Despite what anyone says, this has been the most disastrous season for me as an arsenal fan. Some people have ponited out that until the carling cup final things were positive for us, that we were being touted as the next big thing. Very True, even i was impressed {everyone had to be} at the way the 'young guns' were performing. But how many of us really thought that we could get something out of this season. The problem with this team, as has been indicated umpteen times, is consistency and that showed up very early in the season. So the premiership was out of the way. The same inconsistency showed up at the carling cup final, we were great in the first half but lack of experience got to us in the second half. The FA cup match against blackburn was one of the most nerve wracking performance by an arsenal team. Sure they parked a BUS in front of goal, but is that reason enough to lose against a mnediocre team over two legs. I definitely don't think so. No the loss was all down to the teams insipid performance. The only 'non footballing reason' that afected us this season was when we were thrown out of the CL. It was during that match against PSV that strange forces conjured up against us. My stomach still curls up at the notion of being beaten by PSV.
So at the end of a season, that arseblog rates C+, we are again ruing missed chances and looking at FUTURE prospects for a championship team. I am too tired to talk about the FUTURE prospect of this team, don't get me wrong here i totally appreciate what the young fellas have done, but as a team we need to start looking at players who can
collectively win us the championship. I am not going to reviewthe players performance here, That has been done by arseblog quite extensively here -> . But i would nyways like to add this comment i found at the forums "Please go & buy a couple of wingers this summer Arsene with whatever meagre funds you have available along with anything the sales of Almunia, Gilbert, Flamini, Song, Reyes, Ljungberg & Aliadiere might bring in."
I think tis s serious concern. We don' have a left winger at present and the only right winger we have is Ljumberg. Irrespective of whether ljumberg stays or otherwise we need two 'world-class' wingers, and by world-class i mean players who have performed at the highest level. Ribery would fit this situation best. It makes it easier for us that neither MANU nor cuntski are going to be in the frame, and of course he is french. The other winger i have no idea. some are suggesting malouda, but i really don't see how he fits the bill. Whoever comes arsene has to make sure he doesn't put another talented MF into a wide position. Sometimes we play so narrow that it is easy for teams to defend. I really don't see the manager buying two wingers {even though we need them} but considering he buys ribery this would be my idela lineup for next season
Lehman
Eboue Toure Gallas Clichy
Gilberto
Fabregas Diaby/Rosicky Ribery
Henry RVP
OR we could go for a 4-3-3
Lehman
Eboue Toure Gallas Clichy
Gilberto
Fabregas Diaby
Rosicky
Henry RVP
[Milanisque u might say, but rosicky will be beautifull in that hole]
Any which way we definitely need a winger and a striker. yes a striker. henr is no more the 30 goal a season machine and van persie has had injuried in the last two seasons what is to prevent him from havig one again. So we might, at some stage of the season,be left adebayor and bentnder. I love adebayor for his workrate but he needs to have a better conversion ratio for a striker and bentnder, lets say we don't need to take any risks by depending on him. Considering that the biggest letdown for us this season has been our finishing, we need to have one more consistent striker. Eto',tevez, etc.. are out of the question but Klose is one striker we could have, considering that he can be snapped up for about 7mil it will be ideal for us. another striker that was mentoned in the forums is Javier Saviola, a decent enough striker who is free at the EOS.
So "A frustrating season on many levels, however laced with potential and promise for the next." is the quote i will use to nd this post.
PS: Hoping we will not be repeating the words "potential" for very long.
So at the end of a season, that arseblog rates C+, we are again ruing missed chances and looking at FUTURE prospects for a championship team. I am too tired to talk about the FUTURE prospect of this team, don't get me wrong here i totally appreciate what the young fellas have done, but as a team we need to start looking at players who can
collectively win us the championship. I am not going to reviewthe players performance here, That has been done by arseblog quite extensively here -> . But i would nyways like to add this comment i found at the forums "Please go & buy a couple of wingers this summer Arsene with whatever meagre funds you have available along with anything the sales of Almunia, Gilbert, Flamini, Song, Reyes, Ljungberg & Aliadiere might bring in."I think tis s serious concern. We don' have a left winger at present and the only right winger we have is Ljumberg. Irrespective of whether ljumberg stays or otherwise we need two 'world-class' wingers, and by world-class i mean players who have performed at the highest level. Ribery would fit this situation best. It makes it easier for us that neither MANU nor cuntski are going to be in the frame, and of course he is french. The other winger i have no idea. some are suggesting malouda, but i really don't see how he fits the bill. Whoever comes arsene has to make sure he doesn't put another talented MF into a wide position. Sometimes we play so narrow that it is easy for teams to defend. I really don't see the manager buying two wingers {even though we need them} but considering he buys ribery this would be my idela lineup for next season
Lehman
Eboue Toure Gallas Clichy
Gilberto
Fabregas Diaby/Rosicky Ribery
Henry RVP
OR we could go for a 4-3-3
Lehman
Eboue Toure Gallas Clichy
Gilberto
Fabregas Diaby
Rosicky
Henry RVP
[Milanisque u might say, but rosicky will be beautifull in that hole]
Any which way we definitely need a winger and a striker. yes a striker. henr is no more the 30 goal a season machine and van persie has had injuried in the last two seasons what is to prevent him from havig one again. So we might, at some stage of the season,be left adebayor and bentnder. I love adebayor for his workrate but he needs to have a better conversion ratio for a striker and bentnder, lets say we don't need to take any risks by depending on him. Considering that the biggest letdown for us this season has been our finishing, we need to have one more consistent striker. Eto',tevez, etc.. are out of the question but Klose is one striker we could have, considering that he can be snapped up for about 7mil it will be ideal for us. another striker that was mentoned in the forums is Javier Saviola, a decent enough striker who is free at the EOS.
So "A frustrating season on many levels, however laced with potential and promise for the next." is the quote i will use to nd this post.
PS: Hoping we will not be repeating the words "potential" for very long.
