Evening Gooners.
Am sure most of us had a brilliant Sunday watching the capitulation of Queen Fergie and her girls for the second game running. Boy oh boy did it make my day. Never have i so passionately cheered a team other than Arsenal, as i did for the Scousers. And they didn't let me down. Phew !! So that effectively puts us back in the race with our game in hand, and should we beat WBA by a difference of 4 goals, we should be top of the table come 19th of March. Had the lineman and the ref got their calls right all we would've needed at WBA would've been a simple win and gone 2 points clear. Water under the bridge.
I did not do a post match review on Sunday because in all honesty it felt exactly like our Carling Cup loss. WBA beating the Brums in the Midlands derby put me in great spirits pre match but sadly, that was the only joy i had on an otherwise lousy Saturday. The team tried hard, and for that there is no dispute. What pissed me off was the performance of the first half and the absolute lack of urgency the team showed. Am sure Wenger hurled a few shoes in that dressing room at half time cos they came out in the second with a lot more purpose and urgency. Another key factor to our second half performance was the substitution of Denilson. I don't know where to start on this guy. He frustrates the living hell out of me and i for one, cant understand the value he brings to this team. He has no creativity, more often than not slows play down in a counter, back passes the tits of the ball, rarely plays a forward pass, more often than not fouls a player in a dangerous area, cannot close down play, the list goes on and on.
I have no clue what Wenger sees in this nutter and if i was given a chance to speak to Wenger, this would be one of my first few questions. The moment Chamakh came on the team suddenly seemed to have got a new lease of life and more purpose and sadly the Morroccan did not have a goal to his name at the end of the game. Am not going to talk about the penalty and the offside since a lot of blood has already been drawn and no point going down that road. Wenger spoke after the game saying
Liverpool's win against the Scum leaves them 3 points ahead of us with us having a game in hand plus a notable mention is the fact that the Scum have conceded 3 more than us. Yet for all and sundry we are the team in crisis. Up yours you stupid cunting Pundits and commentators. Lets hope that our draw at the weekend doesn't allow Chelsea to recover points over us and no guesses that i am rooting for Ian Holloway's warriors tonight.
The attention will now shift completely to Barcelona and the news that Fab will travel with the squad is encouraging. Wilshere too seems to have knocked off the ankle niggle that he carried at the end of the Barca game and will start. The news on Song's injury isn't good and it has now been confirmed that he will not be on the flight to Spain. Which worries me completely cos i have absolutely no belief that Denilson can do half the job that Song does and Diaby's performances are of the Jekyll and Hyde nature. feck knows which one will turn up on match day. More on that in tomorrows post. The boys have been speaking before the game as well, Fabregas says
'We will have to be completely at our peak if we want to be in the next round,' 'It's going to be different this year from last season because we have a first-leg lead this time, but we will still have to go there and think we must attack. 'They will have a lot of possession because that's how they play, at home especially. So we know what to expect and when we have the ball we'll have to play quickly, get players forward and try to score the away goal.'
What Fabregas forgets to mention in the above is the fact that the difference between last year and this is the fact that he will be playing as well. While our very own superstar with Arsenal DNA, Jack Wilshere says
"We know we can beat Barcelona, we did that at the Emirates. If we beat them again we know we have a good chance of winning the tournament. "We will go there with confidence but realise we have to defend well and hit them on the counter-attack. "If we get a goal, they will have to come at us but we can win there. "We do not want to go to Barcelona looking for a draw. It will be an open game and we will create chances. We are looking to score and then see what happens. "We have shown we have the character to come back from a goal down against the best team in the world and are going there with a massive amount of confidence. Cesc is massive. He is our captain, our leader and great on the pitch "
I love the way this lad speaks and i do hope we can tie him down to a 20 year contract with a release clause of $ 100 billion. Doesn't kill anyone to dream does it ! What we can bet on tomorrow evening is the fact that this 19 year old midfield, legend in the making will play with his heart on his sleeve and play like this is the Champions League Finals. That's what i want from the rest, even if we lose it, it shouldn't be because one of the 11 felt they didn't need to try hard enough.
That's about it from me today. Back tomorrow with a full game preview.
Follow me on Twitter @Indigooner or on facebook via the link above.
Have a good day wherever you are.
