted of special talents like our first 11 were to look back at their time at Arsenal and have no medals to show.
Nice to get that out of my system, phew !! Moving on to some news before the game tomorrow, the media is all out against Wenger again digging out their archives to point out that Wenger said that the Carling Cup isn't very significant in the scheme of things at Arsenal. They've already started chiding him and am sure that the "Oh you haven't won a trophy for six years will be replaced by You've only won a Carling Cup". Wish i could throw each and everyone of these biased, cunt faced, arsenal hating media persons into the cabinet along with the ghost, Lindsay and Britney. Wouldn't have much to say about then, would you !! RETARDS
Early team news suggests that we have Diaby back in the squad for tomorrow and i expect the line up to be:
Chesney
Sagna Djourou Kos Clichy
Song-Wilshere
Bendtner/Diaby-Nasri-Arshavin
RVP
Subs: Almunia, Eboue, Squillaci, Rosicky, Denilson, Chamakh
If Diaby makes his way into the team i expect Nasri to move to the flanks and Diaby playing in the center. I do feel that he would get the nod ahead of Bendtner since we will have to outmuscle them in midfield throughout the game. I predict a 3-1 scoreline en route to lifting the CUP !!
And that's all from me for today. Don't think I'll have the mental stability that's required to do a blog tomorrow, so a really short one maybe.
For all those Gooners from Mumbai i will be at the screening at Big Daddy in Bandra where i expect to see an entire contingent in Red and White which would be over a 100 mad ass Gooners. See you folk there tomorrow.
Follow me on twitter @Indigooner rambling arsenal or on Facebook by clicking on the image on the top right hand corner of your screen.
I would just like to end with a little line for tomorrow:
We long for it, our team longs for it, they crave it, it is the stimulus they need to go on and achieve greatness and it all starts tomorrow.
Here's a bit of nostalgia back when we picked up our last piece of silverware
Have a good day wherever you are.
well said jason. though if i may add, it's quite remarkable that we have achieved this beautiful game without being bankrolled by a billionaire, nor tried to acquire galacticos. look at the mess at old trafford, and with uefa's financial checks and restrictions in effect shortly, we definitely have a wonderful headstart with home grown - and MOST IMPORTANTLY loyal - talent.
ReplyDeleteKeeping fingers crossed and waiting to see that glinting trophy in Cesc's hands, though again, this is only a stepping stone to bigger ones :)
Alekh
ps: oh i did not know abt this place at Bandra. Thnx for bringing it out here, would love to enjoy the moment in company of fellow gooners!
Thanks for the kind worsd Alekh and look forward to catching up with you tomorrow evening. Call me on 9820006337 to connect.
ReplyDeleteOn the subject of the UEFA fair play regulations i'm not overly confident since the sugar daddy clubs have found a hole in the ruling, which allows conversion of losses to equity in the club..Thats what Roman did with Chelsea and The Arabs with Shitty. So dont hold your breath on it helping our cause at all !!