of reactions

that is the way to react. i must say, that is the way to react. 3-0 to arsenal at the emirates, after a draw at everton, a draw against moscow, a loss at west ham.

and when the attackers can't score, the defenders must come up to score.

they say arsenal showed alot of desire. much more than pool. yes, we are talking about desire here. how much do you want it? i am glad and proud that you wanted it enough.

so, it's really goodbye, liverpool.

anyway i read somewhere that somebody felt that arsenal's play was reminiscent of cryuff's total football.

almost, almost.

we lost the biggest game of the season at the arena, handing the initiative back to psv. it's still close. we have to show the reaction arsenal showed.

anyway, of reactions, the kind of reaction arsenal showed was the most ideal. less ideal, of course is arsene wenger's outburst against pardew. and sometimes you wonder, we can't possibly react in the most ideal of ways all the time. more often than not, we react negatively.

it is difficult to react in a positive manner all the time. i am guilty of it much of the time, especially when it comes to matters pertaining to chelsea with an A. but can you fault me on that? i am only human. if i could, i wouldn't be here, typing this, unless they have internet and computers up in heaven.

apparently, chelsea with an A are made up of humans too, because they can almost certainly never react positively. always looking to blame someone. blaming culture. always pushing it around, always looking around for something that doesn't always exist. oh, and an overactive imagination that doesn't attempt to create beauty(as stylish teams like arsenal do), but stifle it and propagate ugliness that is so characteristic of them.

so now you know why they are so good at defending. and the core members of the team(though i wouldnt really call it a team, what kind of a team functions like that?!) always cover for one another. so perfectly done, it frustrates the attackers. they always look behind. and around. but never at the right place. never for the right thing.

we can't always do it, but when we channel all our frustration into a positive reaction, it can be very, very powerful indeed.

i am keeping this in mind. maybe chelsea with an A should as well.

but maybe i won't want them to.

otherwise i would lose my moral high ground over them. anyway, lookin at the way things are, i dare say confidently that they won't. not this lifetime. not even the next.

maybe the question should not be why all the time, but how. and where. how do we set it right. where do we go from here.