eduardo
seriously when eduardo scored the first goal, i wondered what he must have felt.
right after the penalty was given, he immediately grabbed hold of the ball and went straight to the spot; you could see that burning desire in his eyes. there was not a single doubt at all.
here is someone who came back from the brink. i was almost disappointed that he was taken off after an hour, because surely he could have gotten a hat-trick, and that would be a fairytale comeback. but a year without playing is a long time, and wenger has to be careful. of course, the standing ovation was also a nice touch.
they are not too far off when they say this game is all about eduardo's return.
for the first time this year, arsenal played something that can be called football. yes, it is only cardiff city. but better than nothing.
eduardo's return can galvanise the team. it is an important boost both psychologically and on the pitch. because seriously, there is nothing much to choose between bendtner and adebayor.
bendtner did play well. but how he didn't get a hattrick was shocking. his link-up play was certainly better than adebayor's.
as for alexandre song, i can't believe they actually give him a 7 on goal.com, and praised his passing. they must have been watching a different game, because he was giving away the ball for free.
a dm who can't pass is useless. useless.
what i can conclude about the squad:
players who have no future at the team
eboue
song
players who are on their way out
adebayor
diaby
bendtner
almunia
i have nothing much to say about eboue, really. he played the best 30 minutes of his life against spurs and got himself sent off. i was against the boo-ing he received a while back, even though i don't particularly like him. but enough is enough.
right after the penalty was given, he immediately grabbed hold of the ball and went straight to the spot; you could see that burning desire in his eyes. there was not a single doubt at all.
here is someone who came back from the brink. i was almost disappointed that he was taken off after an hour, because surely he could have gotten a hat-trick, and that would be a fairytale comeback. but a year without playing is a long time, and wenger has to be careful. of course, the standing ovation was also a nice touch.
they are not too far off when they say this game is all about eduardo's return.
for the first time this year, arsenal played something that can be called football. yes, it is only cardiff city. but better than nothing.
eduardo's return can galvanise the team. it is an important boost both psychologically and on the pitch. because seriously, there is nothing much to choose between bendtner and adebayor.
bendtner did play well. but how he didn't get a hattrick was shocking. his link-up play was certainly better than adebayor's.
as for alexandre song, i can't believe they actually give him a 7 on goal.com, and praised his passing. they must have been watching a different game, because he was giving away the ball for free.
a dm who can't pass is useless. useless.
what i can conclude about the squad:
players who have no future at the team
eboue
song
players who are on their way out
adebayor
diaby
bendtner
almunia
i have nothing much to say about eboue, really. he played the best 30 minutes of his life against spurs and got himself sent off. i was against the boo-ing he received a while back, even though i don't particularly like him. but enough is enough.
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Hi, I'm posting here because yesterday I saw you on A Cultured Left Foot, the Arsenal blog I used to post on regularly until a couple of months ago. It used to be my favorite Arsenal blog until it got hijacked by some stalinist clowns who rarely if ever talk about actual football. I see that you (like many others) were attacked for daring to question certain things about the team, pointing out some failings, etc. I left the blog because it deteriorated into a very insular, petty, stalinist atmosphere in which people who dared to question, express concerns, were attacked for being traitors, and were also the target of personal abuse. It became impossible to have a genuine civilized discussion or debate, so I left. There are still some decent people there but generally the blog is dominated by people who truly believe that all Arsenal blogs are the exact equivalent of a stadium, and that everyone must always be in total conformity and cheer the team on unquestioningly in every single post. They're totally irrational. The guy who owns the blog, Yogi, writes interesting articles and I still read them but I don't read the discussion thread anymore except for maybe once every couple of weeks just to see if it's gotten any better. Sadly, it hasn't. Just wanted to express my solidarity with you because your posts were eminently reasonable and intelligent. But the screechers over there can't handle that.
hi marcus,
thanks for your kind words.
i thought i could share some thoughts on arsenal with people who care, rather than ramble on to myself here. you know, get involved in a discussion.
but i guess i have better things to waste my time on than talk to those people.
You should check out arsenalinsider.co.uk and Vital Arsenal -- two blogs I frequent regularly. (I'm harper on arsenalinsider -- they're revamping the site right now and you may have trouble opening it up but keep trying, it'll come back today or tomorrow). The discussion is much more varied and tolerant. You'd definitely be welcomed there, I'd certainly welcome your very sane voice. Goonerholic and goodplaya are also good places to debate. It's too bad that ACLF has become so insular and intolerant. It used to be quite a good place for discussion.
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