Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wilshere, Santos, Jenkinson on the stands.
First bad pitch or not. We were mauled. The only good players?
Koscielny, Gibbs, Henry,Rvp and Chamberlain.
Vermaelan, Arteta, Walcott, Ramsey, Djourou. awful? I thought they are Arsenal players
Rosicky well it sums up his Arsenal Career. I'm deeply sorry to say that.
Arsenal just ran into a perfect storm of Milan.
Let's just concentrate on the upcoming game vs Sunderland in the FA Cup, get thru the next round of the FA Cup
And pick up Premier League points to be in the top 4.
Let's just hope we give a tough game to Milan on the second leg.
Looking at Jens Lehmann's tweets, all in all Arsenal all the way, I love him.
What he tweeted:
"We'll knock Milan out of Champions league.mark my words! We did it against Inter.were you there?! #arsenal"
"We score more goals at emirates.why worry then?! #coyg"
"We need to score 4,and not let in a goal.maybe add a fifth.just like we did against Inter"
"Am not sacarstic as most of you think.i still love #arsenal. Once a gunner. . . . . . . . . ."
"Am sure i'll be at the emirates to celebrate that comeback.#arsenal"
Here is something interested: The Non-Flying Dutchman's interview about Arsenal's winning mentality
the link.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/9082469/Arsenal-are-predictable-weak-and-lacking-a-winning-mentality-says-Dennis-Bergkamp-ahead-of-Milan-clash.html
For a season which started in two of our best players from last season leaving. and injuries plague in the start. I'd say we did ok. There's always the saying "There's always next season." Oh Well.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Onwards to see what's Flamini is doing at AC Milan!
The only thing I could do was to follow these fellow Gooners via twitter on my blackberry on the way back from work.
@lehman_official
@YankeeGunner
@ArsenalGent
@GoonerTalk
@arsenalreport
@arseblog
@YoungGunsBlog
and many many more.
What happend during the match?
Mertesacker got injured and will be out for sometime. Hopefully it would be short-term.
Ramsey Scored.
"Laurent Koscielny excellent again: 87 passes, 97% completion, 100% long ball accuracy, 3 tackles and 2 interceptions." Via @YoungGunsBlog
Szczęsny did well to kept Arsenal in the game.
Has the real Arshavin stood up? He provided the assit for the winner! Fuck yeah!
King Henry bids 'au revoir' with the late winner.
I was particularly impressed with Song the last 5 minutes of the 90minutes he was a rock at the back with Koscielny.
This is a great platform for Arsenal to gain a lot of momentum to solidity the 4th spot, advance to the next round of FA Cup and the North London Derby.
Valuable 3 points today. Come on ARSENAL!!
I found out that we have a good record vs Martin O'Neil on away Matches.
Onwards to the San Siro!!
Monday, January 30, 2012
A Pointless Victory? Far From It
Hello, first of all if you’re reading this, thank you, it’s my first arsenal blog ever (despite reading almost every arsenal blog or article I can find, almost every waking hour. Ok, I kid, every waking minute, or at least 15). I’m a gooner from Malaysia, and have been arse-ing since my teens despite football not being a major sport in my childhood. Enough about me, on with the victory post.
It’s hard to stomach 3 losses in a row, so today has been a wonderful, wonderful reprieve from sucksville for the gunners. Sweetened all the more by a display of Wenger’s elusively talked about ‘mental strength’. The first win we’ve seen after going 2 – nil down since all eternity (I kid, wasn’t it chelski last?), this is Arsenal’s January Valentine indeed.
