sjboyd0137 wrote:
And the Arsenal win this morning was a pleasant surprise.
I just hope it's nothing too serious with Wilshire.
oh damn, you're an arsenal fan? i reckon that was you in the road colors of old @ darkofest '13 then.
so far, ozil's that he can provide what's been advertised. in game #1 he opened his account with that proper assist to a streaking giroud; then against marseille he once again established the fact that he's always looking for a clever ball to his running mates. the one shot he did take was pretty meh, but then again if he was more of a finisher he'd start climbing up higher into the echelon now called "bale money"
naturally, arsene still has to show the world that he's smarter than them by trotting out a threadbare squad that picked up its usual international duty injuries in the form of cazorla and rosicky. those of us who immediately started pontificating about the potential of an ozil/cazorla anchored attack will have to wait until after the next international break coming up october 11-15. i'm hoping that both santi and rosicky can either avoid playing or somehow escape that break in proper fitness to be ready for the club come october 16th. even sanogo got hurt playing for the french U21s FFS!
as the season started i've been calling for arsenal to go out and acquire someone who's specialty is actually striking the ball @ the net, you know, the vaunted finisher who specializes in kicking the ball in the net. giroud's proper with the tap-ins at the end of an extended play, but could you picture him ~10-15 feet out getting the ball making one dribble and setting up a thunderous shot @ net? that's what arsenal truly needs.... someone to step up and stop trying to be too cutesy in the box via kicking the damn ball in the net.... football n00b or otherwise, that's what arsenal needs more than anything else....
...and go figure that aaron ramsey of all people is the guy who has stepped up and provided that for arsenal. he's been unleashing some proper belters lately, leading to his run of ~5-6 goals in ~6-7 games or whatever. arteta's been training lately so if he comes back soon he should be able to come in and give ramsey a break (assuming that jack's staying wide while cazorla/rosicky/podolski are out) and provide some added possession/defense while doing that.
of course just about everyone is due back in time for january, which means the british media is going to re-light the torch and compel arsenal to spend more of the vaunted 70mil warchest on some reinforcements. with that timeless mentality of "diaby coming back is like a new signing" prevalent, you just have this feeling that arsene's going to feel like he's balling with depth when ox/podolski/cazorla/rosicky/sanogo/zelalem/etc come back whereas the truth of the matter is that all of these injuries have shown the world, let alone us in gunnerville, that if giroud goes down we're in a whole world of trouble. this lack of depth makes you wonder if arsene/management REALLY thinks they've got a shot to contend for the league or at least some proper silverware (an FA cup would be a nice nice start. especially after that reading debacle last year, as i don't think that went down in the milk cup)
cuz yeah, the thought is that if arsene thinks this team isn't ready to contend for the PL/CL yet, maybe he sees this threadbare squad as providing a chance for the zelalems, gnabrys, akpoms, frimpong, and of course sanogos of the world to get some experience being a part of the first team which will help in the longrun, this way if they go all in like the 2011 white sox and sign some veterans to take up the sub spots currently populated by the youngsters at least these guys have SOME experience with the first team.
otherwise, goddamn, it's almost downright retarded, reckness, or downright egotistical to assume that you can contend for domestic/european glory with a squad that's a couple'a knocks away from relying on players who think that pokemon is something that those old fogies grew up being enamored with.... and that's truly reprehensible when you go out and get a mesut ozil to be a world class #10 that elevates you to leonardo dicaprio titanic quote status. the league seems to be wide open right now, not to mention that the spurs and the scousers are both going to be hovering around just salivating at that #4 position.... someone needs to tell liverpool that they're liverpool and they have to drop 10 points in order to get back into their comfort zone and develop some players!
even tho coutinho's out til mid-late october, shit, suarez is coming back at a time when sturridge is going off and the team has managed to get some swag and confidence despite having some nailbiting wins against mid-lower table teams. i don't think these assholes are gonna go away, which means that brendan rodgers should have someone take a picture of him standing in front of a giant blowed up picture of him standing in front of his portrait in the tunnel leading out to the anfield pitch. do the colbert!
c'est la vie. my name is sinicalypse and this was my EPL psychobabble for the month!
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