Excerpts from the article:
I still don't know how Dad died. It was so difficult to come to terms with because I was so young. And I have never asked Mum about it, even to this day.
They tried to starve me to make their players look better.
Arsene is the best manager in the world and I look upon him as a father, my new dad. He puts his trust in young players like no other.
He works very hard every single day to make us better and we want to win something for him.
If I had to leave I would break down and cry. It's still my dream to win the league here
Read his entire story here.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The season and the gunners...
Another hope another disappointment. This is how the season has been for Arsenal. No one expected us to win anything this season and now at the end we know how true they were. Was it Arsene's mistake in not to sign any player for the departing Adebayor and Kolo Toure who were first team players or it was just the bad injuries that our players have been suffering for past few years.
We started very well against Everton by scoring 6 away goals.No one expected such a start to our season not even our own fans but such is Arsenal... In the first half of the season we played well the only loss were to Manchester United, Chelsea and City who the pundits predicted to be the main title challengers. In past season we saw the results against the lower teams were the ones which haunted Arsenal but in this season when we saw our team doing well against the lower table sides we suffered against the top teams. We managed just 6 points from possible 21 points against the top 4 teams[ I have considered only Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool and City] with still a game against City remaining. If we go through the season we saw that against top teams some how we lacked the experience.Much was expected from Persie, Arshavin, Fabregas, Gallas, Nasri but barring Fabregas no one has performed to their full potential... injuries being the main culprit.
Coming to Arshavin , he was the one who saved Arsenal last season but this season he was really disappointing. He never looked like he was enjoying the game nor did he celebrate with the same enthusiasm that we saw among other players. Well it might be just another case of ice creams being tastier in other countries... we might never know. Song has being a real revelation this season. I couldn't believe how much are we depending on him just like Fabregas. Take out both of them from the team and we saw what can happen. Diaby did show some form in between but again no consistency. The way he played against Spurs showed that he still has to mature as a player. I don't want to talk about Denilson because I feel we have lots of younger players who can do the same job as he does. He is not a player that a team like Arsenal should have in its starting lineup... but surprises do come... he might do a Song !!!
Nasri, Rosicky, Ramsey, Wilshere the other midfielders.
Well Nasri has been the one who has tried to stable the ship in absence of Fabregas and how has he faired... to be honest Nasri is no Fabregas. Center of the midfield is his true position but to deliver the right passes at right time he needs to play their often still he did well against some average teams.
The first few games after the return from injury Rosicky did very well but his performance has gone down considerably to the point I feel he must be offloaded before its too late. Coming to Ramsey... poor lad I still remember watching that horrible incident. After a long wait he was getting some much deserved first team experience and that happened. I would rather have Ramsey in my team than Denilson. In Season 2011-2012 I am sure he would be a regular first team player for Arsenal along with Wilshere. Now no one expected Arsene to send Wilshere to Bolton after all the things happened between Arsene and Owen Coyle. But I feel the decision has proved to be right. Arsenal has always struggled against physical sides Bolton being one of them and sending a 18 year old their has shown that Arsenal is ready to show that they no longer will be intimidated by them. Wilshere has been a class apart from the players at Bolton. If he had being their for the entire season we might never know if Capello would have got him in the world cup squad.
The strikers...
One of the reason why Arsene didn't buy a striker was that he had Bendtner, Persie, Walcott, Eduardo, Vela and also Arshavin who can play as a support striker. But we saw how the decision has backfired in the last few matches. Apart from Persie and Eduardo no one can be termed as an experienced striker. But since Eduardo was just returning form a huge injury how he would perform was always a doubt.
Walcott has being a very big disappointment. This guy cannot dribble, this guy cannot pass... his shooting has being awful still people expect him to make it in England's squad!!! He is a good sub but not a starter for me atleast for now. Arsene should try to give him a central role in some of the matches and see what he can do because i cant see him dribbling past a defender like a Lennon, Wright Phillips or Ashley Young nor can i see him crossing like Valencia.
Eduardo's form has strangely gone from bad to worst. A guy we knew would always score when one on one with keeper has now suddenly lost his touch. Blame it to injury or anything else January should be the time where Arsene has to think whether to keep him or sell him.