To be fair, the villains played rather well after our spirited first 10 minute assault. To be fair, fairness is for shit and Tottenscum, who don’t believe in fairness or anything resembling anything good on God’s green earth. We played some nice free flowing football, courtesy of a spirited Ox, a ginormous Rambo, and supported well by a competent back four with the Coq at rightback. Yet we conceded 2 goals. The first from a clever Keane position cross pass to Dunne who towered over Koscielny (who on replay looked like the only defender who jumped high enough to cover for anything) to put it pass flapjacks Joey Fabianskiani. A corner conceded. Now before you quote how horrible Arsenal are at corners, I thoroughly believe that Szcezny would’ve not only punched that corner out of the park, but have also put a fist sized crater in Dunne’s ugly mug. No surprise considering Fabianski hasn’t played much since getting injured in that one match, and quite a surprise why he was even on today considering that Chezzer would have a week’s rest even if he was on for the game. Comments from twitter (because I can’t be arsed to check back who tweeted what) do have a point that it may be a showroom performance to sell him better. After today I wouldn’t be surprised if Gazidis buys him a house and 3 donkeys just to ship him off.
The 2nd goal was a rebound from a shot from a clear break. Yes. A break. What the hell are Villa doing capitalizing on a break you ask? This coming in part from us playing a high line and trying real hard to equalize. The quality of the play may have been lacking but you could see that the team was trying to put in a good shift, so a villa counter with Song, Kos and Verm racing back didn’t look like it would come to much. TV5 slid across but Bent’s shot went through and bounced off the Flapjacksianski, Song tried racing back but bent got the rebound anyway. Kos did look like the stopped his run and strolled back, perhaps he should have boosted and intercepted the rebound but I’ll put my money on him actually having psychic powers and knowing the polish number 2 (see what I did there) would fail to stop it anyway.
Going in to half time 2 goals down to a lesser team was scary. And scary is about as much of an understatement as it can get. The nefarious ‘handbrake’ threatened to come on and give us a right thumping to a ‘lesser’ team once again but that was not to be. Not to discount the effort of the team in the first 45 minutes, but results simply didn’t show. The 2nd half proved the teams mettle. Hard run-ins and the same level of consistency saw Ramsey brought down clearly late by Dunce and that there was no second yellow was quite a screamer. Justice was served on a left-footed plate as Captain Vantastic gave us our first. Unsatisfied, the team drove further on and Walcott got a nice rebound into the net, proving that Shay Given really is shit.
Our 3rd goal may have been a slight bit of luck, with the T-1000 lookalike, Koscielny running all the way in and up and being brought down in the box by Bent. Luck not only being that it took one of our most consistent and stalwart performers but the fact that a defender could run all the way up, and be brought down on a only ever so slightly questionable tackle. (Bent did look like he got a touch on the ball, but the desperation of the tackle clearly showed the villains running out of steam). Robin Van Precious plants the penalty right where Given’s thick skull was a second earlier as the keeper dives right where the last penalty slid past. Done and bagged. I thought we’d get a 4th for sure the way our confidence coming back totally dominated the rest of the match. The scariest bits were any corner or chance that came close because of Fabianski. Other highlights include seeing the wanker Villa fans play beach volley with an out of bounds ball, and then seeing gooners do the same to drag time near the end. And a sneaky Robin elbow while fighting for a header. Heck, he probably figured that if Dunne didn’t get a second yellow, he’d get away with murder.
Now with my shoddy match recap over and done. What does this win signify? Well for one, it’s the first win in 3 losses. If that’s not a breath of fresh air then it’s a damn dose of laughing gas. No premiership points for this (title pun), but also, it’s a win on what may be our only chance for silverware this season. It’s a win coming in from a rather despondent first half where the team pushed and injected solid effort yet had 2 goals down to show for it. It’s a win that caught ‘mental strength’ by the fucking balls and dragged it all that way to shove it down Shay Given’s net. It’s a measly saving grace for the losses to Manure, Fulham and moneyball Swansea. It’s a win that saw further demonstration of the Ox’s bullishness and Mertesacker’s position-god status (yes. I hereby trademark it. Mertesacker. Position GOD.) It’s a win that saw our handsome-boy possession master Arteta coming back. It’s a win that saw one of our first choice fullbacks (yes, the kind of position player that seemed extinct in our squad for our last 2 months) it’s a win that saw Theo and Ramsey put in good productive shifts from a previous game where both looked tired and ineffectual. Screw the reasons. It’s a freaking win. That’s all that matters. For this week at least. Add the icing that we play Sunderland or ‘Boro after this round, Sunderland have our cursed Ginger bastard, and ‘Boro have a history of taking multiple goals against us. And we get OUR FULLBACKS BACK. The rest of the season DOES, once more, look that wee bit more rosy. J
Links to enjoy:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/422614_10150528238248580_327243013579_9145724_911463818_n.jpg
https://twitter.com/#!/Sagnaofficial/status/163702697386704897
http://www.footballistically.co.uk/index.php/2012/01/24/arsenals-defence-club-analysis/
https://twitter.com/ - !/Frimpong26AFC/status/163695958448799745
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lykohr3UIY1r6p4u2o6_500.png
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Goals Goals Goals
Teams that won their respective leagues in the past: Bayern, Dortmund, Barcelona, Ac Milan, Lille, Porto, Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal in 2003/04 and etc.