Am sure most of us had a brilliant Sunday watching the capitulation of Queen Fergie and her girls for the second game running. Boy oh boy did it make my day. Never have i so passionately cheered a team other than Arsenal, as i did for the Scousers. And they didn't let me down. Phew !! So that effectively puts us back in the race with our game in hand, and should we beat WBA by a difference of 4 goals, we should be top of the table come 19th of March. Had the lineman and the ref got their calls right all we would've needed at WBA would've been a simple win and gone 2 points clear. Water under the bridge.
I did not do a post match review on Sunday because in all honesty it felt exactly like our Carling Cup loss. WBA beating the Brums in the Midlands derby put me in great spirits pre match but sadly, that was the only joy i had on an otherwise lousy Saturday. The team tried hard, and for that there is no dispute. What pissed me off was the performance of the first half and the absolute lack of urgency the team showed. Am sure Wenger hurled a few shoes in that dressing room at half time cos they came out in the second with a lot more purpose and urgency. Another key factor to our second half performance was the substitution of Denilson. I don't know where to start on this guy. He frustrates the living hell out of me and i for one, cant understand the value he brings to this team. He has no creativity, more often than not slows play down in a counter, back passes the tits of the ball, rarely plays a forward pass, more often than not fouls a player in a dangerous area, cannot close down play, the list goes on and on.
I have no clue what Wenger sees in this nutter and if i was given a chance to speak to Wenger, this would be one of my first few questions. The moment Chamakh came on the team suddenly seemed to have got a new lease of life and more purpose and sadly the Morroccan did not have a goal to his name at the end of the game. Am not going to talk about the penalty and the offside since a lot of blood has already been drawn and no point going down that road. Wenger spoke after the game saying
'The players are very down and, of course, I worry about that,' This was a good opportunity but the team is mentally strong and the season is not over. We have a big game (Barcelona) and the size of the game will help.'
Liverpool's win against the Scum leaves them 3 points ahead of us with us having a game in hand plus a notable mention is the fact that the Scum have conceded 3 more than us. Yet for all and sundry we are the team in crisis. Up yours you stupid cunting Pundits and commentators. Lets hope that our draw at the weekend doesn't allow Chelsea to recover points over us and no guesses that i am rooting for Ian Holloway's warriors tonight.
The attention will now shift completely to Barcelona and the news that Fab will travel with the squad is encouraging. Wilshere too seems to have knocked off the ankle niggle that he carried at the end of the Barca game and will start. The news on Song's injury isn't good and it has now been confirmed that he will not be on the flight to Spain. Which worries me completely cos i have absolutely no belief that Denilson can do half the job that Song does and Diaby's performances are of the Jekyll and Hyde nature. feck knows which one will turn up on match day. More on that in tomorrows post. The boys have been speaking before the game as well, Fabregas says
'We will have to be completely at our peak if we want to be in the next round,' 'It's going to be different this year from last season because we have a first-leg lead this time, but we will still have to go there and think we must attack. 'They will have a lot of possession because that's how they play, at home especially. So we know what to expect and when we have the ball we'll have to play quickly, get players forward and try to score the away goal.'
What Fabregas forgets to mention in the above is the fact that the difference between last year and this is the fact that he will be playing as well. While our very own superstar with Arsenal DNA, Jack Wilshere says
"We know we can beat Barcelona, we did that at the Emirates. If we beat them again we know we have a good chance of winning the tournament. "We will go there with confidence but realise we have to defend well and hit them on the counter-attack. "If we get a goal, they will have to come at us but we can win there. "We do not want to go to Barcelona looking for a draw. It will be an open game and we will create chances. We are looking to score and then see what happens. "We have shown we have the character to come back from a goal down against the best team in the world and are going there with a massive amount of confidence. Cesc is massive. He is our captain, our leader and great on the pitch "
I love the way this lad speaks and i do hope we can tie him down to a 20 year contract with a release clause of $ 100 billion. Doesn't kill anyone to dream does it ! What we can bet on tomorrow evening is the fact that this 19 year old midfield, legend in the making will play with his heart on his sleeve and play like this is the Champions League Finals. That's what i want from the rest, even if we lose it, it shouldn't be because one of the 11 felt they didn't need to try hard enough.
That's about it from me today. Back tomorrow with a full game preview.
Follow me on Twitter @Indigooner or on facebook via the link above.
Have a good day wherever you are.
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