Afternoon all,
As the cold and snow continue to grip England it looks like we'll have more match's cancelled over Christmas. These postponed match's will need to be caught up with at some point and predictably it'll mean those clubs (including us of course) with European commitments will find a hectic schedule come the new year. The upside for us is that with a large squad we should be able to rotate players and still compete for matches but it does mean some of our second-string players will seriously need to up their game.
First up is the fact that Fabregas has come out saying that our team is scared of losing.
"... we seem scared of losing big games. We don't really go for it and we're tempted to drop back and see what the opposition will do."
Truer words have not been spoken for quite a while by an Arsenal Captain. Our game against Manure was painful to watch during the first half. We gave the ball away far too easily and struggled to produce any of the beautiful flowing football for which we're supposed to be well know for. The answer? Some f*cking experienced players! Players who are already used to pressure to grab our youngsters by the scruff of the neck and tell them to pull their act together. What we really need is a 'scary screamer', a la Vieira. Someone who preferably knows the French for "concentrate you c**t". Still we aint got one, and either someone needs to pick up the mantle or Fabregas needs to find a more soft-spoken way of pulling the team together. He's the Captain, he needs to act like it. What doesn't help is the fact we all know our captain would prefer to be plying his trade in Spain so on this point we're buggered.
Young Wilshere has said he'd like to take the Captain's armband for Arsenal at some point in the future. Now HE fits the bill for what I've been asking for in the last paragraph. Strong, mean and willing to break someones leg if they f*ck about. Unfortunately for us he's probably around five years away from being able to do the job. Shame they've banned steroids or else we could have pumped him up and gotten him into the mold a bit quicker.
Word from some of the papers is that Steve McClaren at Wolfsburg is looking at bringing in Denilson which allegedly would allow us to bid for Joleon Lescott. I'm unsure as to his top-class ability but at the moment needs must as the devil drives and I'd happily welcome him to the Emirates as it would provide some cover for our centre of defence. Unfortunately McClaren is on his last legs at the Wolfsburg job and it's possible the German board wouldn't want to splash out the cash before getting a new manager.
On more transfer news, us and the Scousers are looking at youngster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton. Alex has been labeled 'the new Theo Walcott', now as much as I love Theo I have to admit I'm perturbed at the thought at someone being compared to a player who is still very much a work in progress himself. But have a look at some of Alex's clips on Youtube and he seems a decent player. For £10 million though I think we'd be better concentrating on developing the youngsters we've already got and spend the money on getting some experience into the first team.
Lastly Samir Nasri continues to pitch for his own chat-show. He's come out taunting United that they wouldn't have won at Stamford Bridge anyway if the match against Chelsea had been cancelled. Samir my old mucker, let's keep your mouth shut until we start winning match's eh? At the moment you sound like the kid who's been beaten up by the school bully and whilst lying on the ground with a bleeding nose yelling out "My brother's going to get you" at the bully's back.
Well that's it for today, final news is that Ramsey's loan spell at Forest might be extended by another month. This would be helpful to the young lad I reckon, he'd only at best warm up our bench at the moment and the more match practise he gets now, hopefully the better he'll be when he comes back!
The Afterthought.
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