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My Grandfather’s Clock
By Toyin | November 30, 2008
Gunners gunned down the Blues at the Bridge! This definitely would have made headlines in any sporting paper bearing in mind the poor form of the former since the last three weeks in the Premiership. A team that outplayed Manchester United and winning conveniently in the process but ended losing to Aston Villa at the Emirates and dropping three points so tamely at Eastlands to a team that at best have been lethargic over the course of the season cannot go to the Bridge and get a point, surely? But this is exactly what they did and no one can begrudge them over it.
The title of my post aptly captures the mountain and valley outlook of the team from Ashburton Grove since the beginning of the season. The only consistency that Arsenal has shown so far this season is their notoriety at losing to ‘small’ teams in the league. It sounds a bit funny now, but they have lost five times already this season all against less illustrious opponents that includes the likes of Fulham, Hull/Stoke Cities, Villa and the team from the bleu side of Manchester.
Our beautiful game is very unpredictable and a lot of surprises have been thrown up already this season. But to say the truth; who would have predicted Arsenal winning at Stamford Bridge? I dare say very few! This is not strange due to the up and down performance of Arsenal this season so far. Their performance so far can be likened to the pendulum attached to grandfather’s clock; it swings up and down and never stays in one particular position.
After beating West Ham away, they connived to throw away the game against Tottenham Hotspurs with only four minutes remaining. This marked the beginning of the controversy that later emerged concerning dressing unrest with Gallas losing the captain’s band.
Injuries to Adebayor, Walcott, Eboue, Sagna and Nasir helped in coming to a quick conclusion: A Chelsea win. However, Adebayor, Sagna and Nasir proved their fitness to get a look in at the Bridge. While all contributed to the famous win, one guy that caught the eye is the very erratic talent from Holland, Robin Van Pierce. He had two clean chances and he buried them efficiently.
This is a great departure from the hasty decisions and profligacy that have been the hallmarks of his game so far at Arsenal. Can this performance be sustained? This is the million-dollar question!
While one thing cannot be denied Wenger; the fact that he is an incurable optimist (he was so convinced that his team would beat Chelsea), he needs to strengthen the team come January. The team needs at least two quality players, one in the midfield and another one for the central defense.
The season is still very long and only the team that has enough firepower and reserve strength will drink from the trophy at the end of the day. The situation at Arsenal is not indicative of this readiness and beating Chelsea does not change this fact!
Topics: Premiership, The Champion, Who Will Win |
December 1st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
This is just a perfect way to describe the gunners since they have decided to move from champion beater to losing to the so called lowly teams. This time around i hope and pray that they will continue the champion class.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Arsenal na spoil team o. Dem don spoil our chance. The yeye team no go anywhere but e no go allow team wey wan go comot! Shame on Wenger and his bunch of teenagers. Blues for life jo!!!
December 5th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
arsenal didn’t have many chances as manutd in that match, how could say the outplayed manutd? manutd had more ball possession, something arsenal normally do………… Our finishing were poor, thts all……