Teams that won their respective leagues that one thing in common which are: consistent Goal-scorers.
If you are playing a 4-2-3-1/ 4-3-3 Formation. You must have your starting central striker scoring consistently every season. An average of 15-30 Goals. Your second choice main striker also must contribute 5 to 15 goals a season.
Whereas your Winger/Attacking Midfielder must contribute an average of 5 to 15 Goals, per season.
Let's look at some examples.
In 2010/2011 Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund have:
Strikers: 1st choice striker: Lucas Barrios- 16 Goals. 2nd choice striker: Lewandowski- 8 Goals
Wingers/ Attacking Midfield: Kagawa - 8 Goals. Großkreutz 8 Goals. Götze 6 Goals.
All these goal scoring, help Dortmund to their 7th Bundesliga Tittle.
In 2010/2011 Ligue 1
Lille:
Striker: Moussa Sow: 25 Goals
Wingers: Gervinho: 15 Goals. Eden Hazard 7 Goals
All these Goals help Lille to their first Ligue 1 tittle.
In: 2009/2010 BPL
Chelsea:
Strikers: Drogba 29 Goals. Anelka 11 goals
Wingers/Attacking Midfield: Malouda 12 goals. Fat Frank: 22 Goals
Yes all these goals helped them to win the BPL.
2008/2009 La Liga
Barcelona:
Striker: Eto 30 something goals. Bojan: 10 goals
Wingers/ Attacking midfielders: Henry 28 Goals. Messi 30+ Goals. Hleb None.
Free flowing goals helped them to win the la liga it's a consistent formula for Barcelona since Pep took over.
All these teams won league tittles because of consisted goal scorers.
If you are playing a:
4-4-2:
Both Strikers: a total of 30 goals from both of them. Or even one of them.
Wingers/Attacking Midfielder: total 5 to 25 goals from all of the starting players
4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1
Starting Central Striker: 15 to 30 goals. Back up striker 5 to 15 goals.
Wingers: 5 to 15 goals per winger.
So if Arsenal wants to win the League. We need consistent goal scorers. So far that Van is the man.
Walcott can't do the job.
Gervinho I believe slowly he can give Arsenal the 10 to 15 goals a season. Has the ability. I see why Arsene brought him.
The Ox as well, slowly he will be that player who can give us goals when we need them the most.
Arshavin is a shade of his former self. His first 12 League games for Arsenal, he scored 6. Imagined if he had that kind of form today.
Chamakh again another player low on confidence.
Overall Arsenal's main problem is goal scoring.
Goals to come from. if Arsenal or any team wants to win the League.
Main Striker: 15 to 30 Goals
Back-up Striker: 5 to 10/15 goals
Left Winger: 10 to 15 goals
Right Winger: 5 to 15 goals
Total back-up Wingers: 5 Goals
Attacking Midfield: 5 to 10 goals
Defensive Midfield 4 to 8 goals.
Back up midfield players: 2 to 4 goals
Total Goals from back 4: 5 to 10 Goals.
Overall goals: 70+ per-season.
