I’m bored. I’m so bored. I’m bored of being out a title race before we were even in it. I’m bored of challenging for 4th. I’m bored securing 4th. I get nothing out of 4th? What do I get as a fan for finishing 4th? I get nothing. I don’t get anything financially, it doesn’t benefit me personally. I’m bored of the fact Uefa and Sky have made the Champions League the be all and end all of football
Jack Wilshere's follow through on Patrice Evra last weekend means that he will be resting his body rather than playing the game which will have positives unless we fail to win the game. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Aaron Ramsey are both likely to be added to the squad following recent injury, so that is a bonus. An even bigger bonus for me is that Tomas Rosicky is back in training. If I was Santi Cazorla
When Giroud raced through you thought he was in on goal but the defender got back, luckily Theo had left his wide spot to nip in and tap into an empty net. I really like Giroud, a great team player, hard worker and strong in the air but as I said in the days when we had an injury prone Dutch chap up front, we really missed a player who can show the defender a clean pair of heals when balls are
Arsene admitted that Wilshere's suspension means that he is likely to play this match especially with the list of midfield injuries stacking on top of each other. I think Jack Wilshere or whoever is playing in that second midfield area needs to give more help to Mikel Arteta because his secret influence on our team is out there in the public. Chelsea and Manchester United have shown that restricting our
Thomas Vermaelen started the season very well, our defensive shape looked good and he was a big part of that. In recent weeks he has been a mess. Error ridden, nervous and the complete opposite of what you expect from your captain. I do not want this to come across as knee jerk because it isn't as I wasn't comfortable with this from the start but Laurent Koscielny was head and shoulders our best defender last season and in my eyes, it was always Koscielny plus one. He has had a bit part role this season and is now out of sorts
Something went wrong after the most recent international break and we came back out of sorts, but when you are playing every three days then it is hard to iron out your issues, those issues have to be resolved on the pitch. After the nightmare performance in Norwich we saw the hangover against Schalke and it was only against QPR that we saw anything like our game returning. Thankfully the league cup fixture at Reading meant that the madness of top flight football was thrust onto our current squad players and youngsters whilst the
One year on from the Keown/Van Nistelrooy incident, Arsenal went back to Old Trafford as champions of England and looking to continue the now famous record breaking unbeaten run. The ‘Invincibles’ ’hadn’t tasted defeat in 49 previous league games but Sir Alex and United were certainly not
Walcott could very well end up playing CF which would give us the boost we need. He is sure to give Ferdinand and Evans a headache while at the same time we have our defensive liabilities (and everyone say it together) Andre Santos. If we can some how contain RVP, Rooney, Valencia. . . okay so if we can basically contain everybody while effectively attacking. key word the is EFFECTIVELY we
We have missed these options so far due to injuries but if these players can remain fit for the most part, you can see the benefit to the team this will have. Diaby is a player that I like very much and there are games in which perhaps he is better suited that Wilshere. He has a certain unique physical presence that is useful against teams that play with Sam Allardyce tactics. The argument comes down to