Bendtner: Arsenal were in all kinds of trouble during the January period. We had lost Persie to a long term injury and the only player who could play as a striker was Arshavin. Only in Arsenal you can see a 5'3" guy playing as a striker. Arsene had a choice to buy Chamakh but he didn't because he had trust on Bendtner.By the way Bendtner himself was struggling with injury at that point. But as we say Arsene Knows.... And yes he knows for real... Bendtner single handedly kept our title challenge alive. He has made the difference in lots of matches. Blame him for lack of finishing, lack of experience or anything but i feel if it was Arshavin who gave us the Champions league last season then it has been Bendtner who has kept us in the hunt this year because after seeing the recent results against Spurs and Wigan we might even lose to City, Blackburn or Fulham. And seeing that Spurs are just seven points behind us with a match in hand, it becomes necessary for us to win atleast 1 match. Again Tweety in defense and Fabianski between the sticks wont help at all.
Vela: I have being wondering why Arsene is not playing him. There was such a hype created about him and even Arsene said the reason behind not buying a striker this season was Vela. He has hardly played this season and some of the gooners want him to be sold!!! In my view he has lot to offer Arsenal and he has got the quality to make it in the first team. And i know that ARSENE KNOWS this for sure...lol
GoalKeepers:
Is their anything left to talk about them. Sell them off to a lower league.. i doubt even they would buy them. That Sneezy guy ( Sorry i don't know how to spell his name)who is on loan looks like a better keeper than them. A new keeper is what we need ... Robert Green or Joe Hart look like the possible targets.
Defenders:
Hmm this is another place where we might need immediate investments. Gallas might leave, Silvestre must retire and we cant play Sol each and every match. Clichy has done well in the past few matches and we have a very good backup for him in Gibbs who might even pip Clichy for the 1st team spot. Sagna has been good in defense as usual but passes are what we are missing from him. Eboue has been one of the player who has improved a lot. His commitment towards Arsenal even after that booing he got from fans has shown how strong he is mentally. He is one of the player who is direct and can make a difference in matches. He gets into good positions but his shooting has let him down. Coming to Verminator... phew am glad that Arsene signed him. I had a doubt about him because he wasn't as strong as Toure and as some of the articles said he also lacked pace. But how he has proved all of us wrong. He should get the signing of the year award in my opinion but he will get a strong competition from Valencia.So who could we see next season partnering Vermaelen in the center of defence?? Djourou or Havard Nordveit or some new face?? I feel Djourou is too injury prone and he hasn't got any games for more than a year now so a new face is what i believe should happen. Hangeland, Upson, Cahill, the monster Samba and the list will go on ....
And yes by the way i think Chamakh is a done deal ... just waiting for the season end for the announcement... :P
Have a great day !!!
Arsenal for life !!!
We started very well against Everton by scoring 6 away goals.No one expected such a start to our season not even our own fans but such is Arsenal... In the first half of the season we played well the only loss were to Manchester United, Chelsea and City who the pundits predicted to be the main title challengers. In past season we saw the results against the lower teams were the ones which haunted Arsenal but in this season when we saw our team doing well against the lower table sides we suffered against the top teams. We managed just 6 points from possible 21 points against the top 4 teams[ I have considered only Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool and City] with still a game against City remaining. If we go through the season we saw that against top teams some how we lacked the experience.Much was expected from Persie, Arshavin, Fabregas, Gallas, Nasri but barring Fabregas no one has performed to their full potential... injuries being the main culprit.
Coming to Arshavin , he was the one who saved Arsenal last season but this season he was really disappointing. He never looked like he was enjoying the game nor did he celebrate with the same enthusiasm that we saw among other players. Well it might be just another case of ice creams being tastier in other countries... we might never know. Song has being a real revelation this season. I couldn't believe how much are we depending on him just like Fabregas. Take out both of them from the team and we saw what can happen. Diaby did show some form in between but again no consistency. The way he played against Spurs showed that he still has to mature as a player. I don't want to talk about Denilson because I feel we have lots of younger players who can do the same job as he does. He is not a player that a team like Arsenal should have in its starting lineup... but surprises do come... he might do a Song !!!
Nasri, Rosicky, Ramsey, Wilshere the other midfielders.
Well Nasri has been the one who has tried to stable the ship in absence of Fabregas and how has he faired... to be honest Nasri is no Fabregas. Center of the midfield is his true position but to deliver the right passes at right time he needs to play their often still he did well against some average teams.
