Took me a long time to get motivated to write again, but I'm here.
Results while I was away:
Spuds 4-4
Stoke 1-2
Fener 0-0
Manure 2-1
AV 0-2
Citeh 0-3
Kyiv 1-0
Chelski 2-1 ( at Bridge O.o)
Wigan 1-0
Not too handsome from the Gunners but winning ugly feels as good as winning beautifully.
10 important things noted while I was away:
1. Djourou might just be the solution to our problem, pairing with Gallas or Toure. He is simply horrendous with Silvestre. His headers are brilliant and he is a reliable (except at Chelsea) tall towering centre-half.
2. Eboue is showing more desire in play, but brilliantly misplaces every pass.
3. Give Song more playing time! In his recent game he had 56 passes, and 1 bad pass.
4. Bendtner is not Arsenal quality (see "list of 10 things I hate about Bendtner")
5. van Persie is a brace king.
6. I had a dream where Arsenal played Inter in the CL Finals. It got to pens where Eboue missed a penalty and Yaya in a Number 6 shirt scored. Bendtner then scored the winning penalty.
7. Liverpool will drop to 4th by February.
8. Cesc Fabregas will captain Arsenal for the next 5 years at least.
9. Vela is cool, sure. But not in front of an away crowd.
10. Arsenal are winning ugly. And that is a good sign.
Reading along the various editorials, I picked out an interesting one.
"10 Things I hate about Bendtner"
1. He has no finishing (4 one on one's in Burnley)
When the ball drops to his feet, there are only two outcomes. He either gets lucky with a finish, or misses miserably. ( Personally I don't agree with this. He is mechanical with ground balls but if terrific with aerial balls. He just needs to find his confidence. )
2. He can't see anything ( Aston Villa )
As soon as he is in possession all he ever does is pass in front of him OR dribble his way through the defence, normally to no avail. ( My sentiments exactly )
3. He can't control for nuts. ( Every game )
When he dribbles, his accuracy is mind-boggling, but his dribble distance is horrific. The amount of space he leaves between himself and the ball after each dribble is horrific. ( True, but he is pretty strong on the ball. )
4. He enjoys staying in a spot so that he can dive. ( Reserves 2006, 2007 CL, 2008 Porto )
He stays in a perfect area where if anyone touches him, he can fall flat on the floor for a penalty.
5. His first touch is either perfect or dismal. ( Most games )
Who could forget the fantastic flick in the CC, or the first touch goals he scored? Or the header at Spurs with his first touch as a sub, and generally several amazing backheel passes.
Nor could anyone forget touches after Fabregas' fantastic through balls. Where he would knock the ball so far from him it got closer to the corner flag.
6. He drags and drags... and drags... then scores or misses. ( Some games, including Manure)
He is like a less progressive version of Abou Diaby. He drags the ball with him rather then actually dribbling. He makes an easy situation difficult, the simplest of chances complicated and worst still, blocks his own teammate in the most dramatic clash in the CL between Arsenal and Liverpool. ( Hmm. I guess so. )
7. His headers are so straight!
His headers are about just the opposite of Adebayor's. Adebayor always heads the ball down but he instead, loves powering them at the keeper.
8. Arsene Wenger keeps on letting him play!
There must be something about him that makes Wenger play him despite the twat he is.
9. He ALWAYS redeems himself!
Just when he has had several bad performances and the axe is about to drop on him, he scores at brilliant timings to redeem himself. How frustrating considering he does it consistently.
10. His arrogance.
Need I say more?
Next match:
FC Porto vs. Arsenal
AW has decided to field the CC youngsters again, and I frankly, won't have any complaints.
Predicted Line-up (Predicted performance rating):
----------------Vela(8)----------------Bendtner(7)---------------
Diaby?(7)------Denilson(7.5)----------Song(7)----------Eboue(7.5)
Gibbs(7)-------Djourou(8)------------Gallas(7)---------Hoyte(6.5)
Predicted score: 1-2
Media Prediction: 2-2
Subs:
Wilshere (Diaby)
Ramsey (Denilson)
Simpson (Bendtner)
Possibly?
(Aaron Ramsey)
