IL BUNO IL BRUTTO IL CATTIVO

The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Before I get on the plane I thought I would look back at the Season; not all doom and gloom style though. I’m reflecting on the good bits (yes I know they were few and far between) as well as the dirge.

GOALS

1^st PRIZE “Arrrrrshaaaaviiiiiiiiiiin!”- V Barcelona. A sweeping example of hitting them on the break

Honourable mentions

RVP- V Barcelona- Scoring through the eye of a needle

Nasri v Fulham-Individual skill and a ridiculous spin

Walcott V Chelsea- A nail in the coffin of the Chelsea hoodoo

Ramsey V Manchester United- A sweet return for the Welshman reminds us that there’s nothing quite like beating Man U.

http://youtu.be/Qfw6J-tGd74

BLUNDERS (Where to begin)

1^st PRIZE Almunia- body checking Squilacci at the Hawthorns

Dishonourable mentions

Fabregas-handling in the area against Sp*rs

Eboue-Against Liverpool in the 102^nd minute; what was he thinking?!

Diaby-reacting to Barton, and not even hitting him properly, and being sent off against Newcastle

Fabianski-Doing a Shilton against Andy Carroll

Koscielny/Szcezny-Carling Cup confusion

http://youtu.be/XiWtoydTYN0

GOOD GAMES

1^st PRIZE ARSENAL V BARCELONA ECL

Honourable mentionsARSENAL V CHELSEA PL
ARSENAL V MANCHESTER UNITED PL

MANCHESTER CITY V ARSENAL PL

SP*RS V ARSENAL CC

http://youtu.be/kNOQ66x9Vdw

BAD GAMES-poor performances and general lack of common sense

FIRST PRIZE ARSENAL V SP*

RS PL

Dishonourable mentions

ARSENAL

V WIGAN PL

ARSENAL

V BLACKBURN PL
ARSENAL V ASTON VILLA PL

ARSENAL

V SUNDERLAND PL

UGLY GAMES-Debacles!

1^st PRIZE NEWCASTLE UNITED

V ARSENAL PL

Dishonourable mentions

STOKE

V ARSENAL PL

ARSENAL

V LIVERPOOL PL

BOLTON V ARSENAL PL

PLAYERS GOOD

1^st prize Jack Wilshere-Thrust into the spotlight and showed star quality

RVP- 18 since January an injury prone star

PLAYERS BAD-hopeless

1^st Prize Almunia-incompetence personified

Squialacci-just because

Fabianski-and accident waiting to happen

Most of the squad

PLAYERS UGLY-legends in their own minds

1^st Prize Denilson-did nothing and did it badly

Dishonourable mentions

Eboue-the joke isn’t funny

Bendtner-If you were that good you would have scored at Camp Neu (mitigation; he’s not a winger though)

Most of the squad

Special mention to the Manager Arsene Wenger, without whom this would not be possible.

Adios.

Comments

HATE

Then Now Earlier today Captain Kirk sent me the following video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG1f-v88-kU&sns=em To say it is both disturbing and upsetting is an understatement. We see the beautiful game as something of a mirror to society and try to look on the community of supporters as a positive force. A set of human beings with some values borne out of an understanding of what this great sport of ours can give us. However, it takes a certain amount of myopia from the Football Authorities to proclaim that all is well. The issues that were amplified over the weekend at Old Trafford cannot be trivialised when we see the full extent of hatred; in any form. The violence is shocking as we see people attacked on a basis that is a result of flawed thinking, and the powers that be proclaim all is well; all is not well. So when I look at those images, I have to ask myself this… http://youtu.be/6RVDQgVxprE

"IF WE BEHAVE LIKE THEM, THEN WHAT IS THE POINT IN WINNING? "- John Connor

"The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves. I wish I could believe that."-John Connor To overcome Skynet was not easy, it involved time, belief and an indomitable human spirit. To beat a machine equipped with superior weaponry and a ruthless access to resources to increase its arsenal took ingenuity and a "never say die" attitude. Abu Dhabi is the ground zero of Skynet and Manchester CXV are the Terminators. The thing about Skynet is that there are no qualms about what their aim is, there are no notions of fairness. "Listen, and understand! Manchester CX are out there! They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop... ever, until someone stops them flagrantly breaking rules"-Kyle Reese In a landscape where one team dominates it is up to a resistance to topple them, this is made hard when using resources that were ga...

LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN

Sunderland V Sp*rs ended goalless meaning that Sp*rs currently sit third. It was a game that had 0-0 written all over it after about 30 minutes. The baton now passes to us in today’s fixture against Man City. A win gives us a two point advantage and a draw puts us back in third. One side that we need to be mindful of in the shake up for 3 rd & 4 th is Newcastle who have hung on all season and present a threat to ECL qualification. What the SAFC v THFC game showed is the poverty of this current Premier League; it was awful. A cursory comparison between teams in the Premier era makes grim reading for the current state of the game. The Man Utd of 99 would definitely beat the current side, The Newcastle of Keegan, The Chelsea of Mourinho, the Villa of Atkinson, the Blackburn of Dalgleish, The Liverpool of Fowler, McManaman, Owen etc would batter the Liverpool of 2012. Certainly the Invincibles would put the current Arsenal team to the sword. Even teams like Midd...

ARSENALISM©

Search This Blog