The team that always win the Barclays Premier League. Scored more that 70 Goals in that Winning Season. Ever-since 1995.
I'll talk about defensive stats sometime around Next Week.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
F.A. Cup vs Villa 2011/2012
Arsenal must aim for the F.A. Cup this season. And I don't see why we can't see off Villa this Saturday, no offense to Villa. But under Alex McLeish, it's a ticking time-bomb. Villa needs a good manager like what they had with Martin O'neil. I understand why they went for Roberto Martinez earlier in the summer.
Back to Arsenal, I would see this as a difficult game to win. non-the-less, we should win by one goal. Slowly the club can regain confidence. Usually, the club press the panic button in March every season. Now it's happening earlier, And I believe when the Champions League comes back. Arsenal will get their heads straight before or by then and aim for the prize. Either be FA Cup, Champions League or Top 4.
Predicted-Line up vs Villa
Starting: Szcz-Yennaris-Verm-Koscielny - Miquel- Song-Arteta- Rosicky- Ox- Rvp- Park
Subs: Fabianski, Mert, Ramsey, Henry, Walcott, Ashavin, Coquelin.
Prediction Score: 1-0
I hope if we win this round. I hope the next round Arsenal will get like a Middlesbrough or a Sunderland. I know this is wishful thinking, If Arsenal can ger Man Utd or Liverpool in the 6th round or Semi-Final. I think it will be great cause by Mid March will have a full squad by then.
Currently watching the Barcelona vs Real Madrid.
No Offense:
Arsenal Fans who are watching the Matches at the Emirates. Should be more lively. Every time I watch a Match on TV the atmosphere/mood at the Emirates feels quite down. The only Matches, I felt the Emirates Love is back in 21 January 2007 and 16th Feb 2011. vs Man Utd and Barcelona respectively. And a few others
The Fans Should make the Atmosphere like that every Match!
Take a Page from the Bundesliga. Like Dourtmund, Bremen, St. Pauli fans. Make the Stadium Hostile as possible to the opposition team. And Lovely and lively as possible to the Team on the pitch.
Monday, January 23, 2012
le transfer 23/1/2012
How about the next transfer window? Yes.
I'll give an opinion on transfer targets in the coming days.
-khal-
Say what....
"You know, Losing to Man United is one thing. Losing the support of your own 'fans', is a whole different thing. Some 'fans' are ridiculous. Disappointing? Yes. But show some decency & respect for fuck's sake." -One Arsenal Fans states-
Honestly, Piers Morgan aka 'Mr Excitement' #sarcasm. Hammering the club that he supports, as usual. If you can't get behind the team when we lose a match then you are not allowed to cheer the team when we win. I guess everyone has their own way of loving the club.
Let's talk about the game.
We started with Szczeer, Djourou, Mert, Kozzer, Vermaelen, Ramsey, Song, Rosicky, Walcott, RVP, The Ox.
Ratings out of 5
Szczeer- 3
Djourou- 1
Mert-4
Kozzer- 4
Vermaelen- 3
Ramsey- 2
Song- 3
Rosicky- 4
Walcott- 2
RVP- 3
The Ox- 4
Subs: Yennaris-3
Arshavin and Park- 2 didnt have enough impact
Mertesacker, Kosicelny, Rosicky and The OX has a really good game. Shame if we'd won the Match I would gave MOTM to Mertesacker. But we didn't.
Why things are going downhill lately? The Fullbacks, ever since Santos and Sagna got injured many of Arsenal's results could have went the other way if we had them. evidence: vs Man City, vs Wolves, vs Fulham and just now vs Man Utd.
We already miss Arteta and Gervinho a quite a bit. but Rosicky and Ox are stepping up against Man Utd. hopefully we can cope in a short term period.
We came a long way since August. I do believe that we can achieve 4th place and get champions league football next season. Our luck will turn around soon. Gotta wait for Arteta, Sagna, Santos, Wilshere, Diaby and etc to return one by one to give us the boost.
-Khal-
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