The first few games after the return from injury Rosicky did very well but his performance has gone down considerably to the point I feel he must be offloaded before its too late. Coming to Ramsey... poor lad I still remember watching that horrible incident. After a long wait he was getting some much deserved first team experience and that happened. I would rather have Ramsey in my team than Denilson. In Season 2011-2012 I am sure he would be a regular first team player for Arsenal along with Wilshere. Now no one expected Arsene to send Wilshere to Bolton after all the things happened between Arsene and Owen Coyle. But I feel the decision has proved to be right. Arsenal has always struggled against physical sides Bolton being one of them and sending a 18 year old their has shown that Arsenal is ready to show that they no longer will be intimidated by them. Wilshere has been a class apart from the players at Bolton. If he had being their for the entire season we might never know if Capello would have got him in the world cup squad.
The strikers...
One of the reason why Arsene didn't buy a striker was that he had Bendtner, Persie, Walcott, Eduardo, Vela and also Arshavin who can play as a support striker. But we saw how the decision has backfired in the last few matches. Apart from Persie and Eduardo no one can be termed as an experienced striker. But since Eduardo was just returning form a huge injury how he would perform was always a doubt.
Walcott has being a very big disappointment. This guy cannot dribble, this guy cannot pass... his shooting has being awful still people expect him to make it in England's squad!!! He is a good sub but not a starter for me atleast for now. Arsene should try to give him a central role in some of the matches and see what he can do because i cant see him dribbling past a defender like a Lennon, Wright Phillips or Ashley Young nor can i see him crossing like Valencia.
Eduardo's form has strangely gone from bad to worst. A guy we knew would always score when one on one with keeper has now suddenly lost his touch. Blame it to injury or anything else January should be the time where Arsene has to think whether to keep him or sell him.
Bendtner: Arsenal were in all kinds of trouble during the January period. We had lost Persie to a long term injury and the only player who could play as a striker was Arshavin. Only in Arsenal you can see a 5'3" guy playing as a striker. Arsene had a choice to buy Chamakh but he didn't because he had trust on Bendtner.By the way Bendtner himself was struggling with injury at that point. But as we say Arsene Knows.... And yes he knows for real... Bendtner single handedly kept our title challenge alive. He has made the difference in lots of matches. Blame him for lack of finishing, lack of experience or anything but i feel if it was Arshavin who gave us the Champions league last season then it has been Bendtner who has kept us in the hunt this year because after seeing the recent results against Spurs and Wigan we might even lose to City, Blackburn or Fulham. And seeing that Spurs are just seven points behind us with a match in hand, it becomes necessary for us to win atleast 1 match. Again Tweety in defense and Fabianski between the sticks wont help at all.
Vela: I have being wondering why Arsene is not playing him. There was such a hype created about him and even Arsene said the reason behind not buying a striker this season was Vela. He has hardly played this season and some of the gooners want him to be sold!!! In my view he has lot to offer Arsenal and he has got the quality to make it in the first team. And i know that ARSENE KNOWS this for sure...lol
GoalKeepers:
Is their anything left to talk about them. Sell them off to a lower league.. i doubt even they would buy them. That Sneezy guy ( Sorry i don't know how to spell his name)who is on loan looks like a better keeper than them. A new keeper is what we need ... Robert Green or Joe Hart look like the possible targets.
Defenders:
Hmm this is another place where we might need immediate investments. Gallas might leave, Silvestre must retire and we cant play Sol each and every match. Clichy has done well in the past few matches and we have a very good backup for him in Gibbs who might even pip Clichy for the 1st team spot. Sagna has been good in defense as usual but passes are what we are missing from him. Eboue has been one of the player who has improved a lot. His commitment towards Arsenal even after that booing he got from fans has shown how strong he is mentally. He is one of the player who is direct and can make a difference in matches. He gets into good positions but his shooting has let him down. Coming to Verminator... phew am glad that Arsene signed him. I had a doubt about him because he wasn't as strong as Toure and as some of the articles said he also lacked pace. But how he has proved all of us wrong. He should get the signing of the year award in my opinion but he will get a strong competition from Valencia.So who could we see next season partnering Vermaelen in the center of defence?? Djourou or Havard Nordveit or some new face?? I feel Djourou is too injury prone and he hasn't got any games for more than a year now so a new face is what i believe should happen. Hangeland, Upson, Cahill, the monster Samba and the list will go on ....
And yes by the way i think Chamakh is a done deal ... just waiting for the season end for the announcement... :P
Have a great day !!!
Arsenal for life !!!
Monday, April 19, 2010
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Just a small introduction about me and the blog.Am Siddharth an MBA by profession and now a blogger.This blog will serve you with exclusive news about Arsenal FC and everything that is related with